the one thing i find people forget is that when you cook for yourself, there are no rules. (although some pretty strong guidelines, chicken does not come med rare for example)
don't follow recipes, use them for ideas and starting points for what you might want to do, most chefs work from that, they take what they like and use it in a new way.
If you have chicken breasts, and you see a chicken cordon bleu and a tandoori recipe, why not combine the two and make a tandoori cordon bleu, the worst that can happen is you don't like it, so you try something else next time.
and that guys right about the tongs.
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