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Default Been Successful In Duplicating Food You Tasted Elsewhere?


"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:36:04 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
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>> 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.


If something has a lot of ingredients, and I can find a similar recipe, why
reinvent the wheel? I like cooking and eating, not fussing in the kitchen
for hours and spending money testing ingredients. I work, am paid well, and
my time is valuable.