This is a lovely idea :)
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/ara-heirloomcookbook.html
I've got lots of my dear Gran's recipes written down so I think I'll set about this next week.
Might include some of Supersprout's recipes as well just for good measure. I'm sure she wouldn't mind!
you gonna sell them, trixie ? :)..wouldn't mind one
My Nana spent a few years putting all her recipes down on paper for me and my sisters, and now our children. It's a lovely thing to do and a fantastic way of holdig on to all those memories. Thankfully, she's still here, but when she's not, cooking something from her book will always be a little bit magic.
I have jsut inherited my Mothers Old family cookbook. It was started by her Mother in the early1920's and theres pictures of all the old utensils used in that era. It is full of family recipes all handwritten with the date it was written. The earliest is 1924. Absolutely fascinating. I see my Grans favourite of Lemon Sponge is written in there. It was also named as Mothers special dessert.
1 breakfast cup of water
1/2 oz of gelatine
1/4lb of sugar and juice of one lemon
Dissolve gel in hot water and leave to cool. Whisk sugar and white of egg with the lemon juice and add gelatine.
I am sure I will be trying out some of these old recipes.
;) ;)
My mum gave me something similar years ago for Christmas and I write into it all the recipes I try that are given to me, I invent, or cut out of mags. It is packed full, but I have managed to get a lot of my great grans recipes written down before her sister died. Mum doesn't keep any such thing, so again, when she passes on recipes, I write them down and write who they belonged to and any changes I make.
I think this is sooo important and we don't think about it when we are young, I have reipes that were my Grans even though I never met her and some of my Mums recipes with funny names eg "Hey Mum what's for dinner ?" ...."soup... "Mum what kind of soup?"... Answer " tut tut there's a war on!!!" We have ' there's a war on ' soup regularly to this day.
XX Jeannine
I couldn't agree more. Get them recipes written down, and passed down.
My gran was a fantastic cook. She had been a pastry cook in service. She produced some fantastic meals (despite rationing).
I was only about nine when gran died. I admit it was a few years later that I really took an interest in cooking.
The thing is, the recipes I remember her making, the wonderful tastes. I can only try to reproduce, simply because I have nothing written down!!
So, as I said earlier in this post, get them recipes in print, on disc, or whatever, but get them passed down.
If I'm anything to go by, it will be appreciated.
valmarg
I'm doing a seperate section for Christmas recipes ;D
My Auntie Lynne does a FABULOUS salmon mousse that we ALWAYS have on 29th December when we visit her farm!
It's been a bit stressful trying to gather family recipes ::)
MUM: "I never cooked ANYTHING and I don't know what a recipe is"
ME: "You cooked lots of things. I remember your plate bacon & egg pie"
MUM: "Well I don't know how to make the exact pastry recipe for an average sized plate plate. And I've been in touch with your 5th cousin Rachel and she's given me the recipe for her mother's (your Great Auntie Edwina's) corned beef hash. And your Uncle John can only give me the recipe for egg-nog. I've only ever got recipes out of a cookbook. You're stressing me out now ... I'm trying to think of recipes and relatives. Shall I phone your Great Uncle Chris? Or Gordon?"
ME: "I have no recollection of Auntie Edwina other than the fact that you didn't LIKE her. And egg-nog is vile. Don't phone Uncle Chris - he's a kno*head and so is Gordon"
So I phoned my dad instead - an equal measure of insanity but mercifully brief in comparison.
ME: "Have you got the recipe for devilled kidneys and any other recipes from the family you can think of?"
DAD: "Yeah. I'll e-mail them. And I'll get the family recipes from your Auntie Sandra"
SOOOOOOOOOO much easier to deal with!
I just hope he doesn't include his 'timeless' recipe for lentil soup that he inflicted on me for at least 2 months when we were skint. I remember it well.
I don't know why people pay good money for colonic irrigation. This soup did the job for free.
Colonic irrigation ;D ;D ;D lentil soup ;D ;D ;D ;D you are unique Trixie. that is hilarious. Lentil soup certainly upsets my B**** from Hell but its lovvverly isnt it??? ;D ;D ;D no, not the B**** the soup
Carol..........did that book have a recipe fer a daud o tablet by chance ????
Jaggy, course it did, do you wanna copy o' it?
;) ;) ;)
What's a daud o tablet?
Carol, I was gonna answer but you tell Trixiebelle. How often do you make it these days.
My John is an Aberdonian so I do the Rowies and the Stovies ,even the Mealie puds fairly regularly but some time since I did tablet
XX Jeannine
Its a piece of Tablet Trixie.
Tablet is almost the same recipe as fudge but harder consistency. Do you want the recipe for it, its very popular in Scotland.
Jeannine. I dont make it, I just buy it sometimes, its very sickly if eaten in large quantities but hmmmmmmm nice.
;) ;) ;)
Quote from: Carol on April 20, 2007, 21:40:13
Its a piece of Tablet Trixie.
Tablet is almost the same recipe as fudge but harder consistency. Do you want the recipe for it, its very popular in Scotland.
;) ;) ;)
that's why we're all gumsy ;)
Thank you ;D I am now educated in the ways of 'tablet'!
No thanks to the recipe tho' Carol. I'm not a big fan of sweet things :)
your sweet enough T ;) :)
;)