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Message: <blockquote data-quote="winemaker81" data-source="post: 817138" data-attributes="member: 62">Shortly after I graduated from college, a friend lamented her grandmother died, and with her died a huge number of family recipes. The grandmother was one of those who refused to share recipes, as she was afraid someone else would make dishes better than her. [I had an aunt who shared recipes but omitted ingredients or changed them for this reason.]At that time I lived 30 minutes from my parents, so we started a process where every other weekend I'd visit. My mom didn't measure unless it was baking, so she'd cook and I'd measure as she cooked, recording recipes. We saved all the recipes that we enjoyed while I was growing up.I make it a point to record recipes that I invent (often modifying recipes I find) when they come out well. My sons have those recipes to carry forward, and I kick them in the butt to record their recipes.</blockquote>

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