[WikiEN-l] More on recipes

Sat May 22 20:14:45 UTC 2004

Delirium wrote:

> Peter Jaros wrote:
>
>> I think chocolate cake is a broad enough topic to have sections, or
>> perhaps separate articles, about different kinds of chocolate cake,
>> each of which can be illustrated by an appropriate example recipe.
>> Presumably, any food topic this broad will be similarly divisible.
>
> Where there are identifiable distinct types that are commonly made, 
> that makes sense.  In many cases though, you can vary almost any of 
> the ingredients, which results in an exponential number of possible 
> recipes.  It'd make more sense (to me) to describe it in a prose style 
> instead of a recipe style, saying things like "in some areas walnuts 
> or chestnuts are commonly added on top", or "a number of other 
> ingredients, including orange peel, nutmeg, coffee grinds, ... are 
> sometimes added" (examples made up on the spot).

Coffee grounds????  Uggh!

Ec