Not having glossy images makes the recipe easier to read.
I am also using markdown to create recipes and some other documentation.
Like the idea of using github to manage the recipes.
You would probably need to use indexing if the data became large.
Some sort of user review system might help maintain quality.
Based Cooking
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#142You know why all these sites have pages of effluvia accompanying their recipes? Because lists of ingredients and steps are not copyrightable. A book of recipes, however, is copyrightable. On the web, to make the content copyrightable, they have to add stuff. "A mere listing of ingredients is not protected under copyright law. However, where a recipe or formula is accompanied by substantial literary expression in the…
it's not really that. it's because of google's arcane search requirements. these authors want their results to appear high up in google search results and one of the ways to do it is to have all this accompanying text.
because their list of ingredients and steps are still not copyrightable even if all the surrounding text is.
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#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think OP means that things described as based tend to be cringe for OP.
That is probably true, but it’s still pretty clearly the opposite of “cringe” in meaning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAwJke4UWGI .
FWIW, that video doesn't change the meaning of the word to me. Still means cringe/unpleasant/racist to me. Every time I've seen 'based' used, it is nearly always followed by something cringe, unpleasant, or racist.
I do understand words have multiple meanings and people interpret things differently. I'm willing to accept that other people interpret 'based' as 'cool', but that is not what the word means to me, or to a lot of other people, I'm sure.
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
No website can fully replace life experience. Either way, the simplicity of presentation here transcends any such criticism which misses the point entirely.
I think of myself as a pretty decent cook but without some rough measurements I don’t find the recipes very useful. When I look at the gnocchi recipe I have no idea how much flour to take for an amount of potatoes for example . It is a little like watching my mom who just seems to throw things together until it’s right. Every time it’s perfect but she can’t explain what she does. You need a lot of experience for this…
I don't disagree. I believe my point was slightly missed by most.
Any other recipe site you visit today will have you scrolling for days just to find the ingredients amid ads and filler backstory.
I just love that this bucks that trend.
As for the quality of recipe, well, the site invites you to contribute.
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#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nope, people got recipes from books and magazines, which were considered reliable gatekeepers. Looking back at some of the gelatin casseroles of the 60s, of course, casts doubt on some of that reliability.
>> "Looking back at some of the gelatin casseroles of the 60s, of course, casts doubt on some of that reliability." The most convincing theory I heard was that the gelatin obsession was about status since it required refrigeration. Hosting a party where you served the latest, most elaborate gelatin dish said something about you.
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#146You know why all these sites have pages of effluvia accompanying their recipes? Because lists of ingredients and steps are not copyrightable. A book of recipes, however, is copyrightable. On the web, to make the content copyrightable, they have to add stuff. "A mere listing of ingredients is not protected under copyright law. However, where a recipe or formula is accompanied by substantial literary expression in the…
> A mere listing of ingredients is not protected under copyright law. However, where a recipe or formula is accompanied by substantial literary expression in the form of an explanation or directions
Very few recipes are just a minimal list of ingredients and steps though? I don't think this means you have to add your life story above it, just add enough explanation about the steps and it will be copyrightable. The recipes on Based Cooking will surely pass this.
It's not like many recipe websites have 100% original recipes they're trying to stop you stealing anyway. A website of unattributed stolen recipes probably isn't worth much as it won't have a reputation or branding.
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#147> Only Based cooking. Can someone shed light on what "based cooking" is? It's rather tricky to Google for and am unable to figure out what the site's author means by that.
"Based" is a positive adjective in 4chan-ese. It's roughly analogous to "redpilled," and is used primarily (but not exclusively) by reactionaries and people in that general sphere. The owner of this website is one such person; the use of "based" is meant to be a (not so) subtle nod to his knowing audience.
Based isn't 4chanesque per se, some rapper is credited with inventing the term. I wouldn't ascribe its use exclusively to reactionaries.
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#148> Only Based cooking. Can someone shed light on what "based cooking" is? It's rather tricky to Google for and am unable to figure out what the site's author means by that.
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#149The owner of this website is a reactionary with a relatively popular YouTube channel in which he openly espouses and trades in racist talking points[1]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2eYFnH61tmytImy1mTYvhA
I'm not sure what political positions have to do with cooking. Then again, I'm not a subscriber to this whole new-age identity politics wokeness mess.
I’m always fascinated by people complaining about ‘woke identity politics’ usually when coming in defense of people who define their whole identity... as anti-woke. Maybe let’s admit that everyone is playing identity politics, it’s just that one side is too embarrassed to admit it after decades of virtue signaling ‘independent thought’.
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is probably true, but it’s still pretty clearly the opposite of “cringe” in meaning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAwJke4UWGI .
FWIW, that video doesn't change the meaning of the word to me. Still means cringe/unpleasant/racist to me. Every time I've seen 'based' used, it is nearly always followed by something cringe, unpleasant, or racist. I do understand words have multiple meanings and people interpret things differently. I'm willing to accept that other people interpret 'based' as 'cool', but that is not what the word means to me, or to a…
That’s not what the word means to you, that’s how you feel about content that the word is associated with. Just like “homeopathy” generally makes me think “pseudoscience” but really means “dilute a bunch of stuff and use it as medicine”. It’s natural to feel that content that is “based” to people who use that word is “cringe” to you because you disagree with their opinions on what is “based”, but it doesn’t change the meaning of based but instead means “I just think that thing is cringe myself”.