ltd123, in response to your post. Imagine a round circle of cement about 2' high,6" thick, hollow with a bottom. I want to just cap it with homemade bricks that will hang over about 2" over the vertical sides of the base.I would like to make about four per quarter of the circle and mortar them in place.So ya... the brick edge would be about two feet in the air and I was hoping for a good recipe that would make them strong enough to sit on. Right now I'm thinking a typical mix with agrigate(sp) and just smoothing the top. The form I have will support pretty well the whole brick but what hangs over.Hope that helps:)

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&querytime=cWeTB&q=planked+salmon Here is a link that might be useful: Planked salmon kinks

Thank you for the suggestions and helping me sort this out.What a wealth of useful first hand information! I will definitely print the longer recipes on multiple cards. I have been scanning the recipes which my mother mostly wrote by hand. It appears that she anticipated someday passing these on because on some she wrote in notes, ex. "Minnie's cheesecake" and "my Aunt Mary made this cake for our birthdays". There are several recipes cut out from magazines taped on the card which are interesting for the graphics of the era. I am especially enjoying her comments about how she tweeked the recipe. pammyfay - Thanks for the wonderful ideas. I googled recipe book holders and found many that are quite nice. I have the binders for this project , but for myself I think that I would enjoy the 8x11 binder. Violet.West - You would definitely appreciate my mother's recipes. They are smudged, splattered, smeared, and scribbled on. Makes them even more special. Great suggestion about the flash drive. Daughters all have ipads and such; not sure if they cook from one, but I do. camlan - Love the flying cookie dough comment- so true- who hasn't done that? plastic protector sheets are a great idea. The binder came with several of these. I think one in each section would be convenient. hhireno- Love that you have the adorable recipe written by your nephew. It would be fun to remind him of it. I also love looking through my recipes to plan meals. It is so easy to get in a rut. technicolor- I did not think of photographing the recipe cards. Love the idea. I am finding that scanning is time consuming. Is it best to photograph the recipe card head on or lay it on a desk and take the photo from above, or perhaps neither technique is good? I am not sure that the binders will be ready for Christmas; I ma running out of time. At this point I have to work on planning and prepping for seafood Christmas Eve dinner. They will be wonderful no occasion gifts. I will let you know of my progress and final results. Thanks and Happy Holidays.

2 eggs 2 one-half egg shells of Chicken broth 2 +++ white flour Pinch of baking powder Mix together. Form into all and let rest. Roll out dough to 1/4 inch thick. Slice to whatever size you want. Cook in pot of boiling chicken broth.