My wife was clearing out some old boxes and came across these:
They're handwritten recipes from her grandmother and great-grandmother (mother and daughter). Some of the recipes from the older book make references to "Mother's Spice Cake" or "Aunt Louisa's Date Pudding," so that would take it back great-great-grandmother's time.
Here are some samples:
Many of the recipes are like this one, rather skimpy on the method:
Some have no method at all, just a list of ingredients.
Some novelty things as well, like ice cream from snow (I remember my own mother doing something similar), and a peanut butter sandwich spread made with pimento and mayonnaise added (now I know where my wife gets her taste for PBM sandwiches):
This sounds very interesting to try:
Remember over the holidays, we were all discussing the rarity of true mincemeat nowadays? Fear not, here's a recipe for the real thing (and the following page has a recipe for making mincemeat cookies with this):
I also want to include this, from the first page:
That name is of her great-grandfather, and he's obviously doing something with some wheat (her people were Iowa farmers).
They're handwritten recipes from her grandmother and great-grandmother (mother and daughter). Some of the recipes from the older book make references to "Mother's Spice Cake" or "Aunt Louisa's Date Pudding," so that would take it back great-great-grandmother's time.
Here are some samples:
Many of the recipes are like this one, rather skimpy on the method:
Some have no method at all, just a list of ingredients.
Some novelty things as well, like ice cream from snow (I remember my own mother doing something similar), and a peanut butter sandwich spread made with pimento and mayonnaise added (now I know where my wife gets her taste for PBM sandwiches):
This sounds very interesting to try:
Remember over the holidays, we were all discussing the rarity of true mincemeat nowadays? Fear not, here's a recipe for the real thing (and the following page has a recipe for making mincemeat cookies with this):
I also want to include this, from the first page:
That name is of her great-grandfather, and he's obviously doing something with some wheat (her people were Iowa farmers).
