It also depends on the details and you really can’t blame the bot from the supermarket chain “Pak’nSave” for that. Using the ingredients bleach, ammonia and water, he designs a cocktail that you finally Garnish with a sprig of mint should, after all, decoration is half the battle. Well, with these toxic ingredients, it would have been appropriate not to suggest a recipe at all, but after the flowery and at the same time apt introduction (“This recipe will take your breath away”), after seven steps comes the note, ammonia and bleach from skin and keep hair away. It’s only bad if you’ve been drinking before.
These and similar recipes are doing the rounds in New Zealand, where Pak’nSave is based. They actually wanted to create a service with the bot: give inspiration to those who want to conjure up something nutritious from measly leftovers in the fridge. Nothing new in the digital world, but still tempting for creative tests by various Twitter users: they entered all sorts of stupid things into the app and the results came out Sandwiches with ant poison or glue, which the bot packs into melodious instructions and advertises as “delicious”.
Even the new update does not protect against further taste accidents
The supermarket has since responded by saying it was disappointed that a minority had tried “to use the tool improperly.” The controls for the bot will continue to be refined. In addition, the general terms and conditions of the app state that users should be over 18 years old. The new release does not, however, protect against further taste accidents, like an investigative test of the Süddeutsche Zeitung has revealed. Recipes can now only be created from a list of given ingredients, but the results are still entertaining. You choose: muffins, fish, mayo, jam and granola bars. The generator spits out: the “Fish Muffin Delight” which is advertised to the user as a “delicious and healthy recipe”. You can be prepared for something: “It will make you swim with pleasure!”
Well then: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, says the artificial intelligence, season the fish and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Then cut the muffin in half, toast and brush both sides with mayo. If you don’t feel nauseous here, you’ve qualified for the next step: After the visit to the oven, place the fish on the muffin mayo halves, spread with jam (!) and finally crumble the muesli bar over it. For that special treat, everything goes back into the oven. “Serve the fish muffin treat warm and enjoy!”
However, it is more advisable than these instructions to cook like the satirical version by Tim Mälzer. The TV chef once served as amusement for comedian Max Giermann on the show “Switch reloaded”. In one episode Mälzer alias Giermann wants to use spelled bread for an organic menu. “If you don’t have spelled bread, that’s no problem at all,” he says. His tip: “Then you can also have fries.”