Reviews? Really?
On Jul 23, 6:59*pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>
> >One of my biggest gripes about FN or Epicurious regards some of the
> >idiot reviewers. While looking for a certain type of *"peasant bread,"
> >I saw a likely recipe on FN and checked out the reviews. The very
> >first one made me want to track the poster down and 'splain what the
> >word "review" means, Loosey.
>
> >Direct quote: "I haven't tried this particular recipe but it seems to
> >have more than a few steps involved in it. It may be a bit time
> >consuming--I could be wrong."
>
> >Aaarrrggghhh!!!
>
> Amen. * Was it a 1star review? * My favorite 5 star review is; [and
> I've seen it more than once]
> "Sounds yummy-- I'm going to try this someday!!!!!"
>
> I also like the ones that say essentially-- I didn't have any of the
> ingredients, and didn't like your method - * Your recipe sucks.
>
> OTOH-- *Sometimes wading through 30-40 reviews can give some real good
> ideas and cautions.
>
> Jim
I like the ones that have a comment that the site is running out of
exclamation marks, so they are limited, one to a review.
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