Shoutout to my grandma's recipe box I found hidden in the attic

I was cleaning out my grandma's old stuff last weekend and found a beat up metal recipe box with 42 handwritten cards inside... turns out her "famous" apple pie uses a secret splash of maple vinegar I never knew about. Has anyone else stumbled on a hidden family recipe detail that totally changed how you cook a dish?

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finley7771mo agoMost Upvoted

DUDE my Nonna's "secret" pasta sauce was just a splash of the pickle jar juice! I thought she was just being quirky but it totally wakes up the tomatoes. That maple vinegar sounds like a game changer, wonder if it would work in a BBQ sauce too.

spencer6641mo ago

I mean, I kinda used to think that was just an old wives' tale or something. But then I tried a splash of pickle brine in my chili last month and it totally changed my mind, it just adds this little tang you can't quite place. So yeah, I bet that maple vinegar would be killer in BBQ sauce, that sweet and sour combo is always a win.

paul_morgan22d ago

A splash of pickle brine in chili sounds like desperation, not innovation. People act like dumping vinegar in everything is some ground breaking kitchen hack. My grandma used to put vinegar in her pie crust and it never made me love pie any more than I already did. I dunno, maybe I'm just not impressed by gimmicks.

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