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My aunt's handwritten card for her lentil soup recipe is fading fast
She told me at a family picnic in 2019, 'If you don't copy this down now, it's gone for good.' Anyone else scrambling to save old recipes before they're lost?
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seanjackson28d ago
That line about "it's gone for good" really hits home. I've got a few stained recipe cards from my grandma that are getting hard to read. It feels like a race against time to save that stuff.
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tara_patel28d ago
Yeah that "race against time" feeling is real... @seanjackson you ever think about just recording yourself reading them out loud? The sound of someone's voice saying the recipe steps feels like its own kind of save.
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wells.olivia26d ago
You know, I always thought voice notes were kind of silly for recipes. But "the sound of someone's voice saying the steps" made me try it. I found an old tape of my mom explaining her meatloaf, just her talking while she cooked. Hearing her say "now, don't pack the breadcrumbs too tight" is different than reading it. It's her. It's the pauses, the little laugh. It saves more than the words.
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