Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site • Hacker News Board

Re: Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site

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Post by slow_donkey » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 6:26 PM UTC

neaden wrote: post #8

So as someone who cooks a lot, and gets frustrated by long blog like posts that lots of recipes have this day, this website is probably even less useful for me. The tagging system isn't being used correctly, Ham Sandwich is tagged with Banana for some reason. Speaking of Ham sandwich some of the recipes are just way too simple, this just tells me how to assemble a sandwich which I don't think anyone really needs. Tho…

I'm building a search engine for this exact issue - there's 10000 recipes for every dish but they have to be contextualized: Do I want mac and cheese in the next 30 minutes or am I serving this for Thanksgiving? Those are 2 different experiences and recipes.

Even the base issue of at least ranking recipe blogs by quality isn't solved by other aggregators such as Google / Yummly which are more of a recipe dump.

If you or anyone else is interested I'm planning to release a version in the coming weeks - email is in profile.

Re: Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site

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Post by yurielt » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

seattle_spring wrote: post #9

Tangentially related, but if I were to run for president I'd run on a single issue platform: Imprison anyone involved with the current state of online recipes. Want to write your 10 page life story for baked mac & cheese? Boom, 5 years in the slammer. Want to put 12 different ads on your recipe for baked Alaska Char? 10 year minimum sentence. Involved in encouraging this behavior from the inside of Google? Sorry bub,…

Well you have h my vote ( and my axe)

Re: Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site

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Post by danpalmer » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

neaden wrote: post #8

So as someone who cooks a lot, and gets frustrated by long blog like posts that lots of recipes have this day, this website is probably even less useful for me. The tagging system isn't being used correctly, Ham Sandwich is tagged with Banana for some reason. Speaking of Ham sandwich some of the recipes are just way too simple, this just tells me how to assemble a sandwich which I don't think anyone really needs. Tho…

> The Spaghetti Carbonara recipe actually has multiple mistakes

One of them being that it's called "Spahetti Carbonara".

Separately, the recipe calls for whole eggs rather than egg yolks. This is a somewhat contentious issue, and many chefs have opinions one way or another. This recipe appears like it's The Definitive Spa(g)hetti Carbonara, but doesn't acknowledge that many consider it to be incorrect.

For me this is an issue with all recipe sites – my level of cooking ability, my ingredient preferences, how "authentic" I want to be, opinions I've formed on particular dishes – these are all very personal to me and unlikely to be fully represented in recipe sites.

I've started keeping my own recipe collection comprised of recipes I've made and enjoyed, I make no attempt to make them publishable, and I edit them as much as I feel necessary.

Re: Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site

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Post by zaptheimpaler » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 6:28 PM UTC

Content is king..

Re: Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site

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Post by markdown » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 6:29 PM UTC

There's a recipe on your site called Refried Beans. I've never heard of that dish, but in any case, either the recipe is wrong, or the name is. The recipe only calls for frying the beans once.

Re: Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site

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Post by racl101 » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 6:29 PM UTC

No fucking stories about how grandma used to make this dish before Poland was invaded and the entire history thereafter before we even get to the ingredients!

I'm am down!

Re: Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site

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Post by peter_retief » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 6:29 PM UTC

I see a ham sandwich under fruit?

Re: Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site

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Post by yepthatsreality » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 6:32 PM UTC

The evergreen Internet website idea.

Re: Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site

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Post by peter_retief » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 6:33 PM UTC

neaden wrote: post #8

So as someone who cooks a lot, and gets frustrated by long blog like posts that lots of recipes have this day, this website is probably even less useful for me. The tagging system isn't being used correctly, Ham Sandwich is tagged with Banana for some reason. Speaking of Ham sandwich some of the recipes are just way too simple, this just tells me how to assemble a sandwich which I don't think anyone really needs. Tho…

Yes it really does need some work. There is a need for a simple well curated recipe site though, there is always lots of interest.

Re: Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site

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Post by HaloZero » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 6:33 PM UTC

acomjean wrote: post #30

seattle_spring wrote: post #9

Tangentially related, but if I were to run for president I'd run on a single issue platform: Imprison anyone involved with the current state of online recipes. Want to write your 10 page life story for baked mac & cheese? Boom, 5 years in the slammer. Want to put 12 different ads on your recipe for baked Alaska Char? 10 year minimum sentence. Involved in encouraging this behavior from the inside of Google? Sorry bub,…

Weirdly recipes aren’t copyrightable.. But personal stories are, And descriptive text is too. Probably why they’re added. I’ll agree about the ads. Thus we signed up for platejoy (YC 2017?)

Platejoy sounded like what I want but they don't even list the price of their service on their site which seems sketch.