Notes???? Maybe if I used them I could replicate something once in awhile. I use Paprika, but normally after the first time I cook something I start changing the recipe. Then the next time I make it, me and my wife go "what did we do last time?", cause she is exactly the same as me in the kitchen.
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I created a cook template in Word and store them on Google drive. Now I am migrating them over to Paprika. I use Fireboard as well and can screenshot those sessions and add them to the photos in Paprika.Comment
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I use Evernote, free version.
I can use folders to group recipes in. Add all kinds of notes to any cook. I title by date and what I'm cooking. I can also share a note with other people.
It works great for me.Comment
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I have a notebook that I was fairly consistent with for a few years but have not been as of late. I wish I would be because I went to it a few weeks back looking for some notes and they weren’t in there. I do have paprika, but haven’t used it in that manner yet. Mainly for recipe storage.Comment
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I have log book and I use it for every cook to record details like Meathead recommends. I find it useful when I make something for the second time. I had a lot of pictures of my finished food as well but they were taking too much space on my iPad and I ended deleting most of them. So far I have not missed anything deleted.Comment
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I keep "normal" food recipes in Word documents and bread recipes/formulas in Excel spreadsheets on my computer. Over the years, I've bounced around between DOS/Windows (not a fan), MacOS, and unix/linux and have therefore used more than a few types of word processing and/or spreadsheet applications but have always tended to stick to Word and Excel digital formats as my personal standard ... probably because every company I worked for or with (back when I worked
) tended to use nothing but PC's with MS software for such things and for compatibility reasons, I did too. Over the years, I evolved a recipe format/template not unlike the one Meathead, et. al., have specified as the AR standard ... which makes it pretty easy to "publish" into the Pit ... which reminds me ... I really should try to get back to my recipe-sharing to-do list.
For kitchen use, I print out and keep our most-used recipes in 3-ring binders ... partially because SWMBO simply will not use a recipe that isn't on paper that isn't liberally covered with food stains ... and partially because I can scribble notes on the paper versions that I can then use to keep my Word/Excel documents up to date. For sharing with others, I like to convert food recipes to PDF documents (often shared via DropBox) ... partially because they can be opened in pretty much any conceivable modern operating system ... and partially because they are difficult for most "normal" folks to modify and therefore wreck the recipes that they contain.
FWIW, I used to use OneNote (and liked it just fine at the time ... silly me ...) because that's what we used at work, but when I retired I wanted nothing more to do with MS Outlook or OneNote and therefore had to invest an inordinate amount of time and effort to figure out how to extract all my personal stuff (including recipes) so that I could convert it all to documents and spreadsheets. All I can say is "NEVER AGAIN". What a PITA ....Last edited by MBMorgan; February 22, 2021, 11:06 AM.Comment
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I was thinking about beginning to take notes just the other day when I was trying to remember how long it took me to smoke baby backs on the PBC last time and I was drawing a blank. This post knocked me in the exit door enough to finally start a cook journal. I picked up a pocket-sized notebook at Staples that will do the job. I filled in a few pages with some prep methods and cook times I recalled from various cooks and wrote "BBQ" on the front cover in very juvenile super hero lettering. Good to go!!Comment
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I screen capture recipes on my phone and have a photo folder for them. No real organization but they are there.
I also photo journal my cooks so I can see what time I put it on. I’ll take pictures periodically of the food and of the food temp probe so I can see what time it reached what temp. I’ll take a photo when I wrap and when it is done. That way I can have a record of all times.
if I’m experimenting with a recipe I’ll take a photo of each ingredient and then mark up right on the photo how much I used. Once again no real organization but it’s all there.Comment
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I use 3x5 notecards for each cook that i want to track. I am planning to copy the 3x5 notes to word documents that i can print and keep in a 3-ring binder.Comment
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The Note section of Paprika is also searchable. It isn't a place where you can really organize or structure anything. It is just a place for notes. However, there may be a way create something in the Category section. I set something up for my rubs, especially store bought, so that I could see what they would work with and also their main purpose. That way I don't have to rummage through all of my rubs in the different locations in my house to find a rub. Still playing with it, though.
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I do the same as JimLinebarger , add notes to Paprika. I have a category called Tips and Techniques where I put cut/paste ideas from here and other sites.
Just because it says New Recipe doesn't mean it has to be a recipe. I cut/paste notes I want to remember into the Ingredients section and title the "recipe" accordingly, since Ingredients is what shows first on the Paprika recipe page and I am too lazy to scroll down to get to other sections.
For every recipe I make or new recipe I try, I add comments to for next time, usually in the Description section of that recipe, since that comes up first in the Directions click on my phone.
If I have a particularly good grill/smoking cook, I cut/paste the Fireboard session notes, graphs and photos into a New Recipe format on Paprika and save it.
So that makes Paprika an all-in-one app for me--a place to store my tried and true old recipes, download new recipes, add ideas to a Tips and Techniques section, or make notes on something new or different I tried when using a recipe.
Plus I add photos from here, other sites, or my own cooks to existing or new recipes. For example, I recently learned a different way of cutting a large chicken breast for piccata. It was on the Cooks Illustrated site. I added that method and a couple of their photos to my own TNT (tried 'n true) recipe for chicken piccata. That way when our girls want one of my recipes, I have everything in one place, not some in Paprika and some in my head.
KathrynLast edited by fzxdoc; February 23, 2021, 06:44 AM.Comment
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Great ideas! fzxdoc Do you use a laptop or tablet with Paprika for your cooks? I just have the PC app (phone is too small to use for me). I print out a copy of the recipes I use and store it in a binder. Haven't figured out how to add notes for additional cooks. But may start adding to Paprika like you suggested and figure it out later.Last edited by JimLinebarger; February 23, 2021, 02:34 PM.
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JimLinebarger , most recipe-adding (for my own recipes) or recipe-editing is done on my PC. The Paprika program there is more full-featured in some ways. Plus I'm not dependent on the tiny iPhone screen's dinky keyboard. I sometimes use the iPad to read the recipe while I'm cooking.
Like you, I often print out the recipe and make notes on it while I'm using it. Then I transfer those changes to the Paprika recipe in the PC or phone, ready for the next cook, using the Edit option for that particular recipe.
I have a file crate full of recipes snipped from magazines and sorted into folders. I also have a chubby Recipe folder on my PC, full of Microsoft Word-formatted recipes. As I use them I am slowly converting my favs from those file folders (paper or digital) to Paprika. It would be nice to be more paperless, especially for TNT recipes. That's my goal, anyway.
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I'm also trying to go more paperless (unsuccessfully). Am thinking about a large tablet t for that purpose but also for running my Anova and Traeger and hopefully a new wireless thermometer. Would rather have a laptop (small like the Surface Pro) but then wouldn't be able to run/monitor those wireless devices. -
JimLinebarger I use the desktop app a lot for adding recipes in. I love having my iPad with Paprika open in the kitchen on a stand to prop it up. It makes it really easy to see the recipe with ingredients and directions all on one page.
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I use Paprika to store, sort, and categorize recipes. lt also can log when I’ve prepared recipes. But for specific notes on smoking/grilling I use a small Moleskines journal. Old school but works for me.Comment
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I always keep a mental note...Except when I forget.
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I am an old, old fashion guy. My system is simple for me and easily managed.
At the beginning of each cook I write down the date, temp. what I am cooking, where I bought it (protein), weight, and cost.
Then I log each process re brine, slather, which rub or seasoning, what pellet or charcoal, water pan/not, heat setting, etc.
I put down the time on cooker and starting IT, then log each time I spritz, mop, flip, wrap, glaze, or remove, plus the IT then at each step. After eating my wife and I grade three things: flavor, tenderness, moistness, I also note any obvious changes that should be made on the next cook.
If the cook was successful, then I now have a 'recipe' for repeating. If it wasn't up to our expectations, I toss my notes in the trash.
The notes then go in a large 3 ring binder under the appropriate section: rubs, brisket, beef, ribs, pork, poultry, seafood, sides, appetizers.
When I do my next Prime Rib, for example, I can pull out the sheet(s) on the best ones and have it in hand while I prep and cook.
Simple for me, and it works. No software or computer necessary!Comment
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