I cook in this manner too. I can give someone ingredients, ratios and steps. That usually works for someone who cooks intuitively.
I try to use an online recipe as my basis when preparing a potluck dish for a cooking group I belong to. Then I can send a link and notations of changes I made to those who want the recipe. One woman in the group seems to think I’m withholding crucial ingredients since she feels her rendition never tastes the same…
Ten cooks using the same recipe will have different results - subtle to drastic. Much depends on your ingredients, your “interpretation” of techniques, if you taste as you cook, heck - even if you rinse cans to use the last dab of tomato sauce!
That said, I treasure many recipes that were given to me. 50 years since she passed but my nieces and nephews know who Aunt Ann was because they love her coffee cake recipe. Seeing these recipes and the individuals penmanship just makes me happy. All of which reminded me to post about a related idea:
