Cooking by twecipe
Chefs and home cooks are putting 140-character recipes on Twitter, but you might need to know the lingo to use them.
Wed, Aug 19 2009 at 10:01 AM EST
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I was turned on to twecipes by @chefmarksmith on Twitter. Twecipes are recipes given in 140 characters or less. That’s it -- an entire recipe in the length of a sentence or two. Challenging, but fun.
Here’s a sampling of twecipes I found on Twitter.
- Melitzanosalata: Greece. Broil med eggplant black; peel. Beat w dash salt/clv garlic; slowly+4T olvoil/3T wine vinegar. Chill2h. Srv w pita. @cookbook
- Fruit Salad - Toss 1pt raspberries + blueberries 1/2lb pitted bing cherries 2 oranges sectioned 2T grappa refreshing for a hot day! @marthastewart (Yes, THE Martha Stewart embracing the twecipe)
- Dice potatoes+and fry lightly w'sage.When crisped add more sage+h'made tomato sauce (prev twecipe).W' chorizo picante+steamed green beans. @CookingforBoys
- saute 2/3 onions in butter, add garlic, add large aub (or2),add 400g chopped toms, veg stock, 400g kidney beans simmer 40min @betsybeth
Would you be able to decipher and create these recipes? If not, thanks to The Lunch Box Bunch, I was able to find some of the abbreviations that people have started using in twecipes.
Cup = C (example 2 1/2 cups would be 2.5C in twecipe lingo)Dash of salt and pepper = dshS&PVegan = vgnExtra virgin olive oil = evOO or xvOOBanana = banaGrate = gr8Bake at 350 degrees = Bke350Chill in the refrigerator for about an hour = N fridg 4 +/-1hr
There are more lingo tips on The Lunch Box Bunch site.
Why cook by twecipe when you can get an entire, detailed recipe from a food site or a cookbook? For the fun of it.
Do you have any experience with twecipes? Have you cooked by one? Do you know of a Twitter user who tweets twecipes? Let us know in the comments, please.
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Comments
erin.p.fielding
08/21/2009 12:22 PM
It was a lot harder than I thought. But a couple people saw it and said it made sense to them:
1.25lb mild fish/.5C soy sce/.25C h20/.25 ckn buillon cube/2T EVOO/1T br.sgr/2t minced grlic/.5t ground ginger. marinate fish,broil 5-6min.
It's my favorite fish recipe and is best marinated overnight or all day before cooking if possible.
rshreeves
08/24/2009 14:40 PM
to have to give your twecipe a twy. (ha, ha) - you did good. I can understand it
erin.p.fielding
08/19/2009 10:56 AM
I had heard about this, but thanks for giving me information that allows me to dive in deeper. I may even try posting a Twecipe of my own!
