Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Some common abbreviations in recipes posted are ISO - in search of and TNT which means tried and true In my humble opinion, TNT doesnt mean much because people have such wide and varied tastes. A recipe can be posted with all edible ingredients, but whether they are healthy, or tasty ir the recipe will work is a whole other issue. Iine considering making a recipe should red the recipe carefully both ingredients, measurements, and instructions, and make a prudent judgment oon whether that recipe will work for YOU! I use recipes more as a guide, and make adjustments as needed, adding or omitting what I know my family likes or dislikes, and possiblt adjusting the amount of the ingredients that go into the dish. The main crucial things not be changed are the ingredients which would help or cause a bread or cake etc to rise enough or not enough. THOSE should not be messed with. But we can all manges with a little less or a little more of other things such as the sugar pr salt, and according to my criteria, the more processed ingredients something will contain, the worse health- wide, and potentially taste-wise, it will be. For example, using canned soups in a dish will be adding unnecessarily high amounts of sodium, even when labeled low-sodium! The salts and sugars added to store-bought or processed foods is to make up for a lack of good flavor, and/or so they will not spoil. YOu are better off buying a small freezer, and making batches of your own home made broth, whether it be vegetable stock/broth, or one based on meat or fish or seafood, and freezing it in small workable amounts. Your health will be better, and your savings will be enough for the freezer and electricity to pay for themselves. Just my two cents.... --- genny_y2k <genny_y2k wrote: > -Christie, > I am just not familiar with TNT what do those > letters stand for? > Reading your post I am assuming they mean a > 'tested' recipe. > Deanna > > -- In , > " christie_0131 " > <christie0131 wrote: > > > > Could I request that any recipes which are > not TNT by the person > > posting them are clearly marked as such. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Every recipe I have posted here is TNT, most of them are my creations. If I come up with something semi complex that I might forget on a day of lesser culinary inspiration I like to write it down! However, I do not measure things, so my ingredient lists are correct but the amounts approximate, a pinch, a little of this, OK, let's call it half a teaspoon....but it may be more or less? So they are ideas mostly. I have gotten great ideas frome the recipes here, and of course, being who I am I change them also to suit my tastes (mainly on the hot peppers you guys never use enough!!!!) , Smurfette <smurrffentaart wrote: > > Some common abbreviations > in recipes posted are > > ISO - in search of and > TNT which means tried and true > > In my humble opinion, TNT doesnt > mean much because people have > such wide and varied tastes. > > A recipe can be posted with all edible > ingredients, but whether they are healthy, or > tasty > ir the recipe will work is a whole other issue. > > Iine considering making a recipe > should red the recipe carefully both ingredients, > measurements, and > instructions, and make a prudent judgment oon > whether that recipe will work for YOU! > > I use recipes more as a guide, and make > adjustments as needed, adding or omitting what I > know my family likes or dislikes, and possiblt > adjusting the amount of the ingredients that go > into the dish. > > The main crucial things not be changed are the > ingredients which would help or cause a bread or > cake etc to rise enough or not enough. > > THOSE should not be messed with. > > But we can all manges with a little less or a > little more of other things such as the sugar pr > salt, and according to my criteria, the more > processed ingredients something will contain, the > worse health- wide, and potentially taste-wise, > it > will be. > > For example, using canned soups in > a dish will be adding unnecessarily high > amounts of sodium, even when labeled > low-sodium! > > The salts and sugars added to store-bought or > processed foods is to make up for a lack of good > flavor, and/or so they will not spoil. > > YOu are better off buying a small freezer, and > making batches of your own home made broth, > whether it be vegetable stock/broth, or one > based on meat or fish or seafood, and freezing it > in small workable amounts. > > Your health will be better, > and your savings will be > enough for the freezer and > electricity to pay for > themselves. > > Just my two cents.... > > --- genny_y2k <genny_y2k wrote: > > > -Christie, > > I am just not familiar with TNT what do those > > letters stand for? > > Reading your post I am assuming they mean a > > 'tested' recipe. > > Deanna > > > > -- In , > > " christie_0131 " > > <christie0131@> wrote: > > > > > > Could I request that any recipes which are > > not TNT by the person > > > posting them are clearly marked as such. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 It never occured to me that TNT meant tried and true. I thought it meant the recipe was spicy, as in TNT explosive! I'm feeling a little stupid now. Katie http://frugalveggiemama.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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