Of course we want to know what they are. And of course you can write
about it. But what I do not want is to be specified how much saffron I
need, just that it's there, and why. That "a microwave just won't cut
it" is as POV as it gets. With fillings "as myriad and complex as the
people themselves" I don't want to get specified one specific filling,
or ten. I just want an overview of the kind of things that are used in
fillings.
I think the difference is what we want to get out of such articles. I
don't want Wikipedia to be telling people, "if you want to make
arancini, do it so-and-so". I do want an article on arancini, and on
how it is made, but I see its function more for someone who has been
to Sicilia, ate arancini, and wonders what it was they just had.
Wikipedia should describe what the world is, what things are. Not be
prescriptive in what one should be doing. The article on food products
should specify what's in them and how they are made, but a recipe is
not a good way to do so. Just like the table article does not specify
which length the legs of a table should be, the arancini article
should not specify what filling should be in or how long it should be
fried.
Andre Engels
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 02:47:48 +0100 (CET), Giuseppe DAngelo
<pippudoz(a)yahoo.it> wrote:
People want to put up whole articles on individual
pokemon cards, but I can' t tell the world about that great Sicilian dish: arancini -
that this is their idea of take away food - imagine - arancini vs a Big Mac - and you
don't want to get a sense of that? You don't want to know that you need to add
some saffron to get that unique colour and subtle, mysterious flavour. That you really
need to deep fry them, a microwave just won't cut it. The fillings are as myriad and
complex as the people themselves. For optimum results, make your own bread crumbs - you
don't know how to? hopefully an article will tell you about this lost skill/art.
Should we add parmesan or pecorino? Don't worry, there should be another article
explaining the difference.
If you don't know what arancini are - have a look here:
http://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arancina
Alas, it's lacking some key info - but it is an important an article as reading about
Terry Wallace. Don't know who he is? There's an article on him in en:wiki.
I'm perfectly comfortable with that, but surely recipes are equally deserving of
attention. Bon appititu!