"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> Yesterday I made beef barley soup. It was so bad, so tasteless, that I
> threw it out. I have no idea what was wrong. It tasted thin, no flavor
> at all. Last night I made brownies and ended up with a batch that
> developed a paper thin floating crust on top that shattered everywhere and
> over-baked them. I made the brownies again tonight to do them right. I
> was very methodical about how I made them, I reviewed the recipe before
> panning them. I even commented to my husband how much different the batter
> was tonight -- very thick -- which I attributed to some mistake that I
> had made last night. As I was cleaning the kitchen after putting the
> brownies into the oven, I found the uncracked eggs sitting on the counter.
> Bah!!!!! I quit!!! Let someone else do the cooking until my personal
> kitchen gremlins leave on vacation.
> Janet
>


What is puzzling to me is I will make something, using a recipe, and like
it. So I write 'this is good' on it and put it in the file, the next time I
make it, not so good. It is like recipe demons come and mess with it.