Cooking, Home & Garden

Topic: When you are cooking
thumper95 Joined Tue 08/07/07 Posts: 33316	Tue 05/06/08 08:01 PM
i go by feel and taste

Moondark Joined Tue 11/27/07 Posts: 5866	Tue 05/06/08 08:02 PM
Intuition. But then I like to read cook books. Following the directions is just so un-exciting.

Nys2BMe Joined Sat 04/26/08 Posts: 8	Tue 05/13/08 03:05 AM
Most of the recipes I use I have to tweak them. Cooking is artistic and scientific.

Spidercmb Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 13137	Tue 05/13/08 08:06 AM
Drown it in cheese and/or hot sauce and anything is edible.

lilith401 Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 19593	Tue 05/13/08 08:13 AM
Drown it in cheese and/or hot sauce and anything is edible. I feel that way about most sauces, especially blue cheese, although some prefer ranch. Then there is the old throw it in tomato sauce thought...

Spidercmb Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 13137	Tue 05/13/08 08:26 AM
Drown it in cheese and/or hot sauce and anything is edible. I feel that way about most sauces, especially blue cheese, although some prefer ranch. Then there is the old throw it in tomato sauce thought... Mix 1 part Ranch dressing and 1 part hot sauce...it goes with anything.

lilith401 Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 19593	Tue 05/13/08 08:29 AM
Mix 1 part Ranch dressing and 1 part hot sauce...it goes with anything. Yummmm, if I substitute bleu cheese in my head I am so wanting to try that. Sounds like you figured out my dinner, I got chicken breasts thawing. Thanks!

madamx7316 Joined Tue 10/16/07 Posts: 15886	Tue 05/13/08 08:36 AM
intuition

beachbum069 Joined Mon 04/07/08 Posts: 14325	Tue 05/13/08 08:39 AM
Mix 1 part Ranch dressing and 1 part hot sauce...it goes with anything. Yummmm, if I substitute bleu cheese in my head I am so wanting to try that. Sounds like you figured out my dinner, I got chicken breasts thawing. Thanks! I have chicken wings and blue cheese dressing waiting for me at home. I cook everything the 1st time by the book, so I know what flavor I'm looking for and then I wing it. Baking is touchy, so it's mostly by the book.

Spidercmb Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 13137	Tue 05/13/08 08:44 AM
1/2 cup Frank's Red Hot 1/2 cup butter 1 package of Italian dressing mix (Zesty if you can find it) 1 teaspoon of lemon juice Melt the butter, add the hot sauce and italian dressing mix and then add the lemon juice at the very end. Mix 1:1 with Ranch or Blue Cheese dressing and serve with just about anything. It's really special with fried pickles.

cloudedsunshine Joined Thu 05/08/08 Posts: 1375	Tue 05/13/08 09:03 AM
Cooking for me is about knowing what your doing and winging it. When I bake I do try new things and change recipes up some. The only thing you need to know is the properties of leavening agents. When I cook, I wing it from scratch most of the time. Last night for example, I made homemade egg noodles and tenderized beef for beef and noodles.

HasidicEnforcer Joined Thu 12/20/07 Posts: 10235	Tue 05/13/08 09:52 AM
If I know the dish well I just use my intuition, but if I have never made it I will definitely follow the recipe I am the same way. Middle Eastern food I have been cooking for so long for my ex-husband, I can do them all by heart, but when it comes to things like last night's Chicken Marsala and Italian cream cake, I had to have my recipes taped over the oven.

smilingeyes_976 Joined Fri 11/17/06 Posts: 1152	Wed 05/14/08 07:49 AM
i dont follow a recipe when I am cooking. I may glance at key ingrediants and then switch then around to suit my own preferences. My kids and I will try out new things all the time. We just think about what sounds good and throw it together. Most of the time it turns out great. I do follow recipes for Baking though.

Topsykretts Joined Wed 05/14/08 Posts: 4807	Thu 05/15/08 12:21 AM
more of intuition

lilangel2 Joined Wed 03/05/08 Posts: 9096	Thu 05/15/08 05:53 AM
mostly intuition...but if it is something new I will go by the recipe.

RoamingOrator Joined Fri 07/20/07 Posts: 4943	Thu 05/15/08 06:07 AM
It seems I have tried out a new receipe in years. I haven't pulled a cookbook down in a long time, unless I'm making a dessert. Don't want to mess up desserts, they are too important.