Friday Question #64 [16]Comments on: http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/04/17/friday-question-64/ Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:46:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: E http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/04/17/friday-question-64/#comment-9742 E Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:37:56 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2064#comment-9742 As diane knows, even with a recipe there's no guarantee my cooking will be edible! And me cooking without a recipe is itself a recipe for tragedy... As diane knows, even with a recipe there’s no guarantee my cooking will be edible! And me cooking without a recipe is itself a recipe for tragedy…

]]> By: Stacey http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/04/17/friday-question-64/#comment-9585 Stacey Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:11:11 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2064#comment-9585 When I bake, I always follow a recipe. I might make my own changes later, but I'd be lost without directions. When I bake, I always follow a recipe. I might make my own changes later, but I’d be lost without directions.

]]> By: DeAnne http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/04/17/friday-question-64/#comment-9578 DeAnne Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:03:16 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2064#comment-9578 I use recipes as a guideline and I guess that experience has taught me where I can experiment and not make a mess. I love to experiment and it's safe to say that nothing turns out exactly the same as the last time in my kitchen but it's always (95% +) yummy! I use recipes as a guideline and I guess that experience has taught me where I can experiment and not make a mess. I love to experiment and it’s safe to say that nothing turns out exactly the same as the last time in my kitchen but it’s always (95% +) yummy!

]]> By: diane http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/04/17/friday-question-64/#comment-9573 diane Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:04:09 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2064#comment-9573 Hm, I wonder how the people who answered were defining going off recipe. Because like a lot of people who have commented, I need to start with a basic recipe so I have a handle on the proportion of ingredients and the oven temperature. But then I tend to play very fast and loose with the original recipe. I don't very often come up with dishes on my own. And yes--baking is exact and I am not talented enough to know how to create a recipe with all the proper reactions and such. I think my grandma had a lot of recipes stored in her head, but I think they still started as recipes and were not just "magical creations". Hm, I wonder how the people who answered were defining going off recipe. Because like a lot of people who have commented, I need to start with a basic recipe so I have a handle on the proportion of ingredients and the oven temperature. But then I tend to play very fast and loose with the original recipe.
I don’t very often come up with dishes on my own. And yes–baking is exact and I am not talented enough to know how to create a recipe with all the proper reactions and such. I think my grandma had a lot of recipes stored in her head, but I think they still started as recipes and were not just “magical creations”.

]]> By: Jo http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/04/17/friday-question-64/#comment-9570 Jo Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:34:25 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2064#comment-9570 I am kitchen-challenged. Of course I follow recipes. Hubby? Never. Someday I'll learn to wing it. I am kitchen-challenged. Of course I follow recipes.

Hubby? Never.

Someday I’ll learn to wing it.

]]> By: Kerslyn http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/04/17/friday-question-64/#comment-9569 Kerslyn Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:26:29 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2064#comment-9569 my answer is posted here...http://hubbyscook.i.ph/blogs/hubbyscook/2009/04/18/recipe-or-not/ Happy weekend! my answer is posted here…http://hubbyscook.i.ph/blogs/hubbyscook/2009/04/18/recipe-or-not/

Happy weekend!

]]> By: Denise http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/04/17/friday-question-64/#comment-9565 Denise Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:10:19 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2064#comment-9565 It depends on what I'm making. If I've never made it before and there are alot of ingredients or if it has ingredients that I've never used before, I will follow a recipe. If it is something I make alot, I don't follow one. Or if I'm trying to be creative(sometimes my husband wishes I wouldn't try to "create"), then I "wing" it. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 61! CONGRATS!!!!!!! :D It depends on what I’m making. If I’ve never made it before and there are alot of ingredients or if it has ingredients that I’ve never used before, I will follow a recipe. If it is something I make alot, I don’t follow one. Or if I’m trying to be creative(sometimes my husband wishes I wouldn’t try to “create”), then I “wing” it.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 61! CONGRATS!!!!!!! :D

]]> By: Kelly http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/04/17/friday-question-64/#comment-9563 Kelly Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:10:31 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2064#comment-9563 I actually find that I tend to screw things up less when I just feel it out rather than follow specific directions. (E.g., should I really pour the whole jug of tomato juice into the chili like the recipe says, or should I just stop pouring before I drown everything?) Then I get mad at the person who wrote the recipe, thinking they deliberately tricked me out of their own amusement, and that meanwhile they’re sitting at home eating their perfect secret version of the meal. I actually find that I tend to screw things up less when I just feel it out rather than follow specific directions. (E.g., should I really pour the whole jug of tomato juice into the chili like the recipe says, or should I just stop pouring before I drown everything?) Then I get mad at the person who wrote the recipe, thinking they deliberately tricked me out of their own amusement, and that meanwhile they’re sitting at home eating their perfect secret version of the meal.

]]> By: SoMi's Nilsa http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/04/17/friday-question-64/#comment-9562 SoMi's Nilsa Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:15:29 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2064#comment-9562 When baking or cooking, I usually use a recipe. With baking, I stick to it (because it's often an exact science). But, cooking? I add a little more of this and a little less of that. I'm never exact and it always turns out great! When baking or cooking, I usually use a recipe. With baking, I stick to it (because it’s often an exact science). But, cooking? I add a little more of this and a little less of that. I’m never exact and it always turns out great!

]]> By: Alice http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/04/17/friday-question-64/#comment-9560 Alice Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:57:15 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2064#comment-9560 i am a total recipe stickler. i don't know how to "improvise" or "work stuff out" in the kitchen, so i follow the recipes to the letter! i am a total recipe stickler. i don’t know how to “improvise” or “work stuff out” in the kitchen, so i follow the recipes to the letter!

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