“I take more liberty than Ina intended. A package of pre-chopped veggies for stir-fry? Store-bought is fine. A box of Tex-Mex seasoned rice and beans mix? Store-bought is fine. A whole frozen chicken pot pie? Store-bought is fine!!!”
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For starters, Ina is a domestic goddess with zero formal culinary training. In the ’70s she worked in the White House Office of Management and Budget and helped write the nuclear energy budget for Presidents Ford and Carter. Now, she lives in the Hamptons with her exceedingly well-fed husband, Jeffrey, and makes everything from scratch, frequently plucking fresh ingredients from her fruitful and gorgeously manicured garden.
Ina has said that she makes her pie crusts from scratch, that herbs should be fresh not dried, that she would never, ever use a pre-grated cheese. I have never made a pie crust or picked fresh herbs, and I usually buy the type of Parmesan cheese that isn’t even kept in the refrigerated section of the supermarket. But, benevolently, she lets us off the hook: “store-bought is fine.”
It’s such an elegant phrase. On the one hand, it says that I don’t have to live in the Hamptons and spend hours a day cultivating a lush garden to make chicken for dinner. On the other, it puts me in my place: “You can try but you’ll never be me, bitch.” But for all the license that I take at the grocery store, I do think that I understand the spirit of Ina’s words. It helps make her cooking more accessible for the masses.
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