Torturing Recipes

[judith_s]

I haven't cooked in ages. Mostly, I don't want to inflict my notions of cooking on unsuspecting guests. That, combined with my overfull schedule means that I haven't made anything from scratch in much too long. When I cook, I rarely follow recipes. Between the "inspired" substitution (hmm... I wonder what "mace" is... it smells kind of like cloves, I could substitute it for cloves, I think) and the inability to find ingredients (white carrot root just doesn't seem to exist) I end up making food that sometimes just isn't edible. So the normal process is that I make it once for family (torture them, they're family!), and if it works, next time I make it for others. Of course, given the lack of time, I just made one of those substitution-galore desserts for tomorrow's Passover dinner. I haven't tried this recipe before, and I couldn't find the main ingredient... so it may not be food. But, I figure since src is making the main course, and bellicaneko is making soup, if the dessert is not edible, no one will go hungry anyway. Maybe I should pick up some macaroons just in case?

Comments

[composerjk.livejournal.com]

mace is the outer covering around nutmeg. So, it's rather like nutmeg. I used to have some around. Though, I just checked and I haven't bought any for a long while, it seems. Probably because I haven't really spent much time cooking in a while, myself.

and trying out things is a useful way to learn to cook. you figure out what works or doesn't work. have a nice Passover dinner.