I dont think its wrong really but i haven't pretended to make something I didnt actually make..

why would i say i made something that tasted bland, too sugary, or too buttery? lol this is silly. no, i've never "faked" it. i have some integrity.

I don't think it's wrong. I just don't do it.

I agree i don't think it is wrong, I just don't ever do it. If bring something store bought i usually admit to it.

If someone really likes something and I bought it, I would rather share. That way they can get it for themselves.

Nope, store bought usually doesn't taste as good as homemade anyway.

i agree with some of the above. i have never claimed to have made something from the store. i rather let them know, and if they like it they can go get some more at another time. share the info!

my sister thinks she's martha effing stewart and criticizes everything she eats at my house. When I was just starting to cook I was too nervous to deal with it so when my boyfriend and I invited my family over to our new apartment for dinner for the first time, I totally faked it. She still had something to say, of course, but it worked. I don't fake it now though, I'm more confident in my cooking.

What I make is always better than store bought. If I make brownie mix, I'll admit it. I don't think it's 'wrong,' I just don't do it.

No i couldnt fake that. I would think most people could tell the difference.

As others have said--I don't think it's wrong, but I don't do it. Can't people tell,anyway?

no...my husband says i take it too far.
yesterday i mixed both yellow and devils foods cakes mixed, added walnuts and baked it in a bundt pan. it was pretty good and hubby's friends were like, "u made this? i thought it was store bought" so im like it is store bought....then my husband's like no its not...u mixed it, made some adjustments and baked it, y r u being so humble hehehe
its called an aversion to lying

I've "faked" it a handful of times but I do it as a joke than actually trying to pass it off like I made it.

Example: I go to a dinner party after work and have no time to bake a dessert so I pick something up. Then I show up at the party with dessert (still in the plastic container) and say, "Sorry, I'm late. I slaved over a hot stove to make this special for you!" A lame attempt at humor indeed.

I seriously would not try to pass off something as homemade if it wasn't.

Nope.

I spy Nambe candlesticks in the photo.

I don't pass off store bought as homemade...usually I'll cop to buying a store-bought cake or something, but I emphasize that I DID make the appetizers myself.

Nope.

Ohh, man. When my fiance and I first started dating, I invited him over for dinner on a Friday night and he requested Indian food. Well, I had to work all day and didn't have time to make it homemade (plus I was an unpaid intern and didn't have a grocery budget to cover all the expensive spices required by Indian food), so my roommates suggested I just fake it. I never actually said that I made the food from scratch, but I threw out the packaging and let him assume it was homemade. I didn't feel bad about it at the time because I thought he was being unreasonable to expect homemade Indian food after a full day of work, and it was only the second or third date and I had no idea that we'd be getting so serious.

Anyway, he was extremely impressed. He even told his mother about it, which I found out when I first met her. By that time I was wanting to fess up, now that we were getting serious, but when she said that, I felt like I couldn't tell him the truth anymore! So I kept it secret for a few more months. I felt guilty every single time we went grocery shopping together and passed the Indian foods section. And I prayed he'd never ask me to make that meal again!

Finally I broke down and told him and cried about it too, because I felt like holding on to it for so long was worse than the initial deception. I apologized and he forgave me and told me it wasn't that big of a deal and that he wished I'd told him sooner rather than carry that unnecessary guilt around. I'll never fake it again!!

lol bluebell that's great.

I couldn't do it. I enjoy cooking when I actually do it. Besides, these days, everyone knows about my baking (specifically peach cobbler) so they'd know if I didn't make it. Lol. I don't think it's wrong but more or less stupid. Lol. If cooking is not your gift or you don't have enough time, oh well. Order the food and call it a day and say this Boston Market sure is good! Lol.

I don't think it's wrong necessarily, I've just never had a need to do it.... and probably wouldn't. I have problem admitting I didn't cook something!

Never. My friends and family would know right away anyway since I'm known for making everything from scratch.

I'll say I made it if it was like a store bought cake mix that I added stuff to and made my own frosting, because it became mine and I could have mixed it if I felt like it.

If I made something like brownies that were straight out of the box, then I would say it was from a mix.

You can fake an orgasm but you can not fake food!...Do bacon wrapped hot dogs count?

Never really felt the need. I don't see a problem with it, it's just that store-made food never seems that appetizing to me that I'd want to take credit for it.

No, I'm not a fraud.

Besides, my homemade stuff is usually a lot better, so I wouldn't want to take credit for something inferior.

I don't think it's wrong, but I don't do it. Homemade food is so much better...and most of the time, healthier!

I haven't "faked" but I have "improved" by adding to it or by garnishing. I have, on occasion, gone the "semi-homemade" road. Usually, though, I just admit it with a smile.

I picked "no" but I don't think there's anything wrong with it. making food isn't that hard

i mean i have done the semi-homemade route! like i make a pumpkin cake that uses yellow cake mix and then i add stuff. but when people ask how to make it i tell them that! i wouldn't pretend its all from scratch. but if they don't ask i don't tell haha

No...it's just too risky!

I have done this only one time. I was supposed to make something for a bakesale for my fraternity, but with studying etc I ran out of time, so I went and bought 4 boxes of krispy treats, took them out the wrappers, and bagged them up like I made them myself. Everyone kep remarking on how perfectly I cut them lmao

nope....i don't fake it....when i don't have time to make something..i buy something and similar to bluebell..."i've cooked all day to make this..and look..i even packaged it for you..lol"...

I'd feel like some sort of food heathen if I lied

I've never faked it but I don't condemn it I just never felt compelled to take credit for a store buy

I clicked "yes, sometimes", but it hasn't been for store bought stuff. I've taken credit for my husbands cooking before. It's been at work or for a women's group function. He doesn't mind.

I do feel a little guilty, but he's a really good cook. lol

Samosas. The worst part was that it was for my food studies class...and I got a really good grade.

Not wrong, but take credit for what you do or do not do. I would still eat it if you told me it was store bought.

ive actually done the opposite... ive told people it was store bought when i actually made it.

I have never done it... but it makes no difference to me if someone has fib a little on the origins of any tasty treat.

If I buy a cake from the store for a party... it is obvious, since the price tag is still most likely on it. haha!

I enjoy cooking too much, so I never tell someone that something store-bought is homemade! I want to take honest credit if someone loves something I've made (like my pumpkin roll cake from this weekend), so why lie if there's no reason to?

i'm pretty great on my own so never had an occasion to do that, but if i did i think people would see right through me.