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Question: How many recipes do you try...before you give up on a cookbook & declare it a dud?
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michael-in-phoenix
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I'll usually buy a cookbook because I see a couple of recipes that I want to try...
...right off the bat. If they are not up to par, I will look further into the cookbook to see if anything else looks good.
By the third dud, I look at the rest of the recipes with a very cautious eye, and I carefully scrutinize whether they're worth the trouble.
After the 4th dud (or so) I become Skeptical Hippo, and all the rest are "suspect".
Michael
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...right off the bat. If they are not up to par, I will look further into the cookbook to see if anything else looks good.
By the third dud, I look at the rest of the recipes with a very cautious eye, and I carefully scrutinize whether they're worth the trouble.
After the 4th dud (or so) I become Skeptical Hippo, and all the rest are "suspect".
Michael
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t159/Storehouse78/skepticalhippo.jpg
I have some cookbooks I have never even cooked from. They are beautiful
great sounding recipes, but for some reason....
Then other cookbooks get used much more. If I find at least three excellent recipes from one cookbook, I keep it forever. Some recipes turn me off with so many steps, and when I really study the recipe they are not necessary. This turns me off. I want straightforward recipes.
great sounding recipes, but for some reason....
Then other cookbooks get used much more. If I find at least three excellent recipes from one cookbook, I keep it forever. Some recipes turn me off with so many steps, and when I really study the recipe they are not necessary. This turns me off. I want straightforward recipes.
richard-in-cincy
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I have around 600 cookbooks and I've made...
less than a half dozen recipes out of the whole lot.
For me, cookbooks are leisure reading, suggestion books, and idea generators. Then I go to the kitchen and make my own creations which could be an amalgam of half a dozen different recipes and sources.
less than a half dozen recipes out of the whole lot.
For me, cookbooks are leisure reading, suggestion books, and idea generators. Then I go to the kitchen and make my own creations which could be an amalgam of half a dozen different recipes and sources.
Richard, we are so much alike. I have cookbooks everywhere; (including the car for when I purchase
gas and am waiting on line). I just get such a thrill of reading them. I get inspired; then usually look to FK or the net for print out recipes and go from there. (I can't say mine are my own creations, just tweeks! : )
Just love my books, never have a dud!
gas and am waiting on line). I just get such a thrill of reading them. I get inspired; then usually look to FK or the net for print out recipes and go from there. (I can't say mine are my own creations, just tweeks! : )
Just love my books, never have a dud!
music-city-missy
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I guess I'm more like Richard but multiply the collection a few times
I see them as inspiration. Even if a recipe isn't good there had to be something in it that made me think it was good so I take it from there and try to make it what I had tasted in my mind when I read the recipe.
I see them as inspiration. Even if a recipe isn't good there had to be something in it that made me think it was good so I take it from there and try to make it what I had tasted in my mind when I read the recipe.
I caught the cooking bug while living alone for the past 7 years. When I did cook, I had leftovers
for days. Also, I don't cook as often as I like. Most of my meals at home are quick fix things like eggs or soup, so when I do cook, it's an event. A dud recipe is compounded by the fact that a. I don't cook very often (even though I have the skills) and b. I was stuck eating bad leftovers.
This summer I cooked for a family--7 - 10 dishes a week, mostly entrees. I was thrilled to be able to crack my massive cookbook collection and try multiple recipes each week. There, when I hit a dud, it was awful b/c I'd end up coming back the next day to make something else. They paid for X number of meals, and it wasn't their fault if the recipe was a dud. Most the time I could save the dish but there are a couple of occasions where I couldn't. One author, after trying 3-4 of her recipes and being disappointed in all of them, I immediately went home & tossed all of her books!
for days. Also, I don't cook as often as I like. Most of my meals at home are quick fix things like eggs or soup, so when I do cook, it's an event. A dud recipe is compounded by the fact that a. I don't cook very often (even though I have the skills) and b. I was stuck eating bad leftovers.
This summer I cooked for a family--7 - 10 dishes a week, mostly entrees. I was thrilled to be able to crack my massive cookbook collection and try multiple recipes each week. There, when I hit a dud, it was awful b/c I'd end up coming back the next day to make something else. They paid for X number of meals, and it wasn't their fault if the recipe was a dud. Most the time I could save the dish but there are a couple of occasions where I couldn't. One author, after trying 3-4 of her recipes and being disappointed in all of them, I immediately went home & tossed all of her books!