Anyone taking notes of what they eat?

[rodentraiser]

here's my cheat sheet . . .
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That's how I have all my recipes listed on my computer. I have beef, pork, chicken, shrimp, potatoes, vegetables, bread, cheese, sandwiches, beans, soup, noodles, salad, rice, and then I go on to desserts, sauces, seasonings, etc. I keep a folder in each category of the recipes I've already made (the ones I liked) and then some categories have their own categories. Under bread I have rolls, biscuits, dough, pancakes, crackers, etc. I'm so screwed when I don't have a computer.

 

[dragnlaw]

ditto

 

[dcSaute]

You get particularly careful about file names if you ever had your file directories blow up. By that I mean, one day I went to find a file on my Atari ST and the files were no longer neatly sorted into directories. The files were all there, but in one giant bucket. Now, when I name files, I start the name with something that will make it easier to sort the files if that sort of thing should happen again. I think the directory structure is probably a lot more robust now than it was back in 1985.

yes - the move from 8 bit computers to 16 to 32 to 64 . . .
allowed many many 'expanded option' - DOS was 8 dot 3 file names . . .
now on 64 bit file names can be very descriptive, include blanks, etc etc

I got one of the first AT's with a 30-30 aka "Winchester" drive - and that's when I learned to keep all data on D: and only the OS and programs on C:
. . . .considering that C: was rather prone to blowing up on a regular basis . . .

 

[dcSaute]

dcSaute, here's my solution to keeping track. How about you call me everynight about 8ish? I will tell you what I had and you can enter it for me.

oh . . . that'd be a giggle.
I'm fluent in metric - and I use a scale in just about all my measuring.
50g of dry pasta per person,,,,, 65g of rice per person . . . etc.

and then there's my whacko moments - tonight is mac&cheese - which is 3T butter with 3T flour into a roux, milk as much need to be a white sauce - then 6 ounces of cheese. it's a 30+ year old recipe so I've simply stuck with it...
but all my breads are in grams - including the liquids.

the USDA database is all "per 100 grams" - so in writing my tracking utility, it uses grams, but I included the ability to enter "4z" = four ounces, and it will do the math in the background to convert four ounces (by weight...) to grams.
for some stuff I also included cups and tablespoons . . . example milk by cups and butter by the tablespoon (all converted 'internally' to grams)

 

[dcSaute]

I'm so screwed when I don't have a computer.

my solution to not being too far from the computer....
(basic network drive hung on the router....)

 

[dragnlaw]

I cook in both metric and imperial. weights I'm pretty good with but dang... deciliters drive me nuts.

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

If God wanted us on the metric system, there would have only been 10 apostles.

 

[rodentraiser]

my solution to not being too far from the computer....
(basic network drive hung on the router....)
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I mean, I'm thinking of cutting off my internet in January for about 6 months. My neighbor might let me use their WiFi, but I hate to take advantage of that. So I need to go to the library and print out as many recipes as they'll let me.

 

[taxlady]

I mean, I'm thinking of cutting off my internet in January for about 6 months. My neighbor might let me use their WiFi, but I hate to take advantage of that. So I need to go to the library and print out as many recipes as they'll let me.

If you have your recipes on your computer, why do you need a paper version? You can still access any files you have saved to your computer, even if you don't have access to the internet.

 

[dragnlaw]

Not if they are on Copy Me That.

 

[taxlady]

Not if they are on Copy Me That.

You will have any of the recipes that you downloaded to your computer. Once they are on your computer, you don't need the internet to see them. It won't be like looking at them on the CMT website or in their app.

 

[dragnlaw]

But you still do have to download them. It is disconcerting to find that out the hard way as I did. So just giving a heads-up to those that don't realize.
I found out when I had a many choices to go thru for a meal menu. I put it off until I went to pick-up the kids. Always have about a 40 minute wait and thought "Great! I'll do it while I'm waiting." Alas, everything was on CMT on my tablet, my other file of recipes is only on my computer, not my tablet. So I had neither available to me.

I love CMT, don't get me wrong. It is a great program but still only available with an internet connection.

 

[taxlady]

But you still do have to download them. It is disconcerting to find that out the hard way as I did. So just giving a heads-up to those that don't realize.
I found out when I had a many choices to go thru for a meal menu. I put it off until I went to pick-up the kids. Always have about a 40 minute wait and thought "Great! I'll do it while I'm waiting." Alas, everything was on CMT on my tablet, my other file of recipes is only on my computer, not my tablet. So I had neither available to me.You

I love CMT, don't get me wrong. It is a great program but still only available with an internet connection.

You make excellent points about the fact that you can't access the recipes stored on the website without an internet connection. But, your problems with not having your recipe were from unplanned lack of access to the internet. RR and I were "talking" about accessing recipes without the internet, but it was known ahead of time so you can plan for it. Like if you are going to cook something at someone else's house. Before I had CMT, I printed out the recipe and brought that.

 

[Badjak]

I used to use pepperplate.
Then moved all recipes to recipe sage.
Its accessable offline I think.
I also use copy me that and pocket
Plus pen and paper

 

[dcSaute]

I mean, I'm thinking of cutting off my internet in January for about 6 months. My neighbor might let me use their WiFi, but I hate to take advantage of that. So I need to go to the library and print out as many recipes as they'll let me.

it's not exactly clear if your recipes are stored on your hard drive, or stored 'online' in some application.

it they are stored on your hard drive, disconnecting from the internet will not affect them.
if they are stored 'online' in some application and/or 'the Cloud' they'll very likely stay there i.e. you won't lose them, but without internet access you won't be able to access them.

there are also ways to (download) and print to a .pdf file vs. on physical paper - the .pdf files will be on your hard drive.

. . . and it seems we need to talk about how to back up your computer files/data . . .
which people often do not do and then there's the "oops!" and everything is totally lost.

 

[rodentraiser]

I think almost all of my recipes are linked to cooking sites of some sort: Chef John, Delish, AllRecipes, etc. I never used to worry about backing everything up, as it was websites I was accessing. But they change, too. The link to the tart dough that I just posted on Halloween disappeared from AllRecipes between then and now and I had to go looking for it again. It's my 50 million bookmarks that I worry about the most.

 

[taxlady]

I think almost all of my recipes are linked to cooking sites of some sort: Chef John, Delish, AllRecipes, etc. I never used to worry about backing everything up, as it was websites I was accessing. But they change, too. The link to the tart dough that I just posted on Halloween disappeared from AllRecipes between then and now and I had to go looking for it again. It's my 50 million bookmarks that I worry about the most.

The disappearing recipe and the disappearing recipe website are some of the reason that Tine made Copy Me That.

If you store your recipe with Copy Me That, you will be able to access that recipe, even if the author removes it or if the website with the recipe goes away or if the website puts the recipe behind a paywall. No, you won't have access to those recipes without the internet, but you can download them and store them on your computer.