Though not as popular, you will find this size more popular today. 5″ x 7″ recipe cards: And with more time passed and homes even bigger, the card expanded to keep up with the change.4″ x 6″ recipe cards: As time passed and homes grew larger so did the size of the recipe cards.3″ x 5″ recipe cards: When recipe cards first started the boxes that were created to hold them were this size and is pretty much still the most popular recipe card standard that has been used for the past century.As time passed recipes have become more “complex” which more space is needed for the ingredient list and the method.Once recipe cards became popular to trade with family, friends, and church groups the need to include more details about the recipe were needed.In the beginning, most recipe cards were used as “reminder” of a recipe and that is why sometimes you don’t see measurements as the home cook visually measured her ingredients.
Reasons for recipe card sizes to increase over the years:
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