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chekovsphaser · 3 months ago

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The problem with USAmerican recipes is that most of them call for ingredients that don't exist outside of the US and/or ready mixes. If I wanted to use a ready mix I would read the instructions on the box. Ergo functionally useless to me.

The problem with Brazilian recipes is that most of them are written as if they are just reminding you of how to make something you already know how to make. As such, information like how long to bake something, or what temperature the oven should be on, high or low fire on the stove, or even on occasion what kind of spoon (table or teaspoon) to use is deemed extraneous. Which is also functionally useless.

I end up using the Brazilian recipes while checking English-language ones for baking time/temp and verifying spoon sizes. And also just a healthy dollop of doing whatever the hell I want anyway, because in the end I am Brazilian after all.

#I actually think brazilian recipes are like that for two reasons #one is that until recently generally your mum or grandmother would teach you to cook #so they really are meant as reminders like don't forget x in recipe #or here is the best order of operations #and the second is that mathematical precision in food accuracy isnt really our thing #our thing is oh this is good what if i did this would it make it better?#thats why our pizz is like that and our sushi #as a culture we are very creative with food #so of course the recipe is like yeah go ahead and put 'a couple spoons of mayo'#and not like 2 unheaped tablespoons or 2 oz or whatever of mayo #bc its supposed to be about the vibe #also americans and their ready made food #i came across an easy cake recipe which was literally #just the instructions to assemble a 2 tier cake out of cake mix #that is not a cake recipe #then use x brand basil tomato sauce #or premade pie dough #or x brand sugar alternative #2 cans of x brand something or other #none of this is anything to me

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