11.   Cross came up with her original recipe through trial and error, research on the Internet and contacting other soap makers.

12.   For comparison, the original recipe is shown next to the makeover.

13.   For color, we added carrots to the original recipe, which also called for a bone-in leg of lamb, which we had difficulty locating.

14.   Here are the original recipe and four variations, plus staff tasting notes.

15.   However, home cooks and restaurant chefs have taken liberties with the original recipe and improvised with other ingredients.

16.   I have altered the original recipe so that the fat and cholesterol have been reduced considerably.

17.   I did make a couple of changes in the original recipe.

18.   I sent Mitzi a recipe, but she continued to search and found her original favorite recipe in a Betty Crocker Cookbook and shared it with me.

19.   In the end, what you would arrive at is none other than the original recipe, which you could find in any cookbook for time-honored favorites.

20.   Janet St. Clair gave me the original recipe for this fudge using chocolate frosting and chocolate chips.