Do you like to copy and save recipes from the internet?

@jofeli (502)
Indonesia
February 3, 2010 2:46am CST
I don't know when I love to collect recipes from the net, but I found it fun. Many recipes are not even published in cook books, and those are the rare ones. I used to buy cook books but now, I don't think I would since finding a recipe that I want is way easier on the net. I love to copy and then save them. Occasionally I would print them and keep them. I also love to cook / bake from those recipes. What about you? Do you love to copy and save recipes from the internet? Or you just buy cook books instead?
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@illfavors (590)
• United States
3 Feb 10
We do that almost every week. We are on a diet so it makes it easier for us to have the recipes to plan each meal for the week and helps us stick to only what we need to get for the recipes when we go to the grocery store. It saves time and money for us.
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@jofeli (502)
• Indonesia
4 Feb 10
I agree. We don't have to go to a book store to find cook books while we can sit and browse for online recipes at home. Good luck on your diet, though.
@epicure35 (2814)
• United States
5 Feb 10
The internet offers a ready way to copy and collect recipes, so I've begun using it to get immediate results for recipes I need. I still get many cookbooks as gifts and would continue to buy those books that have authors or recipes I have sought out before. I also use the internet to try to find recipes for certain restaurant dishes I want to learn to duplicate. I've not had great success though. Generally, though, I can copy recent Food Network recipes I may be interested in.
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@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
3 Feb 10
I get recipes off of people's blogs or from recipe websites. I also get recipes form cookbooks. Usually i make them and then change them based on what I like.
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@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Yes i love collecting recipes from the internet too. Im compiling them into what i call The Neverendng Cookbook on a DVD disk. With pictures whenever possible. I also have a file on it call "health facts". Sometimes i print them out to take to the kitchen then save them ina 3 ring binder in sheet protectors. Those are the ones i use frequently.
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• Philippines
3 Feb 10
I don't actually save it on my computer.. I print it instead.. haha
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3 Feb 10
Oh yes definitely I ave a folder dedicated to it. It is something I have really been doing alot of the moment, It is fun and is also expands from recipe repertoire, I would have to have countless amounts of books to hold the amount of recipes I have from the net. I also collect them from magazines especially the free magazines that you get in the supermarket. Now to save on space I think I will start to scan the recipes and save them instaed of filing in my binder because my binder is very full.
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
30 Mar 10
Well i do save some of them yea but i still do not have time to try them out yea .
• Philippines
9 May 12
Hi there jofeli! Yes, I do find some interesting recipes online. I do copy them. I get them saved in word format. There are so many interesting recipes online. It is also very accessible. Buying cookbooks can be very expensive so I might as well rely on the recipes I see online.
@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
Yeah, I used to copy and save recipes from the internet when i was new to cooking. i would copy and save filipino recipes that are easy to prepare like sinigang, tinola, menudo, monggo, afritada and adobo among others. since, i have been cooking for more than three years, i don't copy and save recopes from the internet anymore.. but if i want to learn a new dish, i would visit my favorite filipino cooking site and check what are the ingredients i need to prepare, how to cook it, etc.. you know, if given a wonderful opportunity, i would like to enroll myself into a culinary school and be a famous chef..
@BART78 (2927)
• Canada
3 Feb 10
i used to have several cook book but with the advent of internet it is easy to get recipe, yes i do collect interesting recipe and try to cook them if i have time..
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@onida143 (117)
• India
3 Feb 10
ofcourse even i love to collect the recipes from the internet beacuse we can find many intresting tips and also new recipes from the internet rathr than books because if u compare with books then we need to purcchase them but these day internet gives lot of things for free and u can download unlimited of receipes of my own chocie so i prefer to copy and save the recipes from the internet which really give some new and tasety recipes and i would even love to serve them to the people
@jofeli (502)
• Indonesia
4 Feb 10
Yeah, the good thing about saving recipes from the net is that they are free!
@alinka (184)
• Greece
3 Feb 10
Nope.I gave up on that because every time i've tried one of the online recipe it turns into a failure.So i just read it to lear new tricks or ways to mix ingredients.
@jofeli (502)
• Indonesia
4 Feb 10
I've experienced that as well. Some of the recipes didn't work out. In that case, I usually use my instincts to fix that, and made some corrections on the recipes that I saved.
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
hello, i can tell you i don't really cook.. especially when i am alone.. i use to go out and buy in fast food to take my meal in a day. but when i got married those days really change a lot... my hubby always like to eat at home and so i do become problematic of which food do i serve especially dinner... so now i learn thru internet everyday i got recipes here... and i cook different foods everday... :)
@dasj20 (127)
• India
4 Feb 10
hi arlene what you say is just followed in my life.
• Philippines
5 Aug 10
Hi Jofeli, I love collecting cook books as much as downloading and collecting recipes from the internet. You are right to say that most of the exquisitely rare recipes are found mostly on the internet but I love the photographs in most cookbooks and sometimes I try to cook recipes that look appetizing and meals that are new to me. I don't print recipes however but I keep them in an external hdd.
@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
11 Feb 10
I do actually. Well, not those complicated meal recipes. I cant cook that well, I cant even cook at all.LOL That's why Im fond of looking for those easy to make, no bake dessert recipes being that I soo love dessert. Whenever I find those small recipe treasures on the net that I could really do in a short amount of time and with no great amount of fuss Im sure to print them out. I have a plastic booklet where I keep all of my found recipes. I sometimes modify my own recipes and I also love to experiment in the kitchen.^_^ My Mom has cookbooks but I dont buy those kinds of books for myself. My Mom already has enough.LOL I cant do those recipes in the cookbooks, well, not yet anyway.LOL
• Boston, Massachusetts
30 Mar 10
Hi Jofeli, i love cooking and i used to buy and collect cook books. now with the new technology i love browsing the net for varied recipes. it's practical and less expensive than buying recipe books. so i copied recipes in the net and kept it in my favorites.
@millertime (1394)
• United States
9 Feb 10
I love the internet. Whenever I want to make something new, I always check the internet for recipes. I usually find several similar to what I want to make and I always save them and print out the one I am going to attempt. A lot of times, looking at some will lead me to others and I end up saving several recipes for something totally different than what I was looking for in the first place. Hmmmm... Maybe that's why I'm overweight...
• Bangladesh
6 Feb 10
Yes, my friend! I like to copy and save the recipes of my favourite dishes that are not available fro other sources from the internet. The internet is really a great source of valuable information. Have a nice cooking.
• United States
5 Feb 10
Yes, whenever I see one I want to try-out on my family OR taste.
• United States
4 Feb 10
I prefer net than cook books. Video results are also present in the net.It makes more easier way to learn even. There are lot of sites for cooking recipes to find variety of dishes. I learnt many variety of dishes from net. Good luck.