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[Days like these...]

Just had a coworker excitedly tell me his wife made "homemade enchiladas". I don't get it.

 

[West Texas CEO]

It's made at home?

 

[Days like these...]

It's made at home?

Where do most people make their food?

 

[Walter Matthau]

I can see how it's redundant, but never bothered me.

The use of the word "handcrafted" for every food/beverage item you buy at a fast food or convenience store is a little bit of a pet peeve for me.

 

[Days like these...]

I can see how it's redundant, but never bothered me.

The use of the word "handcrafted" for every food/beverage item you buy at a fast food or convenience store is a little bit of a pet peeve for me.

Is it artisanal tho?

 

[DAHGAMING]

Just had a coworker excitedly tell me his wife made "homemade enchiladas". I don't get it.

Lucky mans in for an Old Elpaso spesh tonight. You should just turn up, say you thought it was an invite, trust me he will never bore you with that shit homebade bollocks again.

 

[Days like these...]

Lucky mans in for an Old Elpaso spesh tonight. You should just turn up, say you thought it was an invite, trust me he will never bore you with that shit homebade bollocks again.

Now that you've posted this abomination maybe he meant she made them from scratch? I did not know enchilada kits existed.

 

[8bitpill]

Is it just that the co worker in question gets on your nerves?

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Just had a coworker excitedly tell me his wife made "homemade enchiladas". I don't get it.

The perception is that people are laboriously making food from fresh ingredients, as opposed to factory produced food that prioritises longevity.

 

[StueyDuck]

Homemade is the idea that someone made something like restaurant or fast food style cooking at home instead of purchasing it.

In their minds, it's a food item they'd usually buy, making it at home for them qualifies the "homemade" moniker

 

[Days like these...]

Is it just that the co worker in question gets on your nerves?

I will try to relate to him by telling him that my wife ( I don't have a wife anymore) made me a "homemade mayonnaise sandwich".

 

[BlackTron]

Just had a coworker excitedly tell me his wife made "homemade enchiladas". I don't get it.

It means that she made them herself from separate ingredients instead of putting frozen ones in the microwave.

Edit: Wait, you are already slowly awakening to this.

Yeah, that's why "she made me a homemade mayo sandwich" is a bit redundant, there aren't many other ways to make it.

My grandma threw frozen lasagnas in the microwave constantly and colloquially it was still "making lasagna". Homemade implies the next level of caring enough to do the work, gather the ingredients and use the oven.

 

[IDKFA]

I will try to relate to him by telling him that my wife ( I don't have a wife anymore) made me a "homemade mayonnaise sandwich".

Kinda makes sense. A sandwich made at home rather than store bought.

However, I'd question why anybody would just want to eat bread and mayonnaise?

 

[Days like these...]

It means that she made them herself from separate ingredients instead of putting frozen ones in the microwave.

Must be a cultural thing. When I say I made enchiladas I made enchiladas.

 

[GymWolf]

Where do most people make their food?

Americans? Take away or pre-cooked food?

Home made it means that his wife bought all the raw ingredients and made everything from scratch.

It should be the norm i know, but alas...

 

[BlackTron]

Must be a cultural thing. When I say I made enchiladas I made enchiladas.

Maybe, the same way Italians say they made sauce, no one thinks they heated up a jar of it on the stove. Why bother specifying, because they'd never do it.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Yeah, that's why "she made me a homemade mayo sandwich"

Go on...

 

[8bitpill]

So you don't like him

My old friend use to use several to explain any amount of time when it made it seemed he was into something for a long time. It use to get under my skin to the point where when someone that uses several correctly makes me twitch. For example, he would just get into a band, hobby, movie, etc, then tell someone he was into for several years.

If you're curious, just ask him, "what makes it homemade?".

 

[Lunarorbit]

Kinda makes sense. A sandwich made at home rather than store bought.

However, I'd question why anybody would just want to eat bread and mayonnaise?

People are weird but I've heard of people eating that.

I'll say that these are homemade cookies when I bring shit to work.

I love to bake and that's where the term homemade is used most often. People don't usually say this is a homemade souffle, they say I made a souffle for you.

 

[Days like these...]

People are weird but I've heard of people eating that.

I'll say that these are homemade cookies when I bring shit to work.

I love to bake and that's where the term homemade is used most often. People don't usually say this is a homemade souffle, they say I made a souffle for you.

But why wouldn't you just say. "I made cookies" English is not my native tongue I'm trying to understand.

 

[Mistake]

It adds extra flair when you steal their lunches

 

[Days like these...]

The perception is that people are laboriously making food from fresh ingredients, as opposed to factory produced food that prioritises longevity.

I'd bet your left ovary she didn't make the sauce for the "homemade" enchiladas

 

[poppabk]

There are different levels to 'making something'. I was positively excited to make a sandwich with bread I had baked at home, tomatoes and basil from my garden, and mozzarella cheese I had made.
Thats a big deal for me to have made or grown all the components - even if I bought the raw ingedients for the bread and cheese from the store.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I'd bet your left ovary she didn't make the sauce for the "homemade" enchiladas

That's why I said "the perception is"

 

[Big Baller]

There are different levels to 'making something'. I was positively excited to make a sandwich with bread I had baked at home, tomatoes and basil from my garden, and mozzarella cheese I had made.
Thats a big deal for me to have made or grown all the components - even if I bought the raw ingedients for the bread and cheese from the store.

Imagine someone stealing that shit

 

[GymWolf]

Moral of the story, Op should never accept a jar of homemade mayonaisse from someone that hates him.

The line between homemade and handmade can be very blurry at times.

 

[Lunarorbit]

But why wouldn't you just say. "I made cookies" English is not my native tongue I'm trying to understand.

Oh you totally can. That's 100% correct. Homemade just sounds like you spent more time on it i guess.

 

[Days like these...]

Moral of the story, Op should never accept a jar of homemade mayonaisse from someone that hates him.

The line between homemade and handmade can be very blurry at times.

I don't even like mayonnaise. If I were to tell him that It'd just be me trying to relate culturally as he was trying to do with me.

 

[West Texas CEO]

I don't even like mayonnaise.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Where do most people make their food?

Huh? You can heat up a can of soup or microwave a burrito at home and it’s not called homemade. Homemade is when you make something yourself at home, typically from scratch. What a strange thread

 

[West Texas CEO]

Huh? You can heat up a can of soup or microwave a burrito at home and it’s not called homemade. Homemade is when you make something yourself at home, typically from scratch. What a strange thread

He's not an native English speaker, so I guess there was something lost in translation.

 

[cash_longfellow]

OP…you say English isn’t your main language and you are trying to understand, but every time someone tries to explain, you discount and argue their explanation. Sounds like you made this thread just to argue with people .

 

[West Texas CEO]

He's not an native English speaker, so I guess there was something lost in translation.

^ look at this bad grammar.
I guess I'm not a native speaker, neither.

 

[cash_longfellow]

He's not a native English speaker, so I guess there was something lost in translation.

Not native maybe, but sure sounds fluent enough to know what he’s doing right now

 

[Days like these...]

Huh? You can heat up a can of soup or microwave a burrito at home and it’s not called homemade. Homemade is when you make something yourself at home, typically from scratch. What a strange thread

You're one of those weirdos aren't you? I made soup means I made soup. I made a burrito means I made a burrito. Do words not mean anything to you? I wouldn't say I made soup if I warmed up a can of soup. Tell me about your "homemade" old El Paso tacos

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Moral of the story, Op should never accept a jar of homemade mayonaisse from someone that hates him.

The line between homemade and handmade can be very blurry at times.

 

[tkscz]

Now that you've posted this abomination maybe he meant she made them from scratch? I did not know enchilada kits existed.

From scratch is the phrasing I use when I mean I made it and didn't buy it pre-made and heated it up so I assume that's what they mean.

 

[IDKFA]

There are different levels to 'making something'. I was positively excited to make a sandwich with bread I had baked at home, tomatoes and basil from my garden, and mozzarella cheese I had made.
Thats a big deal for me to have made or grown all the components - even if I bought the raw ingedients for the bread and cheese from the store.

Sorry boss, but if any ingredient is shop bought then it's not homemade.

Buying cows millk to make mozzarella? Pathetic. Next time I want see you milking an Italian buffalo by hand.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Sorry boss, but if any ingredient is shop bought then it's not homemade.

Buying cows millk to make mozzarella? Pathetic. Next time I want see you milking an Italian buffalo by hand.

Alpha male lifestyles.

 

[John Marston]

I don't even like mayonnaise.

 

[cash_longfellow]

You're one of those weirdos aren't you? I made soup means I made soup. I made a burrito means I made a burrito. Do words not mean anything to you? I wouldn't say I made soup if I warmed up a can of soup. Tell me about your "homemade" old El Paso tacos

This might be one of the dumbest threads I’ve seen on Gaf in a long time. Keep trolling my fellow “non-native English speaker”.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Next time I want see you milking an Italian buffalo by hand.

You don’t talk about my wife that way!

 

[Tams]

But why wouldn't you just say. "I made cookies" English is not my native tongue I'm trying to understand.

You'd use the adjective 'homemade' if another part of the sentence or context didn't make it clear.

No need to say, 'I made some homemade cookies' as 'made' makes it clear already.

But, 'Here are some homemade cookies' is fine as there is no other way to express that the cookies were made at home (and therefore likely made from scratch).

For something like lasagne or pizza, many people use 'made' to describe just heating up something frozen, so in that case using 'homemade' or 'handmade' is helpful.

Now, pasta and other noodles... need even more clarifying.

 

[poppabk]

You'd use the adjective 'homemade' if another part of the sentence or context didn't make it clear.

No need to say, 'I made some homemade cookies' as 'made' makes it clear already.

But, 'Here are some homemade cookies' is fine as there is no other way to express that the cookies were made at home (and therefore likely made from scratch).

For something like lasagne or pizza, many people use 'made' to describe just heating up something frozen, so in that case using 'homemade' or 'handmade' is helpful.

Now, pasta and other noodles... need even more clarifying.

Nope cookies can come premade as well and you just put em in the oven.

 

[BlackTron]

Go on...

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Nope cookies can come premade as well and you just put em in the oven.

Also, I wouldn't consider cookies made with a box mix necessarily homemade, usually homemade cookies means you made them from scratch. Or if you did use a box mix usually it's qualified like "homemade but just Betty Crocker" or something.

 

[Days like these...]

Also, I wouldn't consider cookies made with a box mix necessarily homemade, usually homemade cookies means you made them from scratch. Or if you did use a box mix usually it's qualified like "homemade but just Betty Crocker" or something.

I would differentiate by saying "I made x from scratch". Homemade is just dumb.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Maybe he said “ho made.”

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Lucky mans in for an Old Elpaso spesh tonight. You should just turn up, say you thought it was an invite, trust me he will never bore you with that shit homebade bollocks again.

Pure shit.

Taco Bell type shit

and then flour tortilla.




This is homemade

 

[AJUMP23]

I make great enchiladas at home. I think people do it, to emphasize the effort that went into it. The store bought stuff just doesn't taste the same.

You seem to get annoyed by some silly stuff, but I guess we all do.