In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:28:01 -0700, "Steve B"
> > wrote:
>
> > How many people have a computer in their kitchen? A friend of mine has
> > one,
> > and I thought it was a tv monitor. She can pull up recipes while she's in
> > the kitchen. I don't know if I would put an Internet capable computer in
> > there, but to just have a keyboard, mouse, and screen on the bar top, or
> > hidden away would be okay just for storage. Recipes could be imported by
> > flash drive, and if the other internet programs weren't running, it
> > wouldn't
> > take much RAM or hard drive, as it would be mostly text. I have two old
> > computers that are smaller that would work.
> >
> > Anyone doing this?
> >
> When I don't feel like printing off a recipe, I'll take the netbook
> into the kitchen. We have WiFi so I can get the internet in the
> kitchen and if that's what I need, I have the option. I don't like
> using the computer while I'm cooking though because I usually have
> dirty hands and don't clean them off very well before touching the
> keyboard. I could make quite a mess out of it if I did that with any
> regularity.

Just lay a piece of plastic wrap across the keyboard, and tuck the sides
under. Same for the screen, if you're really messy...

Isac