"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:58:57 -0800, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
>
>> On 2014-12-17 23:49:21 +0000, Julie Bove said:
>>
>>> "Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 2014-12-17 20:21:27 +0000, Julie Bove said:
>>>>
>>>>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:09:21 -0600, Sqwertz >
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:46:45 -0800, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> She took the photo last night so here we go!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://i.imgur.com/nsvBZLc.jpg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> See how that's written? "2 cups COOKED wild rice".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That recipe was written correctly. But as it gets poassed through
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> grapevine it's gets all mangled by idiots. That's a real peeve of
>>>>>>> mine (can you tell?).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "2 cups COOKED wild rice" means exactly the same as "2 cups wild
>>>>>> rice,
>>>>>> cooked". Like most people the dwarf hasn't a clue about comma usage.
>>>>>> Truth is either is culinarily incorrect, wild rice is best cooked in
>>>>>> the soup... but first I toast wild rice in a dry pan.
>>>>>
>>>>> No it doesn't, Sheldon. Go back to cooking 101.
>>>>
>>>> Please tell me the difference between these then:
>>>>
>>>> 1 medium chopped onion
>>>>
>>>> 1 medium onion, chopped
>>>>
>>>> Most people would agree that they are identical in meaning. One has to
>>>> also penetrate into the meaning of a recipe in order to be successful.
>>>> Some recipes lack certain information that is vital, others advocate
>>>> treatments that would result in underdone, overdone, flavorless, or
>>>> overly-seasoned food. Sometimes this isn't even the fault of the
>>>> recipe writer. A recipe written in Denver could easily fail at sea
>>>> level.
>>>>
>>> That's the same because it's a medium onion. But 2 cups of something
>>> uncooked is not usually the same as 2 cups of something that has
>>> already been cooked. If you take 2 cups of raw wild rice and cook it,
>>> the end result will be 6-8 cups of rice. So if the recipe is written
>>> as 2 cups, cooked...then it means 2 cups of raw rice, cooked. But if
>>> it says 2 cooked cups of wild rice then it means 2 cups of rice after
>>> it has been cooked. That's just basic knowledge.
>>
>> No, it's not "basic knowledge."
>>
>> What about this then:
>>
>> 1 onion, chopped
>>
>> 1 chopped onion
>>
>> By your reasoning above these indicate different things because they
>> don't say "medium." That makes no sense, as I hope you can see.
>
> I think we have a new suitor for Jerry Sauk over in
> alt.food.fast-food. Those two were made for each other.

Maybe so. Wonder how many recipes he screws up?