From my thread on "A Square Meal":

....I like to take a pencil and mark a recipe with symbols, according to whether it falls under the category of "take it or leave it" or "do not repeat" or "DEFINITELY cook this again." Comes in handy years later, when you don't even remember using that recipe!


How many here do something like this? Details?


Lenona.

wrote:
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> From my thread on "A Square Meal":
>
> ...I like to take a pencil and mark a recipe with symbols, according to whether it falls under the category of "take it or leave it" or "do not repeat" or "DEFINITELY cook this again." Comes in handy years later, when you don't even remember using that recipe!
>
> How many here do something like this? Details?

I do rate new meals as either "make this again" or not.

> wrote in message
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From my thread on "A Square Meal":

....I like to take a pencil and mark a recipe with symbols, according to
whether it falls under the category of "take it or leave it" or "do not
repeat" or "DEFINITELY cook this again." Comes in handy years later, when
you don't even remember using that recipe!


How many here do something like this? Details?


Lenona.

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I do, I have a folder for recipes that I will use again and often, but don't
have for do not repeat, probably should mark in books etc., now that I'm
older and the memory is not as great as it once was.

Cheri

"Cheri" wrote in message ...


> wrote in message
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From my thread on "A Square Meal":

....I like to take a pencil and mark a recipe with symbols, according to
whether it falls under the category of "take it or leave it" or "do not
repeat" or "DEFINITELY cook this again." Comes in handy years later, when
you don't even remember using that recipe!


How many here do something like this? Details?


Lenona.

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I do, I have a folder for recipes that I will use again and often, but don't
have for do not repeat, probably should mark in books etc., now that I'm
older and the memory is not as great as it once was.

Cheri

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I love to experiment and do so all the time. I make notes as I go along
until I get it right/the way we like it. After that? No.


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On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 11:21:09 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> From my thread on "A Square Meal":
>
> ...I like to take a pencil and mark a recipe with symbols, according to whether it falls under the category of "take it or leave it" or "do not repeat" or "DEFINITELY cook this again." Comes in handy years later, when you don't even remember using that recipe!
>
>
> How many here do something like this? Details?

I just check for the food stains on the page.

Cindy Hamilton

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 1:05:49 PM UTC-4, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 11:21:09 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> > From my thread on "A Square Meal":
> >
> > ...I like to take a pencil and mark a recipe with symbols, according to whether it falls under the category of "take it or leave it" or "do not repeat" or "DEFINITELY cook this again." Comes in handy years later, when you don't even remember using that recipe!
> >
> >
> > How many here do something like this? Details?
>
> I just check for the food stains on the page.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Forgot to say, I have a heterogeneous collection of recipes: cookbooks,
printouts in three-ring binders, and a box of 5x7 index cards (and folded
sheets of paper).

If I get something off the net, I save it to a file. When I use it the
first time, I print it. If I want to make changes, I update the file
on my PC, and then print it the next time I make it. Once it's stable,
I tuck it into a binder or the index card box (which is mainly my
husband's).

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy, you just confessed to what I do. You should see my cookbook page
for pie crust, for cinnamon rolls, for meatloaf, etc. they are all kinda messy.

N.

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 5:22:57 PM UTC-4, Nancy2 wrote:
> Cindy, you just confessed to what I do. You should see my cookbook page
> for pie crust, for cinnamon rolls, for meatloaf, etc. they are all kinda messy.
>
> N.

Personally, I believe that if you like a certain cookbook - or even just one recipe in it - you should work to keep it clean. If you're hoping to give it to a friend/relative when you die and it's now out of print, chances are that person will be repelled by a dirty cookbook.

I just keep the cookbook a couple of steps away from the action. I've already splattered one page of the "Anne of Green Gables" cookbook, and I don't want to do that again.


Lenona.

On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:36:37 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 5:22:57 PM UTC-4, Nancy2 wrote:
>> Cindy, you just confessed to what I do. You should see my cookbook page
>> for pie crust, for cinnamon rolls, for meatloaf, etc. they are all kinda messy.
>>
>> N.
>
>Personally, I believe that if you like a certain cookbook - or even just
>one recipe in it - you should work to keep it clean.
>I just keep the cookbook a couple of steps away from the action.
>I've already splattered one page of the "Anne of Green Gables"
>cookbook, and I don't want to do that again.

For the few recipes that you actually refer to what is so difficult
about scanning the page and printing the recipe? In this computer age
there is *never* a reason to bring a cookbook into the kitchen... can
even jot the list of ingredients on a scrap of paper... anyone who
needs to constantly refer to a recipe throughout preparing the entire
dish has no business in a kitchen anyway.

On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 11:41:01 AM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:36:37 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
> >On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 5:22:57 PM UTC-4, Nancy2 wrote:
> >> Cindy, you just confessed to what I do. You should see my cookbook page
> >> for pie crust, for cinnamon rolls, for meatloaf, etc. they are all kinda messy.
> >>
> >> N.
> >
> >Personally, I believe that if you like a certain cookbook - or even just
> >one recipe in it - you should work to keep it clean.
> >I just keep the cookbook a couple of steps away from the action.
> >I've already splattered one page of the "Anne of Green Gables"
> >cookbook, and I don't want to do that again.
>
> For the few recipes that you actually refer to what is so difficult
> about scanning the page and printing the recipe?

Wastes paper, but then again, I don't care about keeping my cookbooks
all that clean. They're tools, and the occasional dab of butter is
a sign that they're not just for show.

> In this computer age
> there is *never* a reason to bring a cookbook into the kitchen... can
> even jot the list of ingredients on a scrap of paper... anyone who
> needs to constantly refer to a recipe throughout preparing the entire
> dish has no business in a kitchen anyway.

So, because I can't remember an ingredients list for 10 minutes, I
have no business in a kitchen. Excellent! I'll be at your place
for dinner tonight. Thanks. Mind if I bring my husband?

Cindy Hamilton

Sorry, my messy pages date back 55 years or so...no computer, printer or
scanner/copier. I became much neater as I got older. Those recipes I
mentioned are actually in only three specialized BH&G books.

N.

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 9:21:09 AM UTC-6, wrote:
> From my thread on "A Square Meal":
>
> ...I like to take a pencil and mark a recipe with symbols, according to whether it falls under the category of "take it or leave it" or "do not repeat" or "DEFINITELY cook this again." Comes in handy years later, when you don't even remember using that recipe!
>
>
> How many here do something like this? Details?
>
>
> Lenona.

Either the recipe is good or it gets deleted never to see the light of day again. I don't have much patience with so-so recipes.
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 08:21:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> From my thread on "A Square Meal":
>
> ...I like to take a pencil and mark a recipe with symbols, according to whether it falls under the category of "take it or leave it" or "do not repeat" or "DEFINITELY cook this again." Comes in handy years later, when you don't even remember using that recipe!
>
>
> How many here do something like this? Details?
>
Times change, tastes change. I used to mark the variations I made on
cookbook recipes occasionally, but I use internet recipes now - so I
copy the recipe, make notes of what I changed and keep the doc in a
folder with pictures of what I made. I have a general folder of
recipes and another one for recipes that I LOVED. However, even the
recipes in that one aren't repeated very often. There's too much that
I'd like to try out there.

I'm getting ready to recreate the lamb chops served with Greek style
roasted potatoes that were combined with haricots verts and chunks of
raw tomato. It was very tasty indeed!

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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.