Topic: Most recipes don't work

[George]

I think the problem with this thread starts with the title - most recipes don't work. There's just no evidence for that.

In my experience, there's plenty of evidence -  I mean in general and not about this forum. Your standards may be lower than mine. You might consider that a recipe works if it's edible. I'm looking for something which tastes good or moreish; worth making again.

[Stephen Lindsay]

You present no evidence that "most recipes don't work", just one assertion from a newspaper article.

You are in no position to suggest that my standards are lower than yours and I note yet again that you seem to resort to making personal slurs to forum members (me on this occasion) in your posts.

[Peripatetic Phil]

You are in no position to suggest that my standards are lower than yours and I note yet again that you seem to resort to making personal slurs to forum members (me on this occasion) in your posts.

Now that's very unkind, Stephen : we have clear evidence that George's standards are far higher than ours -- he has even eaten a Big Mac at Ronald McDonald's, and we all know that standards don't get much higher than that ... 

** Phil.

[Stephen Lindsay]

Phil

I apologise profusely. You are correct. I have to eat my words like George did his Big Mac.  :-X

[George]

You present no evidence that "most recipes don't work", just one assertion from a newspaper article. You are in no position to suggest that my standards are lower than yours and I note yet again that you seem to resort to making personal slurs to forum members (me on this occasion) in your posts.

You are wrong on almost all counts. First, the image is not from a newspaper article - it's from one of Delia's best selling books. Second, I didn't say you standards are lower than mine - I merely put the possibility forward as a possible explanation. It must remain a possibility - however remote - that you are easily pleased. Third, the introduction of a comparison between Big Macs and fine Indian food is what proves Phil is a troll - a trouble maker. It's not comparing like with like. Phil may have a daft tag line on all his posts saying not to feed the trolls, when he's the worst troll of all.

[artistpaul]

I think the problem with this thread starts with the title - most recipes don't work. There's just no evidence for that.

100% agreed stephen

[prawnsalad]

Sorry if I missed something here as although I think DS is great I just cant remember her running a BIR?

As we aren't taking Steak and Kidney Pie I don't know why anyone bothered to reply to George.

My guess is she would screw up the Taz base first go, just like the rest of us.

[Vindaloo-crazy]

Maybe it's your cooking George? None of the recipes here work for you but do for many other posters...

[Stephen Lindsay]

Calling Phil a troll - a wonderful insight into George's world.

[Razor]

It's going to happen again if we're not careful!  RESIST TEMPTATION TO RESPOND TO INSULTS! 

My thoughts;  I post a recipe when I think I can go no further with the development of the dish, when I've explored all possibilities, and ruled out many of the variables.

My hope is, members enjoy the dish and give it positive feedback, however, I am not naive enough to think it will suit everybody's tastebuds.  Still, I'm confident that most of my own dishes have something which others can build on if they wish.

As for providing a "statement of quality" I'm never going to add a recipe to the forum and give it a tag line such as "Better than the BIR's"  Yes, I know Blade did with his tikka, and to be fair, it was certainly better than most!  I wouldn't be so bold.

Now, if anyone came back after trying one of my recipes and said "Razor, sorry mate but your dish was terrible"  I would;

(a) be safe in the knowledge that they haven't done it correct, as all my dishes are tried and tested on many many family and friends before I post them here;

(b) I would check through the instructions and make sure that I haven't made a mistake with the published recipe;

(c) I would thank them for trying the recipe but would enquire as to what it was that they didn't like about it.

The group tests are a great way of validating some of the recipes kindly provided by the members and I don't think that there is a need for a separate section or an "untrusted" section.

I guess if the forum was a tad more disciplined, every recipe provided could be accompanied by a review count for example;

Razors Seekh kebab with photos (27 reviews)

To validate how good the recipe is, a positive or negative function could be added to the review, worked out by percentage, so the title would now read;

Razors Seekh kebab with photos (27 reviews, 98% positive)  :

Unfortunately, as it stands at the moment, the reviews count would simply mean, number of responses to the recipe, many of which could be off topic!

I wonder if the above could be an added function to the forum, Stew?

Of course, anybody could still reply or ask questions but if you are reviewing the recipe, you could simply click on the 'positive or negative' option!

Whadya think?

Ray