http://www.drennotes.com/2009/12/10/when-the-nog-meets-cookies/ Noticings of a life that’s pretty & rippley Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:27:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.drennotes.com/2009/12/10/when-the-nog-meets-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-4421 Shara Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:34:39 +0000 http://www.drennotes.com/?p=346#comment-4421 I hear ya - a friend asked for my stew recipe and I had to tell her, "um, I don't really have one, it's just made up in my mind and different every time based on what I have in the fridge/cupboard." I hear ya – a friend asked for my stew recipe and I had to tell her, “um, I don’t really have one, it’s just made up in my mind and different every time based on what I have in the fridge/cupboard.”

]]> http://www.drennotes.com/2009/12/10/when-the-nog-meets-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-4420 Auntie Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:49:49 +0000 http://www.drennotes.com/?p=346#comment-4420 Ahh, but your mother's mother would totally understand as does your auntie. Receipes are "guidelines" -- kinda like the speed limit says 35 but one can go 40 or 43 or any number of those "instructions" that can be ignored without dire consequences. You takes your chances--otherwise, how boring would it be to measure 1/2 teaspoon, why mix dry separately? I mean, c'mon. Recipes, schmescipes. Ahh, but your mother’s mother would totally understand as does your auntie. Receipes are “guidelines” — kinda like the speed limit says 35 but one can go 40 or 43 or any number of those “instructions” that can be ignored without dire consequences. You takes your chances–otherwise, how boring would it be to measure 1/2 teaspoon, why mix dry separately? I mean, c’mon. Recipes, schmescipes.

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