Guest guest Posted July 18, 1999 Report Share Posted July 18, 1999 Rudy: This is a good question -- probably one that many have, but just haven't asked. The program is MasterCook, by Sierra. The 5.0 version was just released, and there are previous versions as well. I also have the 4.0, and I am keeping it along with 5.0 for now. The reason I made this a MasterCook list is because I'm the list owner and can make up whatever rules I want to. LOL! I'm joking!! Seriously though, before I purchased MasterCook several years ago, I thoroughly looked into the various cooking programs, and believe that MasterCook is the very best one -- still do. There are lots of us MasterCook enthusiasts, and I am lucky enough to have many of them on this list. The other one you mentioned, MM (for Meal Master) is also acceptable to use on this list because those recipes are considered to be in " MasterCook format " . In other words, they will import into the MasterCook program without having to do any special formatting. Meal Master is now a free program that can be downloaded from: http://goinside.com/eatery/mm.html I have been on many recipe lists over the years and, to be honest, one of the things I really hated was recipes that were is all sorts of inconsistent formats. Many were virtually illegible. I wanted a specific format so the recipes would be very clear, easy to read, and easy to understand, and I wanted them to be consistent. The other thing is that those of us with MasterCook can easily import the recipes posted on the list right into MasterCook in mere seconds. About once a week or so I import the recipes directly from the mail folder they are in into a cookbook in MasterCook. Whether it's just a few recipes or literally hundreds, they go into the cookbook in just seconds. It is very difficult to keep up with recipes (especially the number of them that are posted on a list such as this) in a word processing program. With MasterCook, you can do searches for a particular recipe or type of recipe or ingredients or whatever search parameters you set in just seconds. Everything is so nicely organized. You can keep hundreds of thousands of recipes this way. Everyone is welcome to just collect the recipes on the list if they want to, and no one is required to post anything. However, if they do, yep, the rule is, it must be in MasterCook format. There are plenty of other lists that are not MasterCook lists. Hope this explains things better. Hope you're enjoying the list! Karen C. Greenlee List Owner Rudy Leon wrote: > " Rudy Leon " <releon > > I have _vegetarian oyster flavored sauce_ that i got a local asian > store. It's by Oriental Mascot, $1.69 for 16 oz.... With no MSG > added, either! I actually don't think it would be very hard to find, it's > way way cheaper than actual oyster sauce. > > ....And thanks for asking a question that didn't require MasterChef > formatting! I've really enjoyed being on the list for the past couple > of weeks, and you may even have convinced me to get the software > (definitely have convinced me that my mom needs it...). It just > makes it hard to contribute recipes, tho. > > I am almost certain my mailbox will regret my asking this, but why > Master Chef over the other one, whose name escapes me, but is > shortened to MM? > > Also, last week someone asked about freezing berries, and I > bought last month's Cooks Illustrated magazine especially for their > piece on freezing summer fruits. Unfortunately, the issue seems to > have disappeared.... email me offlist if you still want the answer > when I find the issue. > > good to meet y'all! > > Rudy > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > > ONElist announces " FRIENDS & FAMILY! " > > See homepage for details, including our weekly drawing! > > ------ > To post to list: " Veg-Recipes " > To contact List Owner: " Veg-Recipes-owner " > Subscribe or Un through ONElist site: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 1999 Report Share Posted July 18, 1999 Uhmmm, Karen, Isn't it also a " rule " of This List that the Recipes also be VEGETARIAN? Smiles, Janabana > Everyone is welcome to just collect the recipes on the list if they want > to, and no one is required to post anything. However, if they do, yep, the > rule is, it must be in MasterCook format. There are plenty of other lists > that are not MasterCook lists. > Hope this explains things better. Hope you're enjoying the list! > > Karen C. Greenlee > List Owner > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 1999 Report Share Posted July 19, 1999 Karen, thanks for taking the time for such a thoughtful reply! What I'm realizing is that I wasn't very clear on what I was asking -- why did the folks on this list choose the mastercook software -- although, many were probably like me, choosing the software after finding the list, because Yeah! it's impossible to keep orderly on email of Word the huge variety of recipes which come around!--as opposed to Meal Master (*especially* if meal master is a free program!); what benefits does *this* software program offer over others, not really asking why a program at all -- your dead on right on all your reasons, and I have come to agree with them completely in just two short weeks. So, feel free to respond or not as your time and will permit. And thinks for making the list, it's really a great resource. Rudy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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