> Appealing to people who "want to cook", but doing so by turning yourself into a production-line assembler.
That's because you ignore the true reason why it's interesting. I got 800 games on Steam but when goes time to play, god it's awful. Never had this issue before having that many games. Recipes suffer from the choice overload.
Personally I also love it to try new ingredients. When it's part of a full meal, some ingredients "scare" me less.
> Like saying your want to learn carpentry, by buying some Ikea flat-pack.
No holes were predrilled in the yu choy I got in my recipes yesterday. It would be closer to get a few boards that you have to cut/trim/drill yourself, which as far as I know, seems to be a great way to learn.
> I'd quite enjoy one that let you browse recipes and would stick all the ingredients in your basket - but then added some intelligence.
It's weird but I don't trust my supermarket to offer me great recipes. I trust them to offer me food, but not great recipes. Even more so considering their goals is to sell food, not sell recipes.
> Or asks "what's in your fridge"
I agree but this always come down to the laziness out of me. Lazy me can easily click on an image that seems like a great meal, but way less on a adding every single things I may have in my fridge.
> Blue Apron and the rest seem to be trying to solve a real problem, completely the wrong way.
I personally think you just don't really understands whats the real problem.
That's because you ignore the true reason why it's interesting. I got 800 games on Steam but when goes time to play, god it's awful. Never had this issue before having that many games. Recipes suffer from the choice overload.
Personally I also love it to try new ingredients. When it's part of a full meal, some ingredients "scare" me less.
> Like saying your want to learn carpentry, by buying some Ikea flat-pack.
No holes were predrilled in the yu choy I got in my recipes yesterday. It would be closer to get a few boards that you have to cut/trim/drill yourself, which as far as I know, seems to be a great way to learn.
> I'd quite enjoy one that let you browse recipes and would stick all the ingredients in your basket - but then added some intelligence.
It's weird but I don't trust my supermarket to offer me great recipes. I trust them to offer me food, but not great recipes. Even more so considering their goals is to sell food, not sell recipes.
> Or asks "what's in your fridge"
I agree but this always come down to the laziness out of me. Lazy me can easily click on an image that seems like a great meal, but way less on a adding every single things I may have in my fridge.
> Blue Apron and the rest seem to be trying to solve a real problem, completely the wrong way.
I personally think you just don't really understands whats the real problem.