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tod2
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Not using a recipe
« Thread Started on Jul 9, 2012, 4:53pm »

Some years back now, my mum gave me the breadmaking machine my brother gave her for Xmas one year.
I stuck to the recipe they give you with the gadget. What a tiny little loaf of bread I thought.
Next thing I was adding more of this and more of that and before you knew it I had glued the lid to the lower half, had bread mix running over into the cavity and in short, make one hell of a mess.

Not admitting defeat I cut down the amounts and this last week made a beautiful banana bread for my house maid and the next day made another one for my gardener.
I'm so proud I can now bake without a recipe! Yipee!

« Last Edit: Jul 10, 2012, 7:45am by tod2 »

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Re: Not to using a recipe
« Reply #1 on Jul 9, 2012, 9:50pm »

Creativity is fueled by risk.

Saludos,
Don Cuevas (founder and Jefe Máximo of the Recipe Liberation Front.)

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Not using a recipe
« Reply #2 on Jul 9, 2012, 10:54pm »

I have never been able to follow a recipe. My nature obliges me to make modifications, no matter how simple it should be.

It is not always a pretty sight, but often the result is brilliant.

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Re: Not using a recipe
« Reply #3 on Jul 15, 2012, 8:45am »

i am usually too lazy to follow recipes. i tend to experiment, or that is, use as few ingredients and as little work as i think i can get away with.

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Re: Not using a recipe
« Reply #4 on Jul 16, 2012, 3:10pm »

The only times I follow a recipe is when I'm making something for the first time or, if it's something I've made before that I know comes out perfectly when using the recipe.

I do like reading cookbooks and recipes, but more for learning and inspiration than anything else. And very often, I take some meat or vegetable I got for one purpose in a completely different direction during the cooking process.

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Re: Not using a recipe
« Reply #5 on Jul 20, 2012, 1:32pm »

What gets me are the details like 15 cl of this or 2 tsp of that.

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