Just posted my first recipe....

[caseypons]

....and I think I really needed to coordinate with management prior, but I couldn't find an avenue to contact other than this forum. My concerns are that my recipe is inspired by one of your Editors Recipes and my configuration is basically intended to be used as a utilization of the original dish and develope my "Doggie Bag" of goodies based on the original recipe. I submitted the recipe thinking there needed to be approval, regardless before publication. I made note everywhere in my recipe stating this was inspired by the original author. Basically it's a Thanksgiving Day remnant converted into a Supper Sammie for tomorrow. So shoot me if you feel I was a Bad Dog & I will never bark again without permission. Your reply (personal or otherwise) would be greatly appreciated.
Woof!!!

[Jacquilynne]

We welcome twists and changes to recipes. There's actually a specific function for doing off-shoot recipes called 'hacking' -- it lets you start from the original recipe and make your tweaks and then save a copy that links back to the original.

See the left hand column for the hacking option -- it's under 'save' and above 'tags'.

[caseypons]

Jacquilynne,

Thanks so much for replying to my concerns. As mentioned I had already submitted my new recipe by the time you replied. I saw the link for hack (after the fact) and figured I would try that route....even though I did not want to hack Aidas recipe as a critique as I often feel people do and urkes me to be honest.
All I wanted to do was to take the leftovers and create a chicken salad sandwich from them because I made Chicken on Turkeyday exactly like Aida's but with a chicken instead..
So I proceeded to the HACK option and jumped through all the hoops.....only to find my recipe which I submitted the day before was already displayed in the sandwich/soup section only to be edited to the point of....this is not what I submitted...and in fact , (they) have omitted the chicken,bread, almonds etc and other ingredients to where my sandwich is no longer just that... a sandwich. To read through my (sandwich) recipe now makes no sense.
These are the exact reasons why I wish I could have discussed this via my submission.
I did not want to HACK... as it were, nor frustrate those powers at be (Aida) just create a great sandwich based on her selection of ingredients, which now is not my recipe let alone even a sandwich.
I went back through last nite and edited back in the bread,chicken,almonds,vinegar so my sandwich was in fact a sandwich...only to find this morning my edits were undone back to a non sandwich. Go figure!!!
First of all, this communique/correspondence does not need to be aired as dirty laundry for all to view....I just wish there were some private message option with the right person to communicate these issues. Is that too much?!?
All due respect to you who replied after the fact.....and maybe that is my fault for not waiting,. but I have looked through the Q&A's not finding the right answers before and written in "Feedback" and asked for replies which never came...so I hit send...and now I am here. Waaaaaa!
Your "feedback" would be so much appreciated. You can even email me personally
[e-mail] so as not to air our laundry in public.
So sorry for the confusion..Truely !!!
Sincerely,
Casey
PS lovin you guys

[Jacquilynne]

I'm happy to continue this discussion here, it's appropriate for this board, and I don't think of it as dirty laundry, but if you'd prefer an email conversation, you can reach me at jacquilynne dot schlesier at cbs dot com.

We don't edit user recipe submissions without permission, so I'm not sure precisely where the problems are coming from with your recipe. I'm wondering if there's an issue with the hack feature or maybe our site editing lag issues are affecting your recipe? Can you walk me through the steps you took to create the recipe? Did you save it while you were creating it and then go back and edit it later?

Though you likely can't, because it's more than 24 hours old, I can add any missing ingredients or steps to the process. Just let me know which ones are missing, and I'll put them in for you.

-- Jacquilynne, Community Manager for Chowhound

[caseypons]

Jacquilynne,

Thanks again for your reply. Just as I was going to hit the send icon on the hack segment I thought I would check to see if my recipe post had been reviewed by your staff (as the message stated when I hit send) and sure enough it had been posted with all the deletions as stated. So I deleted my HACK of the Aida's original and read my edited non sandwich (new) recipe...scratching my head.
Keeping in mind this was over 24 hours and the EDIT option was still functional...so I used it last nite and this morning some (not all) of my changes were edited making my sandwich recipe a non sandwich and frankly embarrassed to have this published as is.
If I can't create the document as MINE then I would rather delete than confuse people and embarrass me.
Maybe the HACK option... as you stated is still the best, even though I hate that term. I could go in right now and edit my recipe, keeping in mind it is well over 48 hrs old at this point but I don't want to mess with whom ever is seeing fit to edit my efforts. Frustration on their part, I mean.
You tell me what you want me to do!!!
Thanks Again,
Casey
PS Life shouldn't be this difficult...should it???

[Jacquilynne]

I really don't think we're editing your recipes, Casey. It's just not something we do. And I mean, why would we do that without your permission? There's no reason for us to mess with your recipes. We want people to post their recipes!

But we've had software problems with editing board posts in the past where someone will make a post, and go in and edit it, but then if they go in and edit their post again, the last round of edits won't show up, so they'll be back to editing their original post and may not realize it. Something similar may be happening with the recipe feature such that if you went back and edited again, it reverted to the way it was before you made changes. I'm just not sure.

I can remove your recipe entirely if you'd prefer, or I can try and make the changes to get it back to the state you'd like it to be in. It's really up to you -- I want to make sure you're happy with the recipe as it's presented.

[caseypons]

Jacquilynne,
Thanks again. I just re-edited my submission and checked for accuracy. As of 6:00PM Pacific time it looks fine to me. Let us see what the Gremlins come up with over nite. If it stays as is I am way fine with that and just hope I didn't make too many folks upset in the process.
Lovin you out here in the sticks,
Casey

[caseypons]

Jacquilynne, 8:00PST and all is well out here in Or-a-Gone and chow.com recipeland. There truly is a God!!!
Thanks so much for your above & beyond attention displayed to us mere mortals.
Love & Intermitten Software Maladies,
Casey