Cooks Illustrated Baked Ziti

As all you know by now I love to cook. I am a tester for Cooks Illustrated and they email me recipes to test. It's not required and some have deadlines that I can't meet or it is for something I really have no desire to make or eat. So I pick and choose. They ask when you fill out the questionnaire what changes you made if any. The first recipe I tried was for a roasted turkey breast. It took me all damn day and I said I'd never do that again. It wasn't even Turkey Day!!

I don't remember how I signed up for this but I've been doing it a few years. I tested a really good recipe for Baked Ziti last week and made a few modifications for sake of time. And I added more cheese!! Some of their methods are too time consuming at least to me. I've been trying to decide if I could post it without infringing on copyrights so I haven't. It was the best Baked Ziti I have ever made. Leftovers were scrumptious too!! But I guess I better not do any posting!!! I always post where I got the original recipe too even if I've made modifications. I think all food bloggers do.

I've been browsing some of my favorite food blogs this afteroon and came across this post from Simply Cooking. I hopped over to this one and read her post. I thought it was very rude of CI and I believe Alosha is correct with her statements. All recipes that exist are variations of someone's. Whether it is from a book, magazine or a friend. It could be something our Grandmother made and who knows where she got it!! We all change ingredients and/or methods to make it our own.

I'm debating on whether to continue with my testing now. Probably not.