Weirdly enough, most of these I were my own rules, too, if not formulated so specifically.\u00a0 Nice to see a “real cook” who stated the same.\u00a0 I’ve also greatly enjoyed the science he gives behind things.\u00a0 I knew a lot of it worked, but now I have a more solid basis for the factual why, rather than just an instinctive knowledge.<\/p>\n
Unless it is important for the chemistry of the cooking that seasoning ratios be kept the same (dry curing is an example), you don’t have to follow strict measurements from recipes.<\/p>\n
Unless you are worrying about acid or salt content, one watery liquid can usually be substituted for another.\u00a0 The taste will change, but the consistency will not.<\/p>\n
If the final dish is to be baked, don’t mess around with the recipe unless it is to make a proven substitution (baking soda and cream of tartar instead of baking powder, etc….)<\/p>\n
IF you are cooking a chunk of something, or chunks of something, you can usually mess about with your spices to your heart’s content.<\/p>\n
Foods within the same family can be substituted with ease and glee.\u00a0 (Green onions for leeks, etc…)<\/p>\n
Ingredients with similar flavors can also be substituted as above.\u00a0 (anchovies for capers, etc….)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Weirdly enough, most of these I were my own rules, too, if not formulated so specifically.\u00a0 Nice to see a “real cook” who stated the same.\u00a0 I’ve also greatly enjoyed the science he gives behind things.\u00a0 I knew a lot of it worked, but now I have a more solid basis for the factual why, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,340],"tags":[335,336,267],"class_list":["post-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","category-editing","tag-alton-brown","tag-im-just-here-for-the-food","tag-substitutions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2023,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions\/2023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}