axejudge's Journal
So irritating!Oct 12 2008 01:43
If I go to the food browser, I can find Anaheim chiles listed - no problem.
If I use the recipe analyzer, it refuses to admit that such a thing is in the database.
GRRR!
It also took several tries to get the analyzer to understand that when I list chickpeas, I mean CANNED ones, not dried (big difference between 2 cups of dried chickpeas and 2 cups canned).
It makes putting accurate nutritional information on my journal difficult.
I agree that the analyzer is annoying, but there's a trick to getting around the specific problem you're having. In the ingredient list, if you put the food ID number, which is in the url once you've found the food by searching for it, and then enter it in the ingredient list in brackets, the analyzer will use that ID. for example: 1 cup unidentifiable object [123456] That said, I still can't get it to recognize a bay leaf. |
Ooh! Good to know! I knew there had to be a trick to it; I just didn't know what it was! |
I have problems, too, and work it this way.....If I can't get it to recognize the item(s) in several attempts I just use the packages and figure the calories myself. It's time consuming however I have noticed that there is a plus to this. I have gotten much better at estimating calories when shopping and putting meals together. I like to make up my own soups so I do this frequently. |
Clairelane has some good tips about the recipe analyzer in the Recipe forum. I had fits with it one day getting garlic in...made no sense...the next time, garlic went just fine. Who knows? it's a computer database. bleh. You can right click the food in the list or on its nutrition page and get the secret number too. I put mine in () parentheses, but whatever works. |
