The Bottom of Grandma's Recipe Box
I remember when I would ask my grandmother for one of her recipes. She would flip through her recipe box with the imprint of the oven seared on the bottom, and take out a card. Sometimes it had even been protected from kitchen splatter by a thin plastic cover. I would locate a blank 3×5 index card from her desk and diligently transcribe her chicken scratches to the best of my ability. I still have those cards when I want to make her Golden Rod Eggs or Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.
When I ask my mom for recipes, it is usually in an email that reads a little like this: “How do you make that great filet marinade?” and she promptly sends an email reply. All these recipes are in my Gmail account, so I can quickly search for an ingredient and find it. I’ve had my PDA in the kitchen with her recipe on the screen reading it as I cook. This is a lot different than my grandmother’s recipe card!
Now, sharing recipes via email seems so 20th Century. My favorite bloggers post share recipes on their website and my friends post links on Facebook.
How do you share recipes with your family and friends? Do you still use the old fashioned recipe card, do you use email, or do your prefer social networks like Facebook? Is there something I need to try?
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When my grandmother passed, I was the only one who cared to take her recipes – I have 6 recipe boxes full of recipes that were hand-written, cut out of magazines or given by friends. I share recipes with my father via email and with my friends, I usually write about it on my blog and then upload it to facebook and twitter. I often have my laptop in the kitchen with me – I have a special spot for it on a wheeled cart.
Truth be told, I prefer cookbooks. I love the heft of the book and the glossy pictures.
Most recipe trading that I do now is by email, but I also like to have a book (and don’t trust my accident prone self not to damage my phone or my computer), so I print everything out and put it in a page protector in a binder. My “cookbook” is filled with magazine tear-outs and printed recipes from blogs and emails. That said I still have a recipe box full of cards from my mom, co-workers, friends and family. The trouble sometimes comes when I can’t remember what section of the binder it’s in, or if it’s still in the recipe box.
I started my blog to have a trustworthy place to keep everything
Good idea to start a blog to house your recipes… and then everyone can find them!
Check this out!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maureen-evans/eat-tweet-book-recipes-decoded_b_750654.html
What a way to share recipes!
I keep things I get in print (on cards or from magazines) in their original paper form. But when I work something out myself I keep them in my computer. I tried transferring everything to one medium but it never seemed to work out. When I share them, I usually write it down or send an email. I never give out my original cards.
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