Comments on: The easiest pot roast recipe http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/05/the-easiest-pot-roast-recipe/ Recipes from scratch and a lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:15:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/05/the-easiest-pot-roast-recipe/#comment-4495 ellaella Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:11:44 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1433#comment-4495 Hi, Jenni - Certainly we're kindred souls when it comes to pastry and baking, so I was delighted to add you to my blogroll. (welcome, btw) I agree with you about cooking but I also remember, quite vividly, when I had so little cooking experience -- and therefore confidence -- that I needed a recipe for everything. I mean everything. I hope I never forget those insecurities and limited abilities because if I do, I'll end up writing recipes that take the "oh, everybody knows how to do this" route. There's <em>always </em>somebody doing something, trying something for the first time. Sometimes that somebody is me. :) But yes, an imagination and sound technique are an unbeatable combination, especially when money is tight. Hi, Jenni – Certainly we’re kindred souls when it comes to pastry and baking, so I was delighted to add you to my blogroll. (welcome, btw)

I agree with you about cooking but I also remember, quite vividly, when I had so little cooking experience — and therefore confidence — that I needed a recipe for everything. I mean everything. I hope I never forget those insecurities and limited abilities because if I do, I’ll end up writing recipes that take the “oh, everybody knows how to do this” route. There’s always somebody doing something, trying something for the first time. Sometimes that somebody is me. :)

But yes, an imagination and sound technique are an unbeatable combination, especially when money is tight.

]]> By: Jenni http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/05/the-easiest-pot-roast-recipe/#comment-4493 Jenni Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:03:39 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1433#comment-4493 Hallelujah! A kindred spirit! I love that you are presenting a method and not a recipe; I think recipes ultimately hinder us as cooks, because we feel like we HAVE TO follow the directions to the letter. Once you understand basic cooking methods and techniques, you can pretty much just use the recipes as "idea generators!' PS Pot roast is one of my favorites, too:) <abbr><em>Jenni’s last blog post..<a href="http://onlinepastrychef.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/sunday-suppers-curried-tomato-soup/" rel="nofollow">Sunday Suppers: Curried Tomato Soup, or Soft Food for the Toothless, Part Dos</a></em></abbr> Hallelujah! A kindred spirit! I love that you are presenting a method and not a recipe; I think recipes ultimately hinder us as cooks, because we feel like we HAVE TO follow the directions to the letter. Once you understand basic cooking methods and techniques, you can pretty much just use the recipes as “idea generators!’

PS Pot roast is one of my favorites, too:)

Jenni’s last blog post..Sunday Suppers: Curried Tomato Soup, or Soft Food for the Toothless, Part Dos

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