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There 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
by nommm-nommm 11y ago
There 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...