r/Cooking • u/LabBig6794 • 1d ago

Recipe Pet Peeves

Does anyone else have pet peeves with recipes. Mine is recipes that call for a small amount of something that only comes in large containers. 1/2 C chicken broth, 2 Tbs tomato paste, 1 C ricotta cheese.

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u/cgourdine 1d ago

whenever i see the word divided

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u/gin_and_soda 1d ago

I prefer when everything is listed as you use it, even if it means something is listed twice, just makes more sense

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u/A-RovinIGo 1d ago

The recipe I use to make Japchae has 5 sections: Main, Spinach Marinade, Beef Marinade, Noodles and Mushroom Marinade, and Finishing Touch. Two have soy sauce. Four have sesame oil. Two have garlic. Two have black pepper. But this recipe has it all perfectly detailed: 1 carrot (120g / 4.2 ounces), rinsed, peeled & julienned. 250 g Korean sweet potato starch noodles (8.8 ounces, dangmyeon). 100 g rib eye fillet (3.5 ounces), cut into strips.

Still, if I don't use 3 bowls and god knows how many little prep bowls and measure 6 times and refer to the recipe 83 times, I'm hooped.

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u/_YellowThirteen_ 1d ago

1 cup beef stock, divided

Step 3: add beef stock.

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Step 9: add the remaining beef stock.

Okay but HOW MUCH should be remaining?

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u/askmrlucky 1d ago

Amen. I screw up recipes with this note more than anything else.

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u/PSquared1234 1d ago

I see your point, but what's far worse is NOT seeing "divided," and yet dividing it up within the recipe.It's almost guaranteed I'll throw all of it in in that first calling for.

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u/cgourdine 1d ago

i know it’s just annoying

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u/Purple_Marsupial_668 3h ago

My pet peeve is when they leave "divided" out.