Hi Christine-

I for one would love to see such a forum and I'm sure several other girls and guys would as well. In addition, I would be happy to moderate it unless someone else is dying to do so. I love to cook and have done it for money...cook, that is, stop smirking Wendy...what I mean is, I've done it professionally. Cooking, I mean, stop it Wendy! Anyway, I've been meaning to contact Katie about it, but if you can get it done I'm pretty sure it will be a popular forum. I was even thinking we might at some point put together a "Best Of TGS Recipes" cookbook or something like that.

If anyone else is interested, please sing out and let Christine know.

Hugs...Joni Mari

Isn't there a copyright problem with a cookbook. My recipes are all from published books and magazines. Maybe I have altered them to suit me better but basically they are still copyrighted to someone else...

Obviously, nobody has a weight problem. I am a bit underweight so bring it on.

Students lunch- The Chip Butty

Go to the local chip shop,
Purchase a portion of chips and a buttered roll
Place as many chips in roll as possible
Enjoy!!!!


WOW!!! now we're really talking good food, perfect served with a deep fried choccy bar!

Becca

I can't think of an original name Katie, but I'm all ready to start cooking , and I've got the most important ingredient, a lovely frilly apron!

Very, very cute, Janis. You look adorable, hon.

Hugs...Joni Mari

Something like "Jonis kitchen" as she's going to mod it ?

What about calling it 'Apron Strings'?

Hi Ladies-

How exciting, a brandnew forum and I get to be in charge. Stand up straight there! No giggling! Your toque isn't properly starched! Where's your apron? MMMWWWAAHHAAHHAHHHAAA!

Oh just kidding. I hope this forum on cooking and sharing recipes and ideas turns out to be really great and as much fun as I'm sure we all hope it will be. And while I appreciate Janis's suggestion very much, it certainly isn't my kitchen, it belongs to all of us except I don't like to clean the oven. We'll have to draw straws or something for that.

Hugs...Joni Mari

From Scotland AKA "Home of the heart attack"

The deep fried Mars Bar.

Coat preferred choc bar, (milky way, galaxy, outerspace seems to be the favourite!) in batter and plunge into boiling fat until crisp.
Then serve with chips (french fries) covered with salt.
And watch those cholesterol numbers zoom!

Please eat healthily girls.

Hi Katie-

I'd be more than happy to host/moderate a cooking and recipe forum if one is created. Of course if someone else has a burning desire (no pun intended) to be in charge of it, then that would be fine.

As far as a name, how about "Let's Get Cooking" or something like that. Perhaps we can create the forum and give it some sort of provisional name which could be changed later after some input from those girls and guys who are interested.

Hugs...Joni Mari

"The Cookery Forum" sounds good to me.
I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.
Off to the kitchen...
xx

In my case "Burnt Offerings" would be appropriate, but something not too elaborate (no eye of newt or toe of frog etc) that's healthy and called "The Cooking Forum" would be welcome.

Hi Josephine-

Good point, and probably something we would need to check into. But really, there are so many cookbooks and recipes and variations thereof, that the only way I can see we might run afoul of the law is if we copied and reprinted something word for word. But it is something to consider.

If there's anyone in the group who is knowledgeable about copyright laws, please chime in.

ADDENDUM: for what it's worth, here is relevant info re US copyright law. No idea about UK law.

Copyright law does not protect recipes that are mere listings of ingredients. Nor does it protect other mere listings of ingredients such as those found in formulas, compounds, or prescriptions. Copyright protection may, however, extend to substantial literary expression—a description, explanation, or illustration, for example—that accompanies a recipe or formula or to a combination of recipes, as in a cookbook.

Only original works of authorship are protected by copyright. “Original” means that an author produced a work by his or her own intellectual effort instead of copying it from an existing work.

For further information about copyright, see Circular 1, Copyright Basics. For details about how to apply for copyright registration, see the reverse side of this document. Note that if your recipe has secret ingredients that you do not want to reveal, you may not want to submit it for registration, because applications and deposit copies are public records.



Hugs...Joni Mari