Marcella:

Does that friend then accuse you of not giving her the correct recipe
because it doesn't taste anything like the ones you make? That burns my
butt. I ask did you use a high quality, unsalted butter? Answer: Uhh,
no. I used generic margarine, it's cheaper. Did you use fresh baking
powder? Answer: Uhhh, didn't have any and didn't want to buy some just
for one batch of cookies so I just left it out. Did you use at least
the chocolate I recommended? Answer: Well, duhhh. That stuff is
something like $6.00 per bag. They had the same stuff for $2.00 so I
used that.

If I hadn't known her since childhood I would just have #$%& her! LOL.
Hmm, I wonder why her cookies didn't taste anything like the ones she
had raved so much about and demanded the recipe for. Let's see, the
only ingredient on the list she used to specification was flour and the
bit of salt. That she had the unmitigated gall to accuse me of recipe
sabatoge so no one else could make the cookies, I'm still flabbergasted
about it.

I should have known after the chicken soup fiasco of five years ago(same
accusation, almost but same scenario, ignored recipe in favor of
whatever logic floats in her brain and it didn't taste like my soup, go
figure) but I figured baking is more an exact science than making soup.
I didn't think she would be so bold as to substitute so pell mell with
something like baking but I was soooooo wrong!

Tell your friend that you heard apples and peaches are a great fat free
dessert! LOL.
>>











Marcella Peek wrote:
> In article rs.com>,
> chris > wrote:
>
>
>>Mary: LOL Of course if you gotta have a cookie, that bit of salt in
>>the butter wouldn't stop me! NO way, no how. But I put my foot down at
>>margarine. Just no excuse. I would rather have nothing.





>>Chris
>>
>
>
> Amen!
>
> I have a friend who always asks for my recipes and then asks "can you
> use margarine (non-fat milk, fat free whatever) instead?" Makes me crazy.
>
> marcella

In article rs.com>,
chris > wrote:

> Marcella:
>
> Does that friend then accuse you of not giving her the correct recipe
> because it doesn't taste anything like the ones you make?

- snippage -
>
> Tell your friend that you heard apples and peaches are a great fat free
> dessert! LOL.
> >>


Hilarious!

No, she doesn't accuse me of that. She just has to complain about every
fat containing ingredient.

Oh, and she gets irritated when I bring dinner over (because she had
surgery or whatever) and her kids like my mac and cheese or whatever
better. That's when she asks for the recipe and then asks if she really
has to use x ingredient. I just tell her (each and every time) that I
have no idea, but she can try it but not to count on it tasting the
same. She then says she wants to sub but doesn't want it to taste
different. Good luck I say. It's so funny that we have to go through
this every time. Really, do they think the answer is going to magically
change?

Once she brought me brownies made with canned black beans pureed instead
of butter. That was quite scary. I can't remember the odd ingredient
in the oatmeal cookies but they were dry and dreadful. She insists you
can't taste the difference but we clearly have different taste buds. :-)

marcella

LoL: Black beans? OK, I get that if you have food allergies or need to
modify your diet because of health reasons that substitution is
necessary but come on. Black Beans? Not happening. Can't taste the
difference? Reverent wishful thinking on her part. My sis has to stay
away from almost everything that tastes good, so I know how hard it is
to make alternative dishes from those you love. My advice to your
friend. Don't try to duplicate something you absolutely love with
substituting things not even in the same species! What you do is make
new dishes out of the things allowable and make them taste great.

No wheat, no dairy, no sugar, no chocolate. Do I try to make her a
chocolate chip cookie that doesn't taste like sidewalk scrapings? No, I
make a natural fruit filled fried rice dough dessert that tastes great.
Does she miss chocolate chip cookies? You bet but as she says, if I
gotta have one, I'll buy a good one and eat it, regretting the decision
latter as her body gets angry with her choice. The key here is (1), not
a package but one cookie.

It stinks but hey, I feel the same way about cookies and I don't have
dietary restrictions, other than I shouldn't put that many calories into
my mouth. If I have a cookie, it's going to be the real deal. Not some
weird concoction that given the choice between sawdust and the
substitute, sawdust would be a clear winner. I don't eat an entire batch
of cookies. I have one or two. I don't need a low fat, no sugar cookie
because I'm not planning on eating two pounds of the things, just one or
two, once in awhile. Ahhh enough said.

Dang it, I dragged out the pulpit and didn't mean to rant on! LOL.

Chris










Marcella Peek wrote:
> In article rs.com>,
> chris > wrote:
>
>
>>Marcella:
>>
>>Does that friend then accuse you of not giving her the correct recipe
>>because it doesn't taste anything like the ones you make?
>
>
> - snippage -
>
>>Tell your friend that you heard apples and peaches are a great fat free
>>dessert! LOL.
>> >>
>
>
>
> Hilarious!
>
> No, she doesn't accuse me of that. She just has to complain about every
> fat containing ingredient.
>
> Oh, and she gets irritated when I bring dinner over (because she had
> surgery or whatever) and her kids like my mac and cheese or whatever
> better. That's when she asks for the recipe and then asks if she really
> has to use x ingredient. I just tell her (each and every time) that I
> have no idea, but she can try it but not to count on it tasting the
> same. She then says she wants to sub but doesn't want it to taste
> different. Good luck I say. It's so funny that we have to go through
> this every time. Really, do they think the answer is going to magically
> change?
>
> Once she brought me brownies made with canned black beans pureed instead
> of butter. That was quite scary. I can't remember the odd ingredient
> in the oatmeal cookies but they were dry and dreadful. She insists you
> can't taste the difference but we clearly have different taste buds. :-)
>
> marcella

Marcella Peek wrote:

> Once she brought me brownies made with canned black beans pureed instead
> of butter. That was quite scary.

*Shudder!* And I like black beans!

> I can't remember the odd ingredient
> in the oatmeal cookies but they were dry and dreadful. She insists you
> can't taste the difference but we clearly have different taste buds. :-)

Probably applesauce subbed for butter...

Dave

You think Applesauce? They usually don't turn out dry if you do that.
They don't taste the same, I agree but not dry. Maybe she used navy
beans for that! LOL

Chris


Dave Bell wrote:
> Marcella Peek wrote:
>
>> Once she brought me brownies made with canned black beans pureed
>> instead of butter. That was quite scary.
>
>
> *Shudder!* And I like black beans!
>
>> I can't remember the odd ingredient in the oatmeal cookies but they
>> were dry and dreadful. She insists you can't taste the difference but
>> we clearly have different taste buds. :-)
>
>
> Probably applesauce subbed for butter...
>
> Dave

In article rs.com>,
chris > wrote:

> You think Applesauce? They usually don't turn out dry if you do that.
> They don't taste the same, I agree but not dry. Maybe she used navy
> beans for that! LOL
>
> Chris

OK, that's just frightening. It didn't even occur to me that it could
be another type of bean!

marcella