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Hilarious!
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/08/22/ice_cube_recipe_comments_funny_ice_cube_recipe_sparks_amazing_user_comments_.html
By Jeffrey Bloomer | Posted Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at 9:50 AM ET
Comment sections on websites can be nasty places, but theyre rarely more useless than they are on popular recipe sites like AllRecipes, Epicurious, and the like. The comments there are not full of the obvious trolling you come across elsewhere, which is generally easy to ignore. Instead, you find one recipe review after another that pointlessly recounts an innocuous substitution, describes a husband who thought the dish was too spicy, or shares a breathless complaint about no flavor that could surely be fixed with a teaspoon of salt. Occasionally one finds a flash of genius from a clever cook, but usually the comments are an endless slog.
So I was happy to discover that my despair over such commenting practices is widely sharedand even happier to read a perfect parody of this corner of the Internet. In a glorious recipe posted to Food.com that has been making the rounds on Twitter, a frustrated cook offers a recipe for ice cubes, noting that it may come in handy for families who have members who don't know how or have forgotten how to make ice when the ice tray is empty. The rundown proceeds as expectedwater, freezerand its funny enough on its own: a passive-aggressive plea to refill trays that anyone can get behind.
But then the commenters get ahold of it, and the magic begins.
This recipe is horrible! declares Chef #1408275. Maybe I should have left them in longer than two minutes (the recipe doesn't say how long to leave them in the freezer so I just kind of guessed) but mine came out all watery. I won't be making these again.
more hilarity at link
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)I have to say, I agree. I love it when they sub every single ingredient and then decry how awful the recipe.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)The better sites actually incorporate some of the comments into the lead in to the recipe, which can be good.
But, for the most part, they are just silly.
I didn't have any chicken, so I used beef tongue. Family hated it. Won't fix again.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)for instance, replacing chicken with beef tongue...
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)I am really slipping.
(I think the inability to stop giggling got me on this one, lol).
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)eridani
(51,907 posts)FSogol
(45,524 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)It can be VERY useful.
It is silly to watch a few slam a recipe when they didn't follow the original though.
Many recipes have come out far better because of the comments.
Furthermore, there have been recipes I'd have made but for the reviewer's comments. Often I go back over the recipe and see why it might be "bland." or whatever the criticism might be.
Cher
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)alfredo
(60,075 posts)pinto
(106,886 posts)calimary
(81,440 posts)As a Food Network (and other cooking sites) fan, this is hilarious!
progressoid
(49,996 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)I had to tweet it on Twitter... (try saying that fast a few times.. tweet it on twitter..tweet it on twitter..tweet it on twitter..tweet it on twitter..tweet it on twitter..tweet it on twitter..!)
Cleita
(75,480 posts)Richard D
(8,761 posts). . . so that's how to do it.
longship
(40,416 posts)Priceless, humorous snark.
Love satire.
Thanks friend.