From cee7b0e5e5d0389ffb7370342128b921b1f163f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nimbius Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:41:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] upgrading to frugality --- README.md | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f88714b..2700ee8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ -# DIY recipes +# DIY recipes and frugal living -this is a collaboration of recipes from Lainchan.org /DIY. contributions should be in plaintext format. +this is a collaboration of recipes from Lainchan.org /DIY, expanded to include a primer on frugal living. 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. +- 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... +- no links to specific products. +### why a GIT? +Most websites on this topic are clickbait masquerading as a legitimate ideas for frugal living. +Pay close attention, the first thing most of these blogs/vlogs/sockpuppet theatre articles do is attempt to provide you with a product or service +you can click on to order. Buying things != frugal living. +GIT does not support sexy marketing tie-ins or branding, so its much easier to quickly convey the form and function of frugality. ### TO DO: explain how to cook the 32 recipes ive added :P