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Re: Show HN: I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this

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Post by ghaff »

mnd999 wrote: post #78

The main problem I’ve had with recipe sites is that phones and tablets do not mix well with kitchens. I end up printing everything out anyway and then no matter how organised it is online, I end up with a pile of paper. The paper gets wet and the ink runs in critical places. Anyone got a solution to that one? (Edited for long sentence)

I have a tablet in my kitchen but I tend to end up with paper because I can easily scrawl notes on it.

Basically, I keep one binder with my go to recipes and then have a mostly disorganized pile of paper. Also keep recipe bookmarks on pinboard and post-its in various cookbooks. Aside from that master binder, it's all pretty disorganized but that tends to be how I work in general :-)

Re: Show HN: I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this

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Post by uptown »

x86mitch wrote: post #121
tomlong wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Has it been going a while, possibly under another name? I tried to log in and was told my email address had already used the service, and sure enough, a password reset had me logged in. I have no recollection of using it, so it may have been some time ago. I like it. It doesn't quite scratch my itch, but it looks a useful tool.

thats funny, ya I renamed it from recipepoodle.

Looks useful! Here's the previous launch post, if anyone is interested:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17122596

Re: Show HN: I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this

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Post by puranjay »

cryptica wrote: post #109

"I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this". Sounds like BS. How many 'favorite' recipes can one person have such that they have trouble 'organizing' them? I think the title of this link should be "I wanted to raise money from investors so I built an app and came up with clickbait scratch-my-own-itch startup rhetoric to get attention on HN"

This is not the kind of comment I expect to see on HN

Re: Show HN: I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this

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Post by djhaskin987 »

cryptica wrote: post #109

"I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this". Sounds like BS. How many 'favorite' recipes can one person have such that they have trouble 'organizing' them? I think the title of this link should be "I wanted to raise money from investors so I built an app and came up with clickbait scratch-my-own-itch startup rhetoric to get attention on HN"

As I recall, Apache Lucene, which powers elastic search, was written so its author could organize recipes as well. I guess some people just like to cook :)

Re: Show HN: I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this

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Post by slig »

jakemor wrote: post #129
cryptica wrote: post #109

"I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this". Sounds like BS. How many 'favorite' recipes can one person have such that they have trouble 'organizing' them? I think the title of this link should be "I wanted to raise money from investors so I built an app and came up with clickbait scratch-my-own-itch startup rhetoric to get attention on HN"

Yet another asshole comment on HN. How about being supportive of new endeavors? Nobody got anywhere without a little self promotion.

The "Show HN" post is allowed and encouraged [1], it's shame that we always see comments like that here.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

Re: Show HN: I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this

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Post by lunchables »

fredley wrote: post #108
scottmcdot wrote: post #105

Is it possible to promote some kind of consistency in measuring? My wife disregards a lot of American cooking sites (am based in Australia) because the conversion of cups/teaspoons etc is sometimes open to interpretation and can lead to a disaster.

I cannot understand how anyone puts up with measuring stuff by volume (other than liquids). 1 cup of flour is a hugely variable amount depending on how compressed it is. Don't even get me started on heaped cups. For baking in particular where everything needs to be very precise, it's bonkers to see recipes without weight measurements.

It's really just a non-issue. Flour could be compressed, but its not really in reality. The minor differences really don't matter much. Of course you can also sift it, which will not only help if it was somehow really heavily compressed but also breaks up clumps.

Re: Show HN: I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this

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Post by solatic »

Tangential rant:

The publishing industry pushes more and more cookbooks every year, and between traditional cookbooks and more recent YouTube channels, most recipes are much more fantasy entertainment than serious attempts at trying to get people to take more control over how their food is made.

The problem is that cookbook recipes distort the flow of food preparation:

Find an appealing recipe -> look up the necessary ingredients -> buy the ingredients -> take the ingredients home and make the recipe

This motivates people to purchase ingredients which are not in season, i.e. purchasing tomatoes to make tomato salad when tomatoes are not in season. This generates demand for produce which is lacking in flavor and nutrition, with an outsize environmental impact due to being shipped thousands of miles[1].

The proper flow is to go to a local farmer's market -> buy what is local and in-season (with a side benefit that it will be cheap, since the farmer has little control over the date of harvest and everything has to be sold before it rots) and in great quantities -> figure out how to make it once you get home, taking advantage of other produce which is in season, fresh ingredients which are available all year round (i.e. meat, dairy, eggs), and shelf-stable pantry staples.

This flow yields food which is simultaneously tastier and more affordable - but you have to learn how to cook as an independent life skill, and not constantly rely upon recipes.

[1] See e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Tomatoland-Industrial-Agriculture-Des...

Re: Show HN: I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this

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Post by m-p-3 »

I like that you decided to not force users to connect to a social login, but I would have liked the option. Not a problem for me as I use a password manager, but having that convenience would be nice.

Also, I registered an account with my email address but it never asked to validate my email address, it just created it.

Re: Show HN: I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this

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Post by apacheCamel »

solatic wrote: post #137

Tangential rant: The publishing industry pushes more and more cookbooks every year, and between traditional cookbooks and more recent YouTube channels, most recipes are much more fantasy entertainment than serious attempts at trying to get people to take more control over how their food is made. The problem is that cookbook recipes distort the flow of food preparation: Find an appealing recipe -> look up the necessar…

What kind of solutions do you think are possible for this issue? I can totally see your point, but I am unsure how to fix it for a person who really isn't interested in learning tons of recipes for each season.

I think the first flow is still fine, but maybe should just include going local and buying in-season items.

Knowing what you eat is important but I can understand why people are drawn to the easiness of a cookbook filled with recipes from any season.

Re: Show HN: I had issues organizing my favorite recipes, so I built this

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Post by jonheller »

ako wrote: post #69

Pretty happy user of anylist[1] here: contains all my recipes, when I go to the shop I just select a few recipes and have a shopping list. [1]: https://www.anylist.com/

Same here, it's met my needs pretty perfectly: Fast, good search, plenty of categorization options, absolutely excellent grocery store list integration with recipes, and bookmarklet to save recipes I find online.
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