There is nothing wrong with concocting your own recipes.
There are quite a few mixers here that do exactly that.
I lank the creativity, inspiration, and motivation (in other words; I'm lazy
), to create my own. I can tweak, and modify, with the best of them. But, design from scratch? Eh,... no.
Of course, having personal experience with the individual ingredients you intend to use, helps to shorten the learning and experimentation curve. But, if you understand the challenges, and don't get discouraged by early attempts being lackluster; one can create truly unique and pleasing recipes that you may have never discovered any other way.
Also, using others' recipes is not without their own perils. Many recipes to be found across the web, are failed/untried experiments and curiosities; reposts (sometimes with errors and/or typos, as well as undisclosed substitutions and/or percentage changes); just plain bad recipes; and always dependent on sharingthe same/similar palate as the author. That means kissing a lot of frogs to find the occasional prince.
Anna (
@stols001), is just one example I can think of off the top of my head; who almost immediately moved to creating her own recipes. If I recall correctly, she started doing single flavor testers. And then used those testers; blending various combinations of them together, to see what they may taste like.
I thought that was a rather creative way to learn about her ingredients, learn what appealed to her, and conserve her investment, by re-purposing those SFTs.
There are so many different ways to DIY... and none of them are wrong. It is more about finding what works best for you. If you can keep it fun, and rewarding, chances are that you will become a successful DIYer.
So... sit back, don't be afraid to experiment, don't lock yourself into doing things only one way, and above all... enjoy the journey!
, it’s already on the label in sharpie. I’ll correct it in my recipe file though.
