I collect cookbooks and I'm still at the stage in my cooking journey where I at least start with someone elses recipe and maybe modify it a bit based on what I like or have on hand.

A recent acquisition was a book of recipes, primarily from Eastern Europe, with a little German and Austrian thrown in.

So far, I have caught 2 errors.

The first called for a 4 pound stuffed pork loin to cook for 4-5 hours. Per my digital thermometer, it was medium well between 1 1/2 and 2 hours. Following that one could have been a disaster.

The second was an apple strudel recipe that called for too much filling and too much fillo dough. I'd have filled 3 pans with all it called for. I scaled back and still managed a pair of good sized products - enough for a dozen servings.

I can't blame poor translation skills as anyone with a couple months in a kitchen would catch this and I have to wonder if the "contributing editor" actually made any of this stuff.

This is the first case I've ever been sure the book was wrong. Any others?