Cooking with the Internet?

VonGuard asks: "Not all of you live on ramen and coffee. At some point, you have to cook, and the Internet should be a great place to find recipes. Is there a Google for recipes. And why isn't there a larger open cookbook on the net? So, is anyone working on this, or is there something the rest of us don't know about yet?"

Why?

[garcia]

Is there a Google for recipes

I like to use Food Network. I have found quite a few useful recipes there (one of my favorite was when I cooked for my gf's brother-in-law who is a vegetarian... Portabellas with spinach salad in an eggplant dressing.)

And why isn't there a larger open cookbook on the net?

I once heard a story of a woman that was eating a dessert at a restaurant and thought it was so
incredible that she just HAD to have the recipe. She asked the Chef and he at first declined but
after her continued insistance a typed sheet was delivered to the woman's table that included the
recipe and the bill. She read through the recipe and was delighted. She looked at the bill and
it was well over $500. She became infuriated and asked to see the Chef. He explained that her
bill was $100 and the cost of the receipe was $400.

Perhaps that's why,

duh

[The Clockwork Troll]

Is there a Google for recipes?

In fact there is [google.com]

Seriously though, try all recipes [allrecipes.com] if you want something a little less generic.

What are you talking about?

[Anonymous Coward]

This cookbook [fortunecity.com] has been a tecchie staple for years!

Every time I look for food on the net...

[Anonymous Coward]

I only ever get as far as the Nigella Lawson pictures...

*sigh*

Specialty Recipes

[mikeophile]

You just don't see enough recipes along these lines. [thisispashmina.com]

Great recipes on this here Internet

[Deraj DeZine]

the Internet should be a great place to find recipes

Anyone tried this "cream of somyungai" that I keep hearing so much about?

Hack your food

[stonebeat.org]

I usually to reverse engineer (or hack) my food. And Just like any opensource software sometimes the hacked food is compatible with my stomach and sometimes it is not :(

Basic Dirty Martini

[appleLaserWriter]

Ingredients:
Vodka (chilled)
Dry Vermouth (chilled)
Olives
Olive Juice
Martini Glass

Mixing
1. Add as much Vodka as you'd like to drink
2. Splash in some vermouth to taste
3. Splash in some olive juice, until you can't taste the vermouth anymore
4. Add an olive or two
5. Drink!

Optional Extras

1. If the ingredients are not already cold, you may pre-mix in a shaker full of ice, and then strain the liquid into your martini glass. Ice may be used directly if you don't mind diluting the vodka.
2. Vodka mixes well with everything. Try additional ingredients to make new and unique martinis.

Favorite geek recipes...

[Black Parrot]

• Drive to Whataburger
  
• Say "#2, double cheese, for here".
  
• Dip the fries in ketchup.
  

• Dial up Pizza Hut.
  
• Say "Large stuffed-crust super supreme".
  
• Try not to eat a candy bar while awaiting delivery.
  

Re:BBC Food

[derPlau]

Oh, yeah: I've got a whole world of recipes to choose from via the internet, and I'm gonna get 'em from the British

Hmmm...

[dotwaffle]

No-one has said it yet so...

1) Make an open-source cookbook
2) ???
3) Profit!

Perfect Martini.

[Ieshan]

Ingredients:
Vodka (chilled)
Dry Vermouth (chilled)
Flashlight.
Martini Glass.
Olive.
Toothpick or Skewer.

Step 1: Pour Vodka into Martini Glass.
Step 2: Place Bottle of Vermouth in front of Martini Glass.
Step 3: Shine flashlight through Vermouth towards Martini glass.
Step 4: Put away flashlight and Vermouth bottle.
Step 5: Skewer Olive. Place in glass.

Done! =)

Re:Why?

[mverrilli]

Foot Network

Mmm, toe-jam. ;)

Re:Basic Dirty Martini

[Valar]

2. Vodka mixes well with everything.

Yeah, especially more vodka.

Re:One suggestion...

[Anonymous Coward]

I bet you were eating cooked food. You should try again and the healthiest option is a raw food diet [nov55.com]. Cooking damages essential nutrients and minerals, saps food of energy and creates by products that are completely indigestible.

Re:One suggestion...

[slipgun]

I've heard that even raw fruit and vegetables can be damaging in the long run, and the best option is to stick with nothing but water and leaves.

Re:it's an Urban Legend

[geekoid]

so this thing you read on the internet has been proven false by some other thing on the internet.

Now there is sound scientific investigation!

Re:Cooking with google..

[bentonsmith]

Fired it up with what I do have in my kitchen...

"ramen noodles"
"mushrooms"
"hoisin sauce" ...sadly, there are no recipies that consist solely of these components.

Re:Why?

[halo8]

1- register cookoogle.com and/or cookle .net .org
2- input recipies
3- ???
4- PROFIT!!!

Re:One suggestion...

[Anonymous Coward]

so long as the raw food diet has some tasty steak tartare or raw-fish-sushi :-).

Anarchists Cookbook!

[Geminus]

It's a blast if you're throwing a quick party... a little messy though.

How to cook with the Internet

[suso]

1. Place pan directly on CPU.
2. Place article about SCO on hard drive.
3. Post URL of article to Slashdot
4. Let cook for 15-20 minutes
5. Serve and eat!

*Use article about Gnome vs. KDE for higher altitudes

Re:Cooking with google..

[Anonymous Coward]

4 recipies with 3 ingredients, one of which includes ramen?

Cooking with Hazem, next on FoodTV.

Re:One suggestion...

[tritone]

Strap two pounds marinated meat wrapped in foil to server.
Get story posted on slashdot with link to server.
Wait ten minutes.
Unwrap meat. Enjoy!
That's one way to cook with the Internet

forgot a few items...

[Anonymous Coward]

"Not all of you live on ramen and coffee. "

You forgot (in no particlar order)

1) Jolt
2) Bawls
3) Montain Dew
4) Pizza
5) Chinese Take out

cooking on the internet

[QEDog]

Remember when looking for baking recipes to have cookies ON on your browser

Re:One suggestion...

[Thing 1]

so long as the raw food diet has some tasty steak tartare or raw-fish-sushi :-).

... and for the risky among us, try Japanese blowfish, or chicken tartare.

Spam

[mitsuhama]

Just add spam to make it taste more like the internet!

Who needs a recipe?

[innerweb]

In our family, we play a cooking game. Someong (normally a child) tells us what they are looking for in a culinary experience. We then go to the spice cabinets and try to find the spices we think we will need.

If we think we have all the spices, we then see if we have the other ingredients. If we think we have everything, we try to decide how it should be prepared.

We then run the plan. We taste it along the way to ensure what we expect to happen is actually happening. If we need to (and we are able to), we make changes along the way.

When the cooking is done, we put it in front of the other family members for a quality taste test. If it passes (and it normally does), dinner is served. If not, we head out for a shrink wrapped meal.

Innerweb

Only eat very short very flat things

[Saltation]

This restricts you pretty much to lichens, leaf mold, and deep-sea jellyfish.

Just the way nature INTENDED us to eat.

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Sal

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