-=> Mike Powell wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 > I may have signed up yesterday - and tried to opt out of as many
 > conferences/echoes as I could find - keeping only the FIDO cooking
 > related echoes and the old confuser echoes.
 
 > When I tried to dowload a QWK packet I got a *very* long list of scanned
 > conferences/echoes but not posts. I suppose because I'm a newbie on
 > your board.

 MP> I will check and make sure you are joined up to this echo.  Because you
 MP> were new, it may have defaulted to the most-recent message.

Which of that list of "areas" contains the FIDO echoes? I had thought 
it would be under #16 or #17 (lifestyles, etc.) but nothing close that
I saw. Basicly what I'm after is the three cooking echoes Cooking,
Home_Cooking and Recipes. And Amiga, CBM, and Classic Computer

I got into area 1 (the local stuff) and added "Today in History" (I 
think) to my scan. But when I tried to download a packet I got what the
little boy shot at. Nothing, not even tail feathers.

 > I don't normally post "live" but I do like to read on-line sometimes as
 > well as check propagation of stuff I have posted elsewhere.

 MP> One other thing that Dale ran into... if you are trying the ftelnet
 MP> interface on the webpage, it won't actually download anything as most
 MP> web browsers don't support the BBS transfer protocols.  :(  Better to
 MP> use telnet if you want QWK packets.

I'm better off with TelNet. I used the on-line/BBS packets at Doc's
because Wildcat was set up that way and it was easier than TelNet. Odd
thing was - to change configuration (add or drop areas) you had to get
on from the TelNet side .... which could be a minor PITA.

I'll get this fingered out ..... eventually. Hopefully without making
too many problems for the sysop.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Fido's Ranch Biscuits
 Categories: Breads, Poultry, Dairy
      Yield: 18 Servings
 
      1 pk Active dry yeast
      2 c  Chicken broth; warm
    1/4 c  Butter
      1 lg Egg; beaten
      2 c  All-purpose Flour
      1 c  Wheat germ
      4 c  Whole wheat flour
    1/2 c  Warm water
    1/2 c  Skim milk powder
    1/4 c  Honey
    1/4 ts Salt
      1 c  Cornmeal
      2 c  Cracked wheat
 
  In small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.
  
  In large bowl combine broth, powdered milk, butter,
  honey, egg and salt.
  
  Add yeast/water and mix well.
  
  Stir in flour, cornmeal, wheat germ and cracked wheat.
  Mix well.
  
  Add whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well
  after each addition.
  
  Knead in the final amounts of flour by hand and continue
  kneading for 4 or 5 minutes until dough is not sticky.
  
  Pat or roll dough to 1/2" thickness and cut into shapes
  with a cookie cutter.
  
  Place on a greased cookie sheet, cover lightly and let
  set for 20 minutes.
  
  Bake in a 350§F/175§C oven for 45 minutes.
  
  Turn off heat and leave in oven several hours or overnight.
  
  Yields: 1 1/2 dozen
  
  From: http://recipeland.com/recipe
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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