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From: rusty@sdcc3.UUCP (Rusty Wright)
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Subject: Re: posting recipes from cookbooks
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Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 22:46:41 EST
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> > i know i'd like to post some recipes that i think are real knock-outs
> > but i feel that i'm depriving the author of some well-earned money by
> > giving a bunch of people that recipe for free. 
> 
> But look at it this way.. the author of the book most likely got the
> recipe from a friend or a relative and is probably not sharing the 
> royalties with them... How many cooks really develop the recipes from
> scratch.??
> -- 
> 
> 					David Mutterer
> 					[vax135|ihnp4]!timeinc!dave
> 
> "Any opinions expressed herein are those of the writer and
> do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Time Incorporated."

in some cases that may be true, but i'd rather not take that attitude
for all authors of cookbooks. i prefer to be an optimist and believe
that many of them have worked on those recipes and perfected them
before they used them in their cookbook. for example, i just bought the
{\it Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book} and they talk about how they
perfected their method of making bread entirely from whole wheat/grain
flours over many years. and i have other cookbooks where the authors
have commented about how it took them many trials to get the recipe
``just right''. your remark is probably more applicable to the dina
shore type of cookbooks.