FRC: Does this make you as crazy as it makes me? A friend just called to give me her thoughts on

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cynupstateny

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recipe I had given her last week. This is what she told me. "I didn't have any meat drippings so I used olive oil, DH doesn't like onion so I left that out. I used brown rice instead of white. I didn't have any hot pepper so I used OREGANO!!!!! For some reason, she said, it just didn't taste the same as yours did.

Well, DUH!!

 
Yes, it drives me absolutely nuts. And they think you've selfishly left something out

 
Does anyone remember or know where to find an old poem about this? Someone tries a recipe

given to them by a friend and changes everything. I think it was Peg Bracken or Irma Bombeck, probably the later and starts with something about not having crab and substituting canned tuna? I've looked and looked for it with no luck. And of course, my memory may be flawed...may be, what an understatement!

 
Yes! And when I read reviews of recipes and they substitute, change

and leave out ingredients and then say that it was awful and would never make it again!?...well, it makes me crazy!!!!

 
My SIL is famous for taking an innocent and unsuspecting recipe and...

...torqueing the heck out of it and coming up with something truly inedible.

We all proceed with caution when something hits the table that she has made.

We love her, but you gotta protect yourself.

Michael

 
Changing recipe ingredients

I thought my friend, who does that to EVERY recipe I have ever given her was the only one who did that. If you can possibly imagine, I once gave her a recipe for "gefilte fish loaf" and she substituted shrimp. Thank god I wasn't there when it was served, but people still talk about it

 
Why do these people ask for recipes in the first place? So they can re-live their rebellious phase?

It's a recipe, not a repressive parent; would it kill them to do what it says just once?

I know so many people like this, Sandy. Fortunately, now that most of my favorite recipes are posted here, I can just give them the title and say "go to FinerKitchens.com and do a search."

 
You mean, "This was very dry and bland. I used skinless boneless chicken breasts instead of the

whole goose called for. I also left out the bacon because of the nitrates and all of the spices because my mother-in-law has diverticulitis. I cooked it on the barbecue because my oven doesn't work. The vegetables and potatoes fell through the grill. What a waste!

I think the 3-hour cooking time was too long. I was very disappointed and I will never make this recipe again. Epicurious, I wish you'd test these recipes before you publish them!"

(Cyn, I think you've struck a nerve with me, LOL.)

 
This totally reminds me of that recipe on Epi: Salted Water for Boiling

This cracks me up:

A Cook from boston, ma - After a few spoonfuls, my whole family agreed that we had had enough, and we ended up tossing the rest. what a waste of perfectly good water and salt.

A Cook from Philadelphia, PA - Boston, Did you boil the water? It really helps bring out the flavor of the salt.

A Cook from chicago - You preheat the oven to ?

A Cook from Melbourne, FL - This is a great recipe, but a couple of simple substitutions make it REALLY stand out! Instead of water I used scotch whiskey, and substitued soda for the salt. You can skip the pesky boiling part... just pour it over ice and you're good to go!! (Hic)

LOL!!!!

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/105591

 
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