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Default I made fish cakes!

On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:23:45 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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> >>>> On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:14:33 -0700, "Pico Rico"
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> >>>>> > My salmon cakes started off tall and compacted as they cooked; but
> >>>>> > browned beautifully and turned over like a charm, so it's a do over!
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> >>>>> sounds great, but I think you mean "a do again", not "a do over".
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> >>>> That's the correct interpretation of "do over".
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> >>> I've always heard "do over" as: let's redo and try to get it right this
> >>> time.
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> >> Agreed.
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> > Every time we make a dish, particularly a dish we created, we all say,
> > "what will I do next time?" What will make it better?

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> I never say that. I either want to make it again or I don't.
>

Oh, good god. Hyper focus on whatever difference there is between do
over and do again. I do over because it's never the same way twice.

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