On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:45:46 -0700, Christine Dabney wrote:
>
> Not doing mise en place, which involves more than just setting out
> your ingredients. It also involves reading the whole recipe before you
> even start. Then you won't get to the middle of it, and discover
> that you need such and such that you don't have, or that you should
> have done this step first, or that you should have started a day
> before.
>
> Christine

maybe i'm just simple, but i do that even with recipes i've made many
times.

your pal,
blake