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Originally Posted by drkshdw
I didn't learn until after my grandmother died that her recipes were in her head. The recipes she wrote down were for other people to copy, not hers to follow.
I also didn't know that when she said '1 cup' of something, that meant a literal cup (aluminum tumbler) which was actually 6 3/4 ounces (we measured the one she always used).
So no, I can't cook like her because what she did and what she wrote down were two completely different things. Had I known then what I know now...
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My grandmother could cook and she never used recipe. Everything was in her head. I don't remember my mom using many recipes either. My mom made egg lemon soup, a Greek dish, that I cannot duplicate. I won't order it in Greek restaurants either - it doesn't taste the same. The food from the both of them become legendary in my mind -