topic Re: What does hack mean, especially with recipes? in Recipes

What does hack mean, especially with recipes?

depglass — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:55:39 GMT

I got such good responses with "crack chicken," I should ask what "hack" means, specifically. I get it sort of means hint. I guess I hang around with only seniors, no kids in my life whatsoever. DD is 450 miles away. No grandkids.

Re: What does hack mean, especially with recipes?

Mary Bailey — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:58:14 GMT

good question

Re: What does hack mean, especially with recipes?

Peaches McPhee — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 16:05:54 GMT

A hack is a different way of doing something, or using an item in a different way. The result is easier or improved.

Re: What does hack mean, especially with recipes?

Jaspersmom — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 16:17:09 GMT

To hack is to modify or change something in an extraordinary way.” In the cooking world, we are all looking for shortcuts or cooking tips.

Re: What does hack mean, especially with recipes?

RedTop — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 16:28:19 GMT

I hack recipes and make them my own way all the time.

I prefer very simple, fewer ingredient recipes, and will not buy special things just to make a new dish.

Re: What does hack mean, especially with recipes?

candys mine — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:03:04 GMT

As others have said it's nifty ways of 'MacGyvering". I think someone had posted about her Mother using a spoonful of Mayo in a cake recipe when she was out of eggs. That's a hack.

Re: What does hack mean, especially with recipes?

CelticCrafter — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:27:56 GMT

To me it means this for that.

I went to make something one day and it called for a small can of tomato sauce, onions, garlic and peppers.

I had everything except the tomato sauce, saw a jar of salsa sitting on the shelf and used that instead of everything else.

Re: What does hack mean, especially with recipes?

depglass — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:39:31 GMT

Thanks, I knew I could count on you all.

Re: What does hack mean, especially with recipes?

ID2 — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:44:26 GMT

I consider a hack as an imposter. If I find a hack for a recipe, its the ingredients of that official recipe.

Re: What does hack mean, especially with recipes?

Whosits — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:55:07 GMT

In my opinion it is an ugly new term (I cringe every time I read or hear it) put out there by twenty somethings that means a new way of doing something, or a "tip." Lets just stick with the English lanquage shall we?

Re: What does hack mean, especially with recipes?

noodleann — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 17:01:45 GMT

@depglass wrote:
I got such good responses with "crack chicken," I should ask what "hack" means, specifically. I get it sort of means hint. I guess I hang around with only seniors, no kids in my life whatsoever. DD is 450 miles away. No grandkids.

I associate it with reverse-engineering a dish so you can create a recipe for it. Todd Wilbur, of Top Secret Recipes, calls his versions of well-known restaurant and supermarket foods "hacks." They're a version of the dish that he's created, coming as close to the original as possible. I love the recipes and his devotion to getting his hacks, AKA clones, right. You can sign up for his free newsletter on his website. He usually includes a few links to free recipes in each mailing, but you can also join his club for greater access, buy recipes individually, or buy his books. He also sells seasonings.