"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:03:12 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>I pretty much have the same philosphy about cooking as you do. Baking,
>>OTOH, is a good part chemistry and recipes are often needed to succeed.
>
> Yeahbut even those get blurry in my house. I may have one in front of
> me, but it's not followed exactly.
>

My mother, who really was a fine baker, believed that precision was
important in baking. Her pies and cakes were nearly good enough for me to
forgive the incredibly dense Sunday Eye Roast.