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Post by gar on Jan 16, 2022 12:10:09 GMT
As well as online recipes I have some recipe books I use a lot and I was given a new one at Christmas too. When I try new recipes I always write notes on the page so that when I go back to it again I will see that the recipe was a little heavy on the mushrooms for our taste, or something was a bit bland and needs more seasoning or that the quantities were too generous and I only need to make 2/3 of the quantity or whatever. My sister saw this and obviously thought I have done something terrible by writing in a book. I wouldn't ordinarily write in books but to me a recipe book is a tool and the notes are very useful to me. Do you do this?
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Post by dewryce on Jan 16, 2022 12:22:58 GMT
If I can’t find it online I make a copy of the page and write on that. Once we decide that we are going to keep the recipe I add it to paprika with my notes and link to original recipe (if it’s available).
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Post by oliquig on Jan 16, 2022 12:23:42 GMT
Yes, if I’ve made permanent substitutions. It’s a cookbook, not prized literature.
I also have a small notebook for recipes I normally make double/triple/half what the original recipe calls for.
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Post by maryannscraps on Jan 16, 2022 12:25:52 GMT
Always - it's fun to flip through an old book and see my rating system. Yummy or Yucky. I note changes I made and what I should change. It makes it so much easier to keep track of what I do.
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Post by gar on Jan 16, 2022 12:44:27 GMT
Always - it's fun to flip through an old book and see my rating system. Yummy or Yucky. I note changes I made and what I should change. It makes it so much easier to keep track of what I do. We're on the same page. I plan my week's meals ahead and I can flip through and think "Oh I'll try that again and tweak it a little" or see something I've forgotten that we enjoyed  |
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Post by Basket1lady on Jan 16, 2022 12:46:06 GMT
Absolutely! Especially since I’m dairy free as well as no onions or garlic. I adapt recipes a lot and will add notes to a recipe almost every time.
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 16, 2022 13:14:41 GMT
Yes, definitely, especially things like "too salty as written" or "used half-and-half instead of heavy cream", etc.
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Post by Jockscrap on Jan 16, 2022 13:20:23 GMT
My recipe books are heavily annotated, especially a really excellent one for the IP but virtually every recipe is way too light on herbs and spices for me so I have noted to double or triple them, add chilli etc all for the place.
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Post by dawnnikol on Jan 16, 2022 13:31:36 GMT
I write notes in my cookbooks, on the online recipe (when I print it), or on my recipe cards. I use pencil to write who in the family liked what, too.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jan 16, 2022 13:34:15 GMT
I circle every recipe that I try in a cookbook and then make notes as well. Sometimes I add a date and the occasion in my notes and it’s fun to run into those memories as I flip through. If it’s a recipe I use a lot, I’ll even jot the name and page number on the cover of the book for quick reference.
I have two well-used cookbooks from my husband’s grandmother and it tickles me that she wrote in hers too.
Nothing I love better to find at an estate auction than a dog-eared cookbook full of notes.
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Post by littlemama on Jan 16, 2022 13:35:26 GMT
Yes, all the time!
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Post by gar on Jan 16, 2022 13:49:47 GMT
I circle every recipe that I try in a cookbook and then make notes as well. Sometimes I add a date and the occasion in my notes and it’s fun to run into those memories as I flip through. If it’s a recipe I use a lot, I’ll even jot the name and page number on the cover of the book for quick reference. I have two well-used cookbooks from my husband’s grandmother and it tickles me that she wrote in hers too. Nothing I love better to find at an estate auction than a dog-eared cookbook full of notes. That reminds me that after my Mum died and I was visiting Dad, I went to the kitchen to look at her books and to see if he minded if I took some with me and he’d got rid of them all!! 😩 All those years of her expertise, experience, family favourites etc. - gone! He just hadn’t stopped to think when he’d been having a bit of a sort out and was heartbroken when he realised I would have loved to have kept some. Ho hum, what’s done is done, it wasn’t intentional. |
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Post by gramasue on Jan 16, 2022 14:05:42 GMT
I circle every recipe that I try in a cookbook and then make notes as well. Sometimes I add a date and the occasion in my notes and it’s fun to run into those memories as I flip through. If it’s a recipe I use a lot, I’ll even jot the name and page number on the cover of the book for quick reference. I have two well-used cookbooks from my husband’s grandmother and it tickles me that she wrote in hers too. Nothing I love better to find at an estate auction than a dog-eared cookbook full of notes. That reminds me that after my Mum died and I was visiting Dad, I went to the kitchen to look at her books and to see if he minded if I took some with me and he’d got rid of them all!! 😩 All those years of her expertise, experience, family favourites etc. - gone! He just hadn’t stopped to think when he’d been having a bit of a sort out and was heartbroken when he realised I would have loved to have kept some. Ho hum, what’s done is done, it wasn’t intentional. @gar - that would have broken my heart, too. Poor Dad, I bet he felt so bad. Some of my most precious keepsakes are recipes written in my Mom's hand and kept in the little metal box she used for her favourites. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jan 16, 2022 14:07:42 GMT
I'm terrible. I write in all my books without hesitation. I make notes. Everything.
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Post by MorningPerson on Jan 16, 2022 14:10:56 GMT
I circle every recipe that I try in a cookbook and then make notes as well. Sometimes I add a date and the occasion in my notes and it’s fun to run into those memories as I flip through. If it’s a recipe I use a lot, I’ll even jot the name and page number on the cover of the book for quick reference. I have two well-used cookbooks from my husband’s grandmother and it tickles me that she wrote in hers too. Nothing I love better to find at an estate auction than a dog-eared cookbook full of notes. That reminds me that after my Mum died and I was visiting Dad, I went to the kitchen to look at her books and to see if he minded if I took some with me and he’d got rid of them all!! 😩 All those years of her expertise, experience, family favourites etc. - gone! He just hadn’t stopped to think when he’d been having a bit of a sort out and was heartbroken when he realised I would have loved to have kept some. Ho hum, what’s done is done, it wasn’t intentional. This happened to me also. While I ultimately was so glad that my Dad was the antithesis of a hoarder, there were some things I would have loved to have a chance to keep. ::sigh:: |
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Jan 16, 2022 14:12:43 GMT
Absolutely! That's how I remember what I liked, didn't like, what changes to make next time. If anyone keeps them when I'm gone, then they will know all my secrets! They'll also be able to tell which were our favorites due to all the spots and dried splatters on certain pages!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2022 14:23:13 GMT
Yes, I do and have since I was a kid! I borrowed my mom's Betty Crocker Cooky Book from the 60's and not only did it have stains but notes she and I made in it about recipes for various desserts. Made me smile when I saw that. That was done in pencil.
I use pen to write notes since the cookbook pages are slicker now.
I also make notes on printed recipes.
Funny thing is, almost 100% of the time blog recipes are changed.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jan 16, 2022 15:30:03 GMT
Oh gar, how sad. They would have been a lovely keepsake to have.
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Post by auntkelly on Jan 16, 2022 15:41:48 GMT
Yes, I write in cook books. I love to read the notes in my grandmother's cook books and to see her handwriting.
I write notes in all types of books, as long as I own them. I love to go back through books I've already read and reread the highlighted passages and the notes I've written in the margins. It's one of the things I miss when I read ebooks. You can type notes and highlight passages in ebooks, but it's not the same as doing it in an actual book.
I buy a lot of second hand books and I always love to read other people's notes.
I've lately been brushing up on my French skills (or I should say lack thereof). I bought a used copy of French for Dummies. There are lots of really helpful notes in the margins.
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Post by melanell on Jan 16, 2022 15:58:22 GMT
My system has always been that once we try a recipe, if we like it enough to make it again, it goes on to a card in my recipe box. Then I can make any changes to it that I wish. If we have a book that we consistently make a lot of recipes from, then I tend to use post-it notes for any reminders I may want for the future. I'm a bit of an odd duck in regards to writing in cookbooks. If I buy a second-hand cookbook at a book sale or rummage sale, and I find writing in it, I think that's a really fun discovery, and consider it to be a bonus.  Yet, in my own books, I can't bring myself to write in them!  |
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Post by ~summer~ on Jan 16, 2022 16:15:00 GMT
I cook mostly from cookbooks and yes I write in them!
I always write the date and a brief note if we liked it and if we should make again.
My mom did the same thing.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jan 16, 2022 16:15:19 GMT
I have the Susan Branch recipe binder.
It's a binder filled with decorative pages that are blank where the recipe goes. The recipes have to be written in.
It filled with instructions and recipes that I have written in there.
I have the instructions on how to prepare the Thanksgiving turkey and how to make the homemade gravy and breakfast potatos (fried in bacon grease).
Mostly it's the basic notes for whatever the food.....cook at 350 for 30 minutes, etc.. that way I dont undercook or overcook.
I don't enjoy cooking. I cook because I have to eat.
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Post by kelly8875 on Jan 16, 2022 16:37:12 GMT
I don’t know if I have, but I absolutely would make notes. I’m not a strict recipe follower, they’re more just general guidelines for me lol.
If I know I’ve made changes that are a lot, I’ll just re-write the recipe and put it in the recipe box.
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Post by shamrock on Jan 16, 2022 17:16:58 GMT
Of course I write in my cookbooks! I make notes about what to add or remove. I’ll often write the date when I made it. I’ll write who in the family really liked it or who didn’t.
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Post by birukitty on Jan 16, 2022 18:14:25 GMT
I'll admit it I'm the odd duck out. I don't write in my books. I adore books and to me writing in them is defacing them-yes even in my own. Yes, even cookbooks. But that's just me.
Most of the time I cook from cookbooks. Often I will alter recipes once I've made them according to the instructions at least once. When I do I use post it notes inside the cookbook to write down what I want to remember for next time.
Post it notes work perfectly for me in this case and they come in a lot of different sizes.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 16, 2022 18:32:13 GMT
I'll admit it I'm the odd duck out. I don't write in my books. I adore books and to me writing in them is defacing them-yes even in my own. Yes, even cookbooks. But that's just me. Most of the time I cook from cookbooks. Often I will alter recipes once I've made them according to the instructions at least once. When I do I use post it notes inside the cookbook to write down what I want to remember for next time. Post it notes work perfectly for me in this case and they come in a lot of different sizes. This is me too. I can’t bring myself to write in any book, even the types that have places for you to specifically write things in. I.just.can’t.do.it. Thank the good Lord for the invention of the Post It Note, and I have many recipes in books that have Post It notations in them. However, I do write notes all over the plain paper printed from the internet recipes all the time, and get annoyed if I can’t find my marked up copies with my notes on them. |
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Post by joelise on Jan 16, 2022 18:38:33 GMT
I often write in a cook book, sometimes I like to tweak recipes but forget what I did! My niece’s DH was horrified that I look through a new cook book and turn the corner of the page over if I like the look of a recipe. Whilst I wouldn’t do that with any other sort of book, I’m such a messy cook that after following a recipe you can tell by the sticky stains on the page which dishes I’ve cooked. I learnt not to treat cookbooks as special!
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Post by msliz on Jan 16, 2022 18:46:46 GMT
DH's grandmother did, and I have her cookbook. Her writing in the margins is what makes it special.
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Post by gar on Jan 16, 2022 18:57:31 GMT
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Jan 16, 2022 19:00:02 GMT
My system has always been that once we try a recipe, if we like it enough to make it again, it goes on to a card in my recipe box. Then I can make any changes to it that I wish. If we have a book that we consistently make a lot of recipes from, then I tend to use post-it notes for any reminders I may want for the future. I'm a bit of an odd duck in regards to writing in cookbooks. If I buy a second-hand cookbook at a book sale or rummage sale, and I find writing in it, I think that's a really fun discovery, and consider it to be a bonus. Yet, in my own books, I can't bring myself to write in them! This is me too! I write any notes for recipes that we've tried on a post-it note and stick them in the cookbook on the recipe's page. But I cannot bring myself to actually write directly in the book. For recipes I find on a blog or anywhere online, if we like it I print it and write my notes on the printed page before adding it to my binder of online staple recipes. Sometimes instead of printing it directly I cut and paste it into Word on my recipe template (I made one; yeah, I'm a geek like that), which has a space for recipe notes. I do have a few cookbooks I've gotten at thrift stores and it's definitely a bonus when they have recipe notes written in the margins. I have a *very few* of my mom's recipe books with her writing on them and it's endearing. (Like gar, most of my mom's cookbooks were given away by accident when she passed. She had sorted them into 2 stacks: "donate" and "keep", but the wrong stack was donated.  ) |
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