Graters

can I skip these spices?

This is the recipe: 1 cup cooked chickpeas, 2 tbs olive oil, 1/2 cup vital wheat gluten, 1/2 cup plain bread crumbs, 1/4 cup vegetable broth or H2O, 2 tbs soy sauce, 2 cloves of garlic, pressed or grated with a microplane grater, 1/2 tsp lemon zest, 1/2 tsp dried thyme, 1/2 tsp tsp hungarian paprika, 1/4 tsp dried rubbed sage, Olive oil for panfrying, the problem is that I don't have any sage, paprika, or lemon zest. I know that they are in small amounts so I thought maybe I'll be able to go without them. I'm making BBQ sauce to go with it so that should cover up any flavor loss- I hope. will it work if I skip those spices?

Public Comments

1. No. You need to stick to the recipe.
2. I think you could skip them and just use what you have on hand, recipes are not set in stone you can tweak them to your liking,,,good luck
3. yeahh it will be fine with out it. dont worry about it. It might take some of the spice out but it will still be good try substituting it with something else. answer mine please: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmaFnp62ML5.d_0TIW2IMNHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090817123522AATxOpa
4. Try replacing the spices with something else you may have that will still taste good with the other ingredients. If you have lemon juice in a bottle try adding a teaspoon or two.
5. If you've never made or tasted that recipe before then it won't matter because you won't know any differently.