My great aunt's secret pie crust recipe almost got lost last month

I was cleaning out my mom's kitchen in Cleveland and found a box of old recipe cards, all stained and faded. One card, for a lard pie crust, had my great aunt's handwriting and a note that said 'double the salt, trust me'. I made it for a family dinner and it was the flakiest crust I've ever had, better than any store-bought kind. If I hadn't found that box, her trick would have been gone for good. Does anyone else have a family recipe that was almost lost? How do you keep them safe?

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the_phoenix8d ago

My grandma's ginger snap recipe was almost gone when her house in Toledo got cleaned out. My cousin found it written on the back of a gas station receipt in her junk drawer. Now I keep a photo of it on my phone and a copy in my recipe box, just in case.

uma_nguyen248d ago

Did you ever try making them from the receipt photo before you had the copy? I'd be so worried about smudges or losing the file. Glad it got saved twice.