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My great aunt's 'secret' pie crust recipe was just the back of a 1953 flour bag
She guarded that handwritten card like a treasure map for sixty years, swearing it was a family heirloom. I found the original bag in a box of her things, and the instructions were word-for-word identical. Has anyone else had a 'lost' recipe turn out to be shockingly common?
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spencer_sanchez672mo ago
The handwritten card is a sweet memory, but it doesn't make the recipe itself a family heirloom. The actual recipe was always public and common. The special part is the story and who made it for you, not the instructions she copied down. The value is in the connection, not in the source being secret. It's still a family tradition, just not a unique recipe.
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julia_burns919d ago
Kinda disagree. The card is what makes it hers now. Even if the recipe is common.
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