On Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:31:57 -0400, wrote:

>On Wed, 04 Jan 2017 07:13:52 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 03 Jan 2017 09:06:38 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>
>>>From Jacques Pepin
>>>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/jacqu...d-to-disaster/
>>
>>I've never followed a recipe to the letter, other than for making
>>bread. He's right about recipes should be treated as an idea.
>
>Too true. Even if I have never done a recipe before, if there are
>ingredients I don't like, I leave them out. Obviously some can't be
>left out for chemical reasons, such as rising agents etc. but other
>than that, spices etc. if I don't like them, they either go in with
>smaller amounts or not at all.

Yep. Sometimes I lack an ingredient, one that isn't essential, or
sometimes you can use an alternative ingredient(s) that takes the dish
in another direction yet be just as good.