:)

?

When I was 8 years old, I got my first cookbook..Betty Crocker.
I selected as my first dish to make..pizza.
Looked easy enough, and indeed it went very well.

The family sat down to eat it with much anticipation.
I took the first bite.
I spit it out.

See, that day I learned the lesson of salt.
NEVER use it if not called for.

I had looked at that ready-to-bake pizza and thought, at 8,
since my dad sprinkled salt on everything we ate, I would
save him that step.

I have been very careful, ever since, to always make the
recipe the first time, exactly as shown :-)

The one thing I hear the most when I'm explaining a recipe is "I never know how to adjust the flavor" to wit my response is "taste your spice rack." Spend a little time putting a dab of everything on your tong to give you some idea what kind of flavor it will add. Oh, and don't forget to eat a little bread to cleanse the palate between each one and that the application of heat can alter its flavor.