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> > > There's a lot of things I cook with no recipe now, because I've
> > > done them so often I simply adapt on the fly.
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> > Same here, cookies, pies etc.
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> > I rarely stick to a given recipe
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> I usually change a lot of them out too.
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> It's great to experiment, eh? )

Thats what real cooks do. Some may try the recipe 'as written' the
first time but I tend to blend 3-4 recipes and select what we like
among them. Like when I came up with our home sausage blend? I used 4
recipes and saw what we liked the best then blended the mix from that.