While I read the ingredient list, I don’t read the rest of the recipe all the way through before I start cooking it. Rather than determining actual cooking and prep times, I estimate them based on similar recipes that I’ve made in the past. Invariably, the new recipe will end up using an entirely different method and will actually take two or three times as long to make.
So I will start cooking around 5, assuming it will take me an hour, only to realize that there’s a “cool for one hour” instruction that I was not counting on. *le sigh*
What’s yours?
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November 17, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Jason Booy
Sometimes I get excited and don’t let things cook long enough. Just far too eager to move on to the next step.
December 8, 2010 at 6:00 am
Megan
I always assume I have enough of each ingredient, start cooking/baking, and then end up sending Tim to run to the store in a frenzy to get what I need more of while I try and hold down the fort of whatever is in mid-process
January 7, 2011 at 9:49 am
Christine
Recipe? What’s that. It’s seriously my big problem – I follow recipes. Somewhat. At least the first time. Does it count if I’m following three or four of them to create what I want? It’s similar to what you do – I go “hey, I know how to make this”, and jump in. Then it turns out that the recipe says something completely different than I thought it did. (That chopped chocolate? It gets melted, not stirred into the dry ingredients. No reason to bust out the rasp.)