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minoanmiss ([personal profile] minoanmiss) wrote in [community profile] agonyaunt2024-06-22 11:17 pm
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Miss Manners: i have no recipe to give



DEAR MISS MANNERS: Cooking is one of my passions, and I love to share my food with others. And while I love positive feedback, I am sometimes taken aback by the automatic request for a recipe as soon as someone compliments something I've made.

Unfortunately, I do not use recipes. I am an intuitive cook, who many times throws things together. I have explained several times to these people that I do not use recipes, but continue to get asked.

I am not a curmudgeon, and not trying to keep my creations' ingredients secret; I just don't have the time, energy or memory to remember everything that went into a dish. What would be a good response to the constant, "This is delicious. Recipe, please!"?


GENTLE READER: "I made it up and don't have one. But I'm flattered that you liked it so much. You'll just have to come over again and I'll try to re-create it."
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2024-06-30 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
oh, oh nooooooooooooooo
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[personal profile] full_metal_ox 2024-06-30 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
Fortunately, enough viewers squawked for that goof to be corrected in future translations.