On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 05:19:09 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
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>> On 2014-12-16 04:51:45 +0000, Julie Bove said:
>>
>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 20:33:30 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 12/15/2014 7:28 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:20:12 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been craving this soup. It's been years since I made it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.food.com/recipe/byerlys-w...ce-soup-178083
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Byerly's Wild Rice Soup
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 6 tablespoons butter
>>>>>>> 1 tablespoon minced onion
>>>>>>> 1/2 cup flour
>>>>>>> 3 cups chicken broth
>>>>>>> 2 cups wild rice, cooked
>>>>>>> 1/3 cup cooked ham, diced
>>>>>>> 1/2 cup carrot, finely shredded
>>>>>>> 3 tablespoons slivered almonds (chopped)
>>>>>>> 1/2 teaspoon salt
>>>>>>> 1 cup half-and-half
>>>>>>> 2 tablespoons dry sherry
>>>>>>> snipped parsley (for garnish) or chives (for garnish)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is that 2 cups of cooked wild rice, or do you cook 2 cups of wild
>>>>>> rice?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Funny man.
>>>>
>>>> Ahh, but It really IS ambiguous. Especially when the same recipe uses
>>>> terms such as:
>>>>
>>>> 1 tablespoon minced onion
>>>> 1/3 cup cooked ham, diced
>>>> 1/2 cup carrot, finely shredded
>>>> 3 tablespoons slivered almonds (chopped)
>>>>
>>>> We would assume it's 2 cups of cooked wild rice (judging by the amount
>>>> of liquid in the recipe), but then look at the "cooked ham" ingredient
>>>> which is specifically cooked before measuring. And the onion is
>>>> measure minced, so then why isn't the carrot listed as "1/2 cup finely
>>>> shredded carrot"? Then we have a third form of ambiguity using
>>>> parenthesis as in "almonds (chopped)".
>>>>
>>>> The order of the terms used in this recipe are not consistent and
>>>> could be confusing to some people. As an editor yourself I would
>>>> think you would consider this bad form.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>
>>> Yep. Certainly wouldn't work as written. The wild rice that I cooked
>>> yesterday called for 2 cups of broth to 1/2 cup of rice. And it wasn't
>>> soup.
>>
>> It would work as written. Properly done, this soup is very thick indeed.
>> Almost a rice casserole in texture.
>>
>> I'm not sure if t
>
>I really don't think it would. In fact I don't think that's even enough
>liquid to cook the rice!

Correct! That's a recipe for landfill, written by an imbecile, WTF is
going to chop slivered almonds when it makes more sense to chop whole
almonds... reminds me of stoopid recipes that call for chopped Jumbo
shrimp.