Originally Posted by cabinfever
Originally Posted by Kellie G
I find recipes my mom has written, with no name on it...no idea what we're making....most of the time, just the ingredients and measurements, not how to put together or how to bake it!!!!
I inherited my grandmothers recipes and she was a wonderful cook! Although some do have titles, so that helps, she lists the ingredients, not what to do with it. That was life experience. She grew up cooking with a wood cookstove, so no temperature controls there; she was born in 1901. Some say "medium oven", that means about 350 in her book, as we had that conversation a few times when I was a kid helping, & "hot" was later interpreted as 400. She cooked until the last year or so, & lived to about 96. My mother was just going to throw the recipes out, but my daughter has quite an interest in cooking, so will likely enjoy the prospect of the puzzle.
I framed 2 of my Grandmother's recipes for in my kitchen. One is signed and dated 1929. I love the ones on funeral home note paper. My Aunt gave meGram's cook book and recipes because she knew I would cherish them, Aunt Dora was right.