On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:01:09 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> "Dimitri" > wrote:
>
>> "Morebella Morbid" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:37:12 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >>In article >,
>> >> Morebella Morbid > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it
>> >>> please?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>rec.food.recipes. It doesn't get much activity, but there were two
>> >>posts last Monday.
>> >
>> > that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long ago,
>> > it was very active. What happened? Do you know?
>> >
>> > TY for your reply.
>>
>>
>> IMHO it was just too dry - no banter, no Sheldon, no self proclaimed gifts
>> to the kitchen.
>>
>> Dimitri
>
>It was was it purported to be: a Usenet group where recipes and only
>recipes could be posted; where one didn't have to wade through a bunch
>of sick computers, dead cats, political arguments, smack talk, legal
>threats, or lunatics with an axe to grind in order to find or request a
>recipe that was just a recipe.
>
>It was what was advertised.

Yes, that is what it was and was great for that reason.