Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social

I've told this story before, but when my paternal grandmother passed, her daughters fought for DAYS over who would get her precious ever-guarded recipe book, finally agreed they would share it, opened it to copy down the recipes and found it had only 1 entry which said "Book I pretend has recipes"

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Meredith @merrieberrie.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:53 UTC

Honestly in awe. Absolutely incredible.

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Tits in Screenshots @titsinscreenshots.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 12, 2024 at 04:00 UTC

That's so awesome. I love her.

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Sarcasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

S-tier troll

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Rethgaal @rethgaal.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 20:37 UTC

I can only aspire to this level of commitment to the bit

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the king of haterade @leask.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 20:51 UTC

we stan a queen!!!

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Merve @merve2.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 23:44 UTC

Lol this is the most Desi story ever. Every time I try to coax a recipe out of my mom, she's like, “Arre beta, there's no recipe.”

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Randy BluesBreaker @randulo.com [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:39 UTC

"If you're reading this, I must be dead."

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Deerlady83 @deerlady83.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:31 UTC

Grandma was a gangster.

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Biohazard @biohazardous.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:52 UTC

That's amazing! It reminds me of how my biological mom tried to get my great-grandma's recipes one day. She didn't have any luck because great-grandma didn't write any of them down, and when mom asked how much of a thing to use she'd just say, "I don't know exactly, you just use *enough*."

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Lauowolf @lauowolf.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 17, 2024 at 05:19 UTC

Oh noes! ... You don't suppose maybe that book was a decoy And the REAL recipe book is hidden somewhere requiring a quest and magical helpers and all?

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Bob @bumbledan.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 20:29 UTC

That is so freaking awesome.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:42 UTC

Oh. My. GAWD. *Hero*.

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Mike W @latimeriidae.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:23 UTC

“Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down…”

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Seraph @seraphism.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 20:52 UTC

What a prankster! 😂 May she live on in infamy (complimentary).

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Thought Portal @thoughtportal.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 20:59 UTC

this is fantastic

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:21 UTC

Legend

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NJ @tashjoeza.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:47 UTC

I'm crying with laughter.

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Abbaetha @abbaetha.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:00 UTC

The multi-year planning necessary to pull that off - full obeisance.

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a cracked wooden man @woodenman.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 19:47 UTC

unfathomably based

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Aurelius Raines @aureliusr2.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 21:15 UTC

You win!

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 19:54 UTC

🫡

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 22:32 UTC

Utterly genius grandma troll move

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:51 UTC

incredible.

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Thomas 🚀 SFF180 @sff180.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:49 UTC

Everyone go home. No one will ever match this god-tier level of trolling for the remainder of human civilization.

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Quaker in a Basement @josephmoran.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:58 UTC

She was probably snickering to herself even as she was dying. Wonderful!

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@padathir.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 22:48 UTC

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Rob Burton, once and future non-existent entity @robertsburton.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 23:09 UTC

Wonderful

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Nelson @nappell.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:49 UTC

Absolute respect.

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:33 UTC

simply one of the greatest bits of all time

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WildGorillaMan @wildgorillaman.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 20:04 UTC

That's amazing.

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James Felix Black @tft.io [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:05 UTC

GOAT

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Dogs and Sobriety @dogsandsobriety.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:49 UTC

Grandma off the top rope!

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Trejon @trejon.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 07:26 UTC

I’m in love with her.

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Marginalien @anaire.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 21:55 UTC

Now that's a commitment to the long game.

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Hare 🍉 @haredurer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 20:50 UTC

Got your asses

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🇵🇸Dr. Tim Henke (tɪm 'ɦɛŋ.kə) @timhenke.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 08:33 UTC

Queen

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Stan Erraught/ Ó hOireachtaigh @stane.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:07 UTC

Similar death bed story: the aunt of one my friends was dying and relatives were gathered round. She called her brother - my friend's father - over and, in a weak voice, said 'T--- there's one thing I always wanted to know' Family waits with bated breath. Came the question 'what does BMW stand for?'

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legal cat 🐾 @legalcat.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:45 UTC

My recipe box has gardening seeds in it. I aspire to be like your grandmother.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 06:58 UTC

LEGEND.

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Alice @thealice.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:51 UTC

Legendary

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Daddeh @daddeh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 03:07 UTC

The only way we got a recipe out of my grandma was when she was dying of cancer and wanted vegetable soup. Reluctantly, she gave my mom the recipe. Best vegetable soup ever.

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Amanda/Inkling 🏳️‍🌈 @inkling42.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 00:11 UTC

I CACKLED. Your paternal grandmother was amazing, and I salute her.

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@clockdivider.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 23:43 UTC

Were the words written recently, or decades ago? For how long had she committed to the bit?

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Labradorite Is Hard To Spell @mxlabradorite.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 21:16 UTC

QUEEN.

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Lee Heffner @leeheffer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

When my grandmother was told she was at the end she insisted on leaving the hospital in a yellow cab. It was her last battle but it was a beaut.

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Verboten Anna @sockeranna.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:20 UTC

Amazing.

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Jenny Rae Rappaport @jennyrae.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:51 UTC

Your grandmother was awesome!!!

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seancurry1 @seancurry1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 16:10 UTC

incredible

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Ryan Kamen Rider Pride🏳️‍🌈 @dearzeus.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:22 UTC

ICONIC.

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Jonathan @jginsburg.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:22 UTC

"fine you can have it"

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RK @rohtweets.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 21:46 UTC

Brilliant!

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Jerry Beasley @stochasticfossil.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:24 UTC

That is epic.

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Charm City Slicker (56-32) @sprawlhater.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:45 UTC

My granny ran an occasional baking operation out of her house and was well known in the neighborhood for making desserts. People would routinely ask her for the recipes and she often gave out sabotage instructions so no one else could make them. She even gave some of the fakes to my mom

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Elly @ellyzoe.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:07 UTC

Hahaha! When my dad’s dad’s mom passed, my grandma (her daughter-in-law) was given her recipe book & discovered that a small but key ingredient was missing/wrong quantity in every recipe her mother-in-law had ever given her, which is why things never came out quite the same for her. 🤡

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Serenity "Lady of Shallots" Dee @sapphixy.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 21:21 UTC

OMG SHIV that is ART

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Ashford @ashokhotnik.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:01 UTC

Your grandmother rocks.

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childless gambino @hapticfeedbag.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 22:39 UTC

incredible work.

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Jack Stakes @jackstakes.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:22 UTC

she's a legendary troll lmao

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 21:01 UTC

My grandmother had a recipe for tasty baked red potatoes that she refused to share with anyone. I spent years trying to replicate it only to discover just before she passed that her secret recipe is on the back of every single box of Lipton onion soup mix.

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:33 UTC

"'Peace on Earth' was all it said"

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Mousebumples @mousebumples.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 13, 2024 at 22:47 UTC

I intentionally transcribed (typed) over 100 of my grandma's favorite recipes maybe 8 or 9 years ago. She died in late 2023, and I'm glad to have those memories. ❤️ And laughs when I see recipes that are very much a product of their era. (eg lard, frozen juice from concentrate, etc.)

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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 19:18 UTC

Your grandmother was great!

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Dannagal G. Young @dannagal.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 03:04 UTC

Absolutely perfect. Master class.

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Ashley Hankins Illustration 🌙 @ashleydoesartstuff.com [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:15 UTC

Amazing 😂

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:23 UTC

Oh my GOD

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Gabriel S. Jacobs @gsjphd.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 21:43 UTC

"There is no secret ingredient" moment

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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:38 UTC

This is one of the best stories I’ve ever heard. How did your aunts react?

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Matt @segm09.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:32 UTC

The greatest flex

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J🌹❤️ ⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @theoraclej.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:45 UTC

I love this! totally legendary! 🤭

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 20:50 UTC

An unparalleled long con

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DaemonAAc / Bunny @daemonaac.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:10 UTC

That is.....perfect

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Liz (they/she) 🍉 @lizardry.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 20:08 UTC

The most epic troll of all time 😂😂

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 22:54 UTC

are you Bengali because this is the most Bengali story I've ever read

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Kristina of ⭐️⭐️ @maytagsmom.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 22:38 UTC

Your family has the best stories! Please write them down and make a book because I could read the rice truck one over and over and over. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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c______z @boshyboo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 19:28 UTC

Damn now that's a good one

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 14:41 UTC

Absolute king shit.

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Micah @rincewind.run [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:44 UTC

what a legend, I hope she had a good laugh about this before she passed

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Tom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD @hlrowe.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:19 UTC

I love your grandma so much.

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Allie Bustion @madpierrot.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:23 UTC

My maternal grandmother wishes she'd thought of that instead of dealing with everyone booking time to glean some of her recipes, only to learn they came from the box.

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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 20:54 UTC

Mennonite recipes are only a list of ingredients because the daughters are supposed to cook with the mother (yes, "traditional" gender roles) to learn how to make them.

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 19:38 UTC

LEGENDARY

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Keitorin @bluapapilio.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 12, 2024 at 14:22 UTC

I gasped!

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:29 UTC

My great aunt would get catered food put it own trays and insist the recipe was a family secret.

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William Li @williamlidc.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:23 UTC

Incredible

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Matt @mttlvn.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:38 UTC

This is the perfect second peg for the Truck Full of Rice cinematic universe.

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Richard Garfinkle @rgarfinklesff.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:55 UTC

I do a lot of cooking and baking. I don't use recipes much. Recently one of my children (adult children, but my children) asked for my recipe for sticky buns. I've made these a fair amount and they're well liked. /1

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Tarn O @tarnado.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:27 UTC

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