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can also be a genetic issue, they say not to breed crossbeaks because of that. :( Sad, but nothing you could do either way. Better this way. One of the rotten millie roos is a crossbeak, and though i have kept him able to eat through trimming it down now and then he still has a hard time doing more than scooping. :( He is well, but has decided to no longer like humans so may have to go. :( It is getting harder and harder to catch him, and i don't want him starving to death.
 
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hitting the hay, my first day tomorrow in the early a.m. ! excited and scared. I hope DH calms down about all this, he isn't really thrilled at all. I thought he'd be happy!
 
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with something like a cookbook wouldn't i have to worry about plagarism? It takes a lot of time and testing to get a recipe right. I look to the standard box favorites for what people expect for taste/flaver/texture. I search old books, the net for similar recipies and start working from there. Once i find what "makes them tick" then i can alter away :)

Like the cake; lots of people prefer the box to homemade because it's so light and fluffy, easy to make. I have made tons of cakes, and the home recipies are usually too heavy and take a lot of work. The recipes i have been working on aren't as light as the box, but are soft and moist, and velvety. Best of all, made with oil so it's a quick stir and bake :) I kinda think i like it "in between" better! More moist and don't need an avalanche of frosting! "Cake" took 3 years! Still working on variations!

Brownies are the ultimate, no one has been able to crack the secret of what makes the paper crinkle on the top of the boxed ones.........I came sooooooooooo close once! Cooks illustrated said they did, but their recipe didn't work for me, and several others had wrote in on this as well. Now something like that secret would sell in itself, but then i have to worry about competitors!
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You are protected by plagiarism/C laws from the moment you start writing. Many people say that you should never send anything out to publishers because they will steal it. Basically, that's completely wrong except for some exceedingly small cases which have since been shut down. If you worry about people copying stuff you will never get published because you will never send anything out. If you are REALLY worried about it, you can send yourself a registered copy of whatever you send out AND DON'T OPEN IT WHEN YOU GET IT BACK IN THE MAIL. This establishes the date you mailed your material. As far as you worrying about plagiarising a source remember that there is hardly anything that is completely new. Everything builds on something else. Think of Harry Potter building on C.S Lewis' The Witch, The Lion and The Wardrobe series. As long as you don't copy recipes verbatem (change at least one ingredient or way of doing somethng with the ingredients) you are okay. Essentially, the key is to really believe in what YOU are doing and don't worry about anyone else because you can't control them. And if the goal is to publish for money, the sooner you get your cookbook to publishers and on the market the better.



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