After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on the
computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She keeps
her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she hand
searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come from
the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop, but
I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to search
for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the recipe
and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there can
point us in the right direction.

Thanks,

Joan and Karl

wrote:

> After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on the
> computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She keeps
> her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she hand
> searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come from
> the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
> would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
> start.

Mastercook

On 25 Dec 2004 10:48:09 -0800, wrote:

>After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on the
>computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She keeps
>her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she hand
>searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come from
>the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
>would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
>start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop, but
>I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to search
>for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the recipe
>and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there can
>point us in the right direction.

This is what I have been using for quite awhile. I have version 5. I see
they're up to version 8 now. Think it might be time to upgrade?
http://www.valusoft.com/products/mastercook.html

Christmas Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

On 25 Dec 2004 10:48:09 -0800, wrote:

>After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on the
>computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She keeps
>her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she hand
>searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come from
>the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
>would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
>start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop, but
>I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to search
>for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the recipe
>and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there can
>point us in the right direction.

This is what I have been using for quite awhile. I have version 5. I see
they're up to version 8 now. Think it might be time to upgrade?
http://www.valusoft.com/products/mastercook.html

Christmas Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on the
> computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She keeps
> her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she hand
> searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come from
> the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
> would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
> start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop, but
> I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to search
> for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the recipe
> and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there can
> point us in the right direction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joan and Karl
>

Mastercook-definately.

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on the
> computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She keeps
> her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she hand
> searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come from
> the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
> would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
> start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop, but
> I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to search
> for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the recipe
> and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there can
> point us in the right direction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joan and Karl
>

Mastercook-definately.

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on the
> computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She keeps
> her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she hand
> searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come from
> the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
> would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
> start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop, but
> I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to search
> for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the recipe
> and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there can
> point us in the right direction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joan and Karl
>

Mastercook-definately.

In article . com>,
says...
> After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on the
> computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She keeps
> her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she hand
> searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come from
> the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
> would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
> start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop, but
> I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to search
> for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the recipe
> and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there can
> point us in the right direction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joan and Karl
>
>

I've been a Now You're Cooking user for several years. It can import as
well as Mastercook can and is quite a bit less pricey from what I
recall.

http://www.ffts.com/

In article . com>,
wrote:

> After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on the
> computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She keeps
> her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she hand
> searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come from
> the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
> would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
> start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop, but
> I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to search
> for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the recipe
> and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there can
> point us in the right direction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joan and Karl

You should try our software Shop'NCook. You can import plain text
recipes flexibly, categorize and search them.
You can download it for a trial at http://www.shopncook.com .

Mite
Shop'NCook Shopping List & Recipe Manager software
http://www.shopncook.com

> In article . com>,
> wrote:
>
> > After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on
> > the computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She
> > keeps her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe,
> > she hand searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes
> > have come from the newspaper and are well yellowed with age,
> > almost unreadable. I would like to scan her favorite recipes but I
> > do not know where to start. So far, I just put some recipes in a
> > folder on the desktop, but I know that is not the way to go
> > especially if she is going to search for a particular recipe. Most
> > of the time she just requires the recipe and not a lot of
> > superfluous information. I hope someone out there can point us in
> > the right direction.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joan and Karl
>

For the best features to ease of use ratio I recommend Now your Cooking.

--
Starchless in Manitoba.
Type 2 Diabetic 1AC 5.6mmol or 101mg/dl

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on the
> computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She keeps
> her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she hand
> searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come from
> the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
> would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
> start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop, but
> I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to search
> for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the recipe
> and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there can
> point us in the right direction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joan and Karl
>
I've been using Mastercook for years and love it! It comes with many features
but it also is very easy to use. I received the 8.0 version for Christmas
yesterday but I haven't installed it yet. According to the box, it makes
importing web recipes easy which is a new feature for 8.0. I don't think it's
very expensive if you consider all the features it comes with.

Gigi

Tony P. > wrote in
:

>>
>
> I've been a Now You're Cooking user for several years. It can import as
> well as Mastercook can and is quite a bit less pricey from what I
> recall.
>
> http://www.ffts.com/
>

I don't think that $19.99 on line is pricey....What do you think?

The very best recipe storage software is "Now You're Cooking!" which can be
found at http://www.ffts.com/ Simple and intuitive - what more could you
want.

R

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on the
> computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She keeps
> her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she hand
> searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come from
> the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
> would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
> start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop, but
> I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to search
> for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the recipe
> and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there can
> point us in the right direction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joan and Karl
>

Also worth your evaluation is our product, BigOven, at www.bigoven.com.

* Store an unlimited number of recipes with an unlimited number of
keywords
* Drag and drop recipes onto a shopping list to build your own grocery
list, sorted by aisle
* Nutrition analysis
* Built-in access to an online recipe archive of over 150,000 recipes,
where you can rate and post your own
* Drag and drop recipes onto a meal calendar
* ... and more.

Free trial at www.bigoven.com



droopy wrote:
> The very best recipe storage software is "Now You're Cooking!" which
can be
> found at http://www.ffts.com/ Simple and intuitive - what more could
you
> want.
>
> R
>
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> > After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on
the
> > computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She
keeps
> > her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she
hand
> > searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come
from
> > the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
> > would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
> > start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop,
but
> > I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to
search
> > for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the
recipe
> > and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there
can
> > point us in the right direction.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joan and Karl
> >

Also worth your evaluation is our product, BigOven, at www.bigoven.com.

* Store an unlimited number of recipes with an unlimited number of
keywords
* Drag and drop recipes onto a shopping list to build your own grocery
list, sorted by aisle
* Nutrition analysis
* Built-in access to an online recipe archive of over 150,000 recipes,
where you can rate and post your own
* Drag and drop recipes onto a meal calendar
* ... and more.

Free trial at www.bigoven.com



droopy wrote:
> The very best recipe storage software is "Now You're Cooking!" which
can be
> found at http://www.ffts.com/ Simple and intuitive - what more could
you
> want.
>
> R
>
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> > After many years, I finally convinced my wife to store recipes on
the
> > computer. I am sure everyone is familiar with the problem. She
keeps
> > her recipes in a long slender box. When she needs a recipe, she
hand
> > searches all the recipes in the box. Some of the recipes have come
from
> > the newspaper and are well yellowed with age, almost unreadable. I
> > would like to scan her favorite recipes but I do not know where to
> > start. So far, I just put some recipes in a folder on the desktop,
but
> > I know that is not the way to go especially if she is going to
search
> > for a particular recipe. Most of the time she just requires the
recipe
> > and not a lot of superfluous information. I hope someone out there
can
> > point us in the right direction.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joan and Karl
> >

On 29 Dec 2004 11:14:33 -0800, scribbled
some thoughts:


>Also worth your evaluation is our product, BigOven, at www.bigoven.com.
>
>* Store an unlimited number of recipes with an unlimited number of
>keywords
>* Drag and drop recipes onto a shopping list to build your own grocery
>list, sorted by aisle
>* Nutrition analysis
>* Built-in access to an online recipe archive of over 150,000 recipes,
>where you can rate and post your own
>* Drag and drop recipes onto a meal calendar
>* ... and more.
>
>Free trial at www.bigoven.com


That takes some nerve, helping via a spamvertisement! It is
one thing for somebody else to direct a poster to the
software and mentioning that it is shareware. But to
actually say that your software can achieve what they want,
but you can only try it as it is shareware. Were it myself,
I'd either give it away, or not reply in the first place.

--

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| (©) (©)
Andrew H. Carter | ------ooo--(_)--ooo------
d(-_-)b | /// \\\

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:26:55 -0500, Andrew H. Carter
> wrote:

>On 29 Dec 2004 11:14:33 -0800, scribbled
>some thoughts:
>
>
>>Also worth your evaluation is our product, BigOven, at www.bigoven.com.
>>
>>* Store an unlimited number of recipes with an unlimited number of
>>keywords
>>* Drag and drop recipes onto a shopping list to build your own grocery
>>list, sorted by aisle
>>* Nutrition analysis
>>* Built-in access to an online recipe archive of over 150,000 recipes,
>>where you can rate and post your own
>>* Drag and drop recipes onto a meal calendar
>>* ... and more.
>>
>>Free trial at www.bigoven.com
>
>
>That takes some nerve, helping via a spamvertisement! It is
>one thing for somebody else to direct a poster to the
>software and mentioning that it is shareware. But to
>actually say that your software can achieve what they want,
>but you can only try it as it is shareware. Were it myself,
>I'd either give it away, or not reply in the first place.

In fairness, they =did= give a number of free copies to people in this
forum when they launched it. I got one and tried it out. Big Oven is a
nice program and there were some very good features that other
software I have used didn't have. In the end though, I went back to
Now You're Cooking. I would, however, recommend either one of them; it
just boils down to preference, IMO.

Regards,
Tracy R.