Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>
> I'm sure r.f.r. is another group that has changed over time ‹ it goes
> back to at least 1993. I'll guess that when it first started there
> were not the myriad online recipe sources there now are * did the Food
> Network even exist * and people posted whatever they had to answer the
> call from wherever they acquired it.
>
> I don't read it regularly but find it interesting to compare recipes
> that have the same name. Casual entertainment.
>


I stopped reading r.f.r. when it became mostly requests for
"copycat" recipes for things served at chain restaurants. I couldn't
believe how many times people asked for "cheese biscuits like Red
Lobster's" or "Applebee's Chinese Chicken Salad".

I can't decide whether all the TV food shows have elevated or dumbed
down our taste.

gloria p