Do you use cookbooks when you cook?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43080)
Staten Island, New York
July 29, 2019 2:26pm CST
Usually, when I cook I do not follow recipes. I just do whatever pops into my head. I may google recipes just to know the cooking time of something or maybe the temperature at which took cook something in the oven.
I find it more fun when I come up with things on my own rather than rely on a recipe. Also, recipes usually require ingredients that I may not have at home, which means I can't make those dishes unless I go to the store and get all those things. So if I want to prepare something right now I have to use what I have and cannot rely on other people's recipes.
I don't think I own any cookbooks, except for one that my mom gifted me, which actually remained in her house when I moved out. That was a Pioneer Woman cookbook.
When you cook do you come up with recipes from the top of your head or do you rely on cookbooks?
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
30 Jul 19
both.if it's a new recipe i didn't create,i'll use a cookbook sometimes.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
1 Aug 19
@lovebuglena now that would be interesting.i think i'd read that myself.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jul 19
I've been tempted to buy a cookbook (mainly one from Gordon Ramsey) but then I thought I probably will hardly use it so didn't get one.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Nov 19
@scarlet_woman He has many cookbooks. He just came out with a new one.
@LadyDuck (458583)
• Switzerland
30 Jul 19
@lovebuglena I always bought one or more, it is an interesting souvenir.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jul 19
It's cool to get a cookbook from all countries you visit. I never thought of doing that. Kind of like a souvenir and you actually get to try making international dishes.
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@marguicha (215583)
• Chile
29 Jul 19
I don´t use cookbooks except when I once in a while bake a cake.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jul 19
I've never baked before. Don't think that I am much of a baker.
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@ShyBear88 (59285)
• Sterling, Virginia
29 Jul 19
Some things I just know from trial and error and others yes I might use a cookbook for. Since we do have to eat gluten free things can be very over and over ago. So I use cookbooks that are gluten free to get new ideas for things to eat.
@ShyBear88 (59285)
• Sterling, Virginia
30 Jul 19
@lovebuglena gluten free means the lack of wheat/barley, and rye. Lots of people have celiac which is autoimmune disorder where the body attacks itself when gluten is in the body eating way your organs. Lots of people just sensitive or have a good allergy to gluten. My 4 year has and extreme allergy to wheat germ which is wheat it’s self so he lives as those he has celiac. He eats lots of things made with rice, or almonds or seeds.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jul 19
@ShyBear88 Oh wow! I did not know this. Wonder why gluten-free stuff is a recent thing though. I don't think I've seen gluten-free stuff in stores in the 90s or early 00s.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jul 19
I honestly have no idea what gluten is. I've seen gluten-free stuff at supermarkets and always wondered what that meant.
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@JudyEv (325983)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Jul 19
Mostly I rely on cookbooks but my husband, who does most of the cooking, makes it up as he goes along. It's always delicious.
@JudyEv (325983)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jul 19
@lovebuglena My husband does almost all the cooking. If we do any baking, that's usually my job.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jul 19
As long as it tastes great you don't need a cookbook. Though cookbooks can bring forth inspiration for new dishes.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jul 19
Who does most of the cooking in your house? In our house it is me.
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@aureategloom (8344)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
4 Sep 19
i learned to cook some meals looking at my mom making them, so i usually follow these instructions. sometimes i look for ideas on the internet and just skip ingredients i don't have at home 
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Sep 19
I have to write things down or I will forget them. So if I see Mom doing something I have to take pen and paper and write all the steps and ingredients if I ever wanna do it myself.
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@snowy22315 (170178)
• United States
29 Jul 19
Not often, because if I want to find a recipe I usually get it online. I love cookbooks though.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jul 19
Yeah. There is a lot of stuff online.
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@LindaOHio (156584)
• United States
29 Jul 19
I do both because I have amassed an extensive cookbook collection. Usually if I use a cookbook, I start out with a recipe and then alter it to suit our tastes.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Jul 19
That's a good idea to change it up.
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