Is it OK to reverse engineer the recipes for restaurant dishes so you can make them at home?
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Another aspect is personal experience. Eating beignets and chicory coffee at Cafe du Monde is a holistic experience. Smoked meat at Schwartz's. A Taqueria Cancun burrito. Letting the food be as special and rare as your visits to those restaurants can enhance the whole experience. Extracting the food from the context makes both less precious.
There are a couple of cross-cutting issues here. One is distance. If you can't travel to New Mexico often, and you really crave a green chile cheeseburger, maybe making it at home can be a way to stay connected.
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There are a couple of cross-cutting issues here. One is distance. If you can't travel to New Mexico often, and you really crave a green chile cheeseburger, maybe making it at home can be a way to stay connected.
Another is consent. A lot of people talked about asking for recipes from a restaurant, which is a really nice practice. But the question isn't about that; it's about figuring out the recipe yourself. I think there are two main cases for doing that reverse engineering: when you never asked for the recipe, and when you asked and the restaurant said no. In that second case, there is a lot of question around consent, again when there are relative power dynamics at stake.
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Another is consent. A lot of people talked about asking for recipes from a restaurant, which is a really nice practice. But the question isn't about that; it's about figuring out the recipe yourself. I think there are two main cases for doing that reverse engineering: when you never asked for the recipe, and when you asked and the restaurant said no. In that second case, there is a lot of question around consent, again when there are relative power dynamics at stake.
Finally, from my side, there's the question of craft. Whether it's painting or pottery or code, one way that we learn technique is by copying others. Learning how to replicate flavours, textures and looks in food is part of the craft. It's gaining the skill in understanding of processes and ingredients to have particular outcomes.
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Finally, from my side, there's the question of craft. Whether it's painting or pottery or code, one way that we learn technique is by copying others. Learning how to replicate flavours, textures and looks in food is part of the craft. It's gaining the skill in understanding of processes and ingredients to have particular outcomes.
So, anyway, I think a yes, but is about right. It's a practice that is often fine or even good for you, but there are pitfalls that are worth considering.
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So, anyway, I think a yes, but is about right. It's a practice that is often fine or even good for you, but there are pitfalls that are worth considering.
In the case of my blueberry pancakes, I had a few aspects to my consideration. The place I went to is small -- Annie's in Halifax. But it's far away from me and I don't visit Halifax that often. I also make pancakes every Saturday; it's part of my personal cooking practice.
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In the case of my blueberry pancakes, I had a few aspects to my consideration. The place I went to is small -- Annie's in Halifax. But it's far away from me and I don't visit Halifax that often. I also make pancakes every Saturday; it's part of my personal cooking practice.
Anyway, thanks to everyone who replied and answered.
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@evan I recognize it's a very *VERY* different path through history, but as a descendant of the “community of people who grew up on the east coast and have personally hand-picked probably hundreds of pounds of wild roadside blueberries”, I think those pancakes are fair game. (-;
@sean I figured as well!
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@sean I figured as well!
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Anyway, thanks to everyone who replied and answered.
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In the case of my blueberry pancakes, I had a few aspects to my consideration. The place I went to is small -- Annie's in Halifax. But it's far away from me and I don't visit Halifax that often. I also make pancakes every Saturday; it's part of my personal cooking practice.
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Un gruppo di stupidi armati pensa che la cosa più importante sia far coprire la capoccia alle donne. Un altro gruppo di stupidi, che li ha armati fino al giorno prima, pensa che la cosa più importante sia bombardarli con la scusa della capoccia coperta alle donne. Mentre le donne lottano per rivendicare i loro diritti come precondizione per rivendicare quelli dell’ambiente, l’ambiente presenta il conto agli stupidì di ogni fazione. Peccato che i danni colpiscano tutti.
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@stefano_zan 😂😂😂😂
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So, anyway, I think a yes, but is about right. It's a practice that is often fine or even good for you, but there are pitfalls that are worth considering.
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Finally, from my side, there's the question of craft. Whether it's painting or pottery or code, one way that we learn technique is by copying others. Learning how to replicate flavours, textures and looks in food is part of the craft. It's gaining the skill in understanding of processes and ingredients to have particular outcomes.
