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Old 25-01-2013, 13:30
Miss Poppy
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I've got 3 lever-arch files with sections - meat (ie, red meat), chicken, pasta, soup, vegetarian, side dishes etc... also have 'red wine recipes' and 'white wine recipes' for when have got some left over to use up.

Of course there's overlap in the sense that some soup recipes might use chicken, or whatever.

I also have a failsafe recipe section where I put my faves and ones I know will aways work

I tend to put the recipes in clear folders - some torn from magazines, others photocopies copied from my recipe books (even ones I own.. otherwise I'd forget about them)

Am currently re-organising them and wondering whether it's a good idea to have some of them in twice (ie, photocopying the chicken/soup recipes and having them in both sections).

Am a fan of filing stuff/keeping things organised so interested to hear your methods!
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Old 25-01-2013, 17:49
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I tend to alter recipes to my own tastes after I've tried them a couple of times, and most of the time I just ad whatever i feel when I'm making it, as long as the basics are right, then I find experimenting is the best way, if it works, then I remember it for next time.
So my filing system is my head
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Old 25-01-2013, 18:43
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I tend to alter recipes to my own tastes after I've tried them a couple of times, and most of the time I just ad whatever i feel when I'm making it, as long as the basics are right, then I find experimenting is the best way, if it works, then I remember it for next time.
So my filing system is my head
^ This
I may look up a recipe on line for the basics
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Old 25-01-2013, 18:44
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I tend to alter recipes to my own tastes after I've tried them a couple of times, and most of the time I just ad whatever i feel when I'm making it, as long as the basics are right, then I find experimenting is the best way, if it works, then I remember it for next time.
So my filing system is my head
Me too. TV and internet for inspiration then internet for detail and reminders when necessary. However, I don't bake cakes, bread etc where you have to be more precise.
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Old 25-01-2013, 22:36
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I tend to paste recipes onto numbered pages of a spring box file with an index at the front. Have several of these now! Also keep a separate account of ones that I've tried and are successful for easy perusal when giving a dinner party.
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Old 25-01-2013, 22:50
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I have a system like Maw Broon's cookbook going on. There are scrawled recipes on bits of paper, torn off recipes from food packets, recipes printed from the computer and loads from magazines. I have a document wallet stuffed full !
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Old 25-01-2013, 22:56
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I tend to just search for recipes on the internet, knowing enough about what it is 'm trying to find again.
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Old 26-01-2013, 09:53
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When I get a really good recipe I hand write it into a book I have. That way I absolutely know that anything I cook from that book is going to be a winner. I'm pretty ruthless about what goes in there mind.
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Old 26-01-2013, 21:39
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I have two different designs of these: http://www.ktwoproducts.com/products...spberries_1060

One full of mains, the other with starters, soups etc, I tend to print out internet recipes and then write on the changes I've made or possible alternatives
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Old 28-01-2013, 10:51
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I've got 3 lever-arch files with sections - meat (ie, red meat), chicken, pasta, soup, vegetarian, side dishes etc... also have 'red wine recipes' and 'white wine recipes' for when have got some left over to use up.

Of course there's overlap in the sense that some soup recipes might use chicken, or whatever.

I also have a failsafe recipe section where I put my faves and ones I know will aways work

I tend to put the recipes in clear folders - some torn from magazines, others photocopies copied from my recipe books (even ones I own.. otherwise I'd forget about them)

Am currently re-organising them and wondering whether it's a good idea to have some of them in twice (ie, photocopying the chicken/soup recipes and having them in both sections).

Am a fan of filing stuff/keeping things organised so interested to hear your methods!
I do all mine online and save into the "binder". Then use my iPad to use my recipient when cooking. Much easier and all inane place
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Old 28-01-2013, 11:21
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I use my iPad in the kitchen.

I used to have folders.
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Old 28-01-2013, 11:34
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I use my iPad in the kitchen.

I used to have folders.
Me too! I have to cut down on paper in this house as we're going for the minimalist look. I copy & paste into the note section too.
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Old 28-01-2013, 12:09
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Most are stored in my head. I do try a lot of things I see on the internet though.
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Old 30-01-2013, 06:51
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they`re in my head, i mostly do my own thing anyway.
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Old 30-01-2013, 07:24
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I only have about 25 dishes I make.

They're all committed to memory so I don't need a book/file.
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Old 30-01-2013, 08:23
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I have a selection of cookery books on the bookshelf and a notebook where I write tried and tested recipes. Then I've got a scrapbook, where I paste in recipes from the internet, or the back of packets or from magazines and newspapers that I want to try. Once tried, if they're worth keeping, they get upgraded to the other notebook.

The handwritten notebook is the most used. Every couple of years I rewrite it when it's become a bit dog eared or spilled on. If I find things in there that I've not made for a while, so they get the heave ho in the rewrite.

I know I could have this catalogue on my laptop or printed out and in a file, but I quite like the old school feel of the notebook and enjoy the time I spend rewriting it.

Edit - I see Digital Spy reckons to know what sort of notebook I'm talking about and has automatically linked the word to something on Amazon. Cheek!
The notebooks I use are hadbacked A4 ones from a stationers.
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Old 10-02-2013, 22:17
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I use Evernote for storing all kinds of info. Its brilliant and free. http://www.evernote.com/
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