Does anyone else do “Iterative cooking”? I like to make sometime, and then make it again, with a little tweak to make it better. I record all of my ingredients and amounts of everything so I can cook consistantly. It’s my dream to make some favorites, and make them the same way every time.
yup, I even thought of using git once so I could make branches of recipes but figured it was too much effort
I’ve grilled filet mignon 2-3 times a month since August. The local butcher has it for under half what we’d pay in a restaurant and It’s a really comforting ritual when things get overwhelming. I fire up the charcoal, pour a glass of wine, listen to something really antisocial on the Bluetooth speaker, and cook stuff.
I’ve got the process down, the thermometer app keeps a history of everything I’ve cooked, and I’m spending most of my time experimenting with prep now, tasting rubs or marinades beforehand and seeing how they turn out.
I can’t bring myself to keep a bbq journal. The idea really stresses me out for some reason, so I mostly rely on memory and taste. The one thing I actually record is a really abbreviated recipe in my regular journal and how it ended up. I also grill other stuff (just did really good chicken thighs), but I tend to focus on one thing and keep going until I have it figured out.
My iterations are all recorded. I store them on Google drive but they’re printed. Recipe starts at version 1. Each change is a single line thru (so the previous value is readable) and the new value written close by. It’s on paper because I don’t want sticky fingers touching my phone. After 3 or so revisions, I update the digital version.
All recipes are formatted the same.
Title.
From (source description)
Ingredients listed in order of addition
Steps outlined with 1 verb per bullet. (listing 10 actions in 1 step drives me absolutely batty.)
I do exactly the same! I do not cook very often (once a week), but I keep a google doc with all my recipes and tweaked them carefully until I was satisfied with the result. Along with the quantities, I also note stuff like the power I have to use when cooking this or that (+ the duration).
