Strict Recipe Follower, or Experimenter?

[Arite Seki]

I try my best to stick as close as possible to the actual recipe but I always find it impossible to follow cooking instructions exactly. I add a few things here and there , substitute items or increase the quantity of my favourite ingredients (I always double the amount of vanilla extract).

[MysticSpade]

I would definitely consider myself as a hybrid of the two. I need the recipe to start but after I cook it once I usually change the amount of ingredients and season more than what the recipe calls for.

[Tinashe Sean]

Experimenter.
Coming up with Some ideas And trying out some New Things Is such a Great deal of fun.

[IamJc_Bembo12]

I admit I’m an experimenter in terms of cooking and baking. I don't stick to one menu and one recipe for this may be satiable for quite some time. But, there are some times that I’m a strict follower especially if the food is one of my favorites!

[Seluleko Nhleko]

I follow recipes strictly.

[Courtney Hughes]

I stick to a recipe first then on the second go around I experiment a little more to my liking. With baking I tend to stick to a strict recipe though.

[review-specialist]

I'm a bit of both. I strictly follow recipes for certain meals I'm doing while at times I experiment with ingredients to see what the outcome will be.

[Amna Khalid]

When I feel like cooking a particular food is difficult then I follow recipe strictly.

[asteel18]

Experimenter. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I think with baking you need to follow the recipe more than not, but I still add or subtract things that I think might work better.

[Ra Ka]

Read the recipe. If all the ingredients are present, do the recipe as it is written. If not all the ingredients are present, look for alternatives and make them.

[SnowStorm244]

Most of the time I'm an experimenter, especially after I've done the recipe a couple times. While my dad makes sure to be precise his is measurement, my mom just makes it close enough. I am some where in the middle depending on how well I know the area.

[Bombasticsideeye]

I usually follow the recipe to the letter. If I have all the ingredients, which is rarely. I often find myself sustituting those I don't have for something else.

[Daniel-Davis]

When my wife asks me to prepare or cook, it is exact, following her recipe, because she has a certain taste she wants. When it's me, you will find exotic spices in every dish. I like BBQ sauce and so it intermingles with many dishes that I experiment with.

[Selma Nieuwoudt]

A good cookbook, or trusted recipe, is already the result of fine-tuning through experimentation to get the best result. Substitutions do work, but I think less experienced bakers would get the best results when sticking to the tried and tested.

[Susan Gibbs]

I tend to add a few extra ingredients if I think they will "improve" the recipe, e.g. nuts or cherries. Often it works out ok, but sometimes it doesn't e.g. when I added apples and make the mixture too wet/runny. So it is a risk if I experiment too much.