| Have you collected a sizable number of recipes over | | | | sweetened evaporated milk, and there is none on |
| the years? For example, think of your grandmother's | | | | the shelf, you might include how you can use a |
| special baked yams. Or, during the holidays, consider | | | | mixture of a tablespoon of sugar or honey as a |
| the wonderful mint lamb that your mom always | | | | substitute. Also, if the recipe asked for a particular |
| cooks. An important part of being a cook is using a | | | | name of a food manufacturer, a similar food, but |
| recipe. This is primarily why recipes that are valuable | | | | with a different manufacturer may be able to be |
| to us, are cataloged. These are important things to | | | | used instead, and can be noted on the recipe. |
| you, yet, if their ingredients and cooking instructions | | | | What Is Your Perfect System |
| are not ever written down, they probably would get | | | | Jotting down notes on an index card and then storing |
| lost forever. | | | | them in a file box is the typical way to keep recipes. |
| If you let this happen, you will might miss another | | | | In addition to this method or several other storage |
| important part of being a good cook. You would be | | | | options. There are a lot decorative kitchen binders |
| not able to pass on these specialties to your future | | | | that can hold many pages of recipes. Today, you can |
| generation or anyone that is close to you. Besides | | | | keep a track of your recipes on a hand held PDA or |
| preparing great food, tracking your recipes is a way | | | | desktop computer. It all depends on what best suits |
| to preserve tradition. | | | | your style and personality. |
| Here, in the text below, are some tips to get you | | | | Expanding Your Collection |
| started. | | | | Even if you do not cook that often, as time goes |
| Put Everything In Writing | | | | by, you will probably end up gathering many recipes. |
| Keeping track of how you prepare foods is important | | | | A good way to manage your collection is to design it |
| and well worth doing. Even though, it may not appear | | | | in such a way that it can be expanded. That is one |
| relevant right now, consider what would happen if | | | | of the key points as to why the familiar file box |
| you suddenly could not remember one final ingredient | | | | method remains popular. Putting the recipe in the |
| or the right baking temperature. What if it has been | | | | index file is simple. Consider also, that you could do |
| years since you cooked the recipe and you | | | | the same thing with a binder or a file on a computer. |
| completely forgot it? The chances of this happening | | | | Any one of these methods will provide you with the |
| to you will be slim, if you keep detailed notes. That | | | | ability to grow your collection easily as you store |
| way, no matter what you may forget, you will | | | | another new recipe. |
| always have your notes as a backup. | | | | For more tips and help on how to use recipes to help |
| As you store recipes for many years, you may also | | | | you become a better cook, visit the Internet where |
| want to add what substitutes can replace an | | | | you can purchase an ebook on everything you ever |
| ingredient. For example, if one recipe calls for | | | | wanted to know about cooking but could never ask. |