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So tell me, please... - foodfiend - 03-02-2007
just when is a recipe considered "original"?
I'm constantly taking recipes, reducing the fat, adding more whole grains to make healthy, tweaking the spices and other flavors, and coming up with something that may look and taste similar to the base recipe but is quite different in its nutritional makeup. Can I call that an "original"?
Re: So tell me, please... - cjs - 03-03-2007
Rule of thumb is, a list of ingredients can not be copyrighted but the method can be - so if you substantially change/alter the method, you are good to go.
I googled a recipe I'm working on right now just to see what I could find and I found at least 8 versions all claiming to be originals and all very similar. It's a real gray area, that's for sure.
Re: So tell me, please... - Ron - 03-03-2007
There is only one original - KFC. You go Colonel!
Re: So tell me, please... - foodfiend - 03-03-2007
cjs, thanks for the info. It always seemed to be a grey area to me...
Ron, you've gotta stop believing those tv commercials!
Re: So tell me, please... - Ron - 03-04-2007
"Ron, you've gotta stop believing those tv commercials!"
I have intense admiration for the guy. He was almost bankrupted at 65 when the freeway went around his successful little business. Rather than feeling sorry for himself and going on welfare, he hit the road and engineered one of the most successful franchises in history. He wouldn't listen to the MBAs who tried to change his formula - he fired them.
Re: So tell me, please... - foodfiend - 03-05-2007
I heard about that- good for him!
I lived on that chicken and McDonalds in college... wish I had that metabolism now.
Re: So tell me, please... - Bizymomma - 03-05-2007
HEY....if anybody want's to share Col. Sanders recipe...I would LOVE!!!!!
Missed you all....sorry for the absence!