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Just as a reminder, please review the community guidelines (and no, I'm not going to lj-cut these - I don't post them very often). Here they are. Please note the new rule #5, as well.
A community for anyone who likes to cook (in the kitchen, that is!) Feel free to post all things culinary here, be it your favorite recipes that you want to share with others, cooking advice, questions, suggestions... anything that's on your mind. Please take the time to read the guidelines below before posting.
A few things to make your community visits more enjoyable:
1. Be respectful. Everybody says it but it's worth repeating - please be respectful of others. Rude, disrespectful, or completely off-topic posts and/or comments will be removed by the community admin. Persons who violate this rule more than one (1) time will be banned from posting and commenting in this community.
Note: being respectful includes not using inappropriate icons for your posts. Please do not use icons which use gratuitous nudity, pornography, profanity, or which include materials that refer positively to activities which are illegal. Posts which contain inappropriate icons such as referred to in this will be deleted within a reasonable timeframe, in case the icon was used inadvertently.
Come on, folks, don't be stupid about this, it's not that difficult. You can post elsewhere with those icons all you want, just not here.
2. Measurements. The majority of the people who post recipes here are from North America and therefore use English measurements (cups and teaspoons, instead of litres or grams), but don't let this prevent you from posting! Click Here for a nicely done conversion chart. It converts English to Metric and vice versa, so it can be used to convert a posted recipe, or to convert one that you're about to post.
3. Posting and using cut tags... please put posts and recipes behind cut tags if they are 1) exceptionally long, 2) have accompanying photos [at least put the photos behind the tags], or 3) oversized font sizes are used. Otherwise, please be aware that this community is for discussion of cooking and for posting recipes, and the majority of those recipes are not required to be behind cut tags.
4. Posting links to outside sites... yes, we're interested in other sites, for sure! So if you've found an interesting recipe and/or site, go ahead and post the link. However, if you have a regular cooking journal or blog outside of LJ, please do not simply post info and pics of the recipe/dish and just a link to it. Please post all the information - recipe and pics - inside a post in this community. Use appropriate lj-cut tags to avoid making them too long. This community is here to share those recipes and pics, and we'd like to archive them here, too. Posting outside links only does not preserve that information. Yes, we know it's more work for you, but we ask that you take the time to contribute to the community in this way. Thanks!
5. Please post your recipes and photos with attributions. That's part of being respectful. If it's not your recipe, say whose it is. If it's someone else's recipe with alterations, best to say so.
About copyright: the ingredients and titles of recipes aren't copyrightable. What *is* protected by copyright is the wording in the recipes. And you shouldn't put a big-name thing (person/restaurant/etc) in the title, or they could... um, get mad and start raising a ruckus. So if you have a recipe you like and you want to consider it yours: best to give it a new title and re-write the directions. Safest that way.
6. Looking for a recipe? Last but not least, all recipes posted here are catalogued in the Community's "Memories" section here on LJ. Click the "Memories" link above or from the main community page to access (as of last count) the over 2,500 recipes, tips, and notes that have been posted by community members. Please take the time to check out the memories section when you're thinking about asking for basic recipes or basic cooking questions.
Of special note in the memories is that, yes, we've seen the infamous Neiman-Marcus Cookie urban myth and recipe. It's not a true story. You can see just one of the times it's been posted here. Really, please don't post it again. That goes for the Waldorf-Astoria's Red Velvet Cake recipe and urban legend, too.
7. NO SPAM. Please, people. You know what spam is. Don't do it. Period. No advertisements. (If you have something you're excited about, tell us about it - but if you're gonna make profit off it... please, really you know better. Please and Thank You.)
Enjoy the community! From beginners who have just set foot in a kitchen for the first time, to accomplished cooks and chefs, all are welcome here! And "...have fun, play with your food." :)
This community is maintained by julesong. More moderators to be added soon.
A community for anyone who likes to cook (in the kitchen, that is!) Feel free to post all things culinary here, be it your favorite recipes that you want to share with others, cooking advice, questions, suggestions... anything that's on your mind. Please take the time to read the guidelines below before posting.
A few things to make your community visits more enjoyable:
1. Be respectful. Everybody says it but it's worth repeating - please be respectful of others. Rude, disrespectful, or completely off-topic posts and/or comments will be removed by the community admin. Persons who violate this rule more than one (1) time will be banned from posting and commenting in this community.
Note: being respectful includes not using inappropriate icons for your posts. Please do not use icons which use gratuitous nudity, pornography, profanity, or which include materials that refer positively to activities which are illegal. Posts which contain inappropriate icons such as referred to in this will be deleted within a reasonable timeframe, in case the icon was used inadvertently.
Come on, folks, don't be stupid about this, it's not that difficult. You can post elsewhere with those icons all you want, just not here.
2. Measurements. The majority of the people who post recipes here are from North America and therefore use English measurements (cups and teaspoons, instead of litres or grams), but don't let this prevent you from posting! Click Here for a nicely done conversion chart. It converts English to Metric and vice versa, so it can be used to convert a posted recipe, or to convert one that you're about to post.
3. Posting and using cut tags... please put posts and recipes behind cut tags if they are 1) exceptionally long, 2) have accompanying photos [at least put the photos behind the tags], or 3) oversized font sizes are used. Otherwise, please be aware that this community is for discussion of cooking and for posting recipes, and the majority of those recipes are not required to be behind cut tags.
4. Posting links to outside sites... yes, we're interested in other sites, for sure! So if you've found an interesting recipe and/or site, go ahead and post the link. However, if you have a regular cooking journal or blog outside of LJ, please do not simply post info and pics of the recipe/dish and just a link to it. Please post all the information - recipe and pics - inside a post in this community. Use appropriate lj-cut tags to avoid making them too long. This community is here to share those recipes and pics, and we'd like to archive them here, too. Posting outside links only does not preserve that information. Yes, we know it's more work for you, but we ask that you take the time to contribute to the community in this way. Thanks!
5. Please post your recipes and photos with attributions. That's part of being respectful. If it's not your recipe, say whose it is. If it's someone else's recipe with alterations, best to say so.
About copyright: the ingredients and titles of recipes aren't copyrightable. What *is* protected by copyright is the wording in the recipes. And you shouldn't put a big-name thing (person/restaurant/etc) in the title, or they could... um, get mad and start raising a ruckus. So if you have a recipe you like and you want to consider it yours: best to give it a new title and re-write the directions. Safest that way.
6. Looking for a recipe? Last but not least, all recipes posted here are catalogued in the Community's "Memories" section here on LJ. Click the "Memories" link above or from the main community page to access (as of last count) the over 2,500 recipes, tips, and notes that have been posted by community members. Please take the time to check out the memories section when you're thinking about asking for basic recipes or basic cooking questions.
Of special note in the memories is that, yes, we've seen the infamous Neiman-Marcus Cookie urban myth and recipe. It's not a true story. You can see just one of the times it's been posted here. Really, please don't post it again. That goes for the Waldorf-Astoria's Red Velvet Cake recipe and urban legend, too.
7. NO SPAM. Please, people. You know what spam is. Don't do it. Period. No advertisements. (If you have something you're excited about, tell us about it - but if you're gonna make profit off it... please, really you know better. Please and Thank You.)
Enjoy the community! From beginners who have just set foot in a kitchen for the first time, to accomplished cooks and chefs, all are welcome here! And "...have fun, play with your food." :)
This community is maintained by julesong. More moderators to be added soon.