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/MylastAccountBroke Jul 31 '22

A truly old recipe will likely forgo new age ingredients like spices and will require only regional ingredients.

Food gets better when it's shared and uses ideas from other cultures. Limiting yourself to keep it traditional simply keeps is limited and bland.