Vent: My aunt's pie recipe is buried under a million food blog stories

I remember when my aunt would write her recipes on notecards for everyone. Now, when I search for it online, I end up on blogs with endless stories. It takes forever to find the actual list of things to use. Her card had little changes she added over the years, like 'add a pinch of salt.' Online versions don't have that. I feel like we're losing the heart of these dishes. Maybe we should just keep using the cards.

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the_richard1mo ago

I totally get what you mean about the handwritten cards having those personal touches. When my grandma's cookie recipe got lost in online searches, I made a digital copy but kept the feel. I typed it out EXACTLY as she wrote it, with all her notes and stains scanned in. Now I have it on my phone and can share it without the blog nonsense. It keeps the heart of the recipe alive, just like your aunt's pinch of salt. Maybe try digitizing the cards yourself to preserve them.

paigew3529d ago

Wow, I used to roll my eyes at my mom's messy recipe box. Tbh, I thought typing them clean into some app was the smart move. But then I tried making her meatloaf from my typed version and it just tasted wrong, flat. I realized all her scribbles in the margins, like "use the brown sugar not the white here," were the whole point. Now I get why just a scanned copy of the real thing matters so much. You're totally right about losing the heart of it.

reese_ward5017d ago

My dad's chili recipe has "more garlic" scrawled three times down the side of the card (he was not a subtle man).