Tammy's Recipes

I don't usually sample things, because I don't like going to all that extra bother. I know... I don't measure, and I don't sample. I'm a lazy cook!

But I am learning to sample some things regardless of whether I feel like it or not, like gravies and soups especially.

For some reason, I am usually more in the mood to sample foods like granola, energy bars, or baked desserts, claiming that "I just have to make sure it tastes okay!" ;)

It all depends on what I'm making...I'm always leery of new recipes as I don't know what they are going to taste like.

Worried about gaining weight? Yeah...not me. I'm a Wisconsin girl...we're all predisposed to be more solid thanks to our hearty German/Scandinavian stock. ;) I'll take my beer and cheese, and eat it too! (I'd be that cow on the California cheese commercial, *Wisconsin accent*,"ooh, where's the snow, dontcha know??")

Sometimes...it depends on what it is. Sometimes I wish I cooked more by a recipe so I'd know if it was going to be "just right" but since I do so much of "a little of this and that" I have to taste it. :)

That's me... you can always find me sampling food before it's served. :-) Now sometimes it gets annoying, like when I spend 5 minutes getting certain soups *just right*, but I almost have to ask, "Is there another way to do it?" Since I'm like you, Tammy, and not very fond of measuring, this is my way of making sure that meals come out alright. :-)

Letely, I've been trusting my cooking enough to not taste it before serving it (to my boyfriend/fiancee), even when it's something new. I always say though, "I haven't tasted it yet, so I don't know if it's good" lol

I posted this poll a while back (in 2006, actually!) and thought it would be fun to run it again, since I'm sure I have many new readers since then. :D

Plus, I'm out of good poll ideas. ;) 

I have to! I don't really like to actually, but I usually do because otherwise i serve things that need more or less of something.

I'm semi-vegetarian (I eat fish but not meat) and my family's not. So I do taste all foods that don't contain meat. For example if I'm making lasagna I prepare the sauces without meat and add it only after tasting the sauce.
Sometimes I let the children taste and tell me, if the food is spicy enough.

If it is something I make all the time then I am sure it will come out fine so I do not taste it.

If it is something new I taste it all the time until it is done.I go over board then.

I never sample because I am not gready at all...
And it is something I always forget!!!
When I started cooking it was terrible because just the smell "fed " me...I could not eat!
I was very skinny...I was scared I would loose weight!

In fact I love to eat other people's cooking or I really enjoy what I have cooked...the next day as a left-over!

I never can tell if it's done anyway, so I only taste sometimes. Of course with cookies or something I ALWAYS taste... but it's not for the science of it. :)

I tend to follow recipes, or if I want it taste tested, I'll call my husband in. I'm not too good at knowing which spice is needed. Bread and cookies are different. I know what they should taste like! Besides, I like the dough! (That's the real reason!)

Always. :)