Kitchen

[stilltamn8r]

When my mm died, I got all her recipe files and there were plenty-

For every holiday, she had a party-Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day-Even the Showers she threw for people-

Anyway, she always took a recipe card, and took time to write WHO was there, WHAT was served,, did people like it? was there enough of this, too much of that? would she make it again? Did someone else bring a dish and how was that received?

It was really a walk down memory lane- she had these back at least 30 years...Just remembering the PEOPLE was one thing, but remembering the food was amazing too-I still make many of those same things-

[kittymomNC]

When I was a little girl, my mother worked and was usually not there when my sister, brother, and I got home from school. But I remember so many winter days when it was my Mom's day off, I would open the door and smell homemade vegetable beef soup, along with two chocolate pies! It's one of my best memories. Mom passed away 27 years ago, and I was the only one in the family who could make her vegetable beef soup - my son didn't particularly care for vegetables, but he would eat that. I almost never made it in the summer, but one day when it was 90 degrees outside and he was in his early twenties, he came in and said, out of the blue, "Mom, if you don't write down how to make Grandmom's soup, nobody will ever be able to make it when you die." It was really funny because that was the last thing on my mind on a hot humid day! Of course, I had learned from her and never measured anything - I just kept tasting and adding until it was just right. I finally managed to get the recipe written down the best I could, so he will have it if I'm not here. But I still make it for him now.

But there is one thing she could make that I cannot exactly duplicate - cole slaw. I've tried everything known to man, and I can't make it taste quite like she did. I know what was in it, I just can't get it right. I've learned to make my own version that I really like, but I remember her making fried chicken, cole slaw, and potato salad with her special touch. My best friend always made sure she was around when that was on the table!

Of course, there are other things that come up occasionally as well, and I so wish that she were here so I could ask her.

[BeautybytesbyCC]

Well, just yesterday, I took the few Recipies I had and put them on a Pintrest board. I always thought her cook book with tons of handwritten papers in it had everything I needed, but it turns out that wasn't the case. My cousin has a few of the Recipies, that I did get, but not everything . My board only has 15 in it, but at least I'll have it.

[Harpa]

Reading about all your wonderful memories was a very pleasurable way to drink my cup of tea, especially after a long and grueling morning class!

Thanks!

And thanks, nantucket for the thread!

SnowPuppy, that was a sweet suggestion! I'll use that as an excuse my next, inevitable baking disaster!

[Mistreatedbycs]

UGH! Mom gave me her recipe (what you can call a recipe) no amounts, made it this morning, delivered some to the healthcare facility where she's at and they didn't taste the same.....back to the drawing board, need to make them again and see if I can perfect them.

Maybe it's my frying pan, it's not hers

[Barbarainnc]

My momma went through her recipe cards, and typed up all of her favorites and gave a printed copy to my brother and I.

[chickenbutt]

My 'mother' was an awful cook and I didn't have a grandmother, so all my recipes started, and I guess will end, with me.

I think the heritage of family recipes is a very cool one, though!

[curlywhitedog]

My grandmother made the absolutely BEST chocolate cake but all my mother remembered about the recipe was that it had sour cream in it. One day I was at a garage sale and there was a Little House on The Prairie book there and in that book was a recipe for Sour Cream Chocolate cake and I bought the book in hopes that the cake would be the same as I remembered my grandmother's cake to be and it was. It might not have had the identical ingredients but it was close enough to bring me back to my childhood. That next holiday I bought my mom a book and asked her to fill it full of her recipes and she did. I treasure that book...nothing brings my mom back to me faster than the smells from her kitchen.

Maria

[kitty60]

It's funny. When my son moved out he asked for his favorite recipes. The ones I used all the time were ones I had created and I made them so often I never used recipes. It was time to write them down. My husband is still trying to figure out a lobster salad his gm made. Have gone through his mother's recipe cards, had his cousin look through gm recipes and there is non. I think it was something she just enjoyed and put together with simple ingredients she had on hand. It's so sad that we don't think to write things down.