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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!!! Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd -- To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox" |
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On 7/23/2011 7:38 PM, 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!!! Hilarious. I guess that's why you sometimes see Was this review helpful? buttons. nancy |
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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 |
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On Jul 23, 4:38*pm, 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!!! At least you got some sort of evaluation by a live human. So many pages that google turns up are content-free, mere place holders. I was trying to look up the actress who played the rugby hero's girlfriend in Mandela. Except for her birth date, the first ten or so hits for her biography had no information whatever -- just a plea for some volunteer reader to fill some in. |
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:59:59 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
arranged random neurons and said: >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? <snip> Nooooo! It as a 5 star review! Absolutely hilarious! Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd -- To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox" |
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On 7/23/2011 6:38 PM, 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!!! My favorite recipe reviews are the ones where they have changed 6 out of 10 ingredients and measurements, completely changed the cooking methods and then said it was "yummy" Whatever the reviewer made was nothing remotely akin to the recipe being reviewed. -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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On Jul 23, 9:28*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> On 7/23/2011 6:38 PM, 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!!! > > My favorite recipe reviews are the ones where they have changed 6 out of > 10 ingredients and measurements, completely changed the cooking methods > and then said it was "yummy" It's worse when ingredients and quantities are changed, and then the recipe is declared a failure. > Whatever the reviewer made was nothing remotely akin to the recipe being > reviewed. Yessm! Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. |
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spamtrap1888 wrote:
> > At least you got some sort of evaluation by a live human. So many > pages that google turns up are content-free, mere place holders. What makes you sure it was a human? That review could be applied to lots of recipes. If a human was involved at all, it was probably one of the bio-robots described in this article: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...r-on-nonsense/ |
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"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message ... > 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!!! > Yes. I frequently see people raving about how good something is and then they go on to say they haven't tried it yet. |
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"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message b.com... > On 7/23/2011 6:38 PM, 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!!! > > My favorite recipe reviews are the ones where they have changed 6 out of > 10 ingredients and measurements, completely changed the cooking methods > and then said it was "yummy" > > Whatever the reviewer made was nothing remotely akin to the recipe being > reviewed. It makes you wonder why they bother. |
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:55:49 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 7/23/2011 7:38 PM, 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!!! > > Hilarious. I guess that's why you sometimes see Was this review > helpful? buttons. > > nancy 'this review was very helpful. it made me laugh so hard it stopped my hiccups.' your pal, blake |
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On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:02:31 +0100, Ophelia wrote:
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message > b.com... >> On 7/23/2011 6:38 PM, 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!!! >> >> My favorite recipe reviews are the ones where they have changed 6 out of >> 10 ingredients and measurements, completely changed the cooking methods >> and then said it was "yummy" >> >> Whatever the reviewer made was nothing remotely akin to the recipe being >> reviewed. > > It makes you wonder why they bother. why do people post to usenet? at some level they either think other people want to know what they think or *they* want other people to know what they think. (not meant as a criticism, my dear o.) also, because it's there. your pal, blake |
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"blake murphy" > wrote in message ... > On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:02:31 +0100, Ophelia wrote: > >> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message >> b.com... >>> On 7/23/2011 6:38 PM, 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!!! >>> >>> My favorite recipe reviews are the ones where they have changed 6 out of >>> 10 ingredients and measurements, completely changed the cooking methods >>> and then said it was "yummy" >>> >>> Whatever the reviewer made was nothing remotely akin to the recipe being >>> reviewed. >> >> It makes you wonder why they bother. > > why do people post to usenet? at some level they either think other > people > want to know what they think or *they* want other people to know what they > think. (not meant as a criticism, my dear o.) > > also, because it's there. I know what you mean, but what I don't understand why anyone would give a review when they have no idea about the item they are reviewing! |
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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. N. |
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> What makes you sure it was a human? *That review could > be applied to lots of recipes. > > If a human was involved at all, it was probably one of > the bio-robots described in this article: > > http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...r-on-nonsense/ Speaking of 'bots - have you seen the commercial for - what, Burger King or Hardee's - where the robot tries to eat a burger - tagline is something about if a machine can't eat the food, then a machine shouldn't be making it. LOL. It makes me laugh every time I see the robot trying to eat and he just smashes the burger against his face. N. |
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