On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:04:25 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
wrote:

>On Jun 28, 3:57?am, Christine > wrote:
>> Heya folks,
>>
>> I did it again. ?And I was just getting ready to back everything
>> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. ?But not soon enough, it
>> seems. ?My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die. ?
>>
>> So..I lost all recipes. ? I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
>> years now.
>
>But why... is this recipe saving some sort of fetish... you certainly
>can't possibly need to refer to more than a couple dozen recipes in
>your lifetime... no one needs a recipe for stews, soups, salads,
>caseroles, sandwiches, egg dishes, meat dishes, vegetable dishes...
>unless you're canning/preserving, making sausage, confections, and
>certain baked goods where ratios are important no one who can cook
>even a little bit needs a recipe after the first undertaking.

It is about collecting data. Many of us collect more than we could
possibly use in a lifetime.