"Never have I ever": The Food Edition

[PGH_RAM]

38 out of 41. I've never made fudge, Jell-O salad, or banana pudding from scratch.

Stolen from a Facebook friend.

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Who can really cook? Who can cook real food, not stuff prepackaged or in a box? No Box Mac N Cheese or Stouffer’s Lasagna….I look forward to seeing your answers

HAVE YOU EVER:
1. Made biscuits from scratch?✅
2. Fried fresh okra or squash?✅
3. Made homemade soup? ✅
4. Fried chicken? ✅
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch? ✅✅✅
6. Made homemade rolls or cinnamon rolls? ✅
7. Baked a cake from scratch?✅
8. Made icing from scratch?✅
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies?✅
10. Made chili from scratch?✅
11. Made a meatloaf?✅
12. Made homemade potato salad?✅
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch?✅
14. Made a Jell-O salad? ❌
15. Made Chicken Pot Pie? ✅
16. Made fudge? ❌
17. Made cookies from scratch? ✅
18. Cooked a pot of dried beans?✅
19. Cooked a pot of greens?✅
20. Made cornbread from scratch?✅
21. Make a pie dough from scratch? ✅
22. Cooked a whole turkey?✅
23. Snapped green beans & cooked them?✅
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch? ✅
25. Prepared a meal for 30 plus people? ✅
26. Made homemade dumplings? ✅
27. Made pancakes from scratch? ✅
28. Roasted vegetables in oven vs boiling them? ✅
29. Made homemade baked apple pies? ✅
30. Made Banana pudding from scratch? ❌
31. Made tuna or chicken salad? ✅
32. Fried fish? ✅
33. Made baked beans? ✅✅✅
34. Made ice cream from scratch? ✅
35. Made jam or jelly? ✅
36. Zested an orange or lemon? ✅
37. Made a pot of grits? ✅
38. Made an omelet? ✅
39. Made homemade pizza? ✅
40. Lived in a house without a dishwasher? ✅
41. Made homemade lasagna? ✅✅✅

[Huskee]

Love this idea! Fun stuff...


I've never:

7. Baked a cake from scratch? --- Always boxed, but we don't each much cake so there's that
14. Made a Jell-O salad? ---- Yuck, bananas in it is enough of a "salad"
18. Cooked a pot of dried beans? ---- Don't care for beans other than black beans and green beans
19. Cooked a pot of greens? ---- I'm northern
20. Made cornbread from scratch? ---- Don't care enough for it
30. Made banana pudding from scratch? ---Don't care for it. Chocolate pudding, yes and yes!

#32 I've done plenty, but admittedly it is becoming a lost skill due to let's call it "supply chain issues" (right FireMan ?)

[Willy]

You REALLY need to cook up a pot of collards! I wuz a northerner in my early years, but have since grown to love collards.

[Alan Brice]

Wow! Shocked, before you totally give up, get a bag of RG Marcellas. Chop an onion, some carrots n same amount of celery. (I just use the sprayer then chop from the end).
Depending on your love for spice, garlic, jalapeno, possibly an xtra stout Guinney.
Your protein options are pork(wibs) or beef(briskie) n let that slow cook over night.
I swear you will be amazed at the complex flavors produced for soo little effort or cost.

[Donw]

All done but fudge. I detest fudge.

[Huskee]

I used to like you...

[Draznnl]

I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who detested fudge before. What’s it like to be um er, h😠🤔🫢

[RonB]

All but:

14 no desire for this
30 not a fan of banananas
35 too much work. I did "help" my Mom make jelly as a kid
37 what's the point - grits have no taste

[Willy]

Grits? Call 'em polenta.

[Bkhuna]

Crappy grits have no taste. Good grits have a wonderful flavor and texture.

[acorgihouse]

I love grits. Best is cheese grits w a sprinkle of Cajun seasoning and covered w shrimp. My GM used "puts sugar in grits" as a serious insult.

[Mosca]

I’ve never made homemade rolls.
I’ve never made a meal for 30 or more people.
I’ve never made a pot of grits.

I helped someone make ice cream from scratch, not sure if that counts.

[PGH_RAM]

I'm saying it counts.

[shify]

1. Made biscuits from scratch?
14. Made a Jell-O salad?
16. Made fudge?
30. Made Banana pudding from scratch?
32. Fried fish?
33. Made baked beans?
34. Made ice cream from scratch?

Based on the above, can you tell I’m a born and raised Yankee (specifically NJ/NY)

[Polarbear777]

All but #30

[tmaan235]

24 out of 41 I've done, I better get busy.....

Is there a way to answer with comments on something similar to presented above? Bet the comments would be simply hilarious!!

[Davek8282]

I've made most of those although some only once. I'll pass on #14 Jello Salad, #30 Banana Pudding, #37 Grits. I currently live in a house with no dishwasher.

[Draznnl]

1. Made biscuits from scratch? Biscuits are purely a restaurant food. Don’t ask why. I didn’t make the rules.
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies? Not a fan
20. Made cornbread from scratch? oy vey, cornbread? How about challah?
30. Made Banana pudding from scratch? Eeeeeeww!
34. Made ice cream from scratch? Jeni and Ben & Jerry do it so well
37. Made a pot of grits? As Huskee said about greens, “I’m northern.”

[Mosca]

I don’t bake AT ALL, and I’ve made biscuits from scratch. Once, maybe twice. I did do the cake thing a few times when I was younger, I did pie dough long ago, helping my mom and grandmother around the holidays, and I made an apple pie during the pandemic.

I LOVE sweet stuff. But I can’t start baking, there’s no one here to eat it but me and Mrs.

[PGH_RAM]

I hear you. This list is geographically biased. I would count challah as more than an acceptable replacement for #6. Furthermore, my paternal grandmother would haunt me if I didn't advocate matzo balls as a good substitute for #26.

[Draznnl]

Heck, PGH_RAM I was already counting matzo balls as dumplings. Otherwise, that’s another no for me.

[synodog]

No on 21 and 30, bananas? Nasty!
And my wife makes the dough crust every year for thanksgiving but I don’t.
I used to call jello salad, jello with food in it. Disgusting! Might as well be Waldorf salad.

[CRO]

1. Made biscuits from scratch?✅yes
2. Fried fresh okra or squash?✅no
3. Made homemade soup? ✅yes
4. Fried chicken? ✅yes
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch? ✅✅✅yes
6. Made homemade rolls or cinnamon rolls? ✅yes
7. Baked a cake from scratch?✅yes
8. Made icing from scratch?✅yes
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies?✅yes, a winter staple
10. Made chili from scratch?✅of course
11. Made a meatloaf?✅absolutely
12. Made homemade potato salad?✅yes
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch?✅yes
14. Made a Jell-O salad? ❌absolutely not!
15. Made Chicken Pot Pie? ✅nope
16. Made fudge? ❌no
17. Made cookies from scratch? ✅yes
18. Cooked a pot of dried beans?✅yes
19. Cooked a pot of greens?✅no
20. Made cornbread from scratch?✅all the time
21. Make a pie dough from scratch? ✅yes, in the fall. The best apple pie
22. Cooked a whole turkey?✅every year
23. Snapped green beans & cooked them?✅yes
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch? ✅yes
25. Prepared a meal for 30 plus people? ✅i don't think so
26. Made homemade dumplings? ✅yep, just last week
27. Made pancakes from scratch? ✅yep
28. Roasted vegetables in oven vs boiling them? ✅yes
29. Made homemade baked apple pies? ✅yes
30. Made Banana pudding from scratch? ❌no
31. Made tuna or chicken salad? ✅SV Chicken the best, no tuna
32. Fried fish? ✅no
33. Made baked beans? ✅✅✅all the time
34. Made ice cream from scratch? ✅no
35. Made jam or jelly? ✅no
36. Zested an orange or lemon? ✅of course
37. Made a pot of grits? ✅yep
38. Made an omelet? ✅yes
39. Made homemade pizza? ✅yep
40. Lived in a house without a dishwasher? ✅no
41. Made homemade lasagna? ✅✅✅Lidia's recipe is the best. I make it several times a year

[acorgihouse]

All but one. Never made Jello salad. Never will. I have made banana pudding, although must confess, didn't eat it.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

Well, I've done all those things... though the jello salad is a stretch since we did a giant bowl of assorted jello shots mixed with various drunken fruit. But I've at least tried and failed at worst to do everything on that list.

[PGH_RAM]

Jell-O shots with fruit DEFINITELY count!

Gawd, just thinking about them brings back some pretty hilarious memories.

[SheilaAnn]

If Jell-O shots count, then that’s a ✅ for me

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

SheilaAnn I think they would have to be mixed to some degree to kinda fit the salad part? Ours were all popped out shots into a bowl and you used a skewer to get a shot and a drunken fruit piece

[barelfly]

I don’t think I’ve ever made Jam/Jelly. I’ll have to change that this fall, as I saw a habanero peach jam on YouTube recently that I think would be excellent.