Facebook Recipes: Real or Scam? (ingredients, shrimp, cookies, calories)
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Anyone on FB has noticed the proliferation of recipes being "shared". They are often preceded by "I've been asked so many times to re-post this, so please save to your timeline!". However, I'm wondering where these recipes are coming from, and if people have actually TRIED them. I never see any feedback, except a few where the recipe was a total bust. For example, the breaded mozzarella cheese bites turned into a bunch of melted cheese and seasonings on the pan. Sometimes I wonder if people are just making up silly recipes to see how many fools will share them.
The recipes are also usually loaded with fat, such as the shrimp sitting in a pan of butter. One of the baked chicken recipes said "You'll never fry chicken again"; however, the recipe was so loaded with fat, you might as well just keep frying. One of the recipes shared from a "Skinny Girl" type website was also loaded with fat and calories.
So, even if I wanted to try a recipe, I don't think I'd go to all that trouble unless it was from a trusted source or from a FB friend who had tried it. What do you guys think? Any experience with these recipes?
I used a crock pot tortellini recipe from Facebook recently, and it was good. Facebook or any other online recipe should be looked at carefully, since any bozo can put a recipe online. An experienced cook can tell by looking carefully at the ingredients and the directions if it will turn out good or not.
I agree with gentlearts. I have found some really good recipes on facebook. The other day I tried a sugar cookie recipe which said it was the best sugar cookie recipe ever. It was horrible. The cookies were tough and hard. I won't use that recipe again. Sometimes it's a trial and error using recipes people post. Even on here people post recipes which aren't tried and true. I hardly ever use one on CD unless someone says it's tried and true.
Anyone on FB has noticed the proliferation of recipes being "shared". They are often preceded by "I've been asked so many times to re-post this, so please save to your timeline!". However, I'm wondering where these recipes are coming from, and if people have actually TRIED them.
They are a scam, posted to collect member names who share or comment.
It's a recipe. It's Facebook. How in the world can that be a "scam"? If you don't want to "share" then simply copy the recipe and paste it to a Word document. We're not going to debate this subject any further here in Food and Drink.
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