I boldly stepped into my garage recently to retrieve a box of old magazines and recipes that I have hung on to for 40+ years. Stepping into my garage is like stepping into a dense, dark jungle of STUFF! It is time, and now I have the time, to sort it and get rid of it.
It is amazing how much one can accumulate over those 40 years.
I used to buy a magazine because of one or two recipes that sounded appealing and had a tempting photo of what it should look like. I saved newspaper recipe clippings, photo copies of recipes, note card recipes, hand written recipes; you name it, it is in this box. I couldn’t just throw the whole box away. I just couldn’t! Although I know I should just close my eyes and throw! Instead I had to page thru the magazines and shuffle thru the clippings and cards to see if anything still appealed to me. Yes, of course, there are tempting recipes that I want to save. Where should I put them for easy retrieval and sorted into the proper category? I needed a family recipe book online! RootsinRecipes.com will be my storage box now. If I want to preserve that cookie recipe that was in an old Better Homes and Gardens magazine from July 2006 and on paper that is browning from age, I will enter it in my cookie category, picture and all! I can throw away the bulky magazine and the bulky box. There may be a glimmer of light in the garage!
It takes a bit of time in the beginning to decide what to keep, type it into the website, and upload the picture but the reward is that it will be simple to find it again and not be in some box or drawer that had been lost or forgotten about for so many years! I will be more inclined to use it if it is at my fingertips, literally.
I am a foodie. I love to continually try new recipes and save the great discoveries. Thru this process I will have a cookbook that will be my family recipe book loaded with the only the favorites. No need to page thru a magazine or flip thru clippings. I can share information with family and friends as a pdf or print it out as a gift, and never lose those special dishes. It will be my family recipe book.
That bold step into the abyss feels really good now!
FOOD+FAMILY=LOVE
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