Chocolate Lover
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 27, 2015 15:36:36 GMT -5
Couple of thoughts without reading everything........ I see they already mentioned magnets on tablet cases. Good. If you go the tablet route get one you can read comfortably on (the screen isn't THAT big and some pages won't let me zoom and lose the ads on the side, not many but still...) and be sure to disable the timeout feature that'll put it in standby in a certain number of minutes. Trying to start it back up without getting whatever you already have on your hands all over it isn't fun. I print and put in sheet protectors in a binder. I could make tabs for categories but find that I need it for the first few times and then I have it pretty well down and don't need to look anymore.
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Post by wyouser on Jan 27, 2015 15:54:53 GMT -5
I am fully and totally a believer in the "sheet protection" many of you refer too. As a "left-handed" male who tends to really get involved with a creation....meaning I tend to really get into my work which then rapidly expands over everything in the vicinity. I mean, its really hard to read the "Serbian Bean Soup" recipe after it has been drowned in Serbian Bean Soup. "all hail the protective recipe cover!
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Jan 27, 2015 15:56:10 GMT -5
You need Pinterest. Bad.
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Post by tskeeter on Jan 29, 2015 14:56:38 GMT -5
My mom uses index cards and stores them in a file box I am not that organized Glad to hear that your Mom is a true Luddite. A hold over from the days when recipes were written out long hand and transmitted hand to hand.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Jan 29, 2015 15:11:41 GMT -5
Current, Inc. based in Colorado Springs always offered cute little recipe cards. The top of the index card said: From the kitchen of Mary Jones Smith etc. That way the person receiving the card always knew who the recipe came from. And the fancy recipe box that sat on the counter or in a little desk was a treasure trove of goodies and information.
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 29, 2015 15:41:36 GMT -5
My MIL gave me the family box of recipes. I have no idea where I put it. More craps to store.
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Post by alabamagal on Jan 29, 2015 19:51:45 GMT -5
My mom uses index cards and stores them in a file box I am not that organized Glad to hear that your Mom is a true Luddite. A hold over from the days when recipes were written out long hand and transmitted hand to hand. Actually my Mom is far from a Luddite. She has an IPhone, IPad, and notebook computer and uses them daily. She just does her recipes the old fashioned way so she can just pull out a note card when cooking. When I ask her about a recipe she just takes a pic on her phone and sends me a picture message from her Iphone
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Post by Apple on Jan 29, 2015 23:23:53 GMT -5
I handwritten recipes. My dad types them up, but my mom still writes them for me. One of my favorites was an old family one (from gramma's old recipe box). I even made sure she wrote down "remove from the fire" part of the directions.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2015 0:35:37 GMT -5
I have two beautiful binders that coordinate with my kitchen decor that contain all my magazine clippings and Internet printouts. I keep them sitting on a kitchen counter. I use tab dividers to keep things organized into several categories so that finding recipes is easier.
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Post by garion2003 on Jan 30, 2015 9:21:10 GMT -5
I have a pile of papers that I've printed. A while back I bought a binder and sheet protectors but never got around to finishing the project. Yes, it would be more organized. But for some reason, I still shuffle through my stack. One time I did use my kindle fire to show the recipe, that worked okay but as someone warned upthread the screen kept going dark on me.
Some day I'll find my binder and hopefully finish it
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Post by Abby Normal on Jan 30, 2015 12:26:07 GMT -5
A little off topic, but we did a create my cookbook a couple years ago. DH's family has a bunch of holiday recipes that his grandmother and mother have made forever. One year and uploaded the recipes and took photos when they were made. Organized them by holiday and had them print copies for all the women in the family, plus a few extra who marry in eventually.
So basically, we have a family cookbook with all the "secret" recipes in it.
But- for everyday recipes- I use a 3 ring binder as well and just print copies off.
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Chocolate Lover
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 30, 2015 12:41:28 GMT -5
A little off topic, but we did a create my cookbook a couple years ago. DH's family has a bunch of holiday recipes that his grandmother and mother have made forever. One year and uploaded the recipes and took photos when they were made. Organized them by holiday and had them print copies for all the women in the family, plus a few extra who marry in eventually. So basically, we have a family cookbook with all the "secret" recipes in it. But- for everyday recipes- I use a 3 ring binder as well and just print copies off. We have one of those with all of Aunt's recipes in it. Some in her handwriting (which are printed elsewhere, since her penmanship is not great lol)
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Post by MN-Investor on Feb 1, 2015 19:59:47 GMT -5
My sister-in-law lives and breathes her iPad. However, for recipes, she uses something like the above. I've never looked at hers closely, but I found this Vertical Recipe Keeper at Amazon which uses the same principle. The recipes are in sheet protectors.
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Post by weltschmerz on Feb 3, 2015 19:15:33 GMT -5
I handwritten recipes. My dad types them up, but my mom still writes them for me. One of my favorites was an old family one (from gramma's old recipe box). I even made sure she wrote down "remove from the fire" part of the directions. I wish my mom could have written down her recipes. She was an amazing cook. Alas, she couldn't write.
I've tried to find reasonable facsimiles online, but they're not even close. Some don't exist at all, like her vermicelli cake, Manchurian salad and carp roe spread.
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