

This applies to cheese sauces too. The recipe calls for 1 cup of cheddar. As much as I want to add 2 cups it will end up as spackle instead of cheese sauce so lets just use 1 cup.
Or making too much roux for the sauce. That’ll also cause it to come out as spackle instead of sauce.
You can also use runny jam for syrup on pancakes. That’s what my grandmother would do with hers that “failed”. Blueberry pancakes with cranberry jam/syrup is amazing.