Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> There are a lot of really crappy recipes on http://www.cooks.com
>
> This is a classic:
> http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1748...242196,00.html
>
> Who in their right freakin' mind would spoil lobster by making soup
> with CANNED EVAPORATED MILK?!?!
>
> And if you're wondering, "What the heck is "lobster soup base,"
> http://www.redibase.com/nut_facts/lobster.htm
>
> Put "margarine" into their search and you get, 76360 matches for
> margarine.
> Do the same for "butter," and you get 7020 matches for butter.
>
> Don't believe me? Try it yourself.
>
> Yesterday, for Valentine's Day, I made my wife a lobster, and served
> her the tail (already cut up), with a butter lime sauce for dipping.
> I fed the innards to the kitty. I got as much of the meat as I could
> from the rest and threw the shells back into the pot When that had
> reduced, I strained it into another pot, and put another few inches of
> water in and repeated, adding that broth to the other, then added the
> leftover meat. Later today, I'll make a nice chowder, without canned
> milk (or anything else canned).
>
> Oh, and look at this thoroughly trashy "recipe" for " LOBSTER AND
> SHRIMP BISQUE."
> http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,171,...248192,00.html
>
> A recipe that calls for canned (brand unspecified) soup to which you
> are supposed to add those nasty Geisha canned shrimps is not cooking.
> It is preparing hog slop.
>
> --Bryan

I go there for ideas sometimes. I have never used any of their recipes,
but reading them helps me to get a perspective on making a new dish.
Unless I'm baking, I rarely follow any recipe exactly.