Interview questions for family recipes

Ask beside the stove if you can. Memory is better with the pan in view.

What pan, and what heat? How do you know it is done? What do you add when it tastes flat? What do you never change because the person who taught you would notice? How many people did it feed, really?

Write their sentences down. Your improvements go in a note. The list is also on questions to ask, and the page to write on is the heirloom sheet.

Record audio if they agree. A recording without a transcript is only half a save. Transcribe the same week.