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My grandma's recipe box got soaked in a basement flood last spring
We thought we lost her handwritten card for the lemon pound cake she made every Easter in Akron. My aunt managed to save it, but the ink had run on the part about the glaze. We spent a whole afternoon trying to remember if it was 2 cups of powdered sugar or 2 and a quarter, and calling cousins to compare notes. Has anyone else had to piece together a recipe from memory after something like that?
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victor_butler506mo ago
A kitchen fire got your grandpa's chili recipe? That's a whole different level of disaster. Water damage is one thing, but actual flames? The card itself is lucky to have made it. Glad you could call in the family backup.
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beth_stone7mo ago
That "calling cousins to compare notes" part is so real. We had to do that with my grandpa's chili recipe after a kitchen fire. You never realize how much you rely on those little cards until they're gone.
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