This is such a touchy subject, and not just pertaining to food recipes. I have a friend who is a composer and a couple who are poets, and I've done some beadwork for publication. One of my poet friends and the composer are just this side of paranoid, one fearing reading, the other listening to music, on the oft chance that they might "copy" something without realizing it. When asked if some of my work could go in a book I went through every darned publication I owned on the subject to make sure nothing I submitted resembled something someone had already done. It is scary. I never thought this forum would pose the same problems, but I won't quote recipes any more, I'll just tell people where to find them!
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