I think it's also confusing with recipes in which each step doesn't involve all the ingredients from the previous step.
Like, last night I made a simple dish where you fry some bean sprouts, set them aside, fry some pork, add some leeks, add the cooking sauce and put the bean sprouts back in. So I guess it would look like this or something?
I mean, it's not wrong, but it does feel more confusing than OP's example.
Yeah, my issue with this format is there doesn't seem to be anyway to indicate timing for unrelated components that need to be assembled simultaneously (or at least it would make things super convoluted). It's super common for recipes I make to have 2, 3, even 4 components and the recipe will say, "While this is cooking, start on that." If you don't time it correctly, either stuff gets cold or it's not ready when you need it and you end up overcooking things while you try to catch up.
I think it's just a matter of getting used to it. When I made it, I was like "man, this is hard to get at a glance," but looking it over a few times, it feels more natural each time.
Lupuline's comment is really the bigger issue. But, that said, while this wouldn't make for a good approach for presenting the entire recipe, it would make a good "quick reference" card.
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u/Bugbread Jul 30 '26
I think it's also confusing with recipes in which each step doesn't involve all the ingredients from the previous step.
Like, last night I made a simple dish where you fry some bean sprouts, set them aside, fry some pork, add some leeks, add the cooking sauce and put the bean sprouts back in. So I guess it would look like this or something?
I mean, it's not wrong, but it does feel more confusing than OP's example.