14-11-2016, 11:59 PM
So what I've decided to do is tabulate each recipe and the occurrences of the fifty most common words. I will then consider each recipe as a group of common words, and compare it with others. Some will be similar, others dissimilar. I hope that some recipes will match each other strongly, showing natural divisions between the 300 or so recipes.
I also hope that some of the most strongly matching recipes will show similarities in where and how the shared words occur within the text. For example, if two recipes share five words and they occur in the same order, it might reveal some underlying structure.
I think I could also link recipes using rare words or phrases (as far as they occur). There's the strong potential for building up a web of relationships which might lead to some useful observations. I can see so many ways of looking at and comparing these recipes. I'm surprised nobody has thought of this before.
I also hope that some of the most strongly matching recipes will show similarities in where and how the shared words occur within the text. For example, if two recipes share five words and they occur in the same order, it might reveal some underlying structure.
I think I could also link recipes using rare words or phrases (as far as they occur). There's the strong potential for building up a web of relationships which might lead to some useful observations. I can see so many ways of looking at and comparing these recipes. I'm surprised nobody has thought of this before.