Yeah, but if you do crazy replacements on recipies, at least don’t complain to the recepies author, and don’t downrate the recipe because of your own ineptitude.
On the other hand, if you find a substitute that actually works, post it as an alternative.
In the comments, sure. I want to hear about substitutions that work, variations that are interesting, and where common substitutions or adjustments fail. (Does adapting this recipe for high altitude work?) An experimental substitution or modification that didn’t work? I’ll likely find that useless, but whatever.
In the rating, it’s just noise. The number should be a guide to answering the question “if I make this item as written, will it be good?” A poor rating based on not following the directions is misleading, same as a good rating based on making changes to a bad recipe.
Yeah, but if you do crazy replacements on recipies, at least don’t complain to the recepies author, and don’t downrate the recipe because of your own ineptitude.
On the other hand, if you find a substitute that actually works, post it as an alternative.
Why not? Can’t they take a bit of criticism? You post something on the web you must be ready for spiciness.
In the comments, sure. I want to hear about substitutions that work, variations that are interesting, and where common substitutions or adjustments fail. (Does adapting this recipe for high altitude work?) An experimental substitution or modification that didn’t work? I’ll likely find that useless, but whatever.
In the rating, it’s just noise. The number should be a guide to answering the question “if I make this item as written, will it be good?” A poor rating based on not following the directions is misleading, same as a good rating based on making changes to a bad recipe.
The author’s feelings do not factor in.