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Re: Show HN: I Derived a Pancake

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post #80

Neat. Now do it for gluten free flour[1] :) this is the go-to recipe in my home. You can sub in GF flour (Bob's 1:1) and they're consistently excellent. https://smittenkitchen.com/2011/06/blueberry-yogurt-multigra... [1] so I can enjoy it!

Thanks, I'm working on this next - stay tuned or join the mailing list (will send a very occasional message about new recipes)!

nice, done

Re: Show HN: I Derived a Pancake

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post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good idea, added! If you have only vegan dairy checked, it'll go for vegan butter too. :) https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/pancakes/?have=soy...

Good start, but it still requires eggs?

To be strict with taste and tradition, yes. However taste and texture can be approached with other ingredients to recreate the egg composition : after all cooking (and especially baking) is a chemist soup.

   - protein: tofu, gluten, plants protein extract, lentils, chickpeas, beans, chia seeds, mixed squash seeds...
   - lipid: various vegetable oils
   - sulphurous aroma: Kala namak salt, also very popular for vegan scrambled eggs
Depending on the selection, other ingredients might be adjusted. EG: lentils contains carbohydrate to if you use them for protein, use less floor and no corn starch.

The tool OP developed is precisely perfect for this king of calcul. However sometimes alternatives aren't based on the exact micro and macro reproduction but on the final result: banana is great for vegan pancakes but lacks protein. It's probably it's starch and fibers that help getting the texture right.

Re: Show HN: I Derived a Pancake

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post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We’re using vastly different models, then, because it doesn’t read like any generated text I’ve seen before.

What models are you using? This looks incredibly similar to the outputs I get from Claude with default system prompt settings. - First, take a look at the other articles. There are 30+ articles all with the same author published this week on topics from cooking to home appliances. Either he's extremely prolific or had help. - There's so much click-baity LLM language: "The radial gradient: why edges undercook on every…

> There's so much click-baity LLM language

You're absolutely right. It's not just Claude that gives you output like this — it's every model.

(Ahem, sorry.)

Re: Show HN: I Derived a Pancake

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What if I only have baking soda around normally, and not baking powder?

What if I have bottled lemon juice and can't zest an actual lemon?

Also I hoped to see heavy cream listed as an ingredient.

Re: Show HN: I Derived a Pancake

#139
post #63

I want to like this but it reads like Claude output, how much scrutiny did this get for accuracy?

This was my immediate thought too. The same website has at least a dozen similar articles written over the past week, all with this same AI tone. In the same week: https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/grilled-meats/ http://absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/brisket/ https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/french-fries/ https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/miso-salmon/ Parametric recipes are fun idea. I almost…

Yessir, it's slop.
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