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Expression: Start from Scratch
Our busy modern lifestyle means people don’t have enough time to start from scratch when preparing meals anymore, or at least that’s what they say.
That’s one reason why prepared meal delivery services are becoming so popular.
It’s the same for me, but I like to prepare something from scratch now and then.
I like to start from zero to cook a pizza (including the sauce) or bake a loaf of bread or a cake.
Starting from scratch means beginning something without any prior preparation.
I’ll even bake a few dozen cookies once in a blue moon.
Cookies are a little dangerous, though, because if I know that there are cookies in the house, well, let’s say I get the munchies every 30 minutes or so.
Popping a frozen meal into the microwave to heat it is not starting from scratch.
Opening up a bag of flour, breaking a few eggs, adding sugar and mixing it up, now that’s starting from scratch.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 72.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.