Topic: Recording and organising recipes

[JerryM]

natterjack,

i've just collated mine into a single page - it's surprisingly useful as it raises all sorts of questions on comparing the individual recipes produced separately and over time.

[Les]

All my recipes, vids and info go into 3 folders, (one for each category) which I then make into a rar/zip file and put on cd/dvd, You never know when that little blighter of a PC is going to crash

Les

[colin grigson]

For the same reasons as Les above .. I write mine longhand into an old diary .. it's only for curries and related stuff so I'd be well peeved if I lost it !!   

[Whandsy]

Hi NJ
I have used my ipad to capture the relevant recipe as a photo snapshot and so have a photo album on the ipad entitled curry stuff. I also intend to print these off at some stage as I have a printer linked to it with airprint facility
W

[timeless]

PDF or docs on iPad

[DalPuri]

I just want to add that i use notepad because its so Simple. I hate anything that is memory hungry and takes an age to open.
I also save the folders in 3 places just incase... 
Desktop pc, Laptop and Memory stick.

Frank. 

[George]

I just want to add that i use notepad because its so Simple.

I agree. Why use google docs? What's the advantage over notepad? Even just logging on to google must run the risk that they can monitor everything you do. I don't trust them.

[rallim]

Copies, copies and even more copies  : 1. Main curry folder on two laptops with menu folders within, similar to Stephen Lindsay along with folders for bases, starters, mains, breads, deserts and so on. 2. Copies of this folder onto two external harddrives. 3. A copy on a memory stick. 4. Printed copies kept in a binder. 5. Lastly, copies sent to my on-line email. Anal I know but!  :

[bamble1976]

Hi

I have all the recipes I fancy in my untried curries folder in a format similar to CA's recipes.  I have all the tried and tested curries, starters etc in my best recipes section laid out like a menu.  I then have my finished recipes i.e. the recipes I am 100% happy with, in a laminated ring binder so dont get curry splashes as I found I would be printing them out all the time then throwing out the paper.

George - Are you ex CIA or just paranoid??  I dont think google or anyone else is going to be too interested in what curries people are eating.

regards

Barry

[Petrolhead360]

just to add my approach.
Over the years I have purchased books, collected cuttings and made notes stored in folders.
I decided to use the technology I had already bought and gave it a try.

I currently use an iPad along with my PC (Mac)
I wanted to bring together some of the YouTube videos along with the ingredients all on one screen.
I used the Keynote app to bring it all together
As the video plays in a window I can read the ingredients and keep up in real 'cooking' time in the kitchen.
As this was mainly for practice I have built up a library of notes and recipes stored in the ipads ebook/pdf facility.

Yes,  a bit of a faff I know, but everything is kept together on the move and is a good reference when I'm at work and need to buy some ingredients on the way home.

Video/ingredients


eBook & PDF collection.


In the kitchen with iPad