Do you follow the recipes strictly?

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So what’s your style in cooking? I don’t really follow any recipe very strictly, just get the basic idea and make my own changes. Not that I am an expert cook, but I just can’t follow exact instructions for no apparent reason and surprisingly the food turns out alright (no major disasters yet:).

How do you guys do it and how does it turn out for you?

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i usually improvise with recipes i've made a lot in the past... with new stuff, i try and stick to the original recipe unless i see something that i think will taste better and then i substitute. cooking is a really instinctive activity, at the heart of it, i think, so improvisation comes with time and experimentation and knowing ingredients well.

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I try to follow my moms and mother-in-law's recipes strictly. but with other things. not really....i just make do with what i have on hand :D

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I can never stick to the orignal recipe, I just do whatever comes in my mind..lol... and food turns ok...:D

Singing your woman a song
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I usually like to memorize the recipe :bummer: … but as soon as i start … its all mixed up :smack:

and after that … its only the passion for food and hunger that matters :daaghu2:

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yes i do follow the recipes strictly and the food then turns out really excellent(Depending upon the recipe as well)..
when i have to experiment something i just see what things r going to expire:D and then i DO use them in my own creations! i dont make any changes in the recipes which i follow..mostly i follow rida's recipes and they r always awesome..with farah's i do have to make some changes according to my needs!

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I don’t follow the recipes and it annoys the hell out of my wife. :devil:

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I usually follow the recipe exactly the way it was given to me the first time around. If I like it I stick with it and after some time I may try experimenting with it by adding my own touch to it. If I dont like it then I'll make some changes to make it better if I see that there is some potential in that recipe. If not then in the trash it goes.

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The only time i cooked something was Green Tea. I thought it was pretty simple. You boil the water, put in some green tea leaves, cook for a while and viola!

How wrong i was.

I cooked it too long till it was less tea and more like medicine. What i ended up with was a blackish greentea leaf syrup. YUCK

then i checked out the recipe and found out, i cooked it about 15 mins too long, and i put in wayyy to many leaves.

Now, i'm all recipe. :D

For Innocent Smile !!!
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ahmadjee, If my husband ever cooks for me I'll just be too glad to notice if he is following the recipe or not :)

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:hehe:

how bout you just stay out of the kitchen :smiley:

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:blush: i will/do