I honestly can't tell if this is serious or satire. One one hand, it looks a lot like a joke standard like RFC 1149 (IP over Avian Carriers), and the article m

I honestly can't tell if this is serious or satire. One one hand, it looks a lot like a joke standard like RFC 1149 (IP over Avian Carriers), and the article mentions it even won a satiric prize. But on the other hand, the example use of using this for taste-testing so that the preparation is as consistent as possible, doesn't sound too absurd.