EVERYDAY UBUNTU
Cooking With Ubuntu Pt.2
Written by Richard Adams
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ast month, we revisited recipe applications for Ubuntu 20, after I had significant struggles with recipe management software previously in Ubuntu 16 (see Everyday Ubuntu in Full Circle Magazine issue #148, page 28 and issue #150, page 30). We tried Kookbook specifically last month, but it appears to be an abandoned and unfinished beta version, and was definitely not satisfactory. It
was not fully functional, almost undocumented, and very nonintuitive to use. Maybe we’ll have better luck this month when we try GNOME Recipes. After installing GNOME Recipes from the Ubuntu Software Center (see Everyday Ubuntu on pages 2930 of Full Circle Magazine #164 last month for more on installing software and how to find and
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launch an application once installed), we are greeted with this main screen (bottom right). I’ve never heard of Struwen, so let’s click on that recipe to see what it is (bottom right). OK, so a nice thumbnail picture, simple directions for these little German pancakes, an ingredient list, and a summary (upper right).
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You can also add notes, print, or share. One thing you don’t see in the screenshot above is the ingredient ‘raisins’ (it’s off the screen bottom and you have to scroll down), but one small problem is that it says ‘1 raisin’. Well, one WHAT of raisins? I’ll venture that it’s not one raisin. Given that the recipe is taking just over a pound of flour, I’m willing to bet it’s a CUP of raisins, so not that
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