A disturbing discussion about recipe copyright with Chat GPT, why we were asked to sip beef broth on the rocks, and the fascinating history behind the All-American bundt pan.
What a fun roundup! I do have to comment however that beef consommé on the rocks technically IS a cocktail, in the original sense of the word. In the same category as shrimp and fruit cocktail.
Oh that is fascinating. Though: I like 'it wasn't terrible' as a conclusion on a food stuff!
Interesting the way how a word, here 'cocktail' because it means two things can mislead whilst still being right: it certainly is not the first meaning of 'cocktail', a spirit mixed with other ingredients and which is what Campbells were pushing for, and whilst it is actually the second meaning, a mixed dish served in a cocktail glass, the time of day and occasion on which, say, a proper prawn cocktail would be served was not quite what they were going for with the campaign. But the double meaning makes it work!
Thank you Rachel! Substack notified me that you put a link to my newsletter in yours. You will be even more disturbed about my Part II about ChatGBT and how it generates recipe headnotes. Quite shocking.
And I don't know how you embedded an image of the newsletter in your own newsletter, which was super fun to read.
Is looking forward to it the right word? Though I was heartened yesterday to pop into my other halves home office to find him seeing if Chat GPT could fix a piece of writing one of his staff had done which was not quite in the right tone, and in the end humans still did it better.
And if you just copy and paste the URL of the post you want to embed without any /comments etc., just the original slug into a post you're writing it should embed - I think the only posts that won't do this from Substack are paywalled posts with no free content, e.g. ones without a line break. Hope this helps!
What a fun roundup! I do have to comment however that beef consommé on the rocks technically IS a cocktail, in the original sense of the word. In the same category as shrimp and fruit cocktail.
During the pandemic, I actually gave the related "beef fizz," which was canned consommé with ginger ale and lemon juice, a go. It wasn't terrible! https://www.thefoodhistorian.com/blog/food-history-happy-hour-beef-fizz-1960s
Oh that is fascinating. Though: I like 'it wasn't terrible' as a conclusion on a food stuff!
Interesting the way how a word, here 'cocktail' because it means two things can mislead whilst still being right: it certainly is not the first meaning of 'cocktail', a spirit mixed with other ingredients and which is what Campbells were pushing for, and whilst it is actually the second meaning, a mixed dish served in a cocktail glass, the time of day and occasion on which, say, a proper prawn cocktail would be served was not quite what they were going for with the campaign. But the double meaning makes it work!
Lovely post! I will try the mushroom fried rice recipe soon. Thanks :)
Thank you - and I hope you enjoy the recipe!
Thank you Rachel! Substack notified me that you put a link to my newsletter in yours. You will be even more disturbed about my Part II about ChatGBT and how it generates recipe headnotes. Quite shocking.
And I don't know how you embedded an image of the newsletter in your own newsletter, which was super fun to read.
Is looking forward to it the right word? Though I was heartened yesterday to pop into my other halves home office to find him seeing if Chat GPT could fix a piece of writing one of his staff had done which was not quite in the right tone, and in the end humans still did it better.
And if you just copy and paste the URL of the post you want to embed without any /comments etc., just the original slug into a post you're writing it should embed - I think the only posts that won't do this from Substack are paywalled posts with no free content, e.g. ones without a line break. Hope this helps!
Chilled soup cocktails and tinned fish subscriptions. Sounds like happy hour on the YOU set.
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Great issue of ‘Nibbles’, Rachel! Thanks for the article about Campbell’s Soup broth cocktails!
Thanks Jolene! And I thought you'd like that one!