Small recipes, Long Intros

 I love to cook. Being the foodie that I am, I love to try out new recipes or upgrade existing ones. 

There's something thrilling about creating something from scratch and then having it turn out really good.

 

Cooking is the kind of art that appeals to every sense. 

You want to create a good-looking dish. You want to make sure the texture (touch) is just right. When you hear the crackle of seeds as they are added to your dish. The smell has to be great. Obviously. If your food smells great then it is going to taste good too. 

Who doesn't like good food? 

I do try to tweak recipes so that they can be a tad healthier. Most of the time, I will use less oil compared to how much is required. And I will use less spices or more of an ingredient that I like. 

Eventually, the recipe becomes my own variation. 

One of the most popular pages online is food recipes, be it from a cooking network or a vlog on street food. It serves as a welcome break from work. 

But sometimes I want to try out a recipe I saw online and at that time I prefer reading it online rather than watching a video about it. 

And that is when I head online and search for recipes. 

In pretty much every case, I have found a very, very long intro about how the recipe came about. 

Most of the time it is about the cook sharing their own personal stories about the year they tried the recipe, the days it took to perfect it, and a story about how much they enjoyed that particular dish. 

Bless those who have the JUMP TO RECIPE button on their websites. Without it, I would have to scroll down the whole page just to see the ingredients required for the dish. 

Is there a reason why bloggers do that? 

Of course, there is. 

The reason is the word count. The longer the article, the more the search engines think they are providing quality results to their users. They will rank those websites better provided they have several articles that are around 1000 words. 

Anything less than that and the search engines will think the site isn't built well and is still under construction. And of course, there is no high-quality content to find. 

And let's face it, we wouldn't actually go through ten pages of search results to find what we are looking for, now would we? 

At best, we go through three pages but if we are in a hurry, maybe the top three results on page one. 

So the websites and blogs have to make sure they show up on the first page, and if they have to write a long story about one measly dish, then so be it. 

Is it annoying for those of us who are looking to make something in a hurry? Yes. 

But this is something we will have to go through every time we are searching for a basic recipe to flavor our fries. 

That's the only way websites can get enough traffic and make money so they can continue to provide content to the audience.