• BlackSheep@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Seeing recipes from everywhere but the US, and Americans asking to have the recipe ingredients converted “for them”. Sheesh…

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      23 minutes ago

      I saw a New York Times recipe once that called for ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons of all purpose flour.

      They meant 125g.

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        24 hours ago

        I had a roommate in college royally fuckup huge batch of very expensive ribs we’d bought for a party because the online recipe called for 2 cloves of garlic abbreviated as “garlic - 2c” and he put in 2 cups of garlic powder.