A while back we had a spaghetti sauce discussion and someone said it wasn't homemade if canned tomatoes were used. So I was wondering what popular opinion was :)
It appears the term "from scratch" can be earliest derived from foot races, followed by other sporting events. Where the starting line was literally scratched onto the ground. There is even mention of it being use as a term in for a golfer who does not have a handicap. Eventually "from scratch" took on the meaning "from nothing". Hence cooking from scratch meaning to start with basic pantry items, and not to use premixed goods.
In my opinion, it doesn't have to mean everything is in it's natural state, otherwise, it would mean, sonsidering spaghetti sauce, that you would have to grow the cow that the meat comes from, and the duram wheat that the pasta is made from.
I think from scratch means using no processed pre-made foods. So no jarred spaghetti sauce.
Homemade literally means anything that is prepared at home, rather than in a commercial establishment. , . Though there's probably lots of variations, depending on what you're talking about, but when talking about food usually conotes that it's not a premix. Using jarred sauce and frozen meatballs could theoretically be called home made, though I would think that saying that would be misleading.
Quoting SweetLuci:
It appears the term "from scratch" can be earliest derived from foot races, followed by other sporting events. Where the starting line was literally scratched onto the ground. There is even mention of it being use as a term in for a golfer who does not have a handicap. Eventually "from scratch" took on the meaning "from nothing". Hence cooking from scratch meaning to start with basic pantry items, and not to use premixed goods.
In my opinion, it doesn't have to mean everything is in it's natural state, otherwise, it would mean, sonsidering spaghetti sauce, that you would have to grow the cow that the meat comes from, and the duram wheat that the pasta is made from.
I think from scratch means using no processed pre-made foods. So no jarred spaghetti sauce.
Homemade literally means anything that is prepared at home, rather than in a commercial establishment. , . Though there's probably lots of variations, depending on what you're talking about, but when talking about food usually conotes that it's not a premix. Using jarred sauce and frozen meatballs could theoretically be called home made, though I would think that saying that would be misleading.
And thank you I like the way you put that. I was thinking about it today when I was making deviled eggs and I put in prepared mustard. 'Did I not make these from scratch?'
Quoting lasombrs:if you put all the ingreients together your self and make something that could be bought whole.
If some of those ingredients are store bought thats cool. Canned tomatoes dont bother me. Are people gonna grind their own flour too instead of using store bought? lol :)
I would agree with what everyone has said. I consider it not homemade it is quick and easy ready to eat. I make my spaghetti sauce using my own spices along with canned tomatoes, canned tomato sauce, and tomato paste. I also make my chili with three different canned beans, and I through it in the slow cooker with my own spices and meat that I cook.
To me, homemade and from scratch are the same thing. It means to not use convenience products but "real" food products. Vegetables, meat, and staples like flour, sugar, and cornmeal. Not things like stove top or hamburger helper...ick.
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I consider from scratch to be when I take stuff out of our garden and only use it to make something.
Everything else is homemade to me. Even using a bag of dried beans makes it homemade.
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on Nov. 22, 2012 at 8:49 PM