I think these are all great ideas. But I'm not sure about having a "committee" to chose the recipe. I think everyone should get a chance to submit one, even a new member. It's kind of corny but I have an idea how to do this. I won't feel bad if you don't like it

meigg submitted the first recipe "wings", right? Next week when it's time to pick a new recipe she could say "Alright people, pick a number between 1 - 100 and the one who comes the closest without going over get's to submit the new recipe to try." Then the following week it will be that persons turn to do the asking. You could still have the guidelines that the recipe submitter would have to follow but this way there wouldn't be anyone in charge or specifically responsible for "keep it going". It would have a life of it's own and everyone could participate. Sort of a lottery kind of thing.

I'm just afraid if you put up too much structure it just might strangle the whole thing.

Well that's my 2 cents

Julie Huck
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