That takes
me back more years than I like to admit, to when my very much younger sister's homework was to create a recipe: hers fo an apple pie was:
pastry
apples
then pastry again
She obviousy didn't get her cookery skills from my late mother who was a keen pastry cook and baker - this was I think her main love and hobby! But it still makes me laugh after all this time and is my all time favourite recipe!
@Oldvatr I'm certainly no chemist and have never really known the science behind things, but am definitely old enough to know a number of the actual techniques. - gained I imagine by a process of osmosis! My mum never taught me anything about cookery though and I had to teach myself fro scratch, and one of my best ever buys was a domestic science/cookery textbook.
Robbity