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Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Post by lacampbell »

tmnvix wrote: post #48
lacampbell wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the battle is lost here already. I'm an educated native English speaker and I could literally care less if someone says "less" when, traditionally, "fewer" would have been used. It still annoys me that people describe things as "lite" instead of "light", but I realise the battle is lost as well.

I'm guessing you are from the US. I am from Australasia and the fewer/less distinction is largely respected in my experience. I find the example jarring. Regarding light/lite, I am doubtful that this is a problem outside of the US. Don't give in so easily!

https://shop.countdown.co.nz/Shop/SearchProducts?search=cott...

I think I have some of this in my fridge right now. "Lite" is used here a lot.

I hear native English speakers in NZ make grammar mistakes here all the time. I'm really curious that you hear the less/fewer distinction adhered to.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Post by lacampbell »

robjan wrote: post #45
lacampbell wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the battle is lost here already. I'm an educated native English speaker and I could literally care less if someone says "less" when, traditionally, "fewer" would have been used. It still annoys me that people describe things as "lite" instead of "light", but I realise the battle is lost as well.

You could care less. So that means you do care when someone makes the mistake?

I knew that would trip someones grammar wire.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Post by toomanybeersies »

dlubarov wrote: post #25

I like the idea. I wrote a cocktail recipes app around a similar concept - https://github.com/dlubarov/Mixologist I haven't monetized it, but figured it could be monetized with referrals to stores or delivery services. If nothing else, Amazon has a lot of non-perishable ingredients. I wonder if you considered that rather than a subscription model?

I was looking at doing something similar recently, but I ran into the problem of finding a good database of cocktail recipes, especially one that I didn't need to pay for.

What I think would be even better is an app that makes up recipes based on what you have, sort of like Chef Watson (www.ibmchefwatson.com) for cocktails.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Post by linkmotif »

bigiain wrote: post #26
linkmotif wrote: post #17

I've always wanted something like this that works backwards from what you already have. 14 days free is too short to onboard me, though. I want a longer trial to get hooked. Congrats!

I've considered this a few times, and things are getting closer to where it's practical to make an app you can point in your fridge and cupboards and have it work out you've got tomatoes, mushrooms, rice, pasta, whatever, and show you recipes you can make with what you've got, or a list of groceries to grab on the way home to make a longer list of possible recipes... I suspect I'll see this app within a few years - g…

Yeah that's the holy grail of any app like this that requires keeping an updated inventory of something. Maybe will be built into a fridge someday.

Or we'll all be eating nothing but Soylent in the future anyway ;)

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Post by dlubarov »

toomanybeersies wrote: post #53
dlubarov wrote: post #25

I like the idea. I wrote a cocktail recipes app around a similar concept - https://github.com/dlubarov/Mixologist I haven't monetized it, but figured it could be monetized with referrals to stores or delivery services. If nothing else, Amazon has a lot of non-perishable ingredients. I wonder if you considered that rather than a subscription model?

I was looking at doing something similar recently, but I ran into the problem of finding a good database of cocktail recipes, especially one that I didn't need to pay for. What I think would be even better is an app that makes up recipes based on what you have, sort of like Chef Watson (www.ibmchefwatson.com) for cocktails.

I don't know of any, but if you don't mind doing some manual work, Wikipedia has

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IBA_official_cocktails

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cocktails

Or did you want something more comprehensive, not just the most famous cocktails?

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Post by jamiethompson »

lacampbell wrote: post #44
OJFord wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except the ignorant just accept both, whereas those who appreciate the distinction will be jarred.

I think the battle is lost here already. I'm an educated native English speaker and I could literally care less if someone says "less" when, traditionally, "fewer" would have been used. It still annoys me that people describe things as "lite" instead of "light", but I realise the battle is lost as well.

I think you mean that you _couldn't_ care less

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Post by toomanybeersies »

dlubarov wrote: post #56
toomanybeersies wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was looking at doing something similar recently, but I ran into the problem of finding a good database of cocktail recipes, especially one that I didn't need to pay for. What I think would be even better is an app that makes up recipes based on what you have, sort of like Chef Watson (www.ibmchefwatson.com) for cocktails.

I don't know of any, but if you don't mind doing some manual work, Wikipedia has - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IBA_official_cocktails - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cocktails Or did you want something more comprehensive, not just the most famous cocktails?

I was looking to make one as comprehensive as possible. I guess a good way to go would be to start with the famous ones and let users add their own.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Post by scandox »

I like this idea but current execution doesn't work for me.

I currently achieve this goal by typing the main ingredients I have into google and adding the word vegetarian. I get something worthwhile in the first two pages.

I can see benefits to your system in terms of granularity and accuracy. But these will only accrue over time and at first use I found this approach cumbersome. Free text entry of main stuff I had would have been so much quicker. I took almost everything off your initial list.

I think this has great potential but there is a high bar.

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