Topic: Recording and organising recipes

[George]

Yes,  a bit of a faff I know, but everything is kept together

Notwithstanding what I said in support of keeping things simple, I really like your approach, including the very neat bookshelf graphics. It just goes to show, though, how essential it is to have ingredients mentioned somewhere alongside a video, which is something that not everyone does - no text, no spoken word, nothing. So however the information is recorded and organised, it will be sadly lacking.

[bamble1976]

petrolhead - love it!!!  I am all for the song and dance approach

Regards

Barry

[natterjak]

Petrol head. Interesting approach, thanks. Since I don't need all the functionality of keynote I'm considering the merits of either of the following apps: "My Recipe Book, Your Recipes finally organised" or "Paprika Recipe Manager". Sadly I don't think either would allow for video to be imported into a recipe listing in the way your implementation does, but maybe that would be added in the future.

[fried]

Am I the only one who still uses yellow post-its with orange finger prints and some illegible scrawl that only makes sense the day you wrote it?

[benmitchell88]

Petrolhead that's great that! I was thinking of doing a similar sort of thing but think I will start of the with the folder and wallet way first.  I too download video footage as it always comes in handy when trying to make the recipe exact to what you see rather than copying it step by step off paper :-)

[976bar]

I'm a little like petrolhead.

I make all my recipes into word documents and save them onto my PC. I then just select whichever recipe I want to use, then plug my laptop into the TV in the kitchen and bring it up on screen, where I can read it whilst I am cooking.

No need to print it off where it can get lost or get stuff spilt on it.

[Les]

A couple of the members have mentioned downloading videos from you-tube, could you tell me which softwear you use please,(and Free ;D) I'm having a bit of trouble finding a good one,
thanks

Les

[natterjak]

Les,

Assuming you're using a PC, first visit the youtube page of the video you wish to save, then you can simply edit the URL in your browser's address bar to insert the word "save" before YouTube. So www.youtube.com/xyz123 becomes www.saveyoutube.com/xyz123.

It's been a whole since I used this method and I'm nowhere near a PC to check it now, but trust it still works? It's by far the simplest method I know.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Assuming you're using a PC, first visit the youtube page of the video you wish to save, then you can simply edit the URL in your browser's address bar to insert the word "save" before YouTube. So www.youtube.com/xyz123 becomes www.saveyoutube.com/xyz123.

It's been a whole since I used this method and I'm nowhere near a PC to check it now, but trust it still works? It's by far the simplest method I know.

Sadly now past its sell-by date :
"SaveYouTube is shutting down! Please visit SaveMedia.com instead. Make sure to update your bookmarks!"

I have never used saveyoutube, so do not know whether the savemedia service will be comparable; I use the "Flashgot" plug-in for the Gecko family (Seamonkey, Firefox, ...).

** Phil.

[Les]

Just downloaded this one from Filehippo, Seems to work pretty good and its free

http://www.filehippo.com/download_atubecatcher/

Les

PS
It will install the ASK toolbar, but you can just get rid of it if you don't want it