Great idea! I have various homemade charts that I've whipped up over the years that I thought would be a good idea to include -- like grain, rice and legume cooking charts (how much water, how much time, to soak or not to soak), and flour conversions (to cook bread with barley flour, for example, instead of wheat). Conversion of measurements is another good one to have.
And every cookbook should have a glossary of cooking terms it uses. Not everyone knows what "braise" or "rue" means. Maybe we can presume on one of our pros like Beccy to whip up a glossary?
I think I have finally managed to read through all the other cookbook threads. Clearly, there's interest! So here's the deal:
------------------------------------------------ Ya'll email me your favorite stuff to: nicole castle at attbi dot com (spam filter... you know the format)
If it's a recipe: Please include the title of the recipe in the subject line (it'll help me sort), and in the body include the recipe, your MudCat handle, geographic location, and your real name if you want to include it. If you want to include a few lines of intro or history on the recipe, that'd be great. These should all be original recipes, right, so we don't get in trouble publishing something from elsewhere?
If it's a song: Please include the lyrics and music notation. Dots would probably be best, since it's more universal. It should be either an original or public domain, so no one gets in trouble. Include copyright info if needed.
If it's poetry or art or a joke or a story or a photo or something else: Just send me the text or image, and any 'splaining if you need to. I can accept most formats, but a postscript or generic image format like JPG or TIF would probably be best just in case.
If you need to send me a hard copy, that's fine, I can do all the electronic converting here. Just email or PM me for my address.
--------------------------------------------- Deadline for submissions: April 18, 2003 Anticipated release date: mid-May 2003 Format/cost of cookbook: TBD. ---------------------------------------------
If anyone has a line on cheap printing, let me know. I think it would be nice to have a real book, even if it's just a spiral-bound book. It's hard to cook off a computer screen!