RDG
Senior Cook
It's not so simple, I assure it: it's my job.ironchef said:For me, a recipe is just an idea or an inspiration, but one that is subject to my own interpretation or innovation. The resulting end product of this recipe then needs to be followed in order to ensure consistency and quality.
It's almost like a the CEO of a car company telling one of his design engineers, "Hey, build me a new car." The basic recipe will have an engine, four wheels, etc. but the end result of the car is determined by the imagination of the engineer. If it's a great car, then that recipe to create that car is followed meticulously and consistently.
The recipe for a car is not so, in the same way that you could say "to recreate that dish, use food". the fantasy of the engineer has no great space allowed. Costs, speed, places, market, engine, thousands of matters are important, in the same way in which a cook must know where he wants to arrive. He must know that he is going to do, f.i., a fish recipe, with a delicate taste, with some exotic flavours, and light to digest. And, in every way, at the end, will have a recipe again.