Is Facebook picking up on Google searches?

[nancylebov]

Recently, I was trying to find out how to cook farro-- I have a box of Prodotto Italiano farro, and it doesn't have instructions.

What's more, it turns out that there's pearled farro (doesn't need to be soaked) and unpearled farro (does need to be soaked, though one source says twenty minutes and another says overnight.

I tried searching on recipes for that brand, and found someone who was happy with a Cooks Illustrated recipe, but actually seeing the recipe involved a paid subscription, which was a bit more than I cared.

I couldn't find anything about how to tell the difference between pearled and unpearled farro just by looking.

My executive decision is that I will soak my farro.

In case you were wondering, it seems to be an old form of wheat which makes something like a wheat risotto (risotto is made with rice that releases starch as it cooks).

You'd almost think I was fascinated with the stuff, or at least Facebook is now trying to sell me farro. Has something like this happened to anyone else?

At the same time, I consistently comment on and upvote fat acceptance posts, but Facebook keeps trying to sell me diets.

Comments

[boxofdelights]

Does the package say anything about how long to cook it? This link says you can tell the difference between pearled unpearled and semipearled that way:

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/07/one-pan-farro-with-tomatoes/

[nancylebov]

Thanks. The recipe looks promising, and I might poke around that blog.

There were no directions on the box.

[madfilkentist]

It would make perfect sense to me if there's significant overlap between interest in fat acceptance and interest in losing weight.

[nancylebov]

There may be overlap between interest in fat acceptance and interest in losing weight, but there's certainly overlap between interest in fat acceptance and *not* wanting to see diet ads.

[azurelunatic]

I had been marking diet ads as Against My Views. Then Facebook stopped showing them to me.

As of the last time I was there without adblock on, Facebook seemed to think that I was a lesbian in need of a wife and artificial insemination, that it should hook me up with a better programming job, and that it had some lovely clothes for me to check out. All of which is ... less wrong than usual.