• What is Meal-Master

    From Daniel@1:340/7 to All on Wednesday, August 07, 2019 15:51:14
    I see tons of people posting recipes via meal-master. What exactly is this? Daniel Traechin
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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Daniel on Thursday, August 08, 2019 02:17:10
    On 08-07-19 15:51, Daniel <=-
    spoke to All about What is Meal-Master <=-


    I see tons of people posting recipes via meal-master. What exactly is this? Daniel Traechin

    It is a recipe data base program. Here is one link a website where you
    could download a copy if you wish, and a short description from that
    website.

    http://www.garvick.com/recipes/mm.htm

    [quote]Meal-Master is, in my opinion, the BEST recipe database around. A Meal-Master database can hold approximately 65,000 recipes, and if
    desired, you can create multiple databases on different disks for
    unlimited capacity. As of October 24, 1998, Meal-Master v8.06 is now
    available as FREEWARE instead of SHAREWARE (which means it's now FREE to
    use). [/quote]

    It is one of several programs that were around in the mid-nineties, and
    perhaps the most popular one.

    Given when it was written, it is designed to run in DOS systems. It
    will not run on Windows 7 or later without some special jumping through
    hoops. I run it in a virtual window which uses windows XP. It can also
    be made to run in Windows 7 using some sort of DOS emulator (DOSBOX,
    vDOS, DOSemu or others).

    You will also notice that some of us are using an offline reader program
    called BlueWave, which is used to read and reply to messages. It was
    also quite popular in that time frame -- but now has the same sort of limitations in terms of operating system where it can work.

    There are other recipe data base programs that will run in the more
    recent versions of windows.

    If you need help with any of these sort of things -- just ask and
    someone will jump in to help you out. Anything that helps you access
    this echo better is certainly on topic.

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Dave Drum@1:18/200 to Daniel on Thursday, August 08, 2019 07:28:37
    Daniel wrote to All <=-

    I see tons of people posting recipes via meal-master. What exactly is this? Daniel Traechin

    It's the most popular recipe database program on this echo. It's now
    (since Oct. 1998) freeware. It's also DOS based - which means that if
    you're using any Windows sox higher than XP you'll need a DOS emulator
    to run it. My personal favourite is vDos.

    It's also handy to have a conversion program like mmConv to whip your
    raw text files into shape for importing into your Meal Muncher database.
    mmConv can be had (free) from:

    https://www.pcorner.com/list/SPREAD/MMCONV15.ZIP/INFO/

    if that doesn't work I can zip up a copy of my example and e-mail
    attach it to you. It's also a DOS proggie .... and very handy.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Egg Foo Yong (Master Recipe)
    Categories: Oriental, Eggs, Vegetables, Pork
    Yield: 4 Servings

    1 c Cooked ham or roast pork
    1/2 c Chopped onions
    1 c Drained canned bean sprouts
    4 tb Chopped green onion tops
    1 tb Soy sauce
    1 ts Salt
    3 Eggs
    Oil for deep frying

    MMMMM---------------------------SAUCE--------------------------------
    1 1/2 c Chicken stock
    1 ts Molasses
    1 ts Soy sauce
    1 ts Cornstarch
    2 tb Cold water

    Put meat, onion, sprouts, green onion tops, soy sauce,
    and salt in a bowl; mix well. Stir the eggs lightly in
    to the mixture. Use a deep-bowl ladle to spoon out the
    mixture and lower into the hot oil. Tip the ladle at
    once to release the omelets. Let them fry until they
    rise to the top. Turn each to brown the other side.
    Lift out with a large slotted spoon. Serve on a hot
    dish covered with a little of the sauce (below).

    Serve additional soy sauce separately.

    EGG FOO YUNG VARIATIONS

    CHICKEN FOO YUNG: Use cooked chicken or turkey instead
    of ham or pork.

    CRABMEAT FOO YUNG: Use canned or cooked crabmeat instead
    of ham or pork.

    LOBSTER FOO YUNG: Use canned or cooked lobster instead
    of ham or pork.

    SHRIMP FOO YUNG: Use canned or cooked shrimp instead of
    ham or pork.

    VEGETABLE FOO YUNG: Omit meat; use 2 cups chopped green
    pepper, celery, onion, and canned bean sprouts combined.
    Season with additional 1 teaspoon salt.

    SUBGUM FOO YUNG: To the master recipe or any variation,
    add 1 cup diced mushrooms, 1/2 cup diced green beans,
    and 1/2 cup diced canned bamboo shoots. Mix and cook as
    directed.

    SAUCE: Heat stock with molasses and soy sauce. Combine
    cornstarch with cold water; stir it until smooth. Let
    come to boiling point and cook until thickened.

    Recipe from Mary Margaret McBride Encyclopedia of Cooking

    From: http://www.recipesource.com

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    MMMMM

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  • From Daniel@1:340/7 to Dale Shipp on Thursday, August 08, 2019 10:48:36
    Re: Re: What is Meal-Master
    By: Dale Shipp to Daniel on Thu Aug 08 2019 02:17 am

    It is a recipe data base program. Here is one link a website where you could download a copy if you wish, and a short description from that website.

    Ahh okay. I already have an app called krecipes. I have it pointing to a database server in my den.
    Daniel Traechin
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  • From JIM WELLER@1:123/140 to DANIEL on Thursday, August 08, 2019 22:42:00

    Quoting Daniel to All <=-

    meal-master. What exactly is this?

    I see you already had a few answers but I'll just piggyback on them
    and add:

    You can import recipes from text files automatically without
    entering them manually.

    You can search it very quickly by category, title and/or ingredients
    using Boolean expressions eg: brownies ingredients raisins&-walnuts





    Cheers

    Jim


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