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What does /ck/ use to keep track of recipes? I've been keeping a 3-ring binder but it's annoying to make copies when friends or family want a recipe. I'm a software engineer and I've been thinking about making a simple recipe app in my spare time because all the ones already out there are too damn complicated.

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>> No.5394663

>>5394661
txt files

>> No.5394664

.txt files

>> No.5394665

All in my head, brah

>> No.5394691

>>5394665
hell yeah nigga

keep it all in the mind palace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmueuSRJrZc

>> No.5394692

.txt. files

>> No.5394705

My brain

>> No.5394713

I looked at a number of free ones a few years ago and concluded that cooks can't design apps or user interfaces for shit. Every one of them was shit for no good reason.

>> No.5394720

>>5394713
Probably because they were made by cooks trying to be software engineers, not software engineers trying to be cooks.

>> No.5394725

>>5394661
Store all your recipes digitally. Print out a copy for yourself, hole punch it and throw it in your binder for quick reference when you're in the kitchen. If somebody wants a copy, just print off another one.
My recipes are text files in a folder, that's it.

>> No.5394775

>>5394661
what about .txt files

>> No.5394836

>>5394725
This. Whether you scan something, save a pdf, or print screen something online. Just have a folder for "recipes" and keep your text files organized how you wish inside. All the "search" functions of ingredients within a file or file name are usable. I have folders for specific holidays spreads, or family recipes.

>> No.5394838

OP again. I'm thinking of having a system where the recipes are stored in .txt files, but are built like Markdown - that is, there's annotation in the file that looks stylish and is human readable, but is formal enough that an app can read them and display them, or find nutrition facts, or make them searchable and taggable, and any number of things besides. Would any of you be interested in such a thing?

>> No.5394845

>>5394838
You can mock up a cookbook all you want. There's really no reason to increase efficiency or organization beyond you finding it when you want it. Seriously. Don't overthink it.

>> No.5395134

I put my recipes in a doc on Google Drive.

>> No.5395353

I'm very fond of Evernote. Search options, tags, multiple device syncing.
Also it has the extremely useful clipper which integrates with the browser to quickly export recipes on websites into Evernote format.
I've collected more than 1000 recipes this way, works great.

>> No.5395377

There's a lot to be said for Pinterest for stuff like that

>> No.5395391
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5395391

I write them down in this journal. Its not convenient but its cute looking. also just bookmarking links.

>> No.5395432

>>5395391
have fun without any backup

>> No.5395445

I use evernote. I either clip or record manually recipes I have made or developed. I can organize it easily. I also have ziplist.

>> No.5395475

>>5395445
Can you attach pictures in Evernote? I can't remember. Might start doing this.

>> No.5395623

GNU Emacs/org-mode

>> No.5396516

>>5395391
>cute looking
>molesquine
just use a mac you fag

I write them down on onionskin paper with an H4 pencil, looseleaf because I'm not one of them gays. That's just for other peoples complex recipes that I have not internalized, otherwise I use mah brain.

>> No.5396534

For the stuff I actually print out I have a leather case that I made with an elastic strap in it. I fold the piece of paper in half, stick it under the elastic, tie the leather folder back up and keep going.

It's like those leather notebook covers but much simpler.

Then when I want to use a recipe again I just flip through and pull out the one I want.

>> No.5396552

>>5396534
go onionskin, never look back
Plus it feels like you are reading a top secret missive from apocalypse now.

>> No.5396557

>>5396516
You realize you're just as pretentious a douchebag as the guy you're bitching out, right? You're just on the opposite end of the spectrum.

>> No.5396581

>>5395623
>>>/g/

>> No.5396600

This thread makes me feel like an alcohol, the only recipes I have written down are for home brew beer.

I have a user account on allrecipes.com and I normally just save my food recipes there and I have a few of my own that I've uploaded. I can access them from anywhere there is an internet connection then.

>> No.5396614

>>5396557
do you understand jokes?
I was echoing him and being facetious but I do like fucking onionskin, that I do stand by.

>> No.5398468

>>5394661
I use index cards in an index card holder because it's cheap ahaha. I have dividers to keep different types of recipes separate. My categories are: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, and Drinks. If I were to get really serious about recipe keeping though, I'd probably type all of my recipes alphabetically into a text file and use hashtags for easy categorization/searching or something. It'd be nice because I'd be able to put things into multiple categories and stuff. I could give them holiday or season categories or whatever

>> No.5398479

>>5396600
You actually made an account there, I always find that they have the worst recipes for any dish, but sometimes they add extra ingredients so I usually will get a couple ingredients from there and then use them in the recipe from another site