tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post5624601623173750257..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: My Kooky Method for Evaluating Recipes at a GlanceJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-80696588444247535202018-03-06T21:40:52.363-05:002018-03-06T21:40:52.363-05:00Interesting ideas. When I need a recipe for someth...Interesting ideas. When I need a recipe for something I've never cooked before, I go to Martha Stewart. Her recipes have way too may steps, but her ingredients lists and proportions are reliable, and she emphasizes good quality ingredients. She will never suggest unfortunate oddball combinations of flavors. I check on Martha for my ingredients list, and I shortcut my way through her prep instructions. <br />I take the Martha recipes from her books. Her web site tends to have recipes from various sources, and not always reliable. <br /><br />She recently released a slow cooker book. For "crockpot" cooking. This book made me laugh. Nearly every recipe had several preparatory steps, before you even got to the crockpot. And then there were mid-point steps. "After 3 hours in the slow cooker, stir the ingredients, carefully scraping the bottom, and place a clean cotton towel between the lid and the pot, to absorb condensation." These were all recipes for leisure cooks who got bored with their many cooking gadgets and wanted to do fabulous gourmet crockpot. Val in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05219585605546108758noreply@blogger.com