Cookaholics Bulletin Board

Does anyone use cooking software, and if so what? I got LC, but it is really tough to use. The inventory part is just impossible, plus it came with lots of recipes with Campbell's soup. Any one got another recommendation and hopefully one that will sync with the Droid.

Sorry, I've got LC, too. I did totally dump all the recipes that came with it, though.

I love LC.

I don't use the inventory - it looks like a LOT of work just to keep up with what I have in my fridge. Since there are only 2 of us and I am the only one cooking, it's not necessary. It's almost Rube Goldbergesque for me to use software to tell me I'm out of milk.

Like JesBelle, I dumped all of their cookbooks as soon as I got it. I removed a lot of their ingredients, as well. There are a lot of packaged foods I'm never going to use.

I'm not nearly as versed in it as Alina, but I do like the parts I use.

It is really useful for tracking costs, but it did take awhile to get it set up to do so. I don't use the inventory, either, but I am tempted to take the time and set that up, also. It seems like every time I make the grocery list I end up going all the way out to the kitchen about 20 times to see if we have enough whatever.

You guys are so ahead of me. I don't even know what a droid is. Please don't hate me!

It's a smartphone - like Pete's Iphone or Crackberry (can't remember) And we would never hate you

All,

Amusingly for a guy who works in high-tech, I try to use the least technology I can get away with for cooking. In general, I find that kitchens and computers don't mix.

We have an extensive family cookbook ... as an OpenOffice document. When I want to carry a copy of a recipe with me, I post it as a note to Catch.com, which syncs to my phone via AK Notepad. The latter is a fairly recent development, too.

Back in the Windows 3.1 days, I helped beta-test MasterCook 1.0. In general, I've found that all the cooking/recipe/inventory programs are just way too fussy to type stuff in; you have to keep switching from the keyboard to the mouse and they are slooooooow. If I can't type 100WPM, I can't be bothered.

Oh, the other app which has come in handy for cooking is Kitchen Timer. Of the 100 or so timer apps available, it's the only one with a triple-timer which is nevertheless easy to set. It's even open source (although you should donate anyway, it's a really good app).

I use the Macgourmet software and like it but I honestly just put recipes in and never use the shopping lists or wine lists or whatever else there is in there. It is enough for me. I also got the app Due for my iphone and use that quite often. It is a reminder app. You can set as many timers as you want with it.

Mary