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Rescue a dish that has gone wrong
The sauce split, the soup is salty, the sponge sank, and dinner is in twenty minutes.
Something has gone wrong and I need to fix it now. Answer in this order and keep it short: 1. **What has probably happened**, in one or two sentences, based on what I describe. 2. **Can it be saved?** Yes, partly, or no. Say it straight away. If the answer is no, skip to step 4. 3. **The fix**, as numbered steps I can do immediately with ordinary kitchen ingredients. Give one method, the one most likely to work, not a menu of options. 4. **Plan B**, if the fix fails: what this can be turned into instead, or what to serve instead using what I have. 5. **Next time**, one line only, on what caused it. Do not lecture me about technique before giving me the fix. The fix comes first. What I was making: What went wrong: How long until it needs to be on the table: What I have to hand:
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When it goes wrong. It split, sank, or tastes flat. Work out the cause and the fix while dinner is still rescuable.
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