# Grandma’s recipes, in her own voice

A photo of her card, the quantities in grams under it, and Grandma explaining the dough in a recording with its transcript. Your aunt adds her version, under her name.

## At a glance

- **For:** Families keeping a grandparent’s recipes and stories.
- **You keep:** A folder for Grandma with a thread for recipes and one for her stories, shared with the family at Can add notes.
- **Nothing to set up:** Photos of the cards, her voice explaining them, and each relative’s version.
- **The moment:** At Christmas your cousin cooks the varenyky from the thread: the card, the grams you worked out, and Grandma saying how thin to roll the dough.
- **Plan:** Pro · Only the one who shares needs Pro, which also transcribes the recordings. Your family joins free.

## Before

Grandma’s recipes are on cards in her handwriting, and half of what matters isn’t on them: “flour until it feels right”. Your cousin has a photo of one card, your aunt a different version of the same varenyky. Grandma is 88, and after every Sunday visit you mean to write it down.

## Why a thread, not a photo of the card

### Her voice, kept

Record her for as long as she talks, up to two hours. With Pro the recording gets a transcript, so Search finds “poppy seed”.

### The card and what isn’t on it

The photo of the card, and the quantities written out under it in grams.

### Everyone adds their version

Your aunt’s note sits under Grandma’s, with her name and the date.

## A thread, over time

Your workspace starts empty.

### Recipes

Grandma Hanna · Active · Shared · Iryna, Ostap

#### Sun 6 Sept

*The card first, as it is.*

**You** · 15:20

Varenyky with cherries, from Grandma’s card.

[Image: Photo of the handwritten recipe card]

*Her voice, with the transcript Pro adds under the recording.*

**You** · 16:05

Sunday at Grandma’s, 47 minutes: the dough, the cherries, and how her mother made them in Poltava.

“You add the water slowly. When it stops sticking to your hand, that’s enough.”

#### Mon 7 Sept

*The quantities worked out once, under the card.*

**You** · 10:30

| Ingredient | On the card | In grams |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 3 glasses | 450 |
| Water | 1 glass | 200 |
| Cherries | a bowl | 600 |
| Sugar | to taste | 40 |

#### Sun 13 Sept

*Your aunt’s version, under her name.*

**Iryna** · 19:40

Mine has an egg in the dough. Grandma says that’s the city way.

#### Sun 11 Oct

*A reference to the story behind the dish.*

**Ostap** · 18:20

The story of the cherry tree behind her mother’s house is in Stories.

↳ Stories · 11 Oct

#### Sun 1 Nov

*The family cooks from the thread, and adds to it.*

**You** · 19:15

Made them for Grandma’s 89th. She said the dough was too thick.

[Image: Photo of the varenyky]

## Limits

- Search finds the words in notes and transcripts, not handwriting in a photo: write the recipe out under the card.
- Transcripts need Pro: 10 hours a month, up to 2 hours for one recording. In a place you share, everyone’s recordings use your hours.
- Ask before you record someone, and tell them who will hear it.
- ThreadPage is for people aged 18 and over: invite adults only.

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