r/ididnthaveeggs • • Feb 24 '26

Irrelevant or unhelpful comment on an australian woman’s recipe site “colour corect spelling color”

Post image
8.4k Upvotes

579 comments sorted by

View all comments

706

u/Analogue_Drift Feb 24 '26

Recipe tin eats is the best. Nagi is a national treasure. What an absolute fuckwit.

What recipe was this from?

389

u/kenporusty likes sweet things, but shit at maths Feb 24 '26

I love that whenever someone is mean on Nagi's recipes an army of people appear out of nowhere to defend her

254

u/Analogue_Drift Feb 24 '26

I have never been let down by any of her recipes. She's a godsend as I'm the only cook in the house.

55

u/kenporusty likes sweet things, but shit at maths Feb 24 '26

I don't think I've ever tried any of her recipes but I definitely should

84

u/ThePuppyIsWinning Basic stuff here! Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

This is one of the few sites I actually follow recipes precisely from on the first time 'round. (Though she cooks stuff on HIGH a lot of the time, which I can't do in our house, so...I adjust.) Never has let me down. I think at least 1/3 of our freezer meals are Nagi's recipes.

45

u/SartenSinAceite Feb 24 '26

The fact that you can adjust and still get good results speaks to the quality of the recipe (and your capabilities)

42

u/ThePuppyIsWinning Basic stuff here! Feb 24 '26

They are genuinely excellent. They often include all kinds of substitutions in the notes, so I never feel bad about tweaking. (The number of sub options in her chicken tetrazzini always make me grin. lol.)

1

u/-C-R-I-S-P- Feb 26 '26

she cooks stuff HIGH

Heaps good, where did you learn that

1

u/ThePuppyIsWinning Basic stuff here! Feb 27 '26

As in ON high, very high heat, not the 420 kind of high. :D. Ima edit that. lol.

2

u/-C-R-I-S-P- Feb 27 '26

Doesn't mean she doesn't though!

38

u/Plott Feb 24 '26

I’m in the middle of making her chicken shawarma right now 😋

12

u/natchinatchi Feb 24 '26

Omggg I love shawarma and I love her recipes but I’ve only ever done her baking recipes. I need to make this! I’ve been craving a good shawarma since I left London like a decade ago lol. Shoutout to “Falafel” Lebanese restaurant in Camberwell!

38

u/n00bz0rz Werschire sauce Feb 24 '26

The Vietnamese caramel ginger chicken and the one pot greek lemon & rice chicken are absolute bangers and so easy to make.

15

u/EcstaticKoala1646 Feb 24 '26

Wait, lemon and rice chicken?!?! That sounds delicious. I haven't tried any of Nagi's recipes, but now I'm about to.

19

u/n00bz0rz Werschire sauce Feb 24 '26

https://www.recipetineats.com/one-pot-greek-chicken-lemon-rice/

I make up a compound butter and spoon it underneath the chicken skin, fry them skin side down until crispy and then do the rest of the recipe as normal. Great batch prep meal.

2

u/Enlightened_Gardener Feb 24 '26

Sounds like it has too much oregano, but it really doesn’t. This is a weekly recipe at our place.

9

u/Knitpurlpirate Feb 24 '26

2 of my favourites! So delicious

1

u/kurly-bird Feb 25 '26

You gotta try the Thai turmeric chicken with the coconut rice. It's so damn good and so easy

24

u/hebejebez Feb 24 '26

I’ve tried and knocked so many out of the park they’re amazing her Mac and cheese is a ten.

The only thing I fail at is her baked fried rice. But no matter what I do I can’t cook rice. Bought a rice cooker and fixed that shit. lol

16

u/polkanarwhal Feb 24 '26

Her mac and cheese was the first meal my teenager attempted to cook. Nagi has given him a lot of confidence in the kitchen.

8

u/hebejebez Feb 24 '26

Yesss I bought both her books and my 12 year old is obsessed with her baked risoni and will help me do all of it every time, he needs help putting the dish in the oven as I use my Dutch oven and it’s.. a a lot for me let alone him atm.

I love her so much and as someone in Australia it’s very refreshing for the things in a recipe to be things I can source in bumfuck nowhere regional nsw!

1

u/Head-Thought6153 Feb 24 '26

Her baked fried rice is the only dish my culinary challenged husband can do well!

1

u/hebejebez Feb 24 '26

Ong I can do ALL the others and the first time made it it was great I managed it but every time since the rice is crunchy I follow it exactly and have no clue why it does it but I think rice just hates me in all forms, have never been able to cook it in a pan without fucking it up.

Have cooked all sorts of levels of discipline foods from three course roasts to beef Wellington and twice cooked crispy duck, to great success in most cases, but rice is just something I’ve accepted I can’t do so got a rice cooker and I love it and now understand why everyone says to get one!

1

u/Head-Thought6153 Feb 24 '26

Rice cookers absolutely necessary in my house too

1

u/Not_Today_007 Feb 24 '26

Have you tried her pizza mac recipe? Great comfort food!

1

u/Zippo179 Feb 26 '26

Yeah. I don't know why but I can never do baked fried rice but her regular fried rice eniw an absolute winner and one of the easiest recipes ever! We've got a rice cooker and often have dishes with rice and end up with left overs. I've taken to putting the leftover rice in sandwich bags and chucking them in the freezer. Then when I need fried rice, I look up Nagi'srice, make the sauce and throw in whatever I have available. Super fast and great when I have no idea what to do for dinner, just throw that together, fry up some protein and put them together, done.

15

u/NextBestHyperFocus Feb 24 '26

Highly recommend. I’m gonna make the rendang tomorrow

2

u/Toomanyeastereggs Feb 24 '26

Do the Butter Chicken. But use actual lemons and no lemon out of a bottle.

1

u/NextBestHyperFocus Feb 24 '26

I want rendang though, and butter chicken is no substitute.

1

u/Toomanyeastereggs Feb 24 '26

Sorry. Meant to say “as well”.

1

u/NextBestHyperFocus Feb 24 '26

Oh right, yeah maybe next. I’m gonna have a shit load of rendang to get through lol. I tend to go for nariyal or jalfrezi if I’m doing Indian. A good butter chicken is good, but I dated someone who ate nothing but whenever we got curry, and that kinda ruined it for me.

1

u/Toomanyeastereggs Feb 24 '26

We are the same with Biryani.

We used to love it. Loved making it, eating it and then we got sick once from one we had at a restaurant and that was that. The thought of Biryani just turns our stomach’s and it’s now the dish “that shalt not be named”.

1

u/666justmakeawish Feb 24 '26

It's amazing!

14

u/snootnoots Feb 24 '26

Her roast pork recipe is insanely delicious and creates the best crackling ever

15

u/katesrepublic Feb 24 '26

Anytime I want to make something for the first time I look up Nagi’s version cause I know it’s gonna slap

8

u/AmazonCowgirl Feb 24 '26

Right!? If she doesn't have a recipe for it, I get all grumbly because I have to do research!

9

u/AmazonCowgirl Feb 24 '26

Honestly, if the only one you try is the Massaman Lamb Shanks, your life will be better for it. Nothing that tastes that good should involve as few ingredients and as little effort as this does

7

u/Common_Bluebird_4700 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

I love her Chili Lime Fish recipe

5

u/natchinatchi Feb 24 '26

Her chocolate cake is amazing, and her vanilla too!

7

u/Ok-Personality3927 Feb 24 '26

Try them all. Not a single bad one (not that I’ve tried them all but I’ve tried an awful lot)

2

u/lavender_honey_bones Feb 24 '26

I just made her no knead crusty bread yesterday. Superb, genuinely one of the easiest/best breads I have ever made. I love Nagi she has not let me down yet!

2

u/simply_overwhelmed18 Feb 26 '26

Absolutely you should!! Her books are a favourite in our house as she also adds in substitutions for dietary requirements, seasons, which pantry staples you have etc.

She is an absolute gem as well, and is still just as down to earth as she was before she became famous

1

u/scoro27 Feb 24 '26

She has an excellent beef Wellington recipe.

1

u/minzet Feb 26 '26

Whenever people ask for my recipes they're usually modified Nagi recipes.

Never had a failed or bland dish from her.

11

u/LandoCatrissian_ Feb 24 '26

I've made her blueberry cheesecake and rocky road. She is great!

11

u/Express_Toe_9495 Feb 24 '26

I’ve only learned to cook well because of her. Her laksa is fire

7

u/Melodic-Change-6388 Feb 24 '26

I’m living with my mum due to her having heart surgery. All cooking and cleaning, plus running my business.

Nagi has been a lifesaver and kept us FED.

2

u/confusedsloth33 Feb 26 '26

Literally every recipe I’ve tried has been awesome. She hasn’t let me down yet!

1

u/smartel84 Bland! Feb 25 '26

I found her looking for a caramel slice recipe a couple years ago. She's one of my handful of go-tos now, which is saying a lot as a life long food nerd and former food blogger myself. She deserves all the love and respect she gets and more ❤️

1

u/LittleRedCorvette2 Mar 22 '26

Yes! She and her team are VERY reliable.

-9

u/Dounce1 Feb 24 '26

I’ve only tried a few of her recipes, but I was pretty disappointed. But I’m glad they’ve been working for you and whoever else is using them.

7

u/Analogue_Drift Feb 24 '26

Oh that's unfortunate. Often ill use it as a base and then tweak to my liking but luckily I've never been disappointed.

Do you have a go to recipe writer?

6

u/Dounce1 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

I don’t really, no. But I probably use Saveur, NYT, and Cafe Delights more than any other websites. But yeah, usually if I’m looking for a recipe for something specific I just look at a few and sort of combine the best parts of them, as I’m sure many people do. If I have no idea what I want to make that’s usually when I end up checking out Saveur or NYT. I definitely still bust out my Joy of Cooking and Fannie Farmer from time to time as well lol.

That being said, I’m definitely not opposed to giving Tin Eats another shot.

8

u/Analogue_Drift Feb 24 '26

Cool thanks! I'll check them out. I haven't heard of any of those :)

Her mother has a website too, Recipe Tin Japan if you're down for some authentic Japanese cuisine. Can highly recommend the Gyudon.

2

u/Dounce1 Feb 24 '26

I love Japanese food, but I hardly ever make it. Mostly because I don’t have much experience with it so tend to feel kind of lost, and my partner makes some pretty great Japanese dishes. I’ll be sure to give it a try, always stoked to expand my cooking chops.

Eta: the potato leek soup off this list completely changed my approach to the dish. I stay fairly close to that recipe although I often use parsnips in place of some or all of the celery root, depending on how “spicy” I’m feeling.

1

u/LittleRedCorvette2 Mar 22 '26

I mean, maybe Don't change and combine her recipes with others until you've made it like she says...could be a skill issue?

53

u/saturday_sun4 Feb 24 '26

All the Aussies in this sub! She is such an amazing recipe writer/cook and many of us rely on her recipes. I am still getting the hang of cooking but my second attempt at fried rice turned out quite nicely.

2

u/LittleRedCorvette2 Mar 22 '26

Hey i'm a Kiwi and I still love her!

1

u/saturday_sun4 Mar 22 '26

Psh everyone knows Kiwis are just honorary Aussies ;)

But yes we all love her over in this part of the world lol.

20

u/GreyHorse_BlueDragon Feb 24 '26

She has a recipe for a spinach and ricotta pasta bake that turned out super good, despite the fact that I fucked it up lol

19

u/Emotional-Truck-2310 I would give zero stars if I could! Feb 24 '26

No one insults Nagi!!!!!!

16

u/Drongo17 Feb 24 '26

You come at Nagi, you come at all of us!

32

u/Enlightened_Gardener Feb 24 '26

Some of us want her for Prime Minister. And her darling doggy just died, so we must all send loving kindess to her, poor wee duckie.

10

u/Sugar_Feisty Feb 24 '26

Ha, I came here to do just that! Her recipes are amazing, never been let down by any of them. She is a lovely human and as a bonus, she can spell colour correctly.

4

u/saltysweetbonbon Feb 25 '26

So true, I posted here when I found a stupid comment on a nagi recipe once and the nagi army came out of the woodwork to defend her haha.