It's not only Martha Stewart Recipes that don't work. Unless you have a understanding of Basic Cooking Methods, very few recipes will work perfectly every time. Whether Food Network recipes, or the best cookbook recipes, there are inherent variables that make following recipes difficult for the home cook. Chef Todd Mohr will examine some of the shortcomings in Martha Stewart Recipes in today's blog.
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Ok hear what i tried out yesterday and today. Because of the instability of electricity around where i am i discovered a new way i could revive frozen deiry which is almost i.e turkey and make taste better i scrub with lots of salt and rinse out under runnin water and i soak in lime and wine for some hours, to further give it a better taste i roast it then season well with a lot of onion paste others then steam under low heat or poach and it ready to be used to whatever meal you plan.
Yes! Dave, that's exactly what I think about cooking by written instructions. It's not really learning how to cook.
A written recipe won't teach you to cook any more than having sheet music will teach you to play piano. You might be able to figure out that one song, but you really haven't learned HOW to play. You've just learned to mimic someone else's OPINION of the way the song (or recipe) should be played.
Ohhhhhh! You're right, when the recipe commands going to the grocery store for a specific ingredient that will sit on your shelf for 2 years, you really are under its spell.
Chef Todd, you couldn't be more right - some recipes assume that the cook inherently knows the things to do, and how to do them. I've seen some recipes that leave out fundamental steps - which if not done, would ruin the food.
Some recipes in the New York Times recipe archive, are a good example of that.
Not to mention, recipes that call for ingredients that are not generally available...
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I am confused where are all the people talking to one another? Is this not a blog?