"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:36:04 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/28/2013 10:56 AM, news wrote:
>> > "Judy Haffner" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >>
>> >> Am wondering if you had ever gone to a restaurant and ordered
>> >> something
>> >> on the menu that was real delicious, but when you asked for the
>> >> recipe,
>> >> they would not reveal it? Maybe you've even been at a potluck, or
>> >> buffet
>> >> meal, and tasted something that was very good, but you had no idea who
>> >> brought it, so couldn't ask them for the recipe?
>> >
>> > I google "copycat recipes" and have always had good results.
>> >
>> >
>> Heh. You let someone else do the work. Do you then always prepare
>> [whatever] according to their interpretation? Apparently replicating
>> recipes isn't your strong suit.
>>
> Not everyone's, certainly not mine. My son will work on restaurant
> favorites until he gets them right. I don't, but I've never had much
> desire. There was one dish I loved, went home and duplicated it well
> enough to satisfy me. No idea how accurate my version was because I
> never ate it at that restaurant again. My family and I loved it and
> nobody cared if it's an exact duplicate or not. Another one, Ropa
> Vieja Stew, is something I make at home every so often, but it's
> nowhere near the dish I order at the restaurant. In any case, what I
> make is pretty d*mned good anyway.

So, share the recipe, plaease?
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