Originally Posted by barbshaver

after my children had all moved out on their own, i bought them each a recipe box and cards to match and wrote down all the recipes of meals i had made through the years. i'm not big on cookbooks and make up my "recipes". prior to that, each one would call occasionally and ask how to make something. and i'd say add some flour, oh about a cup or two! well that didn't work out so well, so i figured out the "measurements" as best as i could and went from there. some of the items had unique names like, "kookalalee" because when they wanted to know what i was making i'd say "supper" and that wasn't good enough. so i made up names as i went along. we all know in our family what these goofy names mean and don't really think that they are that unusual! anyway, it was ALOT of work, but it brought back alot of memories while i was making these for them.