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Usually the first time I make something I try to adhere to the recipe, only changing/omitting items I don't have on hand and I don't feel are integral to the success of the dish. After that I may change a few things up from time to time.
I think that is most common and am posting a poll to see if the answers support that. Since there is no stigma with any of the choices, maybe people will select what they really do.
If there is any recipe I follow closely, it is for baked goods, but even those I usually alter even the first time. I would, however, not change a souffle recipe, if I cooked those (I do not).
If I'm baking, I tend to follow the recipe to the letter. But that's about it. Even stuff I make often, I often tweak it one way or another.
Like, we like to eat beans and ham at least a couple of times a month. I'm always tweaking them from one time to the next. Sometimes I put in some diced tomatoes, other times, diced onions, other times mushrooms...etc.
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Usually the first time I make something I try to adhere to the recipe, only changing/omitting items I don't have on hand and I don't feel are integral to the success of the dish. After that I may change a few things up from time to time.
That's how I cook, as well. I'm not one of those people who can just throw something together based on whatever I've got in the fridge and what was on sale at the farmers market, but I also don't believe recipes are unbending laws that cannot be changed.
After a person has been cooking for a good while they know what they (and their family) likes and adjusts recipes accordingly.
With the exception of baking (which should be carried out following the recipe like a potentially explosive chemistry formula) recipes are just recommendations -- "this is how I did it and it turned out good but there are different ways to do it which may be just as good".
I do a lot of modification trying to convert recipes to gluten-free.
My usual method is to make a recipe exactly as written the first time. Then I make notes and modify to taste.
I usually cut salt in half, even the first time. I've got a family member watching his blood pressure and most newer recipes are much too heavy in salt.
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