"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>> "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.
> Does anyone use a recipe for soup?
> Janet


I use Pastorio's "Cream of anything recipe" for cream soups, otherwise
I just wing it......Sharon