My grandma's handwritten cards beat online recipe sites any day

I miss the days when finding a recipe meant pulling out a box of index cards. Now, every time I look up a cheap dish online, I have to scroll through someone's life story first. Last week, I tried to cook bean soup and ended up reading about the author's summer in Italy. By the time I found the list of stuff I needed, I had lost interest. My grandma had it right with her simple cards that just said what to do and how much it costs. These sites make cooking on a budget feel like a homework assignment. I get that people want to share, but maybe put the story after the recipe? Nowadays, I just skim and guess, which sometimes ends in dinner disaster.