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I believe that the first time you try a recipe you should follow it to the letter. Only after evaluating the final product should I change it, or tweek it.
For example, tonight I'm making a new lasagna recipe which has no ricotta, no mozzarella, no herbs.
I have a friend who doesn't like ricotta. so I'm testing it for him. I have noticed that many of you on this site make substitutions when trying a new recipe, so I'm just saying. ... Ok for the second time, but not the first time.
Meh, to each their own. I rarely follow a recipe, if ever.
I love to read cookbooks cover to cover for ideas but I really can't think of even one time that I've followed a recipe to the T.
...I can think of one time I should have followed a recipe
When making amish friendship bread starter from scratch, I was like hmm back in the day the amish probably didn't follow a recipe, how bad could it turn out? Bad, very bad !!!
Meh, to each their own. I rarely follow a recipe, if ever.
I love to read cookbooks cover to cover for ideas but I really can't think of even one time that I've followed a recipe to the T.
...I can think of one time I should have followed a recipe
When making amish friendship bread starter from scratch, I was like hmm back in the day the amish probably didn't follow a recipe, how bad could it turn out? Bad, very bad !!!
Courtney
I always find myself tweaking a recipe, even if it is the first time I've used it. I too love cookbooks and read them to get ideas. I also love to use a new recipe when entertaining.
I've been cooking for so many years that I can tell when a recipe is going to need a little tweaking, whats so wrong with that?
Sometimes it makes the difference between average and wonderful, I dont do average!
I guess I'm just saying that, with every fiber of my being, I wanted to revert to what I traditionally do to make lasagna, but I resisted because if I added to the recipe I could have missed out on something unique and special.
Of course we experienced cooks can read a recipe and know what it will be like, but If we always make it the old familiar way, what's the fun of that?
I taste and tweak all the time - even when I make a receipe for the first time. You can taste a sauce and see that it needs more salt, garlic or wine or know that a lemon tart could use some extra zest. Taste and tweak that is my motto. I don't like wasting food or serving a mediocre meal so I try to make sure that the first time I make a recipe it is delicious.
I taste and tweak all the time - even when I make a receipe for the first time. You can taste a sauce and see that it needs more salt, garlic or wine or know that a lemon tart could use some extra zest. Taste and tweak that is my motto. I don't like wasting food so I try to make sure that the first time I make a recipe it is delicious.
I rarely make it to the bottom of a list of ingredients without changing something.
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