>>88683753ingredients are mostly interchangeable, but you still need to try them out to see how they're used and how they work. this is easy but you will prepare some things wrong and have to try them again later when you're better. cooking is mostly down to the various techniques and sometimes equipment that goes into making stuff, which is much more difficult to learn because recipes don't fully explain them. following recipes is the best way to encounter new stuff, but recipes tend to assume you know what you're doing, so you may miss out on some implied steps unless you watch a video explaining it properly.
it's not that hard, but it has a lot of layers to it, and it may take a bit of studying if you want to be good. it's also hard to know how retarded someone is and how basic the instructions need to be, like don't ever set your stove to the highest setting unless you know you should and your pan can handle it and you're actually watching it.
