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 # Lainchan /diy recipes
 
-this is a collaboration of recipes from around the net.  contributions should be in plaintext format.
+this is a collaboration of recipes from Lainchan /DIY.  contributions should be in plaintext format.
 PDF accepted when necessary.
 
+### General Guidelines:
+- Bread recipes should be in bakers ratios or percentages
+- Keep things in metric when possible.
+- If it feels like something you'd find Guy Fieri or Paula Deen trying to cook or eat, try to avoid it.  
+- Avoid recipes that are over-reliant on prepared items.  this is DIY, not Sandra Lee's Kwanzaa Cake...
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+
 ### TO DO:
 explain how to cook the 32 recipes ive added.