Ophelia wrote:

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> Ophelia wrote:
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> > "Cheri" wrote in message news > >
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> >> "Cheri" wrote in message news > >>"cshenk" > wrote in message
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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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> >> Cheri
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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? )
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> 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.
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> In many cases here there are things D. dislikes so I leave them out
> and sub something else. Not always though. I just get an idea about
> something and try it out

That makes sense. We know 'spicey' doesnt really fit there and that is
fine.