blake wrote on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:03:53 GMT:

??>> jay wrote on Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:20:22 -0600:
??>>
??>>>> There was a interesting thread recently concerning
??>>>> following recipes exactly. The results showed a division
??>>>> among those who follow recipes, those who modify as they
??>>>> go and those, like me, who follow directions once and
??>>>> then feel free to make changes.
??>>
j>>> Tastes vary.. duh.. so without tasting, many dishes are
j>>> not to my liking when a recipe is followed to the letter.
j>>> Many recipes to me, for example are TOO salty.
??>>
??>> Could be! I wonder sometimes why chefs feel so strongly
??>> about salt that they refuse to have it provided in a
??>> restaurant? It's even a way to provoke an explosion by
??>> asking for it. On the other hand, I've got to admit that a
??>> chef is usually right :-) :-)
??>>
??>> James Silverton

bm> i think if a chef wants to be a prima donna he should have
bm> taken up ballet.

Perhaps you are right Blake but a lot of those in expensive
restaurants are just that :-)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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