The Open Source Cookbook?

InspectorPraline asks: "I'm currently working on a cookbook that is intended to provide good food at a reasonable price - the kind of stuff you'd make before sitting down for a long coding session, with the occasional idea that would feed a LAN party. I've got some ideas I can put down, but the book would be quite thin, so I thought I'd put the call for submissions to Slashdot. I'm calling it 'The Open Source Cookbook,' and I'd release it under the GFDL, in PDF, ASCII text, and Word formats. Of course, I'd take submissions as comments here or via email. I'd 'publish' the book via the web once I got enough submissions to make the book at least about 40-50 pages in length or 30 recipes (whichever comes last), and as submissions came in I'd update the book. Anyway, I'm asking for submissions for the book, which could be recipes for dinners, lunches, even drinks. Two webpages that will serve as temporary homes for the project can be found here and here, and those addresses list my email as well as some submission guidelines. So, any ideas, folks?" Hey, if you ever wanted to share your favorite dishes with geeks around the world, this might be the way to do it. What great dishes have you prepared?

Comments

pdf, ascii and word?!

[edrugtrader]

why not just make a web page with a database full of the recipes... let me log in and customize what recipes i want, and then create my own pdf/ascii/doc of my CUSTOMIZED cookbook?

Cheap Yakisoba Recipe:

[zulux]

Ingredients:
Top-Ramen or other brand - Pork Flavor.
Worstishire Sauce - to taste (1 tea-spoon)
Sugar to taste (1 tea-spoon)

Prepare:
Boil noodles until tender, drain, add half of flavoring packet
Add Werstishier sauce and sugar to taste. Mix to coat and enjoy.

Cultural Note: Worstishire sauce is a western copy of Ease-Asian fish sauce. It shares the same roots as English Brown Sauce and Tomatoe Ketsup and Portuguese Fish Sauce.

Real dried Yakisoba can be purchased at most Japanese food stores - It's made by Nissin and has the English word 'BIG' written large on the package.

This recipe is primarily for those who live far from said store.

Commander Taco Salad

[Graff]

1 pound of ground beef
1 packet of taco seasoning
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 head of iceburg lettuce
2 ripe tomatoes
1 large onion
1 medium bottle of french dressing
1 medium bag of nacho chips (Doritos work great)
16 ounces of cheddar cheese, diced or shredded.

Brown and drain the ground beef. Add the taco seasoning and the garlic powder to the browned beef. Set aside and allow to cool.

Shread the lettuce. Dice the tomatoes and the onion and add to the lettuce.

Coarsely crush the nacho chips. Leave them in the bag until you are ready to serve the salad.

Just before serving, combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl and toss gently. Make sure to evenly distribute all ingredients.

The key is to do all the steps separately and then combine them just before you serve. This makes the salad still crunchy and that's when it tastes best

This recipe is very popular at lan parties and cookouts. It makes a large amount of taco salad, but it gets eaten quickly.