It’s often said that cooking is an art, while baking is a science. But in both of these cases, it doesn’t mean that you can add chaotic things into the mix and think that everything will magically work out for you. If you’re relying on luck instead of logic or the recipe, you’re going to have a bad time.
‘I Didn’t Have Eggs’ is a fascinating and funny subreddit that shares negative reviews by people who cannot follow recipes and then complain that the dish is bad. Very often, they substitute essential ingredients for wildly different ones or choose cheaper products instead of high-quality ones. Scroll down to confirm that following even simple recipes is an insurmountable challenge for some amateur chefs.
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Found In An Old Church Recipe Book
A whole *CAN* of tomato paste instead of HALF a can of sauce! OMG!
Load More Replies...Retired Chef here ; recipes are guidelines. Follow them, and, within reason, the dish will turn out similar to what the original is supposed to be. Change ingredients, cooking times / heat, amounts of produce and throw common sense out of the window, it will pretty much always end in disaster, although, I still cook a chocolate fondant brownie recipe that I seriously fcked up but turned out to be absolutely spectacular !!
Poetry is far more real than prose.
Load More Replies...Blender Chocolate Mousse
Yup, the subreddit has "satire Saturday" when obviously-joking reviews are allowed. Some of them are a real hoot!
Load More Replies...An Irish Coffee without cream please. And can you hold the Coffee and add some ice.
Like the most basic German grog recipe "Rum muss, Zucker darf, Wasser braucht nicht" ("rum must, sugar may, water needn't") 😂
Load More Replies...Especially once you eliminate all the other ingredients. ;)
Load More Replies...This one maybe a joke. I am not 100% sure about that though.
Whether or not it's a joke depends entirely upon the amount of rum.
"4 Cups Of Apple Cider Vinegar To 2 Bottles Of Wine Was Absurd." Yes It Was
🤣🤣 if this post is anything to go by I'm going to really enjoy this article.
I thought so too. Then I read about 4 more and got really angry at the stupidity of some people!!
Load More Replies...Cloudy apple juice (apple must), as opposed to "hard cider" which is what the rest of us mean when we talk about cider.
Load More Replies...When it comes to following recipes, the best advice that anyone can give is to read through the entire thing thoroughly. More than once, if possible! That way, you can avoid a ton of mistakes because you’ll know what to expect. You’ll know what specific ingredients you’ll need.
You’ll know what tools you should have available in your kitchen. And you’ll know the general time frame that your awesome cooking or baking marvel is going to require.
Today In “Not Every Recipe Is For You”
What if I swap out the bell pepper for an onion?
It won't ring when you hit it with a clapper.
Load More Replies...That's like making tomato soup and substituting tomato for hot milk and red food coloring, and then saying, it just didn't taste the same.
I hate bell pepper, so I'd just bop right on past a recipe where that was the primary ingredient. There are more than enough recipes in the world that I can find something suitable without wrestling with substituting the principal ingredient.
A soup? Stuffed bell peppers are good, without eating the pepper of course.
I love bell peppers myself - I always eat the pepper “container” when I have stuffed bell peppers XD I also love them raw (I am possibly weird.) I wonder what they’d be like in a soup, since for me, their texture is an important part of the enjoyment.
Load More Replies...Bell pepper soup? Srsly? I love red bell peppers, but a soup? Is Tabasco sauce hot-pepper soup?
Read "The famished road" --- about half of it is about hot pepper soup IIRC.
Load More Replies...Red peppers are bell peppers... unless they're tiny, skinny and super-hot. Some of the ultra-hot peppers are also red.
Load More Replies...On A Recipe For Fish Pie. Love That They Got Called Out On It!
He substituted ingredients well I'd choose chicken and mushroom pie over Fish pie every time
* high five * fish pie is RANK, don't know what it is about, however, it's nasty, chicken and mushroom pie ALL the way EVERY time....
Load More Replies...Didn't Have Eggs... On A Recipe For Egg Tarts
A banana isn't an egg? Is that one of them philosophical questions?
I despair for the human race. I'm an ex Chef and have had many, many ridiculous requests / demands over the years, most of which we gleefully ignored and served as per our original recipe - obvs, the serious ones (nut / gluten / fish allergies etc) we tweaked accordingly but the daft ones we just carried on as usual and never had a fatality, despite being told that Kiwi fruit / dates / butter etc was a killer ..... I f*****g hated yuppies, still do, thankfully I don't have to make a living cooking for the pretentious bastards any more.
Thank G-d you no longer cook for people because you could have killed my mother, heaven forbid. Just because an allergy seems "daft" to you does not make it suddenly not anaphylactic. I wish it did - would make my life so much easier. This is why I don't eat out - I have to trust a complete stranger to care about my life as much as I do, or at least about their professional responsibility
Load More Replies...They just don't know how to cook. There are other ways to set a tart that is vegan (corn starch, agar agar, tapioca flour) but banana is NOT one of them. Banana acts as a fat substitute. If you're going to take on a specialty diet then you need to learn what things actually do in food; or stick to specifically writen recipes.
This is why we need to bring back the requirement of taking what we called Home Economics, now called Family and Consumer Sciences - we were taught the purposed of ingredients such as egg in a custard. It's there for a reason.
When you’re familiar with the recipe, you can prepare in advance. You can buy all the ingredients that you’re missing at home instead of having to rely on substitutions or rushing to the local store while you’re in the middle of cooking.
Not only that, but you can do a lot of the prep work in advance to save you some time.
Proper Rating
LOL! You know this was a boomer or Gen-Xer. Not that we're usually so charitable towards bad recipes, just because of the logic.
Why do people like this? People wrongfully giving 5 stars (because this person has no idea whether it is worth 5 stars or not) is almost as bad as them wrongfully giving 1 star, it makes the results unreliable just as much.
Because it's fricking hilarious, like the rest of these posts.
Load More Replies...Cream Is Cream, Right?
Laura knows her audience well. Laura has some horror stories to share about shaving cream and cream cheese. Poor Laura.
but what about cream of tartar? or cream of mushroom soup? must try all the creams!!
My friend once put whipped cream instead of sour cream in a taco because "both have cream in the name" and was surprised when it made him throw up (and mad it tasted like shít and that they had to throw it away)
I think the one orange brain cell fled from her in terror. Heavy cream and sour cream really only have in common being dairy. Totally different taste and consistency. There is NO way they can be interchanged like that!
I read pie and think savoury so I'm guessing this is some nonsense American pie like sugar and marshmallow Turkey pie that didn't work out?
I can't use American recipes that call for heavy cream because we don't get that here.
Do you have double cream where you are? Google says it's a good substitute.
Load More Replies...This Recipe For Thanksgiving Stuffing
In all fairness... You're gonna blame 1 tsp of sausage for ruining a recipe? Because that recipe did NOT call for a pound of sage.
Sausage meat is a normal ingredient in stuffing so I get why the misreading didn’t seem immediately odd.
I would think it only called for about a tsp of sage, how did she not question that amount of sausage?
You should try chicken and mushroom sage next time, works wonders....
The r/ididnthaveeggs subreddit is a fairly large one, boasting 321k members from all around the world at the time of writing. The idea behind the group is very simple. It’s meant to gently poke fun at home chefs who leave terrible recipe reviews. First, they don’t follow the recipes. Next, they complain that the recipes are somehow to blame for their failed results.
1 Star Because An Ingredient Is Toxic To Dogs
Xylitol is no joke. It lowers dog's blood sugar to practically nothing.
The xylitol isn't the only thing in lemon cake that shouldn't be given to dogs. Citrus fruits are dangerous for them as well.
Awwww the spirit for building the internet was to expedite a new enlighten humanity… but people gonna people.
If you don't want the dog eating your cake (or whatever), put it where the dog can't reach it! Granted, the concern about dog-unfriendly ingredients is well-intentioned, and the lovable furry Roombas can get pretty inventive going after anything remotely edible.
That’s Not How Reviews Work
I once came across a review where the person went on an epic rant about not being able to make a recipe because they didn't own a whisk. They then proceeded to absolutely blow up in response to other people suggesting that they use a fork instead. It was a really weird thread.
Some people are so stupid I can't help but wonder how they made it this far in life
Load More Replies..."The wine got my friend drunk, but not me. I didn't have any, so that may have been a factor, but 3-stars because my friend's liver took the abuse..."
I've seen one-star reviews on Amazon because the person hadn't received it yet or didn't use it. Who threaten you to leave a review???
Those drive me nuts! Why review something you have not tried? Seriously, are you getting paid to just make any comment you can think of???
Load More Replies...Kind of like replies to questions about an item on Amazon. "I don't know because I haven't bought it". Then why are you even responding?
Depending on what is being called for (chopping, dicing, grinding) you may he able to do it by hand with a knife and elbow grease, or use a blender. I recently got my first food processor and it dies speed up prep time, but I was still able to make practically everything without one. People cooked before the invention of electric appliances.
I WILL, however, have Opinions about someone who says you can use "a food processor OR a blender" and clearly did not try it in a blender because a blender is not nearly powerful enough for the task at hand.
Reminiscent of numerous product reviews I seen given one star because UPS delivered it to the wrong address.
Recipe For A London Broil Marinade. There Indeed Is No Pepsi Or Coke
‘I will use regular soy sauce if I don’t have a Coke’ like Coke is ‘irregular soy sauce’ 🤔
That's how soy sage is made, you carbonate an sausage. /jk 😋
Load More Replies...It called for eggs, so I threw in a couple of cool rocks I found that looked like eggs! What are these people on?!?!
I don't have this brown stuff so I'll add different brown stuff. Because brown is a flavor.
Load More Replies...Soy sauce instead of Coke is from the same minds that brought us: carrots are an adequate replacement for grated cheddar.
Yes! Cooking by color. Orange is the flavor they were going for!
Load More Replies...Half the fun of this is trying to figure out what the original ingrediant was that they mistook for "coke". Given the sau sage debacle, what ingrediant do you think coke was suppose to be? I am stumped.
Did they think that since Coke, Pepsi and soy sauce are all the same color that they're interchangeable?
This is why looking up substitutions before making them is wise. For instance, I made a stirfry not too long back for my family and realized I did not have soy sauce, but looked up a substitute because we were unable to get to the grocery store that day. Worcestershire sauce works just fine in a case like that. However, it’s not something we’d do regularly. We really only make substitutions in something we’re making if we’re truly out of something we need or have to keep food allergies and sensitivities in mind.
One would have to be fairly ignorant to think a sugary drink is a substitute for a salty condiment.
Load More Replies...The content shared by the members of the subreddit is great for a few laughs. And it’s proof that some folks will go to amazing lengths to blame everyone and anyone for their mistakes but themselves. Humility and the ability to take responsibility for one’s (in)actions are a huge part of being a mature grownup.
They’re also useful skills if you aim to grow as a professional in any field. If you only ever try to dodge any and all blame, you only end up slowing your own learning progress.
On A Recipe For Sheet Pan Caramel Apples
To make it paleo you'd have to eat a crab apple, as we hadn't bred big beautiful apples yet
Fun fact: In ancient Greek and Latin, the same word could be used specifically for apples or more generally for any similar food. (The French word for potato translates literally to "earth apple!") They could've translated the Jewish word into "fruit," but chose instead some mad word play. "Malus" means apple, and "Malice" means a desire to harm. The words sound the same.
Load More Replies...Roast apple over open fire on a stick. Baste with warm wild honey until golden. Optional: roll in finely chopped nuts of your choice (preferably walnuts or pine nuts).
In Denmark you would probably have to use hazelnuts
Load More Replies...Hadn't thought of it, but "paleo" is "cooking for the terminally lazy". Acquire some ingredient, possibly remove husk, start chewing... No wonder it works as a diet, you lose the will to eat halfway.
Nice To See Someone Actually Admit Their Mistake
I had a batch of carrot cake muffins both explode and fall in the pan. I'd made them before so I was quite perplexed. The best I can figure is I might have used baking soda instead of powder, but I don't remember doing that.
Reading This One Activated My Flight Or Fight Response
Saying carrots have too much sugar is so toxic, this person has a real problem with food.
I wouldn't have said toxic but it is pretty stupid. Especially when they're talking about a *cake* recipe.
Load More Replies...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much sugar in carrots? I’ll start handing them out for Halloween, sure hope my house doesn’t get tp’d!
Probably. So they made a kale cake. The thought of it revolts me.
Load More Replies...If you're so worry about sugar that you won't allow yourself to have carrots, why are you trying to make a cake, Crissy, why?
"Carrots have too much sugar", for whom? I'm diabetic and I eat a lot of carrots.
"Hamster wheels have waaayyyy tooooo mannnny rungs, substituted a python in the cage. Hamster missing, python 'bulgy,' 1 star. No idea what failed here..."
Too much sugar in carrots??? What kind of carrots does this guy have???
If you’re planning on being a member of this sub, then you’ve got to do your best to follow the rules as set out by the small but dedicated team of moderators. For one, everyone’s expected to behave in a civil manner. “We aren't here to mercilessly mock anyone; stay on the snark side of the snark/mockery line,” they urge everyone.
This Recipe Doesn’t Tell Me When To Use Chocolate Chips
Honestly, peanut butter chocolate chip cookies don't sound bad 😋
Again, I blame Google search and quickly tapping into top picks even though they are only 1/2 matched
Good point, they probably saw pics of nice looking cookies while searching for chocolate chip cookie recipes and clicked on the recipe without noticing the title.
Load More Replies...I thought this was settled decades ago when that one kid got his peanut butter in the other kid's chocolate?
If you want to add chocolate chips it's always at the end. Very simple really. Not simple enough evidently. Also it's usually one cup.
'hope You Can Find A Recipe That Better Suits Your Skill Level'
It honestly might not be their fault. A LOT of fake Saffron is sold. And “Spanish” saffron is pretty much worthless and useless. If you get Iranian or Indian saffron, you can use like two single grains mixed with a little water and get dark orange results. Spanish saffron isn’t really real saffron so it might yellow your rice a little but it will take a heaping spoonful and still have zero flavor.
This person is not like the others since they apparently stuck to the recipe and didn't like the results, which seems like a fair review to me. The response after was unnecessarily mean at the end.
I didn't have water, so I used vodka. My stove wasn't working, so I put the pot in the fridge. My tea tastes awful, no stars.
Load More Replies...Okay Nathan
You probably added chopped veggies, too.
Load More Replies...I am just dumbfounded that these people exist. Every ingredient replaced with someting so different makes it NOT the same recipe.
"Stephanie, I forgot to say that it wasn't even me who made it, it was Phil. Sarah wrote the note for the review, and Todd edited it, changed some things, and then published it. Turns out I have no clue what the fu*k is going on..." -Nathan
Anyone else reminded of ship of Theseus? Like recipe of Theseus. Sure, sometimes you need to substitute one item for another because you ran out or whatever, so you make a *reasonable* substitution...how many substitutions can you make before it becomes a different recipe?
The moderators also remind everyone that not only should you behave politely when interacting with your fellow redditors, but you should also give some grace to the people whose reviews get posted on the subreddit. Gentle criticism and humor are fine.
Mean-spirited mockery is stepping over some boundaries. It’s important to remember that even delusional amateur chefs who can’t follow recipes are people, too. And everyone deserves at least some basic respect.
I Think They Should Reread Their Review
Bro, the author did not turn out well. "I did not turn out well"
Load More Replies..."I followed the recipe exactly." Did you Phyllis? Did you really?
TBF, it was posted on NYD, Phyllis may be sporting a wicked hangover from the night before! 😂😂
Load More Replies...You can indeed substitute oil or egg with applesause for vegan/healthy baking, but that usually changes the texture too, and amounts don't match. It's easier to just search for a recipe that includes applesauce already and not just randomly switch ingredients.
I think applesauce can be used instead of oil in some cake mixes, but obviously not brownies! I’ve more often heard of applesauce being used as an egg substitute
My guess is that she didn’t the 1:1 substitute ration. I’ve made brownies with applesauce multiple times and never had a problem. Yes, substituting oil for applesauce is a real thing. Google it.
"exactly" You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means
I changed one thing, but for the life of me can't figure out went wrong. I don't even know how to start figuring that out. So many variables.
I substitute applesauce for oil in all my cakes and brownies. My aunt taught me. There's no taste difference, less fat Kcal, and I also have used cinnamon applesauce in spice cake. Really good.
I Followed The Recipe, Except I Didn’t
I really cannot recommend any recipe if it does not allow me to miss a few essential items and steps.
Just remember to replace the thyme with 10 minutes of rest..
Load More Replies...Exactly. To even use the word dough when talking about pancakes is weird to me. Pancakes are more of a batter than a dough.
Load More Replies...A lot of these reviews read like they are novice cooks and are trying cooking every blue moon and have no idea what the individual ingredient tastes like or do in a recipe
I had a cookbook when i was learning that had a whole section on ingrediants and what they do. It also had a section on equipment ( difference between using a glass backing dish and aluminum baking dish , how each would affect( effect ?) the final product. The thing that stuck with me the most is spices grown in the same region go together. Basil- oregano. Cinnamon- vanilla.
Load More Replies..."I simply cannot recommend this airline as the vehicle didn't have wings, we didn't fly, and it took almost 3 days to reach our destination. Whatever you do, don't book a flight with Hertz!"
Christopher Has Had Enough Of Reading About Other People's Substitutions
You can eat them, and also make dandelion jelly, which tastes a bit like honey iirc
Load More Replies..."I also garnished it with psilocybin mushrooms instead of parmesan and OH MY GOD THE COLORS!!!"
It sounds like they were trying to make something healthier, bur CORN POPS????? What the H E L L
The type of content that gets shared on ‘I Didn’t Have Eggs’ can vary quite a bit. Probably the most well-known and common format is folks complaining about recipes after having made significant alterations that ended up ruining the entire dish. Other posts include reviews that are unhelpful or comically irrelevant, as well as reviews where someone severely misunderstood what’s required of them.
Margaret Wanted A Simple Recipe
Who would have guessed that you couldn't make this recipe if there was a major storm. The recipe should have included to check the weather report.
This totally is a SIMPLE RECIPE. If you don't have Important Ingredient, you can't make Thing.
I have always assumed plain unless it says otherwise.
Load More Replies...We have 'self raising flour' and 'plain flour' (forget the various bread flours) In the UK if it says 'flour' it would be the self raising, as plain flour is always noted as 'plain flour'.
Good to know. In the US I would assume that "flour" was what you call "plain flour" with no additives. We call "plain flour" "all purpose flour" though, but still. however, with what you are saying I can understand the confusion but hey - the storm-
Load More Replies...Casually Boil & Push An Entire Pumpkin Through A Sieve, No Biggie
*dragging large cauldron into the kitchen "Wait... You can cut it up?"
OP only buys the runner up pumpkins from the fair, gets the most money out of them.
Would have loved to see the result if he did have a large enough saucepan...
No Mention Of Corn In A Mexican Crema Recipe
Why? Just why? Where on this big, blue ball does sour cream have corn?
Here's the story I'm making up in my head. The reviewer went on Google to search for a creamed corn recipe, but they made an unfortunate typo and searched for "crema con" (or something like that). Google tried to be helpful and returned this result. I'm also assuming the page has the word "con" (Spanish for "with") somewhere in the text.
Load More Replies...But Martha listen to me goddamnit, WHEN do we add the corn? In what quantities? Sheesh.
Can I substitut the corn for tofu? And the cream for mayonnaise?
Load More Replies...However, reviews where somebody alters the recipe due to personal taste don’t actually belong on this subreddit. What’s more, if the chef isn’t complaining about the recipe or the recipe itself remains largely intact, there’s not much humor to be found.
These types of posts don’t quite fit the idea behind the group, so they might end up getting pruned. But it’s very likely that the internet will never run out of bad recipe reviewers so long as common sense continues to be so rare.
Danielle Is Done Taking Any Bs
Because We All Know Cheddar Cheese Is The Superior Pairing With White Chocolate
Lol, are we sure these people are not just trolling? This sure feels like one.
Water and gasoline look similar; their both liquids.
Load More Replies...You could probably replace some chocolate with cheese. I bet someone somewhere has done a semi-savoury brownie recipe but can't be arsed to Google it.
cheddar cheese goes with almost anything. cheese and chocalate is actually pretty good, i even put a square of dark choc in my chilli
Just to confirm: you would eat chocolate brownies with a cheese filling?
Load More Replies...Golden... Water??
Third time i tried it with cream of mushroom soup. Even better!
If "milk" is in the actual name of the recipe, a sane person would know to not use water instead of milk.
The moderators running the group actually have a fondness for satire as well. If a bad recipe review is obviously satirical in nature, you can post it on specific days. Namely—Satire Saturdays.
In the meantime, all redditors are encouraged to never interact with the people whose reviews get posted on the subreddit. This helps avoid a lot of the potential emotional fallout if someone recognizes that it’s their review being poked fun at.
Just Devastated That Mayonnaise Doesn’t Make Good Frosting. But I Still Ate It
It was delicious, other than the fact that the Easy Cheese I used instead of buttercream went horrible with the cake. Maybe you should point that out next time.
I replaced the Easy Cheese with Dijon mustard and it was inedible. You should tell people from now on.
Load More Replies...Instead of L. eggs, I substituted pantyhose. The cake was very stringy.
Worn pantyhose? That would make the cake kinky.
Load More Replies...Yeah, maybe next time tell people if you don't follow the recipe, you will make something different. Recipe sharer can in no way know ahead of time what warnings about changes, because as we've seen in this list, there is no way of knowing what kind of weird s**t people are going to do.
Bleurgh. Why would that even occur to you? Not like there's a health benefit if the fat content of the cream worries you.
"If you could please add a disclaimer that 'just because salt looks similar to sugar DOES NOT mean they taste the same,' you would help save many cakes from the rubbish heap. Understand that although I put my pants on one leg at a time just like you, I usually put them on my arms and over my head. THANK YOU!"
Why do people keep trying to use mayonnaise as a substitute for everything?
Sally’s Baking Addiction is my favorite baking blog. She is so incredibly clear in her recipes, explaining mistakes often made and how to avoid them. Her recipes are stellar, and, if you follow them to the letter, foolproof. Clearly this person is a huge moron.
If You Think Recipe Blogs Drone On Too Much You're Not Ready For Stacy's Review
Just a tad. We really didn't need to know about the agave nectar.
Load More Replies...Too bad humans eating agave nectar is causing bats who eat it to starve
If Boyfriend can afford to live in Brooklyn Heights, he's a wealthy man. Just sayin'
The Insanity Of A “Sweet Potato & Peanut Curry” Containing Peanuts
Nut free peanuts are usually on the same aisle as the vegan sirloins.
if you get to the chocolate ashtrays you've gone too far down the aisle, look for the rocking horse compost (you cant miss it, its next to the hens teeth)
Load More Replies...If something has "peanut" in the name of the recipe, there's a good shot that someone with a peanut allergy is gonna have some problems.
I got triggered by the color violet because it sounds too much like violent. I think that you should remove all violet pixels from your websites...
Peanuts are nut free though... Just because we call them nuts - does not make them nuts. Peanut allergy can be very serious and deadly though. Yet, nuts and peanuts are two different things. Friend of mine has a nut allergy, yet can handle peanuts.
And that's why the warning "May contain peanuts' have to be written on stuff like PEANUT butter
Which of these reviews did you find the funniest, Pandas? Have you ever tried substituting ingredients only to end up with an inedible disaster on your hands? Why do you personally think so many people have trouble following even simple and straightforward recipes?
Let us know what you think in the comment section at the bottom of the article. Meanwhile, for some more hilarity from r/ididnthaveeggs, check out earlier feature.
This Person Added An Unnecessary Egg And Got Mad The Cake Was Ruined
I also added a fried egg on top. Served with a side of boiled eggs.
I was making a beef stew, but I noticed there were no eggs in the recipe. No semigloss latex paint, either. I added both, and it came out awful. What a poorly-written recipe.
I once added an egg to a cookie dough because I did not read the recipe through correctly. The egg was meant as a wash for the cookies. I immediately went ballistic and emailed the author because she should have known I was not going to read all the way through the recipe before I made it. /s
On A Recipe For Yorkshire Puddings Where The Only Ingredients Are Flour, Eggs, Milk And Oil
Knocking off the shelf to give your soft can-opener something to do.
Load More Replies...You Tell Him, Dawn
"I deleted the liquid smoke cornstarch" now that is an interesting way to start a sentence😂
This is obviously a joke. I mean the fact that they changed every single ingredient and cooked it totally different. Says everything we need to know. He is playing. Lol
2-Ingredient Banana Peanut Butter Nice Cream
I want to make this steak tartare recipe but I'm vegan, what do you recommend as replacements for the beef and egg yolk? Also I can't eat salt and I don't like the recommendations for spices, they're much to strong for my taste. I would give this no stars it I could. ⭐
Why would you make something that the main two flavours are things you don't like?
"I've taken the time to downvote this recipe because I would make something completely different..."
How can you rate one you haven't made? And where does the finger food come in? Very confusing.
I'm starting to wonder if these are "photo typed" instead of photo shopped? Cuz the majority of these seem absolutely absurd. It seems like they're having fun with these recipes, versus actually making them. Lol
This Bourbon Chicken Recipe Review
Nah, cannot be that. Maybe I should swap out some of the other ingredients?
Load More Replies...I get not wanting to use alcohol in cooking, I don't personally. But I also wouldn't make a recipe where alcohol is a marquee ingredient.
I mean, I often leave out the bourbon in my bourbon chicken. Because I use scotch instead.
I've switched spirits in a recipe before (Rum for bourbon) but never omitted one completely. And yes the food did taste different, but still nice. And no, I didn't complain to the person I got the recipe from lol
I'm guessing there was more to the sauce/marinade than just bourbon.
Load More Replies...Too Sweet For Bob
Bob is He Who is The Decider of Recipe Quality. You didn't know?
Load More Replies...Sugar (!)
I question whether it’s cake they are looking for at all, since oil, sugar and wheat are primary ingredients in, you know, cake
I liked one of the other comments on the same recipe (apple cake): "A giant deer stole my first attempt and ate it all at our picnic, despite being yelled at, pots clanging etc, so I’m assuming it’s good! Attempt number 2 to be made tomorrow to assuage the disappointed ones!!" And yes, they gave it 5 stars.
Doubled The Rhubarb… Unsure Why It’s Tart
Wonder if he had toilet trouble also, rhubarb being a natural laxative.
My dad always says rhubarb gives you a good run for your money....
Load More Replies...so chocolate is rhubarb and coke is soy sauce in this alternate universe we’re peeking into
I was also thinking: what universe do these people live in ?
Load More Replies...Rhubarb is the worst! You have to add so much sugar to make it palatable, so at our last place, we ripped it out to make room for foods we will actually eat.
My grandmother's neighbor accidentally cut down G's rhubarb. Grandma never spoke to the woman again, even though they continued to be neighbors for 40+ more years.
I would have been mad, too - my grandmother used to grow rhubarb and gooseberries and every summer I'd look forward to rhubarb pie and gooseberry jam. Yes, probably way too much sugar but it was the 1960's and those treats were delicious!
Load More Replies...Becky No
People in North America, Australia, South America and Europe do as well.
Load More Replies...I Took Out The Leavening, Why Was It So Rubbery?
Boooooooo!!!!!! (don't take it personally. I always respond to bad puns like that. It's my way of saying I love it!)
Load More Replies...All of these posts make me feel I cook like a chef. My eyes r stuck in the top of my head at the so called substitutions. And I'm laughing
I know these "reviewers" are making me feel a lot better about my own kitchen abilities. I'm not Alton Brown, but I do have at least some grasp of why a given ingredient is listed in the recipe.
Load More Replies...Sunflower oil instead of vegetable... wondering now : what kind of animal is a sunflower?
Contrary To The Sub Name, Megan Had Too Many Eggs
But why would't you just put 2 eggs in the instructions? Genuin question.
Looks like the recipe calls for egg whites and not simply eggs so perhaps that's why they put the measurement in grams. Also maybe the reviewer does not know how to effectively separate egg whites so they ended up using a lot more eggs to get to that amount.
Load More Replies...I Didn't Follow The Recipe, What Did I Do Wrong?
I don't know how these authors keep from losing their s**t. How is anyone this dense?
'How is anyone'? - by the look of this article there's a whole army of idiots populating this poor planet! :D
Load More Replies...Putting The Nuts In Peanuts
My pedantic side is coming out. The peanut is technically not a nut. But yeah, you are a fool who hospitalised Bill. Probably not for the first time either.
Yup, they're legumes, thus the name PEA-nut. Also, did the reviewer not notice either the lack of tree nuts or the presence of peanuts in the recipe when they were making it??
Load More Replies...These are the people the "contains peanuts" warning on the peanuts bag are for.
"Dear Diary: Attempt 3876 to kill Dale has failed. How am I supposed to convincingly activate his nut allergy accidentally if the recipe author just TELLS everyone about the 'peanut' in the title?!"
I hope Bill was OK? And that he learned to never eat anything from this moron again.
Peanuts aren't nuts though, they are legumes, so nut allergies are not triggered by peanuts., only peanut allergies. This is perfectly valid.
Glad I Found This Sub So I Can Share My All-Time Favorite Recipe Comment, Wherein The Author Accuses His Own Mother Of Murder Via Food
Did the mother brain the father with an unopened Campbell's tin?
I assume this is hyperbole, and what actually happened is his Dad died of heart disease. It's just he thinks it's because his Mom fed his Dad a bunch of high sodium, high fat food. You know, like half the world eats all the time :P
My mom cooked with cream of mushroom soup as a sauce as well. It was one of the better things she made. He cooking wasn't great either and it inspired me to become a much better cook at a young age. I credit Martha Stewart for teaching me how to cook, LOL. My younger brother is now a professional chef so I guess he was also inspired too!😭
If you have a hamster named Rex, you need to save your soup cans for his bedroom.
I don't have a hamster called Rex, could I substitute a dust bunny called Getoutofityoubastard
Load More Replies..."Let me start my recipe review thusly. 'Twas a dark and stormy night, and the haunting cry of the lone wolf carried across the tundra, raising the vast carpet hair on my neck into a rigid thicket. Of a sudden, the boulder moved, and lumbering down the ravine, it did crush us all to blood..."
Emma Honey…no
As someone who is a relatively recently diagnosed celiac disease patient, I have definitely had some struggles with changing family recipes to be gluten and dairy free. This sounds like some of my early baking fails until I figured it out.
At least these days there are loads of recipes and tips on the internet, good luck and good health to you!
Load More Replies...Not sure how using rice flour and egg replacer is going to affect what you are cooking but doesn't sound like it would work.
"exact" You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Not Your Fault I Burnt The Brownies But 1 Star For You Anyway
Then write the "1 star review" to whatever company made your oven. It's that simple
"Oh, Barnes & Noble! I got a blinding headache from reading several books in your store without my glasses! These contact lenses just aren't performing the way I had hoped. Now I'm leaving this 1-star review on Auto Zone's website because macular degeneration sucks!"
OK, so she is blaming her oven, not the recipe. WHY rate the recipe when you have just acknowledged that the oven was to blame?????
I kinda feel for this person. I, too, have a hotter-than-h-e-double-hockey-sticks oven. Made learning to cook very entertaining.
American Pancakes
Maybe keep the essential ingredient and hold back on the syrup?
Common sense is a flower that doesn't grow in everyone's garden.
Load More Replies...But i hope they keep doing so because this article had me in stitches reading it
Load More Replies...No, sweetie, you cannot have cake for breakfast! Now come sit down so I can pour liquid sugar on your pancakes that have been smeared with butter!
"I Dont Eat This S**t Sorry Beth"
I don't like them either, but I'd rate the recipe based on what the people who do like them say. Silly me.
I wouldn't make them at all if I didn't like them, I'd make something else and let someone else make them, who actually enjoys them.
Load More Replies...If you don't like oatmeal raisin cookies then why make oatmeal raisn cookies?
Used Self-Raising Flour As They Felt A Personal Connection To The Name??
I remember the time I made a pineapple upside down cake and substituted plain flour for self raising thinking 'What's the difference?' as I added the tablespoon of baking powder. Took nearly an hour to chisel it out of the oven. Tasted great though
I substituted Angel Food cake for Devil's Food cake because we're far too heavenly to associate with Satan. Everyone was disappointed with the result. What is wrong with you?!
Lucille Bluth Vibes
It actually sounds pretty good to me: https://www.marthastewart.com/342483/canadian-bacon-strata
Thanks for the recipe link. You're right, it looks delicious!
Load More Replies...someone doesn't know what the "strata" mean. It is very much like french toast, just with more ingredients.
This Cannot Be Real, Was This One Of You Guys? - Slowcooker Korean Beef
I Think You Lack A Fundamental Understanding Of What Gluten Is
This is true and there are many people who avoid it unnecessarily. I am very thankful that since I was diagnosed with coeliac twenty years ago the quantity and variety of GF foodstuffs have increased and improved.
Load More Replies...If you need to avoid gluten, then you know what to avoid. That means you should also know what does not have gluten in it.
Admittedly, this can be confusing, due to the existence of "glutinous rice", which, amazingly, doesn't contain any gluten. It's just really sticky.
I Added 1.5 Tablespoons Of Salt To My Sweet Biscuits (Cookies) And They Taste Of Salt!
On A Recipe For Pesto
It seems like a lot of the time they're calling attention to these rather than obscuring
Load More Replies...Teriyaki Worcestershire!
Soy is way saltier then Worcestershire sauce so I think they probably made other errors too.
Worcesteshire sauce has the name of what it is right on the label. Soy sauce has the name of what it is on the label. Well, another one just replacing something going by color.
I Don’t Think You Should Eat That…
You can use essential oils for cooking. Not all are safe, so check carefully.
that’s going to pack a massive punch though, as these are very concentrated
Load More Replies...There are food grade essential oils. But I fear many of the essential oil fanatics won't differentiate.
Made Apple Cider Whoopie Pies (Amazing!), Then Scrolled Down To Read The Other Reviews
A really good example not to fully trust how the world interprets the world! Just because you think you've seen something doesn't mean it's the reality!
Inedible Recipe Turns Out To Be User Error By Husband
It’s called garam masala for a reason you know. Garam is literally in the name
"The Texture Of This Cake Was Horrible. It's Definitely Not Because Of The Extra Cup Of Moisture I Added."
Much to my disgust, in 2023, a dictionary added "irregardless" to its lexicon.
Load More Replies...OK, this is it. This is the final straw. I cannot read any more of these. My head hurts
How has the human race lasted so long , and, more to the point, become the most dominant species on Earth ? Judging by the comment from this idiot we ain't going to be around for much longer if this level of stupidity carries on.
Is It Really That Important To Follow The Recipe?
this sounds like a vegan recipe, I’m intrigued … aquafaba is very fussy, don’t mess around with substitutions, especially if this was for a meringue (which you should be able to deduce not putting cornstarch in a meringue!)
They're making vegan marshmallows. The link on Reddit goes to an Instagram reel, with the comment to go to the author's website for the full recipe, so here ya go: https://plantyou.com/vegan-marshmallow-recipe/
Load More Replies...Added Uncalled For Vinegar And Now It Tastes Like Vinegar
I'm So Distraught That This Recipe Doesn't Have Coffee In It!
This is a UK / US English usage issue, not a failure to follow the recipe. In Britain, Coffee Cake is coffee-flavoured. In the USA, it is eaten WITH coffee. Both sides tend to be startled when they find this out.
The American coffee cake evolved from Gugelhupf, brought over by German and Viennese immigrants. If done right, it is amazing. I have never heard of coffee flavoured cake being referred to as ‘coffee’ cake so now I have learned something.
Load More Replies...The only coffee cake I've ever heard of is coffee flavoured cake, it doesn't seem that weird to be confused by this.
And how can you call them Girl Scout Cookies without a trace of Girl Scout?
That's why I never make them. No one joins the Scouts any more.
Load More Replies...So Tasty It Sent My Dog To The Hospital. Definitely The Recipe's Fault. One Star
Wonder Why
The fact that people do not understand that there are different types of sugars dumbfounds me. Fruit=good sugar. White Sugar that you add to stuff= not so good for you
natural glucose or fructose (in fruit) = good. High fructose corn syrup= bad and white sugar (sucrose) would actually be better than that. Different types of sugar can do different things to you.. as a SIBO patient I learned the hard way.
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Milk Allergy
How about look for a recipe that already matches the friends dietary needs?
soy milk and vegan butter substitutions are probably fine, if you don’t mind the soy milk flavor, but you cannot substitute granulated sugar with powdered sugar
Also gluten free flour! Gluten free baking is notoriously tricky, substitute flours do not work in all recipes.
Load More Replies...Mom’s Were Better
I often pick up items at the market, smile at them, and place them back on the shelf before walking away...
This Woman Would Choose The Kilogram Of Steel
True. It's one or the other - you can't change part of the recipe.
Load More Replies...Daisy Saying What We All Want To
Here ya go: "I ended up using Classico pizza sauce, as that was what I had on hand. In addition, instead of using regular Italian-style breadcrumbs, I used Italian-style panko breadcrumbs, which gave the chicken a crispier coating. Both my son and I loved this dish, and will be making it again!" The original recipe called for marinara sauce, and sounds really yummy: https://www.julieseatsandtreats.com/air-fryer-chicken-parmesan/
Load More Replies...This Recipe Jammed My Printer
He is probably a high level printer engineer with 20 years experience so you know it is the websites fault.
SKIP TO RECIPE and PRINT RECIPE probably weren't bold enough for him. Get new glasses.
Feel like this person has a lot of stress & printing the recipe (incorrectly) sent him over the edge. Still laughed while reading
Maybe print on paper instead of bananas. Remember kids, you can't substitute everything with bananas!! lollll
Fish Stock. The Recipe Called For Fish Stock
Surprised It Was Bland Without Salt
Matthew McConaughey tried it and he said it was alright alright alright.
Abigail is going to beat down the doors of heaven as a food saint by never eating salt
Ok, but, context. Was it an ‘alright’ alright or an ‘ALLLRIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHTTT’ alright?
Coffee Cake Without Coffee Didn't Taste Like Anything - Who Knew?
But coffee cake doesn't contain coffee. That was apparently ascertained a bit further up.
Unless you live in Britain, where coffee cake is indeed cake with coffee in it.
Load More Replies...Maybe The Problem Is My Oven?
It seems like bored panda forgot the second image that displays the text
These idiots are like, "I tried to make this steak recipe, but instead of using a steak, I gave oral favors to a hobo behind the bus station. Zero stars."
These were silly! I enjoyed them. The cats didn't, as I disturbed them when I giggled.
I found myself getting more and more frustrated as I read through them. So many people I want to reach out and slap over the internet!
Load More Replies...I made chocolate chip cookies but to make them healthy, I subbed espresso beans for the chips, milk for the butter and water for the flour and other ingredients. Then I pulverized the coffee beans and soaked them in water. they were awful cookies but good coffee.
If anybody wonders what working basic tech support is like... it's like these reviews. "I did exactly what you said to do... except I clicked on this thing you said not to, didn't do this thing you did say to do, and it seemed hot so I poured water on it. I just followed your instructions so it's your fault and you need to fix it now!" Don't be these people.
This makes me want to troll comment sections and keep looking for gold.
Further proof that internet comments mean nothing. You can’t please everyone, even if it’s their own fault.
These always cracks me up!!! There are some comedy gold bites on the BBC good food site that always give me a good laugh
These were silly! I enjoyed them. The cats didn't, as I disturbed them when I giggled.
I found myself getting more and more frustrated as I read through them. So many people I want to reach out and slap over the internet!
Load More Replies...I made chocolate chip cookies but to make them healthy, I subbed espresso beans for the chips, milk for the butter and water for the flour and other ingredients. Then I pulverized the coffee beans and soaked them in water. they were awful cookies but good coffee.
If anybody wonders what working basic tech support is like... it's like these reviews. "I did exactly what you said to do... except I clicked on this thing you said not to, didn't do this thing you did say to do, and it seemed hot so I poured water on it. I just followed your instructions so it's your fault and you need to fix it now!" Don't be these people.
This makes me want to troll comment sections and keep looking for gold.
Further proof that internet comments mean nothing. You can’t please everyone, even if it’s their own fault.
These always cracks me up!!! There are some comedy gold bites on the BBC good food site that always give me a good laugh
