"Phyllis Stone" > wrote in message
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> "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
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> 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.
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That's a problem with relying on recipes, one never learns to cook.