i'm curious.. thanks!
2007-10-24 14:23:10 · 19 answers · asked by melon_rose 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
All of the above - it depends on the dish, my mood, and who I'm cooking for! Mostly, it's 3 - but I have been cooking since I was young and love to do it.
2007-10-24 14:29:22 · answer #1 · answered by samantha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some things I follow a recipe. Eventually I'll memorize the recipe, but that doesn't mean it'll stay memorized if I don't make it for a while.
Some things are best to just wing it. Although it is funny when they ask you for a recipe and you give them a blank look.
2007-10-25 02:12:50 · answer #2 · answered by rohak1212 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seriously I do all of this ...1, 2 and 3 ! It really depends on what im cooking like if its something new that i never done before i will read the recipe ..but if it is something i have done and ive done it often i will just do it with no help or no recipe or nothing!
2007-10-24 21:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For baking, I follow a recipe - even if I've made it a hundred times so I make sure I get the proper amounts of the ingredients. With baking, the measurements make a difference!
For cooking, it's a combination dependent upon the meal. And if I'm trying a new recipe, I follow it closely the first time and then decide what I want to change the second time.
2007-10-24 21:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by Dottie R 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I just wing it, and depending on my mood my decide to change things around. It makes cooking more exciting. On the hand however I do not like it when my Mom changes a recipe. It has to be the same from my childhood or it does not taste as good.
2007-10-24 23:07:07 · answer #5 · answered by D squared 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't care how well I know the recipe...I always pull out the printed recipe and look at it while I cook.
I am so great at forgetting ingredients when I "wing it".
2007-10-25 00:08:55 · answer #6 · answered by gg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I started cooking I used recipes until I learned to judge spice quantities and flavors. Now each creation is a new experience. Most of my meals are variations of a recipe I learned while cooking professionally.
2007-10-24 21:31:07 · answer #7 · answered by Joseph T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of what I cook is memorized. I have done the dishes so many times that I know them by heart.
2007-10-24 21:45:13 · answer #8 · answered by Red Rose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if im having a strange craving or idea, i experiment (good or bad i still tried), but mostly i go to epicurious.com (they have recipes from gourmet and bon appetit), find an interesting recipe, and change it before or as i go, suiting it to my taste. rarely do i follow a recipe perfectly, bc i feel it is not a dish "i" have made. and most recipes are suited to appease the masses - change it to fit you :)!
2007-10-24 23:22:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I may look at recipes for ideas, but I just wing it.
2007-10-24 21:28:20 · answer #10 · answered by justme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋