I dropped by, and to what was my pleasant surprise for about 45 seconds, discovered that this group was being used. It was going to be used, eventually, anyway, at least by me, once a few projects going on elsewhere get going, but the contributions were spontaneous. That's a good thing, usually, but this time, it wasn't, because the contributions were spam. Did some of you even read the description of the group, on the way in?

"Recipes for food prepared using liqueurs, or to be served with liqueurs, and photos of the food made using these recipes."

Got it? This is not a generic food group. Practically not a recipe to be found in any of what you posted, but a lot of foodstuffs that had nothing to do with liqueurs. Macarons, for example - grandmother would have called them "soupirs", which literally means "sighs", and the name never fit better, though usually it does so for a nicer reason. Ground almonds, eggwhites and sugar - please, people. I used to make those back in kindergarten. Did you think I wouldn't know that these were a booze free confection?

Somebody shows up with a sauceless meat sandwich, but what was even better - and this is why I'm thinking of sipping rooibos tea in the middle of the morning - was that somebody had the nerve to drop by and ask to use what is supposed to be a real cooking group in order to publicize a poll about the abomination that is fast food. Which chain do I like the most? That's like asking me which is my favorite strain of flu. Either way, I'm fairly sure that I'd survive the experience, but I'm not going to be crazy enough to seek it out.

I'm going to delete the off topic postings, and hide that fast food message, and try to forget that you folks did this, while I go sip my rooibos and go into my happy place. It's a warm, wonderful figurative location in which I seldom give any thought to just how much I would like to ... but let's not even go there.  Let's just say that you all obviously know how to read, so you knew better than to do what you did, and just didn't care. You didn't respect the forum or the reason it was created. You trashed the place, and now probably are going to expect me to thank you for having done so.

I find that very disappointing.