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I was about to comment the same thing. Why is a picture of a roast helpful in that moment? The user asked for a plan to prepare a meal. They need a list of ingredients not an image.

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If your asking for a recipe you might not know what the dish looks like or what good looks like.

But the image isn't a photo of the result. It's an unrelated image that vaguely looks like what you could make, with a different recipe, and with some skill.

How would a photo of the exact recipe differ? Is this not close enough for 80% of the value. It is similar to Pinterest boards imo.

Turkey, roast beef. It’s meat, isn’t it? Close enough.

The main pic looks like a classic British leg of lamb. So what’s your point? Why post such low quality slop?

As I said I can see the value in this similar to Pinterest boards. It is directionally correct and serves most of the value that a picture does. No perfect but probably close enough for the general audience.

The user needs to be dazzled with slop... is what they must be thinking here

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