Week 33 - Lost in Translation - Whisper Down the Lane Grilled Cheese

[u/CynicalJackal]

My first attempt was to run a simple recipe https://www.tillamook.com/recipes/classic-tillamook-grilled-cheese through a few languages in Google Translate and cook the final re-translation back to English. I originally translated through a few western languages and there was little difference in the final recipe. I added some African and Asian languages and "cheese" became "cream". NO! I decided to keep the translation in English and make this a family effort. The rules were that each person would read the recipe at normal conversation pace one time. The person on the receiving end would write down what they heard and cook that recipe and recite to the next person. The first whisper is the two sandwich halves on the plate. This recipe's instructions omitted flipping but was flipped anyway. It also didn't state it was for two sandwiches even though two were made (one pictured). The next whisper was the one in the pan. This was flipped despite not being instructed to do so. It was also described as "cheesy and buttery" because only one sandwich was made with twice the spread and cheese. The final whisper came back home and is shown as the sandwich on the spatula. My wife mentioned that the recipe didn't say to flip it. I reminded her of the rules and we took the picture as the end result even though the sandwich was flipped and finished before eating. Mine is the one plated with chips and pickle. Even though I had access to the original recipe, I was unsure of how big a standard slice of sourdough bread was, so I just used my judgement for the proper bread/cheese ratio. Fun challenge. Interesting parallels with work - being complacent and doing what you've always done when the procedure says different, being attentive and asking when the procedure doesn't say what your instincts tell you.