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"Janet Bostwick" > wrote:

> "brooklyn1" > 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.
> >>
> > That's a problem with relying on recipes, one never learns to cook.
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> Does anyone use a recipe for soup?
> Janet

I never, ever do. Never been disappointed either!
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