Eighth Post!

[hoisinsauce]

It's one thing if mankind is hunted to extinction by ChatGPT, but I really do object to being executed by Bing.

(https://secretfanspace.dreamwidth.org/2511.html?thread=3169743#cmt3169743 )

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Re: Fooooooooooooooooooood I was left behind :(

[(Anonymous)]

So I was reading this article

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/11/the-myth-of-easy-cooking/417384/

and thinking that everyone knows the real recipes are in the supermarket magazines. They print actually easy, practical recipes that use food they sell.

And so I thought I’d go looking because I haven’t added anything new to my repertoire for a while. And I came across this madness

https://magazine.co-operativefood.co.uk/2022/06/22/back-to-basics-13/content.html

DAI’S TIPS:
‘If your kids prefer cauliflower to broccoli, this works just as well for the base. Just make sure the ‘crumbs‘ are fully dried out. You can also swap the cheese alternative for houmous.’

Re: Fooooooooooooooooooood I was left behind :(

[(Anonymous)]

Also

https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/baking/giant-sundried-tomato-and-mozzarella-sausage-roll

Although this is at least more in the spirit of supermarket magazine recipes.

Re: Fooooooooooooooooooood I was left behind :(

[(Anonymous)]

XD

Yeah, that feels like a classic supermarket recipe.

"W-why would anyone make this???"

"Because we have a surplus of mozzarella and sausage meat, that's why!"

Re: Fooooooooooooooooooood I was left behind :(

[(Anonymous)]

:D

I guess I'll assume they don't sell gf flour.

Though I wouldn't trust any recipe that recommended co-op produce, anyway, because ime they always sell food that's gone off.

(tbf, I have a cousin like the semi -mythical child described. His parents trained him from babyhood to prefer carrotsticks to sweets, and so on. It worked. But at what cost?)

Re: Fooooooooooooooooooood I was left behind :(

[(Anonymous)]

But the goal isn’t supposed to be removing gluten, or even being vegan! This is, supposedly, a way to ‘trick’ children into eating more vegetables. I would say any child prepared to eat this probably doesn’t need to be tricked.

Also, just how bored and time-rich are you, supermarket-magazine-reading-parent, supposed to be?

Re: Fooooooooooooooooooood I was left behind :(

[(Anonymous)]

I agreed with the initial article but thought it chose a strange example here:

"There are no garnishes of thyme leaves in simple weeknight dinners"

?

I don't think of thyme as a fancy herb. But then it also mentioned asparagus in a can (?!), so maybe this is one of those Europe vs US things.