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Brand New or Tried and True? Anonymous 09/14/15 (Mon) 17:54:03 No.6729

Hey /ck/, when cooking a new dish, do you prefer to go by a recipe or do you come up with things on your own and see if it works out?

Anonymous 09/14/15 (Mon) 18:13:18 No.6730

i usually google the recipe and look at the first five or so hits, then cook it myself using theirs as guidelines, that way i'll generally notice a few different methods if any exist, and will be able to judge by the finished product what each ingredient tweak is likely to do.

Anonymous 09/14/15 (Mon) 18:53:53 No.6733

I always do the recipe first then adjust it to my tastes/elevation.

Anonymous 09/14/15 (Mon) 20:40:54 No.6736

I try to understand the point of the recipe/technique and apply it accordingly. Most of what I do is foodwishes recipes, in which cases I follow the recipe.

When I only have leftovers is when the fun experiments begin.

Anonymous 09/14/15 (Mon) 20:43:53 No.6737

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Depends on the complexity and nature of the dish.

If it's baking then you bet your ass I'm going to follow the recipe to a tee. However, for something like soups and sauces I usually eyeball it and change around ingredient quantities based around my own tastes and what I have available.

Anonymous 11/26/15 (Thu) 09:39:01 No.8148

>>6729

I follow the recipe fully at first to see how it turns out. If I like the recipe, I may make changes as needed when doing it in the future.

Anonymous 11/26/15 (Thu) 23:34:41 No.8162

Depends whose recipe it is and from what book. Tons of shitty cooks out there and even more great chefs with shitty books.