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MS-05: Food & Drinks
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1328 Food and Drink Small Programs Disk
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Bartendr.BAS
gives you the recipes for a couple of dozen different drinks.
Cajun Cook Recipes (CAJUN)
Leon Publications
$10
is a collection authentic Louisiana Cajun recipes for fish, meat combinations,
poultry, seafood and more.
CanLbl 1.0
Home Saver Software
$0
is a simple program for making labels for canning and freezing containers.
Truthfully, any general label-printing program could do this, but this program
can be used to impress that computer-illiterate spouse what a nice, friendly
machine a computer can be. Epson compatible printer required.
Cocktail Mixer (COCKTMX)
Korhonen, Aki
$15
is a database of recipes for different drinks. There are 56 drinks in this
database to choose from and you can add your own. (These must be drinks for
computerists; one recipe calls for Light "Rom".)
Herb
C. S. Unlimited
$5-$10
cross-references herbs/spices and foods. You can either select for lists of
herbs and spices and see what foods a particular herb/spice is normally used
in, or you can select for lists of foods and see what herbs/spices are
normally used in them.
Nyblom's Deli (DELI)
Englehart, R. K.
$0
is a collection unique recipes for meats, pastries, vegetables, punches, etc.
This is a collection of text files, not a program, so you need a word
processor or a utility like LIST to read the files and search for specific
recipes or foods.
PCRecipe
is a recipe database program.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1328
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12009 Food & Drink #2 Small Programs Disk
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Brewbase 1.1 (BREWBAS)
Taxonomic Computer Research
$19
is a database and buying guide for over 200 different beers, lagers, ales,
porters, stouts, and malt beverages. It features detailed reviews and a
five-bottle rating system. Beers may be chosen by country of origin, type, any
part of the brand name, or rating. You can also create your own evaluation
checklist.
Chef-Plan (CHEFPLA)
Perfect Memory Software
$35
helps plan single meals or meals for weeks at a time.
Grandma's Greatest Recipes 1.1 (GRANDMA)
Boger, Allen D.
$10
is a collection of old recipes, health and beauty tips, and household hints.
Some are over 100 years old. Mr. Boger discovered these while doing research for
his family tree.
Seafood Disk (SEAFOOD)
Starchild, Adam
$?
provides interesting information about seafood. Subjects include
storing/thawing/cooking fish and shellfish, nutritional information, seafood
myths, buying fresh fish, and much more.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12009
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3700 Shopping Help Small Programs Disk
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Easy Shop 1.01 (EZSHOP)
Arrow Connection
$30
is a grocery shopping program that produces an aisle-by-aisle list. It also
allows you to make instant lists, such as a list of common items that you buy or
an instant list of ingredients for your favorite recipe.
Grocer 3.1
Zakas, Richard
$10
is one of the better grocery shopping list programs we've seen. It maintains a
database of commonly purchased items, organized by product type. You can
easily add to or delete from the database. To create a shopping list, you page
thru the list and enter the quantity for each item you want. The list can then
be saved or printed out. The print-out includes the price per item, the
extended price, and the total for the shopping trip. You can preview the list
on screen before printing. Mouse and hotkey support is provided. The program
is well designed and easy to use.
Pat's Food Shopper 1.0 (PATFOOD)
Boudreau, Pat
$20
is a grocery shopping list program. It will tell you as you go the total dollar
amount and it sorts the list according to aisle number before printing. Multiple
data files are supported if you shop at more that one grocery store.
Shopping List Maintenance (SHOP)
Gosack, Glenn
$0
is a shopping list program. The first screen is a list of categories which
makes it easier to find particular items.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3700
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Coupons
Byxbe, Ronald B. ASP
$15
#27365/830
keeps track of coupons. You can search by subject matter, batch delete expired
coupons, print out lists by coupon type, and more.
Topp's Grocery Program
Topp, Michael W.
$30-$35
#27365/2728
is a fast and easy to use coupon manager. It manages up to 100,000 coupons and
rebates, tracks savings and grocery expenses, and makes a grocery list based on
selected coupons.
Compu-Chef 1991.4
DB Software, Inc.
$10
#3374
is a cookbook and nutrition guide. Over 100 traditional American family recipes
are included by four Iowa farm family generations. You can also create and store
more than 2,200 recipes in 26 categories.
Compu-Chef provides data about Calories, Protein, Fat, Carbohydrates, Calcium,
and Sodium for all recipes, including the ones that you add. You can compute the
nutritional value of home recipes for the entire recipe and for each individual
serving.
You can calculate your projected caloric intake based on how much you want to
weigh, your sex, and your age. You can accumulate 60 days worth of statistics on
weight-loss/gain for the entire family and project a chart that represents your
progress toward achieving your weight goals. A shopping list note pad is
available while viewing the recipes. Requires a hard disk with at least 720K.
QuickChef
Scheckelhoff, R.
$16
#3375
(formerly CookIndex) lets you create a master index of all your cookbooks. It
does not store recipes in a database, but provides an alphabetized list of
where in your cookbook library a specific recipe is located. The index
generated is similar to the indexes found in the back of any book and provides
information about cookbook name, page number, category, and personal comments.
A hard disk is required.
Computer Baker
Welton, Douglas
$5
#7216/1422
has 99 recipes for goodies - everything from Fruit Cocktail Eggnog Pie to
lollypops, including more conventional delights such as pies, cakes, cookies
and snacks (brownies and pastries), fudge and candy, muffins and biscuits. All
recipes are made from scratch.
Cuisine
Williams, Vic
$30
#7216/2286
is a family of cooking tools designed to run on a personal computer. It will let
you save, edit, and call up recipes. It will generate a shopping list from
recipes selected. It is menu-driven, fast, and easy to use.
Edna's Cook Book
Specialty Microware
$32
#7216/1171
allows recording, filing, listing, and printing recipes. The program is easy
to use. If you are afraid to commit your old family recipes to disk, you will
be relieved to know that ECB will let you encrypt recipes. A datafile repair
utility is included.
Recipes
East Hampton Industries, Inc.
$15
#7216/1318
starts by listing 100 different foods, such as eggs, garlic, lentil or
Mexican. After selecting a food, you are presented with a list of recipes
featuring that type of food. After you select a recipe, you can adjust the
number to be served from 1 to 99. You can print the recipe to take to the
kitchen or print a shopping list of the ingredients of up to five different
recipes. (You cannot add your own recipes.)
Home Bartender's Guide
B. M. W. Programs
$5
#7217/1492 [2 disks]
shows how to mix and serve many popular highball and cocktail drinks. The
drinks are divided into categories: juice drinks, cream drinks, highball
drinks, popular drinks, cocktails on the rocks, cocktails made with lemon or
sour mix, frozen drinks, Polynesian drinks, non-alcoholic drinks, martinis and
Manhattans, champagne and wine drinks and coffee drinks. It also recommends
what t