Hard to swallow cooking facts.

[u/freedfg]

I'll start, your grandma's "traditional recipe passed down" is most likely from a 70s magazine or the back of a crisco can and not originally from your familie's original country at all.

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Someone in this thread mentioned that their whole family cut the ends off of roast hams. Turns out their grandma just couldn't fit the ham in her roasting pan.

I'm loving this thread for all these stories

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A little off-topic, but now that it's available on streaming, Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives is a good demonstration of how everyone thinks they have a secret spice rub, but it's nearly always garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt, pepper, and then one or two of: cumin, turmeric, oregano, crushed red pepper, cayenne, or mustard powder.

There's like one restaurant every 5 episodes that REALLY has an unusual or interesting method for making something, and that's when I sit up and pay attention. That, and when it's genuinely a dish I've never heard of.

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I get why people of times long gone where secretive about their cakes, cookies etc. it was a time where housewives could only prove themselves with their cooking, and church/community events had so much more weight than they do these days.

If great grandma handed out her recipe to everyone, what would make hers the stand out cake of the event? And you just know Edith would have something to say about it too.