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Regardless which of the four

available methods above you used

to search for a recipe, once you

have chosen a recipe you will see

an “instruction menu” on the

LCD. That menu varies according

to recipe, but may contain some

or all of the following for you to

select from: 

ANECDOTE

ASSEMBLY

,

INGREDIENTS

PREPARATION

NOTE

,

RATE

or 

DIFFICULTY

. Use the 

UP

or

DOWN

key to scroll through this

list of choices, and press

ON

/

ENTER

to make your selection. 

Anecdote

If the recipe you have chosen con-

tains an 

ANECDOTE

, you can select

ANECDOTE

to have it displayed on

the LCD, six lines of text at a

time. For example, you might see

the following six lines of informa-

tion:

RED-COOKED
FOODS IN
CHINESE
CUISINE ARE
SIMMERED IN 
DARK SOY

Then, each time you press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

key, six more lines of

text will be displayed until you

come to the end of the anecdote.

Press 

PREVIOUS

to return to the

instruction menu.

Assembly

If a recipe contains 

ASSEMBLY

information, you will see 

ASSEM

-

BLY

listed on your menu after

you've selected the recipe. (Be

sure to read the details of 

ASSEM

-

BLY

first. They contain important

information)  Use the

UP

or 

DOWN

keys to scroll to 

ASSEMBLY

, and

then press 

ON

/

ENTER

.

OK

>  GOOD

EXCELLENT 

(In this example, the arrow is

marking the “

GOOD

category, and

the number 150 indicates you

have already assigned 150 recipes

the rating of 

GOOD

.) Press 

UP

or

DOWN

to move through the ratings

and then press 

ON

/

ENTER

to con-

firm your choice of rating. The

recipes you had previously

assigned that particular rating to

will next be displayed on the LCD

in alphabetical order. 
If you select one of the recipes

from that list, you will then move

to the instruction menu presenting

some or all of the following:

ANECDOTE

ASSEMBLY

INGREDI

-

ENTS

PREPARATION

NOTE

RATE

or

DIFFICULTY

. (

See Following an

Instruction Menu

below.)

Searching for a recipe by level

of difficulty 

In addition to searching for a

recipe by using 

INDEX

CATEGORY

or 

RATING

, you can also choose to

view recipes you have previously

saved according to the level of

difficulty you assigned each of

them. The ratings are based on

how difficult you found the recipe

to be when you made it before—

easy, moderate or difficult. (See

page 15 for assigning recipes a

level of difficulty.)
Of course, if you are just begin-

ning to use your Recipe Master,

you will not yet have saved any

recipe according to 

DIFFICULTY

level. In that case, if you select

DIFFICULTY

, the LCD will simply

display 

NO DATA

” for two sec-

onds and then return to the previ-

ous screen.
To search for a recipe by level of

difficulty, first select 

RECIPE

on

the home menu, and then choose

DIFFICULTY

. The LCD will display

the following: 

150
EASY
MODERATE

>  DIFFICULT

(In this example, the arrow is

marking the 

DIFFICULT

category,

and the number 150 indicates you

have already assigned 150 recipes

to the level of 

DIFFICULT

.) Press 

UP

or 

DOWN

to move through the

remaining levels of difficulty and

Following an Instruction Menu

press 

ON

/

ENTER

to confirm your

choice. The recipes you previous-
ly assigned that difficulty level to
will next be displayed on the LCD
in alphabetical order. 
If you select one of the recipes

from that list, you will then move

to the instruction menu showing

some or all of the following:

ANECDOTE

ASSEMBLY

INGREDI

-

ENTS

PREPARATION

NOTE

RATE

or

DIFFICULTY

. (See 

Following an

Instruction Menu

below.)

 

Summary of Contents for 457

Page 1: ...Model No 457 Operating Manual www ExcaliburElectronics com Recipe Master Excalibur Electronics ...

Page 2: ... For high quality and convenience Recipe Master is unmatched 3 The legendary King Arthur brandished a magic sword Excalibur from which we take our company name With this unique weapon in his hands he could not be vanquished 2003 The New York Times Company The New York Times logo is a registered trademark of The New York Times Company Although Excalibur Electronics can t claim the magical secrets o...

Page 3: ... recipe to favorites You can store up to 25 recipe names in memory Also press this key to save the ingredients of a recipe to your shopping list ABC Press this key to scroll through a list quickly using the UP or DOWN buttons jumping from one alphabetical first letter to the next An ABC icon will appear on the upper right of the screen Press ABC a second time to turn this feature off UP Press this...

Page 4: ...KED Press UP or DOWN to scroll through this subindex and press ON ENTER to make a selection If you choose RED COOKED the LCD will then show the following 7 6 After inserting new batteries press the RESET on the back of Recipe Master and then press ON ENTER to turn the unit on Your LCD will display the icon NEW YORK TIMES RECIPE MAS TER Press any key to proceed to the home menu An icon of a house w...

Page 5: ...ther than searching through the INDEX Press the UP or DOWN keys to scroll to CATEGORY and press ON ENTER The cate gories will then be displayed in alphabetical order 9 8 65 APPETIZERS BREADS DESSERTS EGGS LU FISH AND SH V MEATS In the diagram above the arrow is shown marking APPETIZERS The number 65 at the top indicates that you will find 65 entries if you select APPETIZERS Press UP or DOWN to scr...

Page 6: ...al order If you select one of the recipes from that list you will then move to the instruction menu presenting some or all of the following ANECDOTE ASSEMBLY INGREDI ENTS PREPARATION NOTE RATE or DIFFICULTY See Following an Instruction Menu below Searching for a recipe by level of difficulty In addition to searching for a recipe by using INDEX CATEGORY or RATING you can also choose to view recipes...

Page 7: ...ter first viewing any steps of ASSEMBLY listed for a recipe see above press UP or DOWN to scroll through an instruction menu and Remember to look at the ASSEM BLY information before starting to prepare a recipe because you ll find essential information includ ed here For example the recipe for Visidantine Almond Tart lists the ingredients and steps to follow for making the tart s pastry shell unde...

Page 8: ...e home menu and then select ADD Your LCD will then display then press ON ENTER to select PREPARATION You ll want to review the procedure to be fol lowed in preparing a recipe The preparation will be displayed in steps and the beginning of each step is displayed on its own line showing the first 11 characters of each step Press UP or DOWN to scroll to one of the steps and then press ON ENTER to con...

Page 9: ...ces BY NAME and BY CATEGO RY If you select BY NAME you will then see an alphabetical list of grocery items to choose from Use the ABC key to scroll through the list quickly Move your cur sor to the desired item and then press SAVE The screen will flash SAVED TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS and then return to the list Or you may prefer to search for grocery items organized BY CATE GORY First select BY CATEGORY...

Page 10: ...pe of your choice and again press ON ENTER The instruction menu for that recipe will appear Next press Conversion If you d like to find out how to convert between Fahrenheit and Celsius or check the metric equivalent of a US measurement or vice versa select CONVERSION and press ON ENTER Then press the UP or DOWN key to scroll through the following choices TEMPERATURE U S TO METRIC and METRIC TO U ...

Page 11: ...he home menu The message SAVED NONE or SAVED X will be shown The number in brackets shows how many recipes you have saved If no recipes are saved and you press ON ENTER NO DATA will appear on the LCD If recipes have been saved use the UP or DOWN key to scroll to a recipe and press ON ENTER to confirm The instruction menu for that recipe will then appear on screen with choices such as ANEC DOTE ING...

Page 12: ...t shipped postage prepaid and insured to the factory address shown at right The warranty covers normal con sumer use and does not cover damage that occurs in shipment or failure that results from alterations accident misuse abuse neglect wear and tear inadequate maintenance commercial use or unreasonable use of the unit Removal of the top panel voids all warranties This warranty does not cover cos...

Page 13: ...Excalibur Electronics Inc 13755 SW 119th Ave Miami Florida 33186 U S A Phone 305 477 8080 Fax 305 477 9516 www ExcaliburElectronics com ...

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