# Noble Notations

> A structured repository of recipes, ingredients, techniques and batch logs. Every recipe is versioned: it gets refined across revisions instead of being re-derived from scratch.

A recipe here has a stable address and a history. Its ingredients and
steps belong to a numbered revision, and every revision records why it
exists. Nothing is edited in place.

Add `.md` to any recipe URL to get the recipe as Markdown, without the
page around it. For example https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/recipes/<slug>.md

## Recipes

- [Laab Ped](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/recipes/laab-ped.md): Duck leg mince rendered dry in its own fat, dressed off the heat with fish sauce and lime. No sugar anywhere — this is the Isaan/Lao register, not the central Thai one. Toasted glutinous rice is a functional ingredient rather than a garnish: ground coarse, it adsorbs the free dressing and holds it against the meat.
- [Beef Wellington: Moisture Control as the Whole Problem](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/recipes/beef-wellington-technique.md): Research on why Wellingtons fail and what the techniques that fix them are actually doing — octagonal searing, duxelles dehydration, layered moisture barriers and two-stage baking.
- [Demi-Glace](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/recipes/demi-glace.md): Classical demi-glace with a dual-bone foundation, triple clarification and a staged reduction. A preparation other recipes pull in rather than a dish.
- [Berlin Boil](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/recipes/berlin-crayfish-boil.md): A crayfish boil scaled for 50 people, built around the Louisiana crayfish that have become invasive in Berlin’s waterways. Includes where to actually get them.
- [Pickled Jalapeños](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/recipes/pickled-jalapenos.md): A refrigerator pickle in a 1:1 vinegar and water brine. Ready in a day, keeps two months.
- [Baumy Biltong](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/recipes/baumy-biltong.md): The current specification: a 10 kg batch with 321.7 g of wash and a dredge sized for coverage rather than by ratio alone.

## Indexes

- [All recipes](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/recipes): every recipe, newest first.
- [Cuisines](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/cuisines): recipes grouped by where the dish comes from.
- [Categories](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/categories): every tag, grouped by category type, each with an explanation.
- [Ingredients](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/ingredients): the canonical ingredient list, with aliases and substitutes.
- [Experiments](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/experiments): recorded runs of a revision, with measurements.
- [Archive](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/archive): the notes that predate the database, verbatim.
- [Search](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/search?q=): free text, ingredient and tag search.
- [Sitemap](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/sitemap.xml): every URL.

## Size

- Recipes: 6
- Tags: 50
- Ingredients: 59

## For agents that can connect

This site is also an MCP server. Connecting gives you search and the
ability to add a revision to a recipe, which is better than writing a
second copy of a recipe that already exists.

- [Connect](https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/connect): how to add the connector.
- MCP endpoint: https://noble-notations.ryanjnoble.dev/api/mcp/mcp
- Call `get_started` first. It explains the data model and the rules.