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Hamandeggs
Citizen
Username: Hamandeggs
Post Number: 353
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 7:45 am: | 
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Kings has Barefoot Contessa mixes that cost as much as ten bucks, a threshold I never thought I'd see for cake mix. I wonder how they are. Anyone know? |
Amie Brockway-Metcalf
Citizen
Username: Amie
Post Number: 556
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 8:01 am: |
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I dunno, but the vanilla cake mix from Trader Joes is divine at about 3.59. |
CFA
Citizen
Username: Cfa
Post Number: 1676
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 8:36 am: |
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You can probably make the same cake as Barefoot Contessa for less than 1/2 the price. Like she doesn't have enough money. |
papayagirl
Citizen
Username: Papayagirl
Post Number: 610
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 8:37 am: |
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I just looked online and saw that one of them was for the coconut cupcake mix, including the frosting. I've made them from scratch, and they're awesome. And i was actually at the Fancy Food show at Jacob Javitz a few weeks ago, and they were giving out samples. (Ina Garten was there in person earlier, but i missed her.) I assumed the samples were made from scratch as well, but it makes sense now that they were probably from the mix, which i didn't know existed. They tasted just like mine, which took hours and at least $10 to make.
The Barefoot Contessa cookbooks are some of the few that i trust to have recipes turn out well the first time. I'd be more confident trying out a mix from her, than Emeril's spaghetti sauce, etc. |
Hamandeggs
Citizen
Username: Hamandeggs
Post Number: 355
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 10:31 am: |
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Yes, I'm sort of tempted. I don't usually use mixes because you can almost always taste that they're mixes, and I know that some of my recipes cost a lot to make. So I wonder about these...maybe they'll go on sale!
I've had that TJ's mix -- I always thought that was a bit pricey, but I think my mental pricing must be out of whack! |
Jason
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Username: Jason
Post Number: 162
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 2:17 pm: |
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Trader Joes Banana Bread mix (~$1.99, if I remember right) + using a mashed banana instead of oil + adding sliced banana to the mix = Something Delicious!
Jason |
Dave
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Username: Dave
Post Number: 10269
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 2:56 pm: |
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Barefoot Contessa meets the Headless Consumer |
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