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Adjusting other people's recipes
Posted on 8/19/17 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 8/19/17 at 2:25 pm
The wife left the room earlier today and returned to give the following poem to me when I said there was a recipe I discovered and that I would like to make it except I wanted to adjust several things.
It was part of the introduction to a training course on Recipe Compliance she has presented multiple times during her working days.
A Bad Recipe
I didn't have potatoes,
so I substituted rice.
I didn't have paprika,
so I used another spice.
I didn't have tomato sauce.
I used tomato paste.
A whole can, not a half can,
I don't believe in waste.
A friend gave me the recipe.
She said you couldn't beat it.
There must be something wrong with her.
I couldn't even eat it.
Her wisdom (MHNBPF) is great. IHO when you make changes to a recipe, you have no right to claim that you are cooking or even talking about the owner's original recipe.
She says you are now talking about a different recipe.
It was part of the introduction to a training course on Recipe Compliance she has presented multiple times during her working days.
A Bad Recipe
I didn't have potatoes,
so I substituted rice.
I didn't have paprika,
so I used another spice.
I didn't have tomato sauce.
I used tomato paste.
A whole can, not a half can,
I don't believe in waste.
A friend gave me the recipe.
She said you couldn't beat it.
There must be something wrong with her.
I couldn't even eat it.
Her wisdom (MHNBPF) is great. IHO when you make changes to a recipe, you have no right to claim that you are cooking or even talking about the owner's original recipe.
She says you are now talking about a different recipe.
This post was edited on 8/19/17 at 2:28 pm
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Posted on 8/19/17 at 3:38 pm to MeridianDog
To me a recipe is just a guide line on how to make something I always try to make it my own. Also since the wife is a celiac We hafta adjust all recipes to meet her requirements I dont get no complaints and for a gal that cant eat flour she makes a very good roux and her gumbo is often requested and loved by all.
Posted on 8/19/17 at 7:10 pm to Captain Ray
I use it as a guide unless it's something that i'm baking. Can't really deviate to much when you baking something.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 12:14 pm to MeridianDog
I agree with your wife. I have no issue with adjusting recipes but nothing irritates me more than seeing a bunch of nasty comments on a recipe online when the person substituted things.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 8:17 pm to MeridianDog
I think if you are not allergic to an ingredient you should make it per the recipe at least the FIRST time. Then make changes if necessary.
I make a casserole that is pretty popular with everyone who has eaten it. A lady I worked with had family coming to town for the weekend and wanted an easy to prepare dish that would feed quite a few people so I gave it to her.
She came in Monday morning and told me her family did NOT like my recipe and it had gone uneaten and she promptly threw the recipe in the trash. This is the first time I had ever heard of one single person not liking it. I laughed out loud and apparently she was serious and just walked away.
Sometime after her telling me how bad it was she started telling me of the changes she made - different chips and a couple others that I can't remember.
A couple months later we had some kind of luncheon at work and people were bringing dishes. I did my casserole because you can prepare the whole thing and just heat it up in the oven when ready to eat.
This lady comes up to me after the luncheon and tells me how great my casserole was and asked if the could get the recipe again. I told her "sure". That was 15 or more years ago when I lived in Dallas and she still hasn't received it. Not that I knew anyone in her family besides her husband, but to have my name slandered because an idiot can't follow simple directions doesn't fly with me.
I make a casserole that is pretty popular with everyone who has eaten it. A lady I worked with had family coming to town for the weekend and wanted an easy to prepare dish that would feed quite a few people so I gave it to her.
She came in Monday morning and told me her family did NOT like my recipe and it had gone uneaten and she promptly threw the recipe in the trash. This is the first time I had ever heard of one single person not liking it. I laughed out loud and apparently she was serious and just walked away.
Sometime after her telling me how bad it was she started telling me of the changes she made - different chips and a couple others that I can't remember.
A couple months later we had some kind of luncheon at work and people were bringing dishes. I did my casserole because you can prepare the whole thing and just heat it up in the oven when ready to eat.
This lady comes up to me after the luncheon and tells me how great my casserole was and asked if the could get the recipe again. I told her "sure". That was 15 or more years ago when I lived in Dallas and she still hasn't received it. Not that I knew anyone in her family besides her husband, but to have my name slandered because an idiot can't follow simple directions doesn't fly with me.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 8:30 pm to Tiger Ree
Another story is with the same dish. One of my friends CANNOT and WILL-NOT eat mushrooms. His wife and him scarf the casserole down every time I make it. I just never felt the need to tell them it had mushrooms.
So anyway, one day she calls from the grocery store and wanted the ingredients and to send her an email of how I prepare it. They freaked - IT HAS MUSHROOMS. I told them it always has. So they got them and included it in the recipe.
I guess his life long disgust of mushrooms became too much for him to overcome and the next time his wife made it they did not include the mushrooms.
Welp after that, Ole Boy has decided that he can eat mushrooms and wants them included with the casserole. She texted pictures last weekend of the one she had just made and the mushrooms clearly visible. The guy could not stand or eat mushrooms his whole life and now his favorite dish includes them and he won't eat it without them.
That's why you shouldn't change a recipe before having a base to judge your new creation against.
So anyway, one day she calls from the grocery store and wanted the ingredients and to send her an email of how I prepare it. They freaked - IT HAS MUSHROOMS. I told them it always has. So they got them and included it in the recipe.
I guess his life long disgust of mushrooms became too much for him to overcome and the next time his wife made it they did not include the mushrooms.
Welp after that, Ole Boy has decided that he can eat mushrooms and wants them included with the casserole. She texted pictures last weekend of the one she had just made and the mushrooms clearly visible. The guy could not stand or eat mushrooms his whole life and now his favorite dish includes them and he won't eat it without them.
That's why you shouldn't change a recipe before having a base to judge your new creation against.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 2:17 pm to Tiger Ree
quote:
That's why you shouldn't change a recipe before having a base to judge your new creation against.
I completely agree, and I'm going to have mushrooms for dinner tonight. YUM. Would you share the recipe you gave them that includes mushrooms? I can rival a hobbit in terms of mushroom affinity.
ETA: And the casserole recipe. I promise to follow the recipe my first go round.
This post was edited on 8/21/17 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 8/21/17 at 3:41 pm to Tiger Ree
quote:this is my method. I follow it 100% the first time to give it a fair go. Then I'll experiment.
I think if you are not allergic to an ingredient you should make it per the recipe at least the FIRST time. Then make changes if necessary.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 4:15 pm to MeridianDog
quote:Kind of like this Trump presidency.
when you make changes to a recipe, you have no right to claim that you are cooking or even talking about the owner's original recipe. She says you are now talking about a different recipe.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 4:19 pm to Tiger Ree
quote:It's sort of like those people who hate a certain food, but have never tried it.
That's why you shouldn't change a recipe before having a base to judge your new creation against.
(calamari comes to mind)Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:16 am to CoachChappy
I found the recipe in an old post - first one for me on the F&D board. The recipe is about half way down the page.
Chicken Rotel Casserole:
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/food-and-drink/pet-peeve---changing-recipes-before-trying-/50118200/
This is similar to another popular chicken casserole that I can't think of the name right now.
You need to layer it like the directions for it to really be good. It comes out light, fluffy and delicious. I tried it once on a hangover by just dumping all the ingredients and covering with the cheese mixture - not good.
Matter of fact, the sister of my friend's wife mentioned above texted pictures of one she made two weekends ago. Looked like she took the shortcut. I asked her if she did layers and she answered by saying only that she made sure the top was thoroughly covered so it didn't burn. I asked her to let me know how it turned out and never heard back from her about the casserole.
If you try it, please let me know what you think.
Chicken Rotel Casserole:
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/food-and-drink/pet-peeve---changing-recipes-before-trying-/50118200/
This is similar to another popular chicken casserole that I can't think of the name right now.
You need to layer it like the directions for it to really be good. It comes out light, fluffy and delicious. I tried it once on a hangover by just dumping all the ingredients and covering with the cheese mixture - not good.
Matter of fact, the sister of my friend's wife mentioned above texted pictures of one she made two weekends ago. Looked like she took the shortcut. I asked her if she did layers and she answered by saying only that she made sure the top was thoroughly covered so it didn't burn. I asked her to let me know how it turned out and never heard back from her about the casserole.
If you try it, please let me know what you think.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:28 am to MeridianDog
It's amazing how many people do not know how to properly season (salt and pepper) food.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:33 am to Tiger Ree
quote:
Chicken Rotel Casserole
Man that is one concoction of over processed and canned foods. Cannot imagine the sodium content on this thing.
quote:
One pound Velveeta cheese loaf
One 10 ounce can of original Rotel diced tomatoes & green chilies.
One 10 3/4 ounce can of Campbell's cream of chicken.
One 10 3/4 ounce can of Campbell's cream of mushroom.
One 10 - 11 ounce bag of the regular Fritos.
One can of the Swanson premium chunk chicken breast
I'd have honestly stopped after Velveeta and Rotel and just eaten the dip.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:33 am to Degas
quote:
It's sort of like those people who hate a certain food, but have never tried it. (calamari comes to mind)
I like the mushroom guy mentioned above, but he has been a pain in my butt over food before. I have spent probably spent between 2 or 3 hours of my life "pulled over" at fast food places because of his special orders.
The bad thing was he had also convinced his daughter that she didn't like beans, mushrooms, tomatoes and all the other stuff he wouldn't eat.
When she was probably 13 she helped me make the casserole at their house for a Super Bowl party there. When she saw the mushrooms she said "We can't eat this". I asked who "we" was. She said "dad and me, we don't eat mushrooms". I said "you ate this and loved it when everyone was in Destin last summer". She got a weird look on her face and walked away. I saw her glaring at her dad later as he was inhaling the casserole.
My Chicken-Rotel-Casserole saved her and her friends who would have "pulled over" to wait for fast food. After her dad going back on his confessed hatred and not being able to eat mushrooms she swore off all of his ridiculous notions of food and pretty much eats everything now. Her favorite dish is the same as her dads - my casserole.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:36 am to LSUZombie
quote:
I'd have honestly stopped after Velveeta and Rotel and just eaten the dip.
I think the "dip" is even better with the mushroom and chicken soups included. It's HARD not to eat it as you put it together.
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