Rennie Cookbook

[Merlin the Elder]

We are, indeed, humbled by your offer, dear Bellevivre

[bellevivre]

 

YOUVE never tried it! mmmm... monkeybread!

[Merlin the Elder]

No, luv, only monkey business 

Looking forward to trying it!

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

I have plenty of camp recipies that i can throw in... 

[irish]

Count me in!
Let me know where to send recipes!

[DonaCatalina]

I certainly have several recipes I would be willing to donate, even a couple of period type recreations.

[Merlin the Elder]

Ok... Here's what I would suggest:

Begin gathering those recipes you wish to contribute to the project. I have some background work to do to prepare for taking the submissions, but the start of semester is next week, so I won't be jumping on it with both feet just yet.

Submissions will need to be in some kind of text form, that is, scans of a recipe (like a fax) won't be much help. I will be able to accept files as MS Word, any word processor file saved as an RTF, email text... even a cut-and-paste into a private message. I will need your email address with the submission (do not post it in the open forum!!), because once I type-set it, I will email a copy back to you to check.

Lady Kett has offered proofing services (¡muchas gracias!)... suggestions have been made to enlist the services of a vocational school, and under normal circumstances, that would be a great idea. But, if we want to maximize our support of RESCU, I think it would be a great idea, if possible, to use the donates services of the R/F community, rather than having to pay anyone. I'm putting a call out for graphic designers here, folks... If no help comes from within, the art department is based in the same building on campus that my department is. I'll hit them up for some freebies and something for their portfolio perhaps.

(Belle, I don't know what you mean by Loki recipes, but if it helps to sell cookbooks....)

Please! Inundate me with ideas! Let's do something good for the folks that have entertained us over the years! Maybe we can get Henry and Anne from Scarby (my home) to do a cover shot... maybe roasting a weenie over a campfire (in costume)... or in an ultra-modern kitchen, cooking together (again in costume)...I still like the idea of keeping it humourous and fun... But, it's not about me. Feedback? (no pun intended)

[Gwen aka Punstergal]

Actually, a few years back (five, six maybe), we DID try to do a cookbook for RESCU-- I remember, because my sister and I scribbled down three or four recipes to contribute which have been campground staples for years.

I think the plan fell through though, as I never did see a completed version. Perhaps the printing costs were overwhelming, or the persons who were trying to organize it had too much on their plate at the time, I honestly don't know.

I'm thinking, we could go ANTI-BOOK and do a rennie recipe/camp cooking/etc book in DIGITAL format.. it would be a LOT cheaper to produce, and much more likely to actually sell (since a lot of folks like me have no interesting in more books piling up, I love them, but they just take up so much space!). CDs are nice and small, and most folk these days have access to a computer of some type.

[Merlin the Elder]

I like your thinking, Gwen.  On a CD, if someone NEEDED it in print, they can just run a copy off on their printer. The ONLY caveat I see is that it makes it easy for someone to make a copy to give to friends, and RESCU loses. 

Let's hear from others...print or electronic?

[Lady Ellie]

I'd rather have one in print myself ( easier for me to keep up with. )

That's my two cents.

[Lady Kett]

I sort-of collect cook books so I prefer hard copy ones, but aren't there services where can purchase a small book online and have the online copy, and if you want it printed, pay a small add'l fee for it, and they will print it for you and mail it?

Argh, if I could remember where I thought I saw that, or what it was for....I'll keep wracking my brain on that. I'll ask my printer friend about that too.

Also I liked Merlin's idea of hitting up the various Faire's book sellers to stock a few copies which would mandate a hard copy.

[bellevivre]

Print is better, 1 for the theft issue you suggested, Merlin, 2 because not everyone has a printer at home, or regularly uses it, 3 people will pay more for a book, and a CD seems maybe a little 'not worth it' (in my opinion, who loves actual, hard books) 4 because a book is more tangible and not liable to get scratched, etc.

[Merlin the Elder]

Sounds like hardcopy is the prime choice. Making it available in CD format could easily be done parallel at a very small cost, just in case someone wanted one like that. We'll leave that as a maybe, how about.

I've seen what you're talking about, Kett. There are multiple service of that type available.

I'm glad to see that there is at least some interest in this. With any luck, it will blossom into something tangible.

Gwen, we'll get this out. Maybe the first edition will be smaller than we might really want, but if there are enough entries to make it worth while, I'll make the promise that it will get published. If everyone kicks in, everyone will get something back!

[Anna Iram]

I had a thought.. and it hurt!...yuk yuk yuk.

It might make an interesting layout to break it down into faire chapters. Perhaps by tailgates or after faire campground gatherings. "Favorite recipes at MRF tailgate". That sort of thing.  I know lots of faires have their own ideas of what makes for the perfect gathering.

[LadyStitch]

I'm willing to put in my grandmother's 'Busy mom home made rolls', my 'Campfire breakfast hash', Great grandma's 'Cafe' style Cocca nut Cream Pie.'