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My kid called my old cookbook a 'recipe website made of paper'
It made me think about how I used to just wing it with those faded instructions, leading to some flat cakes... now I watch a video first. Anyone else find they have fewer fails with a quick visual guide?
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hayes.joel3d ago
You can learn the feel of it from a video too, you just have to actually cook instead of just watching. A visual guide shows you what that "certain way" actually looks like, which is way clearer than a guess on a stained card. Why would you want to risk a flat cake when you could see the batter texture that prevents it? Those old fails weren't teaching moments, they were just wasted ingredients.
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jana_scott9d ago
Honestly, that old paper method forced you to learn the feel of it, you know? My grandma's handwritten recipes are a mess of stains and guesses, but following them taught me when batter should look a certain way. Videos can make you too careful, like you're afraid to mess up their perfect version. Sometimes a flat cake just tastes better because you made it yourself, mistakes and all.
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