Viewing post #2315735 by NMoasis

JBarstool said:
Uh oh, this may be leaning toward one of those senseless recipe ratings and reviews? You know the ones that go something like this: "I am rating this recipe one star, it was awful. The recipe calls for bone-in skin-on chicken thighs but I used boneless skinless chicken breasts. Instead of sauteeing in butter as instructed I used avocado oil. Then the recipe says to deglaze the pan with red wine and reduce it by half before adding 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves. I don't like red wine so I used grapefruit juice, and instead of thyme I used dehydrated parsley and a little bit of onion powder, and I was in a hurry so could not take the time to reduce it. Then the recipe said to add enough chicken broth to almost cover the thighs, cover and place in a moderate oven for one hour. I didn't use chicken broth because it wouldn't be thick enough for what I like so I added a packet of gravy mix and a cup of water and put it in my crock pot overnight. This chicken was dry and horrible. No one should make this recipe. I don't know why it gets five star reviews."

That is my long winded way of saying you are right - don't add nuts to your pistou! Pistou is pistou, pesto is pesto, persillade is persillade.

Purists unite!

Sometimes I read recipe reviews for that very reason -- for the unintended humor!
Sort of like, "the plant label said full sun, but I wanted it in my bedroom. I didn't have fertilizer, so I used coffee grounds.... What's the matter with my plant?"