"blake murphy" wrote
> cshenk wrote:

>> I know what you mean about requests getting back what may not be useful.
>> I'm polite but even i got irked when I asked for one some time back for a
>> beef stew with no wine, and got close to 100 return posts on how to use
>> wine
>> in a beef roast. (and 2 decent ideas that I liked that worked for me). I
>> just said thanks then discussed the 2 that worked where they had not
>> added
>> wine. I even had one or 2 get ****ed off that i hadn't raved over their
>> wine
>> soaked beef recipe.
>
> but it's kind of the nature of the beast. you asked about beef stew, and
> people will likely think about the way they like to make it. plus people
> are not always the most careful of readers. and there's always the 'but
> you haven't had wine-soaked beef stew the way *i* make it' factor.

Sure and I understand that. By the time the replies got 20 deep, no one
recalled I specifically asked for alcohol/wine free beef stew recipes.

> beyond that, there are other readers of the group who aren't averse to
> hearing about it. take it with a grain of pink himalayan salt.

As I did, replying to the useful posts and letting the others enjoy the ones
not useful to me with each other.