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Sister asked I look up recipes to use for my Easter meal dishes

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Cornerstun · 10/04/2025 19:46

Sister and I are the cooks of the family. We both appreciate good, homemade food.

We have decided I will focus on the main meal and she will do desserts whilst her hubby does cocktails /wine and appetisers.

Awesome. She’s shared some of their ideas and they look gorgeous.

Sis said seeing as she’s making the effort to follow recipes and attempting to make gourmet can you please do the same.

I am doing herb crusted rack of lamb, spring greens, roast potatoes, dauphinoise and honey carrots. She has asked me to look up recipes for each dish and not just to wing it (which I always do after cooking for 15 plus years).

I think it’s plenty gourmet enough. Sister says she just wants an elevated meal lol

Im not in the wrong, surely??

I don’t want to be cooking for days. I could drizzle some shit and make the odd crumb but what’s the point??

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TomatoSandwiches · 10/04/2025 19:58

I'd tell her she can do all the cooking or put up with your subpar efforts, how rude.

TheWatersofMarch · 10/04/2025 19:58

Im interested in how you’ll do spring greens. I’ve never found a way of making them delicious as a stand alone veg - I usually put them in a mixed stir fry or shredded in a creamy pasta sauce.

AlertCat · 10/04/2025 19:57

I only use a recipe when it’s something I don’t know well how to make. After a bit you learn it, don’t you? I used to need a recipe for gravy but I don’t now. If your dauphinois are perfect without looking at a recipe, why should you need to look?

JoshLymanSwagger · 10/04/2025 19:56

I think it’s plenty gourmet enough. Sister says she just wants an elevated meal lol

put her chair on some bricks...that should be elevated enough!

BethDuttonBaby · 10/04/2025 19:56

Your sister is being an arsehole

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Cornerstun · 10/04/2025 19:54

ouch321 · 10/04/2025 19:53

Not sure you need roasties AND dauphinoise. I'd stick with the latter. Roasties are THE potato item for Xmas dinner so nice to vary it up for Easter.
In any event, no harm in looking at BBC good food or whatever whilst watching Netflix one day for 10mins or whatever but I wouldn't take her request too seriously.

I don’t like creamy potatoes with a roast, everyone else does so I just make them

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ouch321 · 10/04/2025 19:53

Not sure you need roasties AND dauphinoise. I'd stick with the latter. Roasties are THE potato item for Xmas dinner so nice to vary it up for Easter.
In any event, no harm in looking at BBC good food or whatever whilst watching Netflix one day for 10mins or whatever but I wouldn't take her request too seriously.

ScaryM0nster · 10/04/2025 19:53

Are you prone to stuffing it up?

If you can consistently knock out the stuff you’re planning well, then she’s being daft.

If your dauphinois is sometimes soup, and some times both crispy and not cooked in different areas then asking for recipe
use for a special
occasion seems fair.

Original poster
Cornerstun · 10/04/2025 19:52

TomatoSandwiches · 10/04/2025 19:51

Does she not like your cooking?

she always makes all the right nosies and eats everything I make plus seconds so I assume so!

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TomatoSandwiches · 10/04/2025 19:51

Does she not like your cooking?

vodkaredbullgirl · 10/04/2025 19:51

I'm always winging meals, don't think I've looked at recipes 😆

PleaseDontFingerMyPouffe · 10/04/2025 19:50

Just say, "Yes, Chef" and crack on

GinandTonic24 · 10/04/2025 19:50

Cooking is an art, baking is a science.

If it's things you do regularly so you know cooking times, ratios etc there is no need for a recipe!

BlueOysterCultGroupie · 10/04/2025 19:48

YNBU

You need a recipe for baking, but not really for making a roast.