> > On Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:25:22 AM UTC-7, Steve Freides wrote:

> >> Steve Freides wrote:

> >>> What's your favorite thing that you could buy already made for you

> >>> but

> >>> you cook yourself instead?  Let's skip things like TV dinners,

> >>> please.

> >>> What things do most people, even those who cook, buy already made

> >>> but

> >>> you prefer to make yourself.

> >>> For me, it would be a tie between home-roasted coffee and homemade

> >>> nut

> >>> butter.  The store-bought versions of both don't come approach my

> >>> versions for two reasons: my versions are fresher, and my versions

> >>> are

> >>> more exactly what I want.

> >>> -S-

> >> Whoops - intended for the cooking newsgroup but, hey, fellow

> >> classical

> >> guitarists, please feel free to answer as wel!

> >> -S-

> > You roast your own coffee? Nice. That's what I'd do.

> Yup - just did some this morning.  If you don't mind making small

> batches, a $40 air popcorn popper does the job very well and that's what

> we use.  Green coffee beans have a long shelf life, six months to a

> year, so we buy 5-lb. bags of beans and generally roast once or twice a

> week.  The stuff is _so_ fresh that you actually have to wait at least a

> few hours, preferrably overnight, before you use it.

> -S-