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Great idea. Iterate on it. I've always wanted to make something like this, for when you've got some stuff in the fridge but don't know what to make. Input: "E
by flashm 11y ago
Great idea. Iterate on it.
I've always wanted to make something like this, for when you've got some stuff in the fridge but don't know what to make.
Input: "Eggs, carrots, beef, whatever"
Output: Some tasty looking recipes by rating.
- nibnib 11y agolike http://www.supercook.com/ http://www.supercook.com/ ?
- roddux 11y agoOr http://www.recipekey.com/ http://www.recipekey.com/, http://myfridgefood.com/ http://myfridgefood.com/, www.myrecipes.com/search/ingredient-chef ...
- psuter 11y agoThis gives you fun results: https://www.ibmchefwatson.com/tupler https://www.ibmchefwatson.com/tupler
- flashm 11y agoThat is quite cool. The others mentioned below are good as well, but all have a fairly clunky and web based interface. I suppose I'm looking for a 'Ok Google, what can I make with peas, a poussin, and half an empty can of Doctor Pepper?' Now that would be cool.
- zhte415 11y agoSplay and place the poussin in a little oil to braise (if garlic is available, slice thinly and insert between skin and meat), skin side down, just enough oil to cover the skin surface exposed to the heating side of the pot. Until skin turns slightly brownish. Turn. Season - salt & peppa, and if they have thyme Turn again, leave until skin is crispy. Warm plate. Turn again, add 'half empty can of Doctor Pepper' to deglaze pot, leading to the syrup to stick to the chicken underside. Plate. Peas served freshly boiled, assuming fresh and sweet peas. Plate.
- flashm 11y agoNow thats a service! I may even try it...
- fiatjaf 11y agoI tried to write something like that as my first programming project, but then it got difficult, then I found http://www.supercook.com/ http://www.supercook.com/ It got difficult because I was at the same time thinking about a way to store the recipes so that they could be searched by ingredients and that isn't trivial (worse that ingredients could be super or sub-specified -- wheat/raw wheat). I was also scraping all recipe blogs I could find to get the recipes, this is also way too complicated for a total beginner.
- nommm-nommm 11y agoThere is a book called What To Cook When You Think There's Nothing in the House To Eat that is an attempt to solve this problem. I've never read it though, so I can't really say if it works or not. That being said recipe ratings are so useless.
- lfowles 11y agoI can't remember if it's How to Cook Everything or Flavor Bible, but those make it incredibly easy to find a recipe given one core ingredient. For example, look up porkchops and it will give you a list of ingredients that pair well. I can then google porkchops+selected ingredients and get a simple recipe to use as a basis for the night's meal.
- ssmoot 11y agoThey'd be a lot more useful if recipe sites would just let you flag reviewers who didn't follow the recipe though. I swear 75% of negative recipe reviews I've read go something like this: > I substituted the flour for corn starch, the butter for applesauce (watching my figure!) and the pasta for some awesome butternut squash. Since my SO can't tolerate dairy I smartly replaced the cream with mayonnaise and the parmesan with my own special mixture of bread-crumbs crisco and salt. THIS FETTUCCINE ALFREDO RECIPE IS DISGUSTING! WORST I'VE EVER HAD!!!" And then of course somewhere near the top you'll always have an actual review that leads with a note about people who post reviews of their own concoctions instead of the recipe at hand.
- voltagex_ 11y agoThis is a problem food bloggers have a lot - http://the-toast.net/2014/09/04/eighteen-kinds-people-comment-recipe-blog/ http://the-toast.net/2014/09/04/eighteen-kinds-people-commen...