To cook something from scratch

Babushka wouldn't dare make a cake like this. It would be criminal.

Scratch can have a few meanings. A cat can scratch you if bother him enough. A Scratch pad is not something your cat uses, but something you write something down with. What about to make something from scratch.

If you cook something from scratch, you make it from the beginning or the start. That means, if you're making borscht from a package, it's not from scratch. Only Babushka knows how to make everything from scratch. After all, the more love you put in your food, the more people will enjoy it. If only Babushka made sour cream from scratch, she'd be a tired lady at the end of the day.

The problem with the average American is that they don't know how to make anything from scratch these days. Chef Boyardee, Lipton Sidekicks, Hamburger Helper, are all foods that are already pre-made for you. All you need to do is put it in the microwave and zap the food for a few minutes. Maybe in the next 20 years they will have to take a lesson on how to use a microwave. Americans say to make something from scratch would be too hard and time consuming. What did Americans do 50 years ago? They cooked... until they degraded themselves.

Let's look at an example where a video from CNBC talks about making nuggets from scratch.

Whether you're nuggets came in a McDonald's box or from the freezer aisle, chicken nuggets have long been a staple for American families. But have you ever eaten one cooked from scratch, at home?

I suppose what they're saying is that Americans haven't really made anything from the start a long time ago. Who needs to know how to make a cake these days when you have Betty Crocker.

The video is posted below. The timestamp is at 00:05.