Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!gary From: gary@rochester.UUCP (Gary Cottrell) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Bad recipes in Joy of Cooking! Message-ID: <7157@rochester.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 15:32:05 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.7157 Posted: Sat Mar 9 15:32:05 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 07:42:49 EST References: <3127@Cascade.ARPA> <3590@Shasta.ARPA> Reply-To: gary@rochester.UUCP (Gary Cottrell) Distribution: net Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept. Lines: 18 Summary: In article <3590@Shasta.ARPA> mogul@Shasta.ARPA writes: >I'll add my praise of JofC as a useful reference, but it pays to >apply some common sense when using the recipes. > >For example, I make "Brownies Cockaigne" fairly often, and get >good results. One day, one of my housemates decided to make a >batch, and read the recipe out of my 2-volume paperbound edition. >(For some reason, I had always used an older, hardbound edition.) >Unfortunately, a minor typographical error had crept in, and she >blindly followed the recipe. > >The effects of 2.5 cups of butter on a single batch of brownies >are left to the reader's imagination. My friend Diane Litman made the recipe this way, and I loved it! Us milkfat cravers really like that particular typo! (It helps to keep them refridgerated; they don't "run" as much that way! gary cottrell