Bloody waffly internet recipes!

[YerAWizardHarree]

Wtf? When did this become a bloody thing? Every single recipe I've googled today is accompanied by reems of pointless shit before it.

'Me and Tristan went for a picnic today in a meadow and the smell of the grass reminded me of bbqs we used to have as children so we went home and baked cookies' fucking loads of waffle! I don't want your life story I just want to know how you make cookies. Or how to cook sausages in an air fryer!!

JUST GIVE ME THE RECIPE!!!

YES it's so so so so so annoying!!

Aibu to not want your life story.. I just want the recipe at the bottom without scrolling through pages of waffle or am I now old ?

@PeopleAreAllWeveGot ha! I'm glad it's not just me!

I don't care about waffle, I just hate US recipes that talk about "cups" and "sticks" of things.

Oh yes, I don’t want to read a 1000 word essay about the history of butter and your Great Aunt’s life, just give me the damn recipe and stop making me scroll on and on

Haha I actually saw a meme about this, "just give me the recipe ", or something similar. Very irritating. It's even worse if it's a video recipe!!

Its usually for ad revenue and search engine optimisation, the longer the page is the more time you're there being exposed to advertisement and the more key words that can spring up on Google. Basically a way of getting paid so they can give you something for free.

Haha!
I like the BBC Good Food website - the recipes always turn out true to the picture and description.

Oh yes. Scroll scroll scroll

I'm so happy it's not just me! 😂

Yes and it's always bloody americans that do it!

I get it, it's for SEO optimisation but it still pisses me off - put that shite at the bottom of the page before I immediately bounce off your website you annoying little twerp

I dont know why I just wrote "seo optimisation" the optimisation is redundant as thats what the O stands for I was just a bit riled up Haha!

You may enjoy this tweet, OP.

@Apileofballyhoo hahahaha!!! I love it! Yes!

Love that A!pileofballyhoo

Preach! Agree 100% I think I'd rather opt out and starve than this madness!

Yes and the newspapers do it too, take the Guardian for example:

One Saturday night, following a grey, unremarkable day, I felt compelled to lose myself in a task. I wanted to feel the magic that comes with the process of making something simple. I poured myself a glass of wine, turned on some Frank Sinatra and started to knead.
www.theguardian.com/food/2020/oct/23/saturday-night-pasta-three-meditative-recipes-from-elizabeth-hewson

At this time of year, as autumn seeps slowly into the air and I celebrate my birthday, I hope to get a call from a friend telling me her dad has been on one of his quiet and determined hunts in the chestnut woods just outside Rome.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/13/pasta-with-mushrooms-and-herbs-recipe-rachel-roddy-a-kitchen-in-rome

Blah, blah, blah, and on it goes.... I don't give a shit, just give me the recipe!

I have found my people!

This does my head in! I don’t fucking care I just want the recipe

They have to make a living. If a website is "free" then you are the revenue.

Total agree. Also irritating are (usually American) recipes, for say Thai green curry, the ingredients of which are '4 chicken breasts, 1 onion and a can of X Brand Thai green curry sauce".

Ha!

YANBU I mean, I love reading blog posts, but when I want a read over a cup of tea, When I want a recipe, I just want that. Your recipe. I don't want to have to scroll through pages of waffle, just tell me how to make the goddamn cake lol

Yanbu! Neither is @lidoshuffle if I had a jar of sauce I wouldn't need a fucking recipe!

YANBU. I want a recipe not a life story.