Attention to Detail.

I was at a cocktail party recently listening to a baker friend of mine tell me about teaching her son how to make dinner for himself one evening. It was simple enough, or so she thought.

One of those packet mix sauce things. She was on the phone to her son and said:

“All you have to do is turn the heat up, pour in the water and throw the packet in.”

The son took his Mother’s advice to heart. Several minutes later his Mother called back and told him to open the packet.

I laughed so hard at this that I snorted champagne. (Now there’s an interesting experience.) But this is so something I would do. I tend to take recipe instructions literally so all I’m saying is pay attention to detail when you write up your recipes, folks. Because there are people out there who don’t know to open the packet.