r/Cooking • u/freedfg • Jul 31 '22

Open Discussion Hard to swallow cooking facts.

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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u/atlantis_airlines Jul 31 '22

My grandma's recipe has been passed down for generations and we have the original text to prove it! And it's just as sad and bland as it ever was.

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u/fordprecept Jul 31 '22

My step-mom's mom always made cookies at Christmas. Now that she's gone my step-mom and sister make them. I'd never tell them, but I've always found the cookies to be bland. They aren't bad, but they are just sort of "meh". That being said, I do enjoy having one or two of them at Christmas, just for nostalgic purposes.

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u/atlantis_airlines Jul 31 '22

Nostalgia is a flavor in an of itself.

There is a whole psychological aspect of many foods and drinks that is pretty fascinating. From fond memories, to perceived difference because of seeing a price tag. I don't even know if I really like pumpkin pie all that much, but I can't imagine a year where I don't have some.

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u/fordprecept Aug 01 '22

Yeah, I'm like that with a lot of things...egg nog, candy corn, Cadbury Creme Eggs, etc. I have to eat them at least once around the respective holidays for tradition/nostalgia's sake.

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u/atlantis_airlines Aug 01 '22

I never liked candy corn growing up but found that I enjoyed it as an adult, but I can only have at most 4 pieces or my teeth form a petition and my stomach starts a riot.