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Recipes· 4 min read
Collect Dede's and Nine's recipes as audio — before the family recipe dies
A family recipe is never just a recipe. It is a gesture of the hand, a feeling for just enough salt, the memory of a Sunday in 1971. Written down, that disappears. As a voice message, it stays.
Why recipes work better as audio
If you write a pinch of salt, you lose the hand. In a voice message you hear Nine saying so much — biraz daha. You hear the sounds of the kitchen. You hear whether she is laughing. Audio preserves knowledge that writing cannot hold.
Which recipes absolutely need to be recorded
- Bayram sweets (lokum, baklava, şekerpare)
- Family soup (tarhana, mercimek, yayla çorbası)
- Main dishes with secret ingredients (mantı, sarma, pilav)
- Seasonal preserves (pickles, tomato paste, salça)
- Sweet dishes for birthdays and special occasions
- Remedies (cold tea, herbs, old home cures)
Two recordings per recipe
One recording while cooking (hands showing, sounds, unplanned tips) — and one afterwards (with quantities, order, stories). Both have different strengths.
What else to add
- A photo of the finished dish
- A handwritten version if one exists
- The occasion: when was it traditionally eaten?
- Who originally brought the recipe?
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