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Re: Based Cooking

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post #3

Never thought I'd actually find a webpage that's in Times New Roman soothing. Maybe it's tickling my nostalgia. :-)

IMO TMR is the best font for any kind of pure technical documentation. To me a document written in TNR feels like pure and useful form of information without trying to sell something or force some opinion on me.

Re: Based Cooking

#12
I was just looking up some recipes the other day and my goodness, does this website feel like a breath of fresh air.

Today's web just utterly buries even the simplest content underneath a mountain of shit, whether it's ads or fancy banners or a long-winded speech about god-knows-what before getting to the point.

Kudos to whoever made this.

Re: Based Cooking

#13
Maybe I'm in a minority, because everyone always hoots and hollers about how they hate modern recipe web sites -- and I get it, 6 pages of memories of trips to grandma or whatever is ridiculous -- but I can't see myself ever using a plain-text recipe with no clue as to who the author is and no reason to suspect that they know what they're talking about. At that point I would probably go to SimplyRecipes, where at least recipes are voted on.

The sites that keep me are the ones that don't blather on about grandmas but do subtly give me some reason for why I should trust them, they explain that this technique makes the most sense, they describe how they've tweaked it from this cookbook or whatever. I also read the comments. In the end, though, my pre-existing trust of the site and author makes the most difference.

Re: Based Cooking

#14

I was just looking up some recipes the other day and my goodness, does this website feel like a breath of fresh air. Today's web just utterly buries even the simplest content underneath a mountain of shit, whether it's ads or fancy banners or a long-winded speech about god-knows-what before getting to the point. Kudos to whoever made this.

It was made by a linux youtuber who occasionally (often) complains about bloat, the the point that 'bloat' became an overused meme by commenters on his channel. Looks like he practices what he preaches!

Re: Based Cooking

#15
The advice to eschew iodized salt in favor of kosher salt is dangerous. Iodo-deficiency is a significant number of IQ points, and in the first world, iodized salt costs the same as non-iodized. It helps thyroid function too, please do not go out of your way to avoid free iodine in your diet!

Re: Based Cooking

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post #15

The advice to eschew iodized salt in favor of kosher salt is dangerous. Iodo-deficiency is a significant number of IQ points, and in the first world, iodized salt costs the same as non-iodized. It helps thyroid function too, please do not go out of your way to avoid free iodine in your diet!

I like Adam Ragusea's video [1] on the subject of iodized salt.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B00K66HivcI

Re: Based Cooking

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I like the idea of a simple recipe site generally, but I also like reading the user feedback on recipe sites. Is a recipe any good? Are there improvements? There is no way to tell on this site.

Re: Based Cooking

#19
post #6

No vegan or vegetarian options except for gnocchi. This isn't based cooking, this is meatporn for carnivores.

"Meatporn" is rather over-selling your point, since it's simply a text list of a dozen standard recipes and no photos.

Re: Based Cooking

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In the last few years I’ve learnt that there really is nothing better than a good cook book. Vibrant colors, techniques, stories - these can all really add to your experience if their presence is not solely for the purpose of including additional ads. I’ve also found that the recipe alone is truly not enough - the techniques and background are incredibly important !
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