[gearhart]

I just got a fabulous recipe from the uncanny valley of cooking. Almost viable, with just a few mistakes that would have made it both impossible to follow and, if followed as closely as possible, disgusting.

A glorious effort :) Reminds me of Douglas Adams' Nutrimatic machine:

The way it functioned was very interesting. When the _Drink_ button was pressed it made an instant but highly detailed examination of the subject's taste buds, a spectroscopic examination of the subject's metabolism and then sent tiny experimental signals down the neural pathways to the taste centers of the subject's brain to see what was likely to go down well. However, no one knew quite why it did this because it invariably delivered a cupful of liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

[dalbasal]

Funny you quote this. I just brought it up in a conversation about ad recommendation engines.

It's funny what a difference a generation makes. These days, we know to think of the Nutrimatic machine's neurometabolism probe is simply data farming. All we need is to substitute click history for microfloral ratios and we can have our own cupfuls of liquid that are almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

[badconvincer]

>disgusting

I’ll be the judge of that. Recipe please :)

[SamBam]

I want to know more about what the recipe you saw was.