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> They're lying to make it seem easier and to get more clicks on their recipes. Doesn't make sense to me. I certainly don't choose a recipe based on the estima
by denton-scratch 3y ago
> They're lying to make it seem easier and to get more clicks on their recipes.
Doesn't make sense to me. I certainly don't choose a recipe based on the estimated time-to-complete.
In fact I generally click through a bunch of recipes, and pick and choose the ideas that sound as if they'll work. Felicity Cloake does this, in her "How to cook the perfect..." series. She consults a bunch of top cookbooks, tries several mash-ups, and feeds the results to a tasting panel. At least, that's what she says she does; I'm inclined to believe her.
- wartijn_ 3y agoDoes make sense to me. I don’t want to combine recipes rely on my creative cooking skills, because I don’t have those skills. If I want to make a certain dish I look for recipes, pick one and follow that. If a recipe takes 2 hours to prepare and I don’t want to spend 2 hours in the kitchen, I pick something that doesn’t take as much time. I would be surprised if that isn’t the way most people use recipes. But I usually pick a recipe from a cook book I own. Searching for recipes online is a shitty experience.
- Marsymars 3y agoNot familiar with Felicity Cloake, but as a non-professional home-cooking enthusiast, mash-ups are my go-to when I'm trying new recipes that I'm pulling from online. Results are usually pretty good! Did a Greek pasta salad a couple nights ago that turned out really nicely. Have been thinking about signing up for, or self-hosting some kind of recipe app to make managing it easier... as-is, I have a "recipes" bookmark folder, where each recipe gets a sub-folder with a bookmark for each referenced recipe. However, this approach suffers from linkrot, recipes are often poorly formatted, and it doesn't have anywhere for my notes to go.