As a youth I tried to make a tray of walnut whips out of ice magic and squirty cream. It took me hours and they were shit. Resembled a tray of spunked on dogshit.
Yep. Okay if you're a bit drunk or you add loads of your own stuff to thm but generally a bit disappointing. Supermarket pizza is one of the few things that are improved immeasurably when eaten cold.
I make my own billtong in a cobbled together smoke house I constructed in the garden. Not everyone taste but I love it. It's for men.
And green tomatoes off the allotment I use quite a lot. I make green tomato curry and various chutneys. I'd never but shop bought preserves anymore, it all grows...
Bread. I've made a few loaves, I like the smell throughout the house and hot, fresh bread is nice but if I get to the bakers down the road by 7, bread is hot and fresh and much more choice of type of loaf. I don't eat much bread but with a bowl of soup or lump of cheese it can't be beat.