Comments on: Untested recipes: a rant

By: Judith

Judith — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:31:15 +0000

I wish I were there to eat it with you, Palma, Truly!

By: Palma

Palma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:47:22 +0000

That is too bad after the anticipation and mouth watering over the recipe! We went up to the hills to the apple farms yesterday, and bought a beautiful LOOKING apple pie. Neither crust nor filling TASTED good! It was very disappointing. Now I will bake a good pie!

By: Judith

Judith — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:28:30 +0000

Judging from this recipe many times it would not have been your fault. Although I’m not a baker, I do make bread as readily as I make pasta, and I know what the dough should look like. This dough failed that.
Rowena, I am going to photograph it and publish it tomorrow and anyone curious enough can try the original version just by asking for it.
The first change will be to use not the special form requested, but a tube pan. This very heavy dough would cook in smaller quantities, it just won’t when it is as big as a bucket.
Buck, I don’t subscribe to this. There are so many cookery magazines here that I am not very faithful.

By: KC

KC — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:01:31 +0000

How often does that happen? I don’t consider myself a very experienced cook and I always just blame myself when something doesn’t turn out right. Maybe there have been times that it wasn’t my fault.
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By: Buck

Buck — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:02:19 +0000

Everyone seems in a rush these days and magazines in particular seem to succumb to the temptation to just ‘get something out there.’ I’d call the circulation department and tell them you feel this issue was a lost cause because of the magazine’s failure to post a useful recipe (i.e. not because you didn’t agree with something in it) and ask to have your money back, preferably by extending your subscription.

By: rowena

rowena — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:41:51 +0000

Oh oh…I always loathe having to be like the recipe police, but sometimes an occasion (such as this!) warrants the flashing lights and sirens. I wish you had given us a photo!