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General : How To Enter Your Recipes for the Cookbook!  
     
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From: MSN NicknameLeannaBarron  (Original Message)Sent: 11/11/2007 1:38 PM

We would like to thank the people who have sent in recipes for the HK cookbook that will be titled "Flavors from the Kingdom." At this time we have over 100 recipes, but we needs hundreds more. So please get your favorites and let's put them in the book them to us.

We now have a method for you to enter the recipes online if you wish. This will save us having to get a volunteer to type them into the system. 

To enter your own recipes and any of your friends or relative, here is the address for where to type in the recipes:

www.typensave.com

To login, enter the following:

Contributor:  Enter the name of the person contributing in this format “FirstName LastName �?nbsp;City State.�?So for my recipes, I enter Leanna Barron �?Marietta GA. Do not use commas! If you don’t have or want a city (or the name and city information takes more than 35 characters, just use the state or country.

Group Login:  Put “hk_flavors�?/FONT>

Password:  Enter “cyf6u�?/SPAN>

Once you are in, below are the guidelines for entering your recipes so that we have a consistent look and feel to all recipes. Please note that once you have left the recipe, it is saved and you cannot make changes. In order for changes to be made, a person logging in as a Committee member can make changes. So send any revisions to [email protected].

Guidelines

Thank you for participating . We welcome everyone's recipes in the FLAVORS from the KINGDOM cookbookand hope you have some in many categories. Here are a few suggestions for entering your recipe using this tool.

1.       The name that you used to login will be shown in the CONTRIBUTOR field. We prefer using your name followed by your city and state or just your state (or country for our UK friends). If you have entered a recipe and the name should be changed, contact us with the changes needed. You are limited to 35 characters.

2.       If you want to dedicate your recipe to someone else, put it in the first Additional Contributor Name field. You may also have your special person's name in the first CONTRIBUTOR field and use this Additional Contributor Name field to give their relationship to you such as "Mother of Mary Jones." If you want this option, this can be done by the Cookbook Proofing Team, so send an email with the name of the recipe and what you want in the Contributor and additional contributor fields to [email protected]

3.       The Recipe Subtitle field is a good place to put information about the number of servings or the quantity that your recipe yields like "Make 36 cookies" or "Serves 8 to 10."

4.       Please search the Categories to find the appropriate on for you. If there is not a Sub-Category (identified with a dot) to match your recipe, put it in the Category and we will see about adding additional sub-categories as needed.

5.       If your recipe has two or parts, like cake and frosting, enter the recipe for the first part and then select "Insert Part" to get another recipe area to enter the next part of the recipe complete with ingredients and directions.

6.       Use the RECIPE NOTES area to put additional notes such as possible substitutions for parts of the recipe. Or you can share something special about the source of the recipe or a story of its use. Or dedicate it a special source such as getting a very special recipe from a restaurant who was famous for the dish.

7.       If you make any errors or left something out and have saved your recipe, contact us at [email protected] providing us with the changes to be made and our proofers with make the corrections.

8.       All recipes are reviewed by the Cookbook Proofing Team before submission to to the vendor. If we need more information to clarify any part of your recipe, we will contact you directly.

Have fun and share as many recipes as you wish.



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From: MSN NicknameLeannaBarronSent: 11/12/2007 4:54 PM
We have our first recipes entered by one of you directly.
 
Thanks to Lynda Ringelstein for her:
BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND PEAR SOUP 
HOMEMADE FROSTY PAWS (our first Pet recipe)
 
Thanks for your entries.
 
Also thanks to Ellie for sending you Cheesecake recipe.

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From: MSN NicknamestuffdieSent: 11/12/2007 5:48 PM
You're very welcome! It's yummmmy!
Ellie B

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From: MSN NicknameLeannaBarronSent: 11/13/2007 2:06 AM
Thanks for a couple more people typing in their recipes. Mike-in-VA and Vickie Burne have added more mouth-watering items.
 
Here is some help for people entering their recipes. We are trying to maintain consistency with all of the recipes in the book, so here are a few tips that will save our proofers from having to make changes:
  • Ingredients are made up of 4 fields: Amount, Unit Size, Measure and Ingredient. Here are examples of what you put in each.
    • Amount should the numberic with fractions if needed, like "2" or "1 1/2" or "5-6" (for a quantity of 5 to 6)
    • Unit Size is not often used if stands like cup or teaspoon or ounce is used. Use when a size of package is needed, like "small" or "10 oz." or size in inches (8")
    • Measure is cups "c." or teaspoons "tsp." or pounds "lb." or a "dash"

Amount      Unit Size     Measure

    2           (10-oz.)         pkgs.          spaghetti

    1            small            box           vanilla pudding mix

  1 1/2                             c.            milk

    2                                               eggs

Our proofing team will be making the recipes consistent. That means that we are entering the same unit sizes and measures for all of the recipes. So we are asking you to use the following standards:

c.       cup

Tbsp   tablespoon

tsp.    teaspoon

oz.     ounce

Please do not add new values in the Unit size and Measure fields. If you can't seem to find the right options, email [email protected] for assistance. Just enter your recipe as well as possible putting the Unit size and Measure in the Ingredient field as well as the ingredient. Then let us know that you need help and the Cookbook Proofing Team will fix it.

Keep up the good work the recipes coming. We need hundreds more!!

Leanna  


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From: MSN Nicknamehk_catsSent: 1/5/2008 12:17 PM
I finally managed to enter a couple recipes on the site. Very easy!

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From: MSN NicknamelyndahkSent: 1/9/2008 3:04 AM
We only have two more days.....so keep those recipes cooking up!!!!

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From: MACSent: 1/10/2008 4:23 PM
Worked on my recipes last night for myself and my mom.

Thanks for the reminders. It looks like we will have a dee-licious cookbook!

MAC

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From: MSN Nicknamemercurial-dragonSent: 1/10/2008 11:38 PM
Jane is done with her recipes.  Whoppee!

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From: MSN NicknamelyndahkSent: 1/11/2008 3:01 AM
and lynda is done with hers!!!!!!!!

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From: MSN NicknamelyndahkSent: 1/11/2008 5:01 PM
I was wondering, since such a great effort was made in the last 2 weeks to add recipes to our HK cookbook as to the fianl total of recipes entered. Can someone answer that question?
Lynda

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From: MSN NicknameMike-in-VASent: 1/11/2008 8:36 PM
according to the recipe website... the hk cookbook has 594
proofed" recipes and 201 "unproofed" recipes -- bringing the total to 795!!

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From: MSN NicknamelyndahkSent: 1/11/2008 9:04 PM
Thanks Mike!!!!

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From: MSN NicknameLeannaBarronSent: 1/11/2008 10:41 PM
Yes, it's true. We have 800 recipes in Flavors from the Kingdom cookbook. It was an amazing feat seeing all of those recipes get entering in the last few days since we double the count in last 5 days.
 
Sadly not all of those 594 recipes have been proofed. If we even look at a recipe, it automatically gets marked as "proofed" unless we specifically unmark it. So that means there are lots more to get proofed before we can get the book submitted to production.
 
During the proofing, we verify the categories for the recipes. As soon as that is completed, we will have Lisa Yashon draw for the winning recipe in each category which will win the HK aprons.
 
Thanks for everyones participation. It is truly more than we expected, but we don't mind. The cookbooks will cost us more giving less to charity, but you are all getting a great book at a very affordable price.
 
So order your cookbooks now!
 
Leanna
 
 
 

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