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and speaking of resolutions, would anybody be interested in a joint cookbook challenge this year? I have all these cookbooks, I've barely touched more than one or two recipes from most of them (if that), and then I have even more recipes bookmarked online that I've never tried.

I'd be a lot more enthused about working my way through these if I wasn't alone! I'm thinking we could all do one recipe or more a week, and post about it so we have accountability.

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My friend

madbaker has been posting a weekly "resolution recipe" for many years now. They are always good reading. I really like his format of answering "what worked", "what didn't", and "will I make it again?". I won't likely join you in this quest, since I am such a fussy eater I prefer to make up my own recipes than use a cookbook, but I will enjoy reading them, and I may well be inspired to make up new recipes based on what you post. I certainly have done from madbaker's posts, when something sounds mostly good, but I don't like one of the ingredients. If this happens I will be happy to share with you my results, if you want to hear them.

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fred_mouse

I resemble that description - I'm in. Are you happy to host such a thing? Alternatively, different people could host at different times, or a comm could be started.... I'm full of enthusiasm and ideas!

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james

It sounds like fun, though right now I'm so tired I can barely think about cooking. But I know in general I think this would be fun and I'd enjoy it! (With appropriate ingredient restrictions, of course.)

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hudebnik

We've been cooking a fair amount this year. Most of it has been comforting old-favorites, of course, but we've done a number of new-to-us recipes, largely inspired by the CSA bringing us ingredients we wouldn't have otherwise bought. And the back yard producing more raspberries than we knew what to do with. So yeah, sounds like fun. Can you give more details on what you have in mind?

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fuzzyred

I'd be interested in joining in. I always have such a hard time choosing what to cook so not having to decide would be great. I would probably only do one recipe a week though, because I'm a single person household so I always end up with a whack-load of leftovers (and I work a decent amount of overtime at my job, so I don't always have time to cook.)

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pensnest

It sounds like fun. I get into ruts with my cooking, but for some reason rarely look into a cook book for something else to do - only to check on How To Make Lasagne, and the like.

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conuly

A comm isn't a bad idea if somebody else will make a promotional banner!

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conuly

I'm thinking that since it's entirely opt-in, you'd be in charge of deciding which ingredients to restrict or not.

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conuly

I'm thinking low-key, very opt in - every one of us commits to however-many recipes per week, the only rule being that it has to already be in your possession or at least bookmarked on your computer. (Nobody would know if you cheat, but you'd know.) Minimum of substitutions, try to stick only to making subs you have to make - but again, only you know what you really can't get/can't eat, so no judgment.

And then, in order to get our imaginary internet points, we post about it, possibly sharing the recipe.

If we're all really ambitious then bingo cards are optional. (I don't quite know what I'd put on a bingo card is the problem. If anybody else has ideas, let them do it.)

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conuly

I'm thinking we all choose however many we're doing weekly - god knows we're responsible adults and can decide that for our own.

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conuly

Okay, well, 6-ish people sounds like a start! I'm gonna make a new post.

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conuly

Always glad to! But - do I know you?

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oracne

I would be interested in a cooking challenge of some kind.

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wendelah1

I have hundreds of recipes I've never tried, some clipped from the LA Times back when it had a food section, dating back to when we were first married in 1980 omigod. I've been culling cookbooks but there are enough unmade recipes in the ones I have left to keep me going for decades...

There are many substitutions/eliminations I routinely make for my husband's food issues but as long as I post the original and note the changes, that should be okay?

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conuly

Sure, we're all grown-ups, I think we all can judge for ourselves if a substitution is really necessary for our own household.

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greghousesgf

this sounds interesting and I have lots of cookbooks. Sure, I'm in.

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alexseanchai

I would love to participate but spoons and stuff; I don't want to commit to one new recipe a week when I don't reliably know I'll be able to cook at all

I'll happily read along though!