Those Recipes I cannot lose!

December 12, 2008

So about 2 years ago, I heard about this steamed brownies.  And there I was thinking, WHAAAT?  Then Mr. Google gave me this one link (I believe it was the first that showed up on the search page at that time) :http://dekap.com/resep/brownieskejukukus.php.

When I first tried the recipe, I successfully made a cake that didn’t rise.  I hated it.  It didn’t even taste like brownies, or a good cake for that matter. 

I was angry at myself for it, so I gave it another whirl.  I couldn’t believe how much it risen the second time around.  Since then, I’ve been using this recipe whenever I want brokus.   I think it taste quite similar to the infamous Amanda Brownies in Bandung. 

I prefer to call it cake more than brownies, since the texture is really not that dense, hence I like!!  ;) .

I haven’t made this cake for a while, like half a year. So I went to my most trustworthy search engine, Mr. Google and typed in "Brownies Kukus".  Guess what?  I CAN’T FIND that recipe from dekap!!  I just don’t see it! 

I literally look up through the google image as well, hoping that maybe the familiar picture of that one brownie piece with cheese layer in the middle will show up, and the link to the website would also be available.

But no.  Nada. Nol.  Zero.  Nothing.

Oh, of course there were a gazillions other brokus recipe that showed up, but Mr. Google Sir!  they are not the same! I want mine!  Where, in the world, IS it?

(At this point, I could not remember for the love of it, WHAT was the site name?  Vicky’s? Indofood? DapurPintar?   )

You know, there is a thing called "favorite" on the IE toolbar that you could have used.
And honestly, I thought I did favorited it.  But nooooo, could not find one inch of it anywhere in my recipe folder! Arrrrgh.

Ok.  I’ve calmed down today.  And I have an hour before he picks me up from work.
And patiently, I tried again, looking over pages after pages of search result. Then, after 3 pages, a site called "Joy of Cooking" emerged from no where.. That’s it!  Why didn’t I see this yesterday when I was frantically browsing?  Wasn’t I using the same keyword? 

It’s amazing, people, how fast the internet grows.  Two years ago, this site, was the most popular one (I am speculating) for a steamed brownies recipe, since it was listed as the first whenever someone type "brownies kukus" in the google search engine.  I was told that’s how Google lists search results. 

Today, it’s waaay down the list.  So, morale of the story, never ever take anything for granted.

Oh, and yes, do mark you favorite links in your favorite folder so that you can save time and energy.  Never follow what I did, unless you want to try another recipe that may dissappoint you because, well, it just doesn’t taste the same!

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