Sometimes I like going to recipe sites and just look around to see what might catch my eye. I have run into some really nice recipes that way. Plus, by reading the recipes you get real familiar with how the ingredients fit together. One of the things I do is try to imagine how each one of the recipes will taste the way it is put together. Sometimes I will think that it would be really good. Or, I might think I don’t want to try that one. Other times, I might figure that if I left out this or added something like that, it might be improved. Which brings me to my point.
The other day I saw one where the lady said she loved the recipe but she changed this to this and this to this and this to that and added a little of this other stuff along with this special powder.
When I read that, I just laughed out loud. She had without knowing, changed the entire recipe. She had actually desecrated the original recipe. There is an unspoken rule in cooking and it goes like this, “ when you change, (add/remove) two or more things you have a different recipe.” So, this lady was blowing her own horn!
I have worked up a “pot roast” recipe as an illustration.
2-3 lbs. of Boston butt
1 large yellow onion chopped
2 stalks of celery chopped
2 large carrots sliced
4 medium potatoes quartered
1 envelope of onion soup mix
Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker and cook on high for 6-8 hours.
This is like the remarks that someone might leave.
I loved the pot roast recipe but I changed a few things and now I like it better!
I changer the Boston butt to bananas
I changed the onion to vanilla wafers
I changed the celery and carrots to custard, which had eggs in it.
I changed the potatoes to coconut, shredded
And lastly I changed the onion mix to 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
I used a rectangle casserole dish and baked it at 350 for 1 hour in the oven instead
of a slow cooker.
It was the best “pot roast" I’ve ever had! You should try it too... Just don't change the recipe!
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