halfelfhalfreindeerWhat's a philosophical (not overtly political) position that you hold?
LemmyLeftyThe first time you make a recipe you should strive to follow it as closely as possible to give it a fair shake.
CanopyflyerAmen!
If the recipe isn’t great, you’ll know and maybe make changes to salvage it. My family has several recipes like that, where the original is “meh”, but after tinkering it becomes a staple.
Most notable are our chocolate chip cookies. They started out as Toll House, but now includes browned butter, better chocolate chips and a few other techniques that makes complex tasting cookies.
Yeah, and sometimes even if a recipe isn’t what I want it’s still a simple way to peer into someone else’s culture or life.