Rant: Why do recipe sites have to write a book before the recipe?

I was looking up a simple cookie recipe the other day. The page had a huge story about the author's grandma and her farm. I had to scroll for ages to find the actual ingredients. It feels like every cooking site does this now. Can't we just get to the point so I can bake?

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wendys3625d ago

Totally feel you on the scrolling forever part. I started doing exactly what @shanef71 said and just hit print, it cuts out all the junk. My phone is now full of screenshots of the clean recipe pages. Why do they need to bury the instructions under a whole life story anyway?

shanef711mo ago

Honestly just look for the "jump to recipe" button at the top, it saves so much scrolling. If that fails, hitting print usually brings up a clean version with just the steps and ingredients. Some sites do it for the search engine stuff but it's super annoying when you're just trying to cook. I keep a notes file where I copy-paste recipes straight to avoid the whole story next time.

matthew_ward81mo ago

Why do people act like scrolling is some huge effort? It takes maybe ten seconds to get past the story part. The recipe is still right there at the end.