Moving from one place to another during my long life I
have lost many good recipes. The software "Now You're Cooking" was
recommended to me. I'm wondering how many good cooks use recipe software.
Which software seems the most practical to use? Is there a software into
which one can download recipes to save the bother of typing each recipe into
the system? I'm sure I would eat much better if I had a handy list of good
recipes from which to make my day --- or week. Suggestions on organizing and
keeping track of recipes will be
appreciated. Thanks. Bill Boylan

"Bill Boylan"

Moving from one place to another during my long life I
have lost many good recipes. The software "Now You're Cooking" was
recommended to me. I'm wondering how many good cooks use recipe software.

Good cooks don't need recipes. Did Michaelangelo decorate the Cistine Chapel
with paint by numbers... when was the last time you saw Pavorotti perfoming
while referring to music.... how would you feel if while getting ready for
departure you saw the pilot board arms loaded with a stack of flight manuals.
If everytime you prepare a dish you need to pull out a recipe then you're not
any kind of cook... you're less than a burger flipper... even they don't need a
recipe.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

"Bill Boylan"

Moving from one place to another during my long life I
have lost many good recipes. The software "Now You're Cooking" was
recommended to me. I'm wondering how many good cooks use recipe software.

Good cooks don't need recipes. Did Michaelangelo decorate the Cistine Chapel
with paint by numbers... when was the last time you saw Pavorotti perfoming
while referring to music.... how would you feel if while getting ready for
departure you saw the pilot board arms loaded with a stack of flight manuals.
If everytime you prepare a dish you need to pull out a recipe then you're not
any kind of cook... you're less than a burger flipper... even they don't need a
recipe.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

Mastercook and MealMaster are the "de facto" standard in exchanging recipes.
I use Mastercook (version 7.0, it is alive and kicking!) and have got easily
over 25,000 in it. I find it easy to go to any web site and do a cut and
paste into Mastercook. You do have to edit a couple of things but 95% of the
work is done for you.

Check out this site:
http://www.madsrecipes.com/ and see what all you can just import.

If you go with NYC just make sure that it works on mastercook or mealmaster
format files. Then google and find the recipe sites for importing.

Bob

"Bill Boylan" wrote in message
news:V11ac.37378$Ft.2888@lakeread02...
Moving from one place to another during my long life I
have lost many good recipes. The software "Now You're Cooking" was
recommended to me. I'm wondering how many good cooks use recipe software.
Which software seems the most practical to use? Is there a software into
which one can download recipes to save the bother of typing each recipe
into
the system? I'm sure I would eat much better if I had a handy list of good
recipes from which to make my day --- or week. Suggestions on organizing
and
keeping track of recipes will be
appreciated. Thanks. Bill Boylan

Mastercook and MealMaster are the "de facto" standard in exchanging recipes.
I use Mastercook (version 7.0, it is alive and kicking!) and have got easily
over 25,000 in it. I find it easy to go to any web site and do a cut and
paste into Mastercook. You do have to edit a couple of things but 95% of the
work is done for you.

Check out this site:
http://www.madsrecipes.com/ and see what all you can just import.

If you go with NYC just make sure that it works on mastercook or mealmaster
format files. Then google and find the recipe sites for importing.

Bob

"Bill Boylan" wrote in message
news:V11ac.37378$Ft.2888@lakeread02...
Moving from one place to another during my long life I
have lost many good recipes. The software "Now You're Cooking" was
recommended to me. I'm wondering how many good cooks use recipe software.
Which software seems the most practical to use? Is there a software into
which one can download recipes to save the bother of typing each recipe
into
the system? I'm sure I would eat much better if I had a handy list of good
recipes from which to make my day --- or week. Suggestions on organizing
and
keeping track of recipes will be
appreciated. Thanks. Bill Boylan

"PENMART01" wrote in message
...
"Bill Boylan"

Moving from one place to another during my long life I
have lost many good recipes. The software "Now You're Cooking" was
recommended to me. I'm wondering how many good cooks use recipe software.

Good cooks don't need recipes. Did Michaelangelo decorate the Cistine
Chapel
with paint by numbers... when was the last time you saw Pavorotti
perfoming
while referring to music.... how would you feel if while getting ready for
departure you saw the pilot board arms loaded with a stack of flight
manuals.
If everytime you prepare a dish you need to pull out a recipe then you're
not
any kind of cook... you're less than a burger flipper... even they don't
need a
recipe.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

You did not spell Pavarotti correctly...AHAhahahahahahahaha

"PENMART01" wrote in message
...
"Bill Boylan"

Moving from one place to another during my long life I
have lost many good recipes. The software "Now You're Cooking" was
recommended to me. I'm wondering how many good cooks use recipe software.

Good cooks don't need recipes. Did Michaelangelo decorate the Cistine
Chapel
with paint by numbers... when was the last time you saw Pavorotti
perfoming
while referring to music.... how would you feel if while getting ready for
departure you saw the pilot board arms loaded with a stack of flight
manuals.
If everytime you prepare a dish you need to pull out a recipe then you're
not
any kind of cook... you're less than a burger flipper... even they don't
need a
recipe.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

You did not spell Pavarotti correctly...AHAhahahahahahahaha

"larrrrrrrrrry" lisped:
You did not spell Pavarotti correctly...AHAha


Why, something about your eyes prevents you from you from recognizing that big
mouthed WOP?

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .



---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

"larrrrrrrrrry" lisped:
You did not spell Pavarotti correctly...AHAha


Why, something about your eyes prevents you from you from recognizing that big
mouthed WOP?

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .



---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

"PENMART01" wrote in message
...
"Bill Boylan"

Moving from one place to another during my long life I
have lost many good recipes. The software "Now You're Cooking" was
recommended to me. I'm wondering how many good cooks use recipe software.

Good cooks don't need recipes. Did Michaelangelo decorate the Cistine
Chapel
with paint by numbers... when was the last time you saw Pavorotti
perfoming
while referring to music.... how would you feel if while getting ready for
departure you saw the pilot board arms loaded with a stack of flight
manuals.
If everytime you prepare a dish you need to pull out a recipe then you're
not
any kind of cook... you're less than a burger flipper... even they don't
need a
recipe.



How do good cooks GET good? By following recipes initially, and then
improvising on their own. Eventually you don't need them.

"PENMART01" wrote in message
...
"Bill Boylan"

Moving from one place to another during my long life I
have lost many good recipes. The software "Now You're Cooking" was
recommended to me. I'm wondering how many good cooks use recipe software.

Good cooks don't need recipes. Did Michaelangelo decorate the Cistine
Chapel
with paint by numbers... when was the last time you saw Pavorotti
perfoming
while referring to music.... how would you feel if while getting ready for
departure you saw the pilot board arms loaded with a stack of flight
manuals.
If everytime you prepare a dish you need to pull out a recipe then you're
not
any kind of cook... you're less than a burger flipper... even they don't
need a
recipe.



How do good cooks GET good? By following recipes initially, and then
improvising on their own. Eventually you don't need them.

"Kswck" writes:

"PENMART01" wrote:
"Bill Boylan" wrote:

Moving from one place to another during my long life I
have lost many good recipes. The software "Now You're Cooking" was
recommended to me. I'm wondering how many good cooks use recipe software.

Good cooks don't need recipes. Did Michaelangelo decorate the Sistine
Chapel
with paint by numbers... when was the last time you saw Pavorotti
perfoming
while referring to music.... how would you feel if while getting ready for
departure you saw the pilot board arms loaded with a stack of flight
manuals.
If everytime you prepare a dish you need to pull out a recipe then you're
not
any kind of cook... you're less than a burger flipper... even they don't
need a
recipe.

How do good cooks GET good? By following recipes initially, and then
improvising on their own. Eventually you don't need them.

Um, you're making a fallacious assumption, not everybody gets "good"... in fact
the vast majority never get any better at cooking than someone with a tin ear
gets at playing the piano, no matter how many lessons they are made to take.
Being a good cook *requires/mandates* innate talent. Following recipes is the
first clue that one is a lousy cook and will always be so.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

"Stern_fan" stern_fan(AT)hotmail.com wrote in message
...
Mastercook and MealMaster are the "de facto" standard in exchanging
recipes.
I use Mastercook (version 7.0, it is alive and kicking!) and have got
easily
over 25,000 in it. I find it easy to go to any web site and do a cut and
paste into Mastercook. You do have to edit a couple of things but 95% of
the
work is done for you.

Check out this site:
http://www.madsrecipes.com/ and see what all you can just import.

If you go with NYC just make sure that it works on mastercook or
mealmaster
format files. Then google and find the recipe sites for importing.

Out of interested, I downloaded a trial copy of living cookbook from a
site someone recommended. I wasn't impressed. Could not get Mastercook
since I live outside the States - not that I would have bought it anyway.
They don't offer a trial copy.
E.

"PENMART01" wrote in message

Being a good cook *requires/mandates* innate talent. Following recipes is
the
first clue that one is a lousy cook and will always be so.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

Cooking *good* does not really take THAT much talent.. YOUse can do it...
right? Ahhahahahahahahahah

Larrrry lisped:

"PENMART01" wrote:

Being a good cook *requires/mandates* innate talent. Following recipes is
the
first clue that one is a lousy cook and will always be so.

Cooking *good* does not really take THAT much talent.. YOUse can do it...
right?

That's true, I can, but cooking talent is not all that rare, which is why cooks
aren't paid like rock stars, but one still needs to possess that talent, and
the only way is to be born with the ability... one can learn *about* cooking
from a book but it's not possible to become a good cook [doing] from any book,
or from any source. Someone possesing innate cooking ability needs to be shown
but once... then by sensory perception and practice hones their skills.

Cooking ability is like sexual ability... I'm positive some of yoose out there
have/had partners for many years that weren't any good to begin with and no
matter how much practice they never got better... and then the right one comes
along and very first occasion knows to play you like the maestro does an
orchestra.

Now Larrry, you wimpy limp wristed lisper, stay in your corner and keep yer
ignorant yap shut.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."