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+Mat is small a recipe management, food planning & lunch box inventory system.
+It was written with the aim to help me, who hates cooking, to be able to eat at
+regular intervals when working in an area with no decent restaurants.
+
+If for some obscure reason, you would like to use this hackish beast, the first
+thing you need to do is create a sqlite database with the following schema:
+
+CREATE TABLE recipes (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, name, uri, servings INTEGER);
+CREATE TABLE ingredients (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, name, shop_position INTEGER);
+CREATE TABLE contents (recipe_id INTEGER, ingredient_id INTEGER, quantity FLOAT, unit);
+CREATE TABLE plan (date DATETIME, mealtype, recipe_id INTEGER, state, comment_id);
+CREATE TABLE comments (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, comment);
+CREATE TABLE inventory (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, recipe_id INTEGER, amount INTEGER, storage);
+
+All basic operations are performed using the perl script mat. It is possible to
+get a crude list of commands available by running: "mat help".
+
+(Oh yeah! You might find the code quality & lack of design rubbish. That's
+completely sane & so do I. I only ever code on this while also cooking. E.g.
+when waiting for the stove & the oven to do its work.)