Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Sky wrote:
>
>> Buh......buh....buhhhhhh....But!!!!!! There's a difference between a
>> hard copy in hand versus an ephemeral post on usenet! I like to have
>> the "book" (hard copy) so I can get it somewhat sloppy with (food)
>> splatter! <G> Yes, I could print the individual recipe on a piece
>> of paper, but that defeats the purpose of the book, doesn't it (?).
>
> I *prefer* printing recipes to use that day; I can use it and then
> throw it away after it's all grease-spattered and covered with fish
> guts. I sometimes even type up recipes from cookbooks so that I can
> print them out and thereby spare my cookbook the dangers of (for
> example) errant droplets of Bufalo chipotle sauce getting onto their
> pages.
>
Gotta agree with you here Bob. I do the same sorta thing these days.
Ruined a good cookbook once by spilling something all over it...
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:52:30 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>> Sky wrote:
>>
>>> Buh......buh....buhhhhhh....But!!!!!! There's a difference between a
>>> hard copy in hand versus an ephemeral post on usenet! I like to have
>>> the "book" (hard copy) so I can get it somewhat sloppy with (food)
>>> splatter! <G> Yes, I could print the individual recipe on a piece
>>> of paper, but that defeats the purpose of the book, doesn't it (?).
>>
>> I *prefer* printing recipes to use that day; I can use it and then
>> throw it away after it's all grease-spattered and covered with fish
>> guts. I sometimes even type up recipes from cookbooks so that I can
>> print them out and thereby spare my cookbook the dangers of (for
>> example) errant droplets of Bufalo chipotle sauce getting onto their
>> pages.
>>
> Gotta agree with you here Bob. I do the same sorta thing these days.
> Ruined a good cookbook once by spilling something all over it...

i prefer to think 'battle-scarred' rather than 'ruined.'

your pal,
blake