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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our
kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it. Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get recommendations from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them. Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of art to keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package? We're happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with commercial is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here. TIA, & apologies again for going o/t. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a
program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles. K "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ... Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it. Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get recommendations from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them. Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of art to keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package? We're happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with commercial is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here. TIA, & apologies again for going o/t. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
Really. You'd need to have ten million ways to search, LOL!
Diana "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles. K "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ... Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it. Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get recommendations from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them. Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of art to keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package? We're happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with commercial is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here. TIA, & apologies again for going o/t. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and out
it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient. -- D. Wain Garrison If you can read you can learn anything For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are. "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles. K "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ... Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it. Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get recommendations from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them. Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of art to keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package? We're happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with commercial is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here. TIA, & apologies again for going o/t. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started
on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one: http://www.livingcookbook.com/ OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware? K Barrett "D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message . .. It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient. -- D. Wain Garrison If you can read you can learn anything For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are. "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles. K "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ... Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it. Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get recommendations from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them. Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of art to keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package? We're happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with commercial is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here. TIA, & apologies again for going o/t. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
Yikes, Omnipage costs $499! gulp!
K "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one: http://www.livingcookbook.com/ OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware? K Barrett "D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message . .. It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient. -- D. Wain Garrison If you can read you can learn anything For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are. "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles. K "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ... Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it. Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get recommendations from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them. Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of art to keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package? We're happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with commercial is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here. TIA, & apologies again for going o/t. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
$499? There goes that idea. Know how many orchids I could eat for $499?
Diana "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Yikes, Omnipage costs $499! gulp! K "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one: http://www.livingcookbook.com/ OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware? K Barrett "D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message . .. It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient. -- D. Wain Garrison If you can read you can learn anything For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are. "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles. K "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ... Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it. Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get recommendations from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them. Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of art to keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package? We're happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with commercial is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here. TIA, & apologies again for going o/t. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
The goolge search I did also came up with the idea of merely using Google
desktop search on the keyword (like 'peanuts') in order to find recipes lost on your harddrive... K Barrett "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message news:Jb1Fh.18829$z6.15870@bigfe9... $499? There goes that idea. Know how many orchids I could eat for $499? Diana "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Yikes, Omnipage costs $499! gulp! K "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one: http://www.livingcookbook.com/ OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware? K Barrett "D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message . .. It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient. -- D. Wain Garrison If you can read you can learn anything For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are. "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles. K "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ... Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it. Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get recommendations from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them. Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of art to keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package? We're happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with commercial is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here. TIA, & apologies again for going o/t. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
A cut down version of Omnipage comes with many scanners (including my Canon
scanner). Your own scanner package may have that or another ocr package that would work as well. Usually the cut down versions only lack all the fancy bells & whistles over & above basic ocr. On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:55:26 -0800, "K Barrett" wrote: Yikes, Omnipage costs $499! gulp! K "K Barrett" wrote in message ... I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one: http://www.livingcookbook.com/ OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware? K Barrett "D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message . .. It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient. -- D. Wain Garrison If you can read you can learn anything For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are. "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles. K "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ... Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it. Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get recommendations from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them. Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of art to keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package? We're happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with commercial is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here. TIA, & apologies again for going o/t. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
Oh, you're talking about ocr. That we have. Frank uses it all the time when
he's scanning recipes. Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message news A cut down version of Omnipage comes with many scanners (including my Canon scanner). Your own scanner package may have that or another ocr package that would work as well. Usually the cut down versions only lack all the fancy bells & whistles over & above basic ocr. On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:55:26 -0800, "K Barrett" wrote: Yikes, Omnipage costs $499! gulp! K "K Barrett" wrote in message m... I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one: http://www.livingcookbook.com/ OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware? K Barrett "D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message . .. It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient. -- D. Wain Garrison If you can read you can learn anything For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are. "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles. K "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ... Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it. Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get recommendations from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them. Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of art to keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package? We're happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with commercial is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here. TIA, & apologies again for going o/t. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
Diana Kulaga wrote:
The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. Di,you can search all the Bon Appetit recipes and others using ingredients and keywords at www.epicurious.com! I use it all the time. Reka, lurking for a bit |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
Good to hear from you.
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:08:22 +0100, Reka wrote: Diana Kulaga wrote: The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. Di,you can search all the Bon Appetit recipes and others using ingredients and keywords at www.epicurious.com! I use it all the time. Reka, lurking for a bit Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
I know. We use it all the time too. It's just that there are some things I
don't want to forget about, so we need to go through the magazines and enter those things into the spreadsheet. How are you, girl? Diana "Reka" wrote in message . .. Diana Kulaga wrote: The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. Di,you can search all the Bon Appetit recipes and others using ingredients and keywords at www.epicurious.com! I use it all the time. Reka, lurking for a bit |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
Diana Kulaga wrote:
I know. We use it all the time too. It's just that there are some things I don't want to forget about, so we need to go through the magazines and enter those things into the spreadsheet. How are you, girl? Diana "Reka" wrote in message . .. Diana Kulaga wrote: The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. Di,you can search all the Bon Appetit recipes and others using ingredients and keywords at www.epicurious.com! I use it all the time. Reka, lurking for a bit Sliding along...lots of stuff going on. You? Reka :-) |
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Way O/T - Recommend a recipe database program?
Sliding along...lots of stuff going on. You?
Busy busy, but fine. Our show's coming up next weekend. 'Nuff said? Diana |
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