My usual procedure for developing a new recipe is something like this:

1. Research
2. Draft Recipe
3. Experiment
4. Reflection
5. Revision, Revision, Revision

That's practically the bastard offspring of writing thesis papers and lab reports, somewhat amusing given my background. But I digress. My recipes can spend anywhere from several months to a year in this cycle before I'm reasonably satisfied. Rare is the occasion when I create a recipe, execute, and say, "Damn girl! That's good" in the first trial. But this is one of those rare moments in the first experiment where everything behaves as anticipated, yielding lip-smacking results and a very gleeful cook.

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