Why do recipe writers lie and lie about how long it takes to caramelize onions?

Re:Why do recipe writers lie and lie about how long it takes... by rightbyte on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @04:59AM (#36041708)

The 'shittification' is almost universal. I have suspected many internet recipes are never tried, but books too ...

If there are pictures, are those 'fake' too, as in the author did not care how it tastes? Atleast the dish was made once?

This is why you buy recipe books that was written in the 70s or prior. The base collection style of books.

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Re:Why do recipe writers lie and lie about how long it takes... by r_hoods_ghost on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @05:37AM (#36041942)

Except a lot of recipe books from the 1950s to 1970s involve tins of mushroom soup, condensed milk, and jelly rather than real ingredients.

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Re:Why do recipe writers lie and lie about how long it takes... by inferiorhuman on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @06:10AM (#36042114)

To that end there's a Canadian guy on youtube that puts out cooking videos using vintage (typically early 20th century) cookbooks every Sunday.

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Re:Why do recipe writers lie and lie about how long it takes... by astura on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @07:46AM (#36042957)

I picked up a cookbook from the 70s in a second hand shop. It's got okay content for the most part but some recipes are incredibly unappealing for modern tastes, stuff like savory jello.

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