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cbayer

(146,218 posts)
Wed Aug 22, 2012, 04:11 PM Aug 2012

The Only Recipe for Ice Cubes You’ll Ever Need

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 they’re 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 shared—and 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 expected—water, freezer—and it’s 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.”

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hlthe2b

(101,713 posts)
1. After spending a few hours reading reviews for chili, tuna salad, and other rather mundane recipes..
Wed Aug 22, 2012, 04:15 PM
Aug 2012

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)
2. I always skim them and sometimes get some good advice.
Wed Aug 22, 2012, 04:23 PM
Aug 2012

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.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
5. Fixed, but that is the THIRD time I have done that today.
Wed Aug 22, 2012, 04:27 PM
Aug 2012

I am really slipping.

(I think the inability to stop giggling got me on this one, lol).

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
9. l LOVE reading the tweaks at allrecipes
Thu Aug 23, 2012, 02:58 AM
Aug 2012

It can be VERY useful.

It is silly to watch a few slam a recipe when they didn't follow the original though.

NJCher

(35,423 posts)
14. agree
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 11:40 AM
Aug 2012

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




calimary

(80,693 posts)
13. This was pretty damn funny! Thanks for posting!
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 03:54 AM
Aug 2012

As a Food Network (and other cooking sites) fan, this is hilarious!

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
16. This was so brilliant
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:06 PM
Aug 2012

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..!)

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