I feel I must defend myself.
In the process I bring to light one of the great arguments of our marriage.
I am a good baker. It may not look perfect, but it always tastes really good.
Every time MBB says "I prefer bakery confections," I tell him that comes across as insulting and he always counters with:
"I believe in leaving certain things to professionals, they are professional, how can it NOT be better. Like a mechanic or a painter."
To that I would ask: are taxi drivers better drivers because they are professionals?
If an advertising agency would pay me to drive does that make me "a professional driver," and allow me to use the ubiquitous small print "closed course?"
How does putting out a shingle to sell your wares or services automatically make it better? You can always get a sucker to but something....
So in my own defense, I believe that MBB, being a numbers person, really believes that the bakery must be better, because logically, they are the professionals, and it would stand to reason, that they are better at it. Now you know what I think of that....
Anyone who would like to change his mind is welcome to send us their homemade pastries.
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Nah, I say keep him in the dark.
That way we don't have to share...
when I first got married I also was not one who went for homemade. There was good reason for this but my wife was clearly insulted.
However, my mind has long been changed because of a change in the realities.
I for one would vote for FBB's over bakery products.
Maybe this is just MBB's way of feeling like he's actually helping the recession by providing more jobs as cashiers in the bakeries.
I will be happy to judge between all submissions
He is missing the engineering part. The bakery has to balance quality with cost with longevity of the baked goods in order to consistently make a profit.
You don't have that constraint at home, so you can use high quality ingredients, more expensive processes, etc because you are not selling them.
Home baked is consistently better than bakery. Only reason to buy bakery goods is if you dont have the time to make it yourself.
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