Family Recipes

'Ophelia[_7_ Wrote:

Indeed. My dad's the cook in the family and every time I asked him to
teach me a recipe, he'd say watch me! I'd then watch and never did I
see him measure meticulously. Amazingly, his dishes always tasted the
same. Sad to say, I was never able to reproduce the flavor of some of
his dishes - as simple as they seemed to be!




--
Noemi
 
On Apr 20, 1:03?pm, Ran?e at Arabian Knits
wrote:

I'm at the tail end of a big family (10 kids - 5 girls), and was the
last girl married, so for my wedding shower my sisters and mom put
together a recipe book for me. It had all the special recipes we used
for holiday meals - Christmas cookies, Thanksgiving side dishes,
desserts, our grandmother's cole slaw, - plus recipes that each of my
sisters used pretty regularly.

It was one of the best presents I've ever gotten. Even though I'd
been making most of the dishes most of my life, having them all
together and written down (and knowing the love with which they were
gathered) makes me happy every time I see the spine on my bookshelf.

Your kids will be very grateful for all your work!
 
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:52:26 -0700 (PDT), Michelle
wrote:



That is the nicest, bestest thing I have heard about a wedding
present. What a great family.
Janet US
 
Michelle wrote:


Were the recipes handwritten? I hope so.
I can't explain the joy I get when I come across recipes or dinner plan
notes my mother had handwritten and they ended up tucked into cookbooks
to be discovered years later.
When I was newly married and asked my mother for her chili recipe, she
wrote it out on a small 6" legal pad. In her beautiful handwriting it
starts " Chili..lets hope!" Her quirky sense of humor comes through to
me as if she was speaking to me yesterday.
 
On Apr 21, 9:07?am, Goomba wrote:

No, everything was typed. If you'd ever seen any of our handwriting,
you'd understand why :) (Is bad handwriting a genetic trait? We all
have pretty awful handwriting, and we're all old enough to have been
taught Palmer method in school.)

I am very lucky - my family is terrific.
 
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Michelle wrote:


My MIL helped her mom compile recipes and family stories to preserve
for the family when she was dying of breast cancer. Each family member,
which was a lot, there were six surviving siblings, their children and
some of their grandchildren, received a copy. We have a copy here, and
it is a nice piece of family history.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
 
On Apr 20, 3:27?pm, "jmcquown" wrote:

Jill, what's a rivlet?

Jerry
--
"The rights of the best of men are secured only as the
rights of the vilest and most abhorrent are protected."
- Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, 1927
 
On Apr 20, 3:35?pm, "Ophelia" wrote:

...


I wouldn't judge, but I can guess: insecurity. If I felt that my
inimitable recipes were all that gave me stature in the community, I'd
also be loath to share them.

Jerry
--
"The rights of the best of men are secured only as the
rights of the vilest and most abhorrent are protected."
- Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, 1927
 
In article
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Jerry Avins wrote:


That is somewhat judgmental, I think. Although I've always been
happy to share recipes, I can think of many reasons not to do so, or at
least only to share them within a family or something. I wouldn't post
about it here, if I were to do so, but I can understand why keeping it
within the family might be important. I know of several mothers in law
who have taught their future daughters in law the family secret recipes
once the wedding was imminent, for instance, kind of a "You're one of
the family now" type rite of passage.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
 
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:07:52 +0200, "Giusi"
wrote:

I finally got one with a train whistle on it because I'd put the pot
on to boil, go to the back yard, get distracted and boil the kettle
dry. I ruined more than one tea kettle that way.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
Goomba wrote:


With that thought in mind- I will inscribe the dust jacket of the
collection I print up for the kids. [if ever get around to it.] It
will start out;
"If you wonder why I didn't leave these in my handwriting-- you should
be getting the idea by now. " Then I'll type those words so they can
read them.

I agree with you, though. My mom and her aunt have/had handwriting
that would make Lucinda jealous. [as in the typeface Lucinda
Handwriting] I have trouble telling the two apart, they are so
perfect and similar.


The notes *are* the cool stuff-

Jim
 
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