[Sca-cooks] Redaction? Definitions and commentary

[Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Phlip:
>Adaptation has the implication of deliberately making changes to the recipe
>(more salt and sugar, for "modern" tastes, maybe?)

Certainly adaptation is change. But are we changing the dish or the 
recipe? Certainly the intent is the latter, and the former, in 
theory, is what we're _not_ after.

So I have no problem with "adaptation". If you look at recipes in 
cookbooks that come from famous chefs, often there'll be a little 
fine-print credit saying "adapted by" so-and-so; what that means is 
that the 60-serving recipe meant to be cooked in the convection oven 
has been altered to produce a dish similar to that chef's signature 
dish, but which can easily be prepared at home for 4 people. Whether 
that constitutes changing the actual dish, substantially, is open to 
debate.

Adamantius