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royable

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6. I've been cooking all my life, main dishes, sides, desserts...
Thu Apr 7, 2022, 05:29 PM
Apr 2022

I've never seen a prep time that came close to how long it takes me. Usually at least one and a half to two times as long.

I don't think, though, that prep time is meant to include baking time. It's supposed to be the time to mix ingredients and get the pan into the oven.

Prep time doesn't include realizing your sugar jar is almost empty so you need to empty another bag of sugar into it, or rummaging through your spice cupboard and the overflow spice cupboard for the strange spice you haven't used in a recipe in four years, or replacing a fuse after running your hand mixer and microwave at the same time blows it out.

Riddle me this, cooks and bakers [View all] lillypaddle Apr 2022 OP
You're doing great. I just made a tuna salad and I'm exhausted Walleye Apr 2022 #1
Hey, tuna salad lillypaddle Apr 2022 #4
Think about competition cooking and baking. LakeArenal Apr 2022 #2
sure 'nuff lillypaddle Apr 2022 #5
In my experience.. luvs2sing Apr 2022 #3
There ya go lillypaddle Apr 2022 #7
I've been cooking all my life, main dishes, sides, desserts... royable Apr 2022 #6
Excellent points! lillypaddle Apr 2022 #8
Or remembering that the mixing bowl Retrograde Apr 2022 #12
Yes, this sounds like REAL cooking to me lillypaddle Apr 2022 #15
If it is a familiar recipe, have everything assembled and have done it before, I find cooking pretty NewHendoLib Apr 2022 #18
The faster I go, the behinder I get. trof Apr 2022 #9
I always wondered why my prep time was always so much longer that the recipe stated, too. CrispyQ Apr 2022 #10
I thinkonce you've got the ingredients measured out and the pan greased up and ready Warpy Apr 2022 #11
First time takes a lot longer chowmama Apr 2022 #13
Cake was super yummy, thanks! lillypaddle Apr 2022 #17
Honestly, I can't begin to imagine why you are taking so much longer. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2022 #14
The key to baking is to assemble your ingredients and utensils in advance...then it is Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #16
My friend doesn't understand why Marthe48 Apr 2022 #19
I wonder how long lillypaddle Apr 2022 #20
Days Marthe48 Apr 2022 #21
There is a Frech term that describes the situation Nac Mac Feegle Apr 2022 #22
LOL lillypaddle Apr 2022 #23
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