I keep a recipe diary - initially I did it to help with pickle/preserves recipes because I never, well almost never, follow a recipe exactly except when baking and sometimes not even then. But now I'm using the recipe diary to follow almost everything I make, especially if it is new to me. I have not done a great job of keeping up with what I'm essentially stealing from other people, but I will try to get better at that -- credit and criticism should be given where due.
Recipe diaries help with pickles because often times it's weeks before you can should taste what you've made. So it can be a reminder or help decide what changes to make the next time, if there is a next time, you make a recipe. I make notes, changes, thoughts about changes, my valuable rating system all on the page for that recipe - it's also necessarily in date order which provides an idea of when seasons start and end for certain local foods -- which is becoming increasing important to me. (Recipe diary needs a better name, but I'm too tired to be creative or cutesy*)
I expect editorial recipe diary comments will likely make it here too. We'll see.
* I'm rarely cutesy.
wow..i love recipe diaries ..they make cooking so much easy and value to recipes.I like how you add additional notes and changes.I do the same with mine...In this digital era i still prefer a diary over any gadget...
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