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10th March 2011

Twecipes - A Glossary

Twecipes are 140 character recipes that are popular on Twitter. Recipes are ultra-abbreviated to ensure that they fit in the 140 character space. Here Craig Dugas from @tinyrecipes shares some hints and tips to help create your own twecipe. Find out more about our twecipe competition, how you could win a Baby Belling Black and a place in our recipe book here.

Common terms: 

s&p = salt and pepper, to taste

H2O = water

@ = at (especially with oven temperatures)

w/ = with

srv = serve

mlt = melt

handfl = handful

cvr = cover

chpd chopped

w/o = without

remv = remove

garl = garlic

msh = mash

+ = add

olvoil = olive oil 

Imperial measurements: 

C/c = cup

T = tablespoon

t = teaspoon

oz = ounce

pt = pint

qt = quart

lb = pound

F = degrees Fahrenheit

Tip: 

“My favourite space saving technique is combining similar measurements like a maths equation. For example, 1/2t (salt, paprika), 1/4t (garlic powder,onion powder,oregano,red pepper flake). This especially useful for spice mix recipes.”

Tiny Recipes from @tinyrecipes: 

@tinyrecipes’ most popular recipe:

Mug cake – Mix in a mug: 2T flour, 4t sugar, 1/4t baking powder, 2t cocoa, pinch salt, 2T milk, 1/4t vanilla, 3/4t oil. microwave 1 min.

 This is one of my favourite tiny recipes. It's naturally simple and perfect on a cold day:

Congee (rice porridge) – Bring 1/2C short grain white rice + 4C water + 1/2 cube vegetable bouillon to a boil for 5 min, cover, simmer 90min

Other example twecipes: 

Rst bf - Rb beefw/ salt,ppr&olvoil. Sear in r/tray on hob, tfr 2 oven 240° 4 20min, rdce heat 2 190°, 30min pr k 4 rare, rest, crv #tweetpie

Spag Bol - Fry garl, onion, brwn mince+thyme, gls rd wine, tin toms, msrooms, sson, simr 40 min. Boil pasta 10 mins. Srv w/parmsn #tweetpie

Risotto–Sftn onino, garl & celry in olvoil+rice, tn up heat+splsh wine, stir,+stock, stir, rpt till cooked+butter & parmsn, srv #tweetpie