Recipe Collection Meme

Let's have some fun! Here's a recipe collection meme I created to stir those lingering recipes to the top. rec*i*pe - a set of instructions for making something from various ingredients 1. Where do you obtain the recipes you prepare? 2. How often do you cook a new recipe? 3. How do you store your favorite recipes? 4. How large is your to-try pile? Is it organized? How? 5. What is the oldest recipe in your to-try pile? 6. Are you really ever going to make all those recipes in your to-try pile? 7. Do you follow a recipe exactly, modify as you go, or 'What Recipe?' I invent new recipes every time I cook. 8. What is one new recipe that you're scared to try? Now for the real challenge: 1. Tag at least one new food blogger for this meme. (New as in only blogging a few months) 2. Tag at least one food blogger you visit regularly but never interacted with. 3. Tag at least one food blogger you constantly visit and leave comments. 4. Tag anyone else you want. Don't forget to tell us who you tagged... Here's my answers: 1. Where do you obtain the recipes you prepare? My first choice is the internet, second from my large cookbook collection, then from the food magazines I constantly buy and lastly, but probably the best source is from my family and friends when I taste an awesome recipe they've made. 2. How often do you cook a new recipe? I try to cook one new recipe a week. The most I've tried was 15 new recipes in one week! 3. How do you store your favorite recipes? In "My Favorite Recipes" binder. I retype all my keeper recipes in Word using the same format, print them out and store them in sheet protectors. So I guess the first place I store them is in "My Favorite Recipes" file on my computer, with a backup copy in my email. Hey it takes a lot of work to assemble all your favorite recipes. 4. How large is your to-try pile? Is it organized? How? About 15" high. It's not organized at this point. But I do have plans... :). I purchased a file organizer box, added hanging file folders, added manila folders and now all I have to do is separate out my recipes. Sounds easy right? 5. What is the oldest recipe in your to-try pile? Squash Casserole 6. Are you really ever going to make all those recipes in your to-try pile? I seriously doubt it, but I'm kinda OCD when it comes to collecting things. And you never know what might strike my fancy for dinner one day. 7. Do you follow a recipe exactly, modify as you go, or 'What Recipe?' I invent new recipes every time I cook. Ok, so my mom trained me as a baker from the tender age of three. By age nine I was winning 4-H contests but then my teen years hit and I stopped baking. The point is in true baking you follow a recipe EXACTLY. I carried this over to my cooking, which I am now trying to break as I've come to realize, recipes for cooking do not have to be followed exactly. Substitutions can actually make the recipe better for your own families tastes. 8. What is one new recipe that you're scared to try? I guess Baked Alaska or Tiramisu. Oh and Souffle's. I know it's weird but I've never made these items and I'm a scaredy cat. =^..^= Now for the real challenge: 1. Tag at least one new food blogger for this meme. (New as in only blogging for a few months). Katherine at ToastPoint 2. Tag at least one food blogger you visit regularly but never interacted with. Lori at dessert comes first 3. Tag at least one food blogger you constantly visit and leave comments. Alysha at The Savory Notebook 4. Tag anyone else you want. Sweetnicks Ali at Something So Clever Don't forget to tell us who you tagged...