zxcvbob wrote on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:05:30 -0500:

> madis wrote:
>> I want to enter my recipes into a program. Which one is the most
>> used and liked? I dont want to have to redo it if I
>> find out what I'm using isnt the best.
>>
>> Thanks for your help/input

> I use "wordpad" and generally store then as .rtf files. Some of my
> older files are in .txt format, but I prefer to use a
> *little* bit of formatting (like bold titles)

I use MS Word. I have a folder called simply Food with a sub-folder
called Tested where I move recipes I have liked. I don't use anything
much more complicated because I seldom find myself asking what can I
make with what I've got. I keep notes on how to cook things and also
general notes like Chilis in Tested.

I don't format recipes much until they go into Tested. This has several
sub-sub-folders for categories that I find useful. The recipes in Food
may be copied from news groups, copied or down-loaded from the Web or
sometimes scanned and run thro OCR. I find a downloaded freeby program
called PureText very useful for removing ads, creative decorations and
peculiar fonts when the web page does not have a Print button to get an
undecorated version.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not