ADMIN: About Posting Recipes ;=) - PLEASE READ!

[Guest guest]

Hi again everyone -

 

First of all, I want to thank all the generous people who have shared their

recipes with us - we have a wonderful collection in the Files. Those for this

month's theme 'Mexican' style food, are also in the File marked for the

purpose near the top of the Files folder as well as being filed away under the

appropriate category.

 

Now I am going to ask you to PLEASE READ the following.

 

These are not (yet, at any rate ;=)) in the nature of Rules - but we are going

to

have to follow some guidelines.

 

1. TRIED AND TRUE AND NEW: Please don't present recipes that you

haven't tried yourself and found to be good. We all can take them from books

or the net. And we can all find recipes that we didn't like - don't pass them

on,

just bury them LOL. Also, why not look to see if your recipe (minus perhaps

the smidge of onion powder in the stew, or with the addition of three grapes to

decorate) is already in the Files? Check all possible names, too, to make

sure, then select a name for your recipe that won't necessarily duplicate one

that's there. If you like the naan bread recipe from one of Madhur Jaffrey's

cookbooks and think it's good enough to share, that's really great - but be sure

it isn't already there.

 

2. ETHNIC ORIGIN: Please try to indicate from what region your recipe

originates. We're going to leave a little leeway here, because of 'invented'

dishes and fusion, but please say something like: 'new mexico style' or

whatever. Also, remember everyone isn't familiar with, say, Mexican dishes -

those of you who are, fine; but would you really, if you weren't told, all be

able

to spot the difference between an Indonesian dish and a Malaysian dish? Sri

Lankan and Thai? etc etc. We like to know what we're eating!!!!

 

3. FORMAT: Please present recipes in a recipe format. I don't much care

which one you use right now - that may have to come later.

 

a. Put the *Name* of your recipe in the body of the email (as well as the

subject line) and say whether it's vegan or lacto or ovo or ovo-lacto or

contains honey in brackets/parentheses after it,

 

b. *List* the Ingredients in a column in the order in which they are to be used

AND the quantity of each ingredient. Note: Comments like 'use your

judgement' and ' just throw in as many blah-blahs as you like' don't help

someone who has never tried the cuisine of the region before. Obviously 'salt

to taste' makes sense - unless it is needed for a process in the cooking - as

does '1 to 3 cloves garlic' - but 'garlic to taste' does not make sense because

we need to have a rough idea how much garlic is essential to the integrity of

the dish. Those who hate it can skip the entire dish or risk making something

different from what was intended ;=)

 

c. The method of cooking/preparation follows. Chef's comments, introduction,

are appreciated, wherever, but please keep it to the subject at hand.

Substiutions are also appreciated. Any other info you have worked out, such

as number of people served as main course, for eg, is handy, as is any

nutritional info (but who knows all that!).

 

4. SOURCE: The *source* of your recipe, if you are presenting one that you

have changed little or not at all from the original, would also be a courtesy.

Something like 'Adapted from a recipe in Blahblah's _Veggie Cookbook_' is

fine. And of course if you have made it yours then you don't need to give credit

to anyone but yourself ;=)

 

5. ANNOUNCE YOUR RECIPE IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL.

Start it with RECIPE and then Name your recipe. Do not, please, simply

respond to another email that has 'recipe' somewhere in the subject lline.

Remember, all recipes are shared here, not just for a single member ;=)

 

6. ONE RECIPE PER EMAIL. That's what I said. One. Okay?

 

7. VEGETARIAN SPICE: Remember the theme of the list is Vegetarian Spice.

Spice. Spice. Okay??? Hot and spicy dishes. Others are appropriate and

welcome now and then, but this is Vegetarian Spice LOL

 

Oh, hey, I like these guidelines - it will save a lot of time for me and it will

mean that recipes are filed away very promptly so that all new members can

find them! luverly!!!!

 

Thanks for your patience!

 

Best,

 

Pat (listowner and general dogsbody and co-moderator with Mark) ;=)