Fundie Recipes

[LilMissMetaphor]

I was thinking there's a lot of food snobbery on this thread, which led me to this article:

http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/the-dos- ... -snobbery/

Avoid over-explaining the taste of something. This isn’t Top Chef. If someone asks you how your salmon/steak/chicken was, say, “it’s okay… a little overcooked but not bad.†DON’T say, “underwhelming. I expected more of this place. I mean, is it SO hard to pan-sear a steak in a cast iron skillet and finish it off in the oven to a nice medium rare? The juices have hardly been retained. They must have not let it rest long enough. Way to ruin a perfectly good piece of meat. Do two Michelin stars mean the meat tastes like tires? Ugh. OH you know who makes a GREAT steak? That little hole in the wall place on West… something… do you know what I’m talking about? No? Well whatever. Yeah. THEIR steak is ahhhmaaazzzinnggg.†Food. Snob.

Don't pan a place simply because everyone else loves it and you want to be different. People often think this makes them seem like they have a more refined palate than the masses. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but generally speaking, this doesn’t make you sound knowledgeable; it makes you sound like an ass. “Shake Shack? Please. It’s garbage. I’ve had better burgers in gas stations.†No you haven’t and you know it. Shut up.

[acheronbeach]

I had a couple of variations of tuna casserole when I was growing up - one with Kraft Dinner, the other with rice and potato chips. My husband, who had immigrant parents and didn't eat "Canadian" food, was horrified and nearly puked the first (and last) time I made it.

I had this EXACT same experience. I have made Kraft Dinner tuna casserole only once for my Chinese boyfriend. He was horrified.

[Deleted07]

This gem was from Michelle Duggar from the Food Conference:

Michelle Duggar said, “One of our meals was called Three-Way Rice as we were being frugal. Marinara sauce over the first round of rice. Butter and herbs over the second round. Honey over the third round of rice for dessert. Because things were tight, that’s all we could afford to eat at the moment. But it didn’t prevent us from opening our home to others and be hospitable.â€

I'm feeling a little sick at the notion of that! :|

[Muriel]

I was thinking there's a lot of food snobbery on this thread, which led me to this article:

http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/the-dos- ... -snobbery/

I am totally a food snob, as are a lot of French people :oops:

It is just the way we are, and often our European neighbours make fun of us about that...

We love to eat, to buy food, to cook and to talk about the food we ate and the food we will eat, all of this while eating a good meal...

This thread is quite strange (but interesting) to me because a lot of the recipes share here sounds quite exotic, the jello for example is unknown in France...

Of course, French supermarket have their share of convenience and packaged food, but I think they are not as popular as they are in the USA and in UK ;)

[Conuly]

Kraft Dinner = Mac and Cheese, right?

[Witsec7]

This gem was from Michelle Duggar from the Food Conference:

I'm feeling a little sick at the notion of that! :|

We've been over this time and again. Being frugal does not mean you have to pack your kids with vacant calories. This is just another example of the idiocy and ignorance of Juterus.

[tropaka]

Hilarious thing about it by me (and I live next to a Kraft plant! Air smells... interesting sometimes) is that in the USA they call that type of cheese "American Cheese" but apparently in Canada the exact same stuff is called "Canadian Cheese."

Not in my neck of the woods - we just call the processed cheese slices "cheese slices" or in some cases American slices. Kraft Dinner is indeed Kraft Mac and Cheese. American cheese here equals Velveeta.

[gardenvarietycitizen]

Kraft Dinner = Mac and Cheese, right?

Yep. It's the Canadian word for it (specifically the instant type made by Kraft).

[Gizmola]

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I'm feeling a little sick at the notion of that!

I call shenanigans on Michelle. No way she used "herbs" on the rice. When I think of herbs I think of some fresh cilantro or parsley. I'm thinking they used margarine and some store brand powdered "herb."

I have become a food snob to a degree. I started thinking about what I ate and what I ate - realizing a lot of my problem with weight came from eating out of boredom or eating pure junk - like stopping at fast food almost daily or eating a lot of processed foods, particularly Pasta-Roni. So I stopped.

Now I go to the farmer's market and stock up on lots and lots of fresh veggies and fruit. I eat lean meats and whole grains. I make almost everything from scratch now. If I can't pronounce an ingredient, I don't eat it. I eat fruit for dessert. I buy bags of lemons to flavor filtered water to drink or use them to make lemonade. The only thing I eat that's processed is Splenda (because I don't want the calories of sugar) and I only add a bit to lemon juice and water for "lemonade."

I spend one day on the weekend (like today, while watching "Friends") cooking for the week. I peruse the internet and my cookbooks for new recipes each week. I try to keep things varied and try new things all the time. I have started using spices I've never tried before. I even recreate things I miss, like Qdoba naked burritos (I love the lime/cilantro rice) but with fresh ingredients. If I splurge calorie-wise on ice cream, I get the baby tubs of Hagaan-Daaz that have just three or four real ingredients. I bought little Bento type lunchboxes from World Market and fill them with lunch for work.

My point? I am not a chef. I could barely boil water. But I just started learning and experimenting. I spend time on it whereas before I looked for the quickest and easiest way to eat. I also work 50-60 hours a week and am ADing a play for my friend. So if I, who honestly cannot make Rice Krispie treats, can learn to cook wholesome, decent food why can't these SAHMs & SAHDs do it? It is possible. Lina's food always looked good. Anna T's food looks fresh and filling. Neither of them were/are making duck a l'orange with homemade dacquoise for dessert. So why do the Duggars eat such shitty food? I did it out of boredom, laziness and a belief that I couldn't do it - what's their excuse?

[Arete]

For all their preaching about stay at home motherhood being God's calling for women, it all boils down the fact that anything they do is half assed. Their cooking is half assed, their child rearing is half assed and violent, their homemaking is half assed, and on and on. Their is no concept of striving for excellence, for beauty, for clarity, for just plain fun. Everything is some kind of twisted biblical obligation, nothing is out of love. Eating done right brings pleasure, and I think they have a true aversion to getting too much pleasure from their food. If they didn't have to do it to live, they wouldn't.

Out of this way of living you get the likes of Terri Maxwell who can have food as long as she doesn't eat too often or enjoy it too much, Michelle D. and Kelly Bates and the shameful way they feed their blessings, or Josh Duggar who has now reduced food to pornography. It makes me feel dirty when I see his Instagtram pictures. It's just incredible that they can take something as comforting and bonding as a family meal and turn it into something so devoid of joy and plain nasty.

[Gizmola]

For all their preaching about stay at home motherhood being God's calling for women, it all boils down the fact that anything they do is half assed. Their cooking is half assed, their child rearing is half assed and violent, their homemaking is half assed, and on and on. Their is no concept of striving for excellence, for beauty, for clarity, for just plain fun. Everything is some kind of twisted biblical obligation, nothing is out of love. Eating done right brings pleasure, and I think they have a true aversion to getting too much pleasure from their food. If they didn't have to do it to live, they wouldn't.

Out of this way of living you get the likes of Terri Maxwell who can have food as long as she doesn't eat too often or enjoy it too much, Michelle D. and Kelly Bates and the shameful way they feed their blessings, or Josh Duggar who has now reduced food to pornography. It makes me feel dirty when I see his Instagtram pictures. It's just incredible that they can take something as comforting and bonding as a family meal and turn it into something so devoid of joy and plain nasty.

But it seems that they are actively working AGAINST their whole philosophy: isn't family the ultimate ideal in their worldview? Isn't glorifying God the whole point of everything they do? Wouldn't they see eating good, God-given food and fellowshipping with family the ultimate glorification of God and his "blessing" them with five million children? And since they seem to want to recreate the "good old days" wouldn't a big, family dinner with homemade food be appropriate?

I agree that Smuggar's food pics makes me sick. It's all such shit; it's a great diet tool - if I get hungry, I just pop on Instagram and voila, my hunger goes away and food sounds disgusting. Thanks, Smuggar - I will soon be slim and hot and be able to defraud some hotties!

[BlondeAgent007]

Not fundie, but a site with lots of recipes from old cook books, especially ones geared to sell certain food products or cooking supplies. Since they love 50's recipes and the perceived lifestyle, it counts, right? Behold, the Gallery of Regrettable Food: http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/index.html

One of my favorites... the HEALTHY milk and 7 up concoction. I actually broke down and tried it with a friend. It tasted very....strange. Not downright awful like I anticipated, but just a very weird mouthfeel. http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery ... p2/10.html

[bananacat]

I don't think the rice dish is that awful except that it doesn't include any protein. I absolutely love rice. It's cheap and can be nutritious. I would have just added some lentils, which are just cheap and full of protein & fiber and then removed one of the rice courses. One of my big stapes is rice and lentils with a tomato-based sauce. I usually make a "sauce" out of canned diced tomatoes so it's a little chunkier, but I can absolutely see using marinara sauce instead.

Honestly, I'd rather see the kids eat too much rice than all that nasty fried bologna, hot dogs, bacon, and cheese. At least there's no saturated fat in rice. The only real problem I have with the 3 rice thing is the complete lack of protein. But rice is certainly better than fried bologna.

[moreorlessnu]

Kraft Dinner = Mac and Cheese, right?

And then here's an arts & crafts project when you are done eating:

http://www.craftsnthings.com/projects/d ... -box-purse

[jesssnerch]

Not in my neck of the woods - we just call the processed cheese slices "cheese slices" or in some cases American slices. Kraft Dinner is indeed Kraft Mac and Cheese. American cheese here equals Velveeta.

What I call American Cheese is white cheese (or yellow, but I don't like yellow) sliced up at the deli. Kraft cheese and Velveeta is something different.

[Lillybee]

This is what Michelle had to say at Dougie's food conference.

Dougs Blog

Michelle Duggar: Large Family Logistics

Michele Duggar gave some tips on feeding a a large family:

When you’re serving bigger amounts of people, industrial size pots and pans are helpful.

Industrial refrigerator enables us to store things more effectively.

Get a deep freezer with a lid that lifts from the top. The regular freezers often don’t freeze properly because something is sticking out. We have found so many things on Craig’s List. People often will sell freezers because they don’t want to take it with them when they move.

We love convection ovens.

Large crockpots. Put the food in the night before.

We have a bright colored piece of paper on the fridge with 3 columns representing the 3 major stores where we shop. When we run out of an item, we write down always on the refrigerator door.

We use a phone app called Cozi Calendar in order to monitor what’s going on with the family.

Buy lots of giant plastic bowls from Goodwill.

I had a deep freezer with lid lifted from top. The regular freezers often don’t freeze properly because something is sticking out. We have found so many things on Craig’s List. People often will sell freezers because they don’t want to take it with them when they move.

We recommend an extra washer and dryer and a fold out ironing board from the wall.

[Renting with Raggles]

For all their preaching about stay at home motherhood being God's calling for women, it all boils down the fact that anything they do is half assed. Their cooking is half assed, their child rearing is half assed and violent, their homemaking is half assed, and on and on.

This can't be said enough. That they have the gall to denigrate other parents is what's really wrong. They're always making these nasty little digs at secular people, working mothers, single mothers and lesbians. Meanwhile, fundie parenting doesn't even make it to half-assed.

[Arete]

That they have the gall to denigrate other parents is what's really wrong. They're always making these nasty little digs at secular people, working mothers, single mothers and lesbians. Meanwhile, fundie parenting doesn't even make it to half-assed.

Preach it Renting with Raggles, preach it.

[Wolfie]

I don't think the rice dish is that awful except that it doesn't include any protein. I absolutely love rice. It's cheap and can be nutritious. I would have just added some lentils, which are just cheap and full of protein & fiber and then removed one of the rice courses. One of my big stapes is rice and lentils with a tomato-based sauce. I usually make a "sauce" out of canned diced tomatoes so it's a little chunkier, but I can absolutely see using marinara sauce instead.

Honestly, I'd rather see the kids eat too much rice than all that nasty fried bologna, hot dogs, bacon, and cheese. At least there's no saturated fat in rice. The only real problem I have with the 3 rice thing is the complete lack of protein. But rice is certainly better than fried bologna.

I also think that rice and beans would be fine with some marinara mixed in. I usually mix in some tomato paste and hot sauce if I make rice and beans anyway.

The herb butter serving is just odd to mix in, that's a side dish.

And for rice as dessert, why not a little milk and cinnamon sugar. Maybe even some dried fruit mixed in.

[Arete]

But it seems that they are actively working AGAINST their whole philosophy: isn't family the ultimate ideal in their worldview? Isn't glorifying God the whole point of everything they do? Wouldn't they see eating good, God-given food and fellowshipping with family the ultimate glorification of God and his "blessing" them with five million children? And since they seem to want to recreate the "good old days" wouldn't a big, family dinner with homemade food be appropriate? I agree that Smuggar's food pics makes me sick. It's all such shit; it's a great diet tool - if I get hungry, I just pop on Instagram and voila, my hunger goes away and food sounds disgusting. Thanks, Smuggar - I will soon be slim and hot and be able to defraud some hotties!

That is the irony of their worldview. It actually gets them the opposite of what they want. Putting good food on the table, even simple food, that takes work and thought. Parenting your offspring takes work and thought once the pregnancy high wears off. Living an ethical life without having to look up your every move in a manual takes work and thought. For all their talk of hard work, it's just talk. They want to be told what to do, and don't want to expend the mental and physical energy caring for these large families entails. It's laziness of thought and spirit. Goes perfectly with the laziness of "cooking" pre packaged industrial crap. That erased the generational memories of how to cook in the first place. That can be regained, but they have to stop REVELING in their ignorance and start learning things other than Bible verses.

Your poor hotties.....they will never know how much they owe to a 14 year old boy in a 23 year old's body. :dance: :mrgreen:

[bananacat]

I also think that rice and beans would be fine with some marinara mixed in. I usually mix in some tomato paste and hot sauce if I make rice and beans anyway.

The herb butter serving is just odd to mix in, that's a side dish.

And for rice as dessert, why not a little milk and cinnamon sugar. Maybe even some dried fruit mixed in.

Ooh, that last one is a great idea. They should just gt rid of the butter herb course and have a main course of rice with lentils (or beans of lentils are too "exotic") with plenty of tomato sauce and they'd get a decent amount of vegetables with enough tomato sauce. And then a dessert course with milk and dried fruit would get them more protein and some fruit and it would all taste much, much better. They could round out the whole thing with some mixed vegetables if they really wanted to get a second vegetable in there. But even without adding any vegetable side dish, they could turn this into a complete meal for very cheap.

But honestly, the idea of rice with milk, cinnamon, and dried fruit sounds so good that I'm thinking of making some for myself. I love the taste of rice. Now I just wonder if I would serve it cold it or hot.

[kunoichi66]

Ooh, that last one is a great idea. They should just gt rid of the butter herb course and have a main course of rice with lentils (or beans of lentils are too "exotic") with plenty of tomato sauce and they'd get a decent amount of vegetables with enough tomato sauce. And then a dessert course with milk and dried fruit would get them more protein and some fruit and it would all taste much, much better. They could round out the whole thing with some mixed vegetables if they really wanted to get a second vegetable in there. But even without adding any vegetable side dish, they could turn this into a complete meal for very cheap.

But honestly, the idea of rice with milk, cinnamon, and dried fruit sounds so good that I'm thinking of making some for myself. I love the taste of rice. Now I just wonder if I would serve it cold it or hot.

HOT. Hot rice pudding is sooo gooooood....

[LadyBlue]

Also, some fundie recipes from my family...

- Creamed chipped beef on toast. A cheap way to feed your 7 kids. My grandma, bless her heart, told my mother it was my father's favorite dish when they were first married. My mother believed her, made it for my dad, and he told her to never, ever make it again.

- "My last name" Salad. A fruity jello concoction with macaroni noodles that my grandma makes. In her grief following my dad's death she accidentally put shrimp in it and then tried to cover the taste with cinnamon. We all politely ate our portions and told her it was delicious so as not to further upset her.

- Cauliflower in cheese sauce. I eat this to be polite, but why would you ruin delicious, fresh cauliflower with Velveeta?

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We didn't use Velveeta, my mom made a roue & added Cheese Whiz to it. Very yummy. And lots of people, especially kids don't like cauliflower. I'd rather use a sauce & actually get the veggies into my kids than not use a sauce & have them refuse to eat.

Zucchini is one of the cheapest vegetables you can eat, even if you don't grow your own! How on earth can you raise a large family without eating lots of the stuff? (Heck, we only have me, my sister, my mother, and the two nieces and we eat a lot of the stuff, much to the kids' annoyance.)

The only time I've had zucchini is when my mom made chocolate zucchini cake. I'd never had squash or eggplant until this year. So far we've tried butternut squash & acorn squash. Once each.

I used canned soups. Making stock sounds confusing and we never actually eat soup, just cook with it occasionally, so why bother with something that, frankly, freaks me out? I really don't get the hate for canned soups. I'm poor & busy and I hate cooking. I'd rather buy a case of mushroom & case of tomato & just grab a can or 2 when I need than try to deal with making soup. I'd made precisely one soup in my life, a couple months ago, & I bought beef broth for it. From what I understand I need bones to make stock & I very seldom have those.

Someone mentioned Ambrosia earlier, it sounds similar to my mom's 24 hour salad, but hers is way better. Manadarin slices, pineapple, marashino cherries, real whipped cream, sour cream & mini marshmallows

We eat a lot of pasta & rice. I buy the majority of my veggies frozen or I'd end up wasting a lot of money. We eat a lot of stir fries, shepherd's pie, macaroni & cheese casseroles. And you still couldn't pay me enough t o eat that chicken getti stuff.

[Lala29]

Well, the hate of delicious food can be traced back to Protestantism itself. Delicious food could incite desire, and desire is bad, in any form.

The lack of cooking, home keeping and child rearing, to me, sounds like a big symptom of depression. It must be depressing to do things you don't want to do all the time (submitting, being the only worker, not getting a choice on the number of kids, etc etc). Lack of control is a known contributor to depression. Maybe all of this half done stuff is an indicator that for the vast majority of fundies, this lifestyle choice is a bad fit. Hmmm, it might also explain the aggression. Depression manifests itself a good amount of the times as irritability and aggression. Maybe they want to convert everyone and force everyone to their way of life so that they are not constantly reminded that life can be so much better? ;)

[yaright]

http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/ Very fundy food site. includes the famous feed your 45.00 a week. http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/40dollarmenu.htm which isn't bad if you are broke and need to feed the family better than just rice and beans.