Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Do Bakers Cook? Do Cookers Bake?
I know many of you share my fondess for cooking. I'm wondering how many of you also share my complete disdain for baking? In general I find Rachel Ray completely annoying, however, two things endear her to me. First, she devoted an entire chapter in one of her cookbooks (maybe more but I only own one) to her dog, Boo, and second she hates to bake. Which makes me wonder if there's a trend. Do people who love to cook hate to bake? Sure I liked baking when I could make an entire cake with a 30 watt lightbulb, but how does that translate to a 30 year old gas oven? If I wanted to cook with fire I wouldn't have evolved. Besides, when I cook I often start with a recipe and by the end it is something completely different. And I don't have to measure. I've learned through trying to keep a record of my own created recipes that those measures are usually estimations anyway. Is it really going to make much difference if I use 3/4 cup onion rather than 1/2? I guess the moral of the story cooking is idiot proof. So, where do you come in on this issue?
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I like to bake Christmas cookies and that's it. I don't like the taste of cake and I found a pie company that I am in love with (Wholly Wholesome, which is vegetarian), so I avoid attempting these items.
I guess I like to cook dinner more, because I can mess with it everyday, not only on special occasions. That said, I may try the dog biscuit recipe.
I find that baking stifles my creativity. If make changes in cake recipe I have to bake it, taste it, decide if I like, if not throw it away and start over. When I'm cooking and I change something, I know right away if it was a good or bad change. If it's bad I can usually fix it enough to still eat it or serve it. Not so when I'm baking.
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