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and we don’t want to risk the wrath of a spouse by ruining a wedding gift.
Salt. We use kosher salt in cooking. No Morton’s did not pay us. We wanted to standardize on one salt, and the grain size of Morton Coarse Kosher Salt makes it easy to pinch and scatter. If you substitute table salt, cut the quantity in half since it is more concentrated.
Black pepper is always best when ground fresh.
Butter is usually unsalted. We prefer to control the salt content precisely without the wild card of an unknown quantity coming from the butter. That said, if you use salted butter, there is so little that the recipe will probably turn out fine, especially if you cut back a tad on salt.
Eggs are large.
Flour is all-purpose flour.
Fruits and vegetables are medium size, and they should always be fresh and scrubbed with cool water.
Garlic powder is pure garlic powder, never garlic salt, which has salt in it. You should control salt separately.
Mayonnaise. Never substitute Miracle Whip for mayonnaise. The chemistry is very different. Among other things, Miracle Whip has two kinds of sugars, mayo has none.
Milk is whole milk. You can get away with 2% in many cases, but not skim milk, soy milk, almond milk or any other substitutes. If we call for half-and-half or cream, it is because we think the fat is