The only way to capture recipes like that is to make a video of the cook demonstrating them, and talking her way through them all the while. And even that will only be so-so: all great art is improv, and never the same way twice.
My grandmother was that way. She had all her recipes written down. Her daughters-in-law thought they had hit paydirt when they found her handwritten recipe book. WRONG not one measurement in the whole book.
Most of the “until it feels right” instructions are those that actually vary from making to making – it depends on some variable like humidity, idiocentric ovens, and such for how much you really need.
Bob. almost 13 years ago
My wife had most recipes in her head. Now I’m trying to remember how she cooked.
Don’t turn out the same.
Mstreselena almost 13 years ago
My grandmother’s noodle recipe was like that. How do you measure “enough flour until it feels right” if you don’t know what feels right?
Jnite almost 13 years ago
I’ve actually asked my mother to write down the recipes of hers I’ve always enjoyed so that I’ll be able to fix them myself one day.
PShaw0423 almost 13 years ago
The only way to capture recipes like that is to make a video of the cook demonstrating them, and talking her way through them all the while. And even that will only be so-so: all great art is improv, and never the same way twice.
rcerinys701 almost 13 years ago
My grandmother was that way. She had all her recipes written down. Her daughters-in-law thought they had hit paydirt when they found her handwritten recipe book. WRONG not one measurement in the whole book.
hippogriff almost 13 years ago
Most of the “until it feels right” instructions are those that actually vary from making to making – it depends on some variable like humidity, idiocentric ovens, and such for how much you really need.
Decepticomic over 3 years ago
With a fox? In a nook?