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Across the Fence:  Mother's cookbooks  |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 17 2011 : 4:21:09 PM
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My Mother age 94 gave me a couple of her older cookbooks. Older--yes.
I remember lokking at the pictures in the smaller book. Loved looking and of course she was a great baker.
The little one is called:
Any One Can Bake (for the young housewife). She got that from her Mother when she married in 1934.
The larger is The Better Homes and Garden Cookbook she got in 1936. The are well used and full of clipped recipes and hand written recipes.
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9402 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9402 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2011 : 5:51:45 PM
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What wonderful treasures Mary Beth!
farmgirl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2011 : 04:33:20 AM
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So nice. Finding an old cookbook, especially one with written notes and recipes tucked inside always makes me feel connected to the woman who used it before me.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2011 : 06:02:58 AM
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Wonderful! I love those old cookbooks--especially, "Anyone can Bake a Cake"...what a great title!
I've been looking through the Ladies' Society Methodist Church of Columbus (Ohio) "Collection of Receipts" that belonged to my Great Aunt. Her mother, Roma, made some contributions, and it was published in 1922. Funnily, the advertisers who bought space to publish the cookbook all cater to women, but as if they were frail, mindless creatures. The bank advertisements are the best--"To all the ladies of the household: we offer quiet consultation in an established environment for your comfort in taking care of unfamiliar household business while the man of the house is away at work. We know you'll need our assistance and we offer it with great aplomb..." WHAT???
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
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Posted - Feb 18 2011 : 06:06:59 AM
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Wow I would cherish those cookbooks. I found an old cookbook at a garage sale years ago and I love it. What a treasure!
Seize The Day!
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Read2me
Farmgirl in Training
31 Posts
Jennifer
Cato
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Feb 18 2011 : 06:22:29 AM
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| I agree. Cookbooks are such a connection to the women of the past. I have told my mother for years that I want her cookbooks. She is 87 and is thrilled that I want them someday. I have such good memories growing up using her cookbooks. The most treasured ones are her own handwritten recipes collected in a binder. My own daughters, age 17 and 23, have also espressed an interest in my cookbooks someday! I guess they feel the same connection. |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Feb 18 2011 : 06:23:20 AM
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What a nice thing to have MB. I have a couple of my Grandma's cookbooks and she has things written in the margins and other jots here and there. They are more fun to read then the receipes themselves. How is your Mom?
NancyJo
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2011 : 06:25:28 AM
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Jennifer, my Mother also has two full binders of recipes she has collected and/or handwritten with dates and who or where she got them. She's not ready to give them up---yet. LOL
MB
http://www.smallcityscenes.blogspot.com
www.day4plus.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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HollyG
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
Holly
Hamburg
Arkansas
USA
214 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2011 : 06:35:29 AM
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I love old cookbooks. They tell you the "real" way to do things. I love recipes with lard and tons of eggs and sugar. I've gotten my best cooking tips and recipes from them.
HollyG
Farmgirl #2513
www.mydeepwoodslife.com |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 18 2011 : 08:00:38 AM
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That's awesome Marybeth - my favorite cookbooks are the ones I have inherited from my grandmothers. I also got a notebook from each of them that had newspaper clipping recipes they had collected. I love the link to the past and also to my family heritage.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13645 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2011 : 8:29:07 PM
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I have one cookbook that my mom had, it's a community one from sometime in the 80s, so it's not old. But her handwritten notes and recipes . . and "fingerprints" are in it!
I also have her recipe box with all of her handwritten recipes, some of which are quite old . . . and have her "fingerprints" on them as well.
She was an EXCELLENT cook, has been gone 17 years . . . and I treasure her recipes and her "fingerprints"!!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
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whispering pines
True Blue Farmgirl
428 Posts
patricia
sedro woolley
wa
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2011 : 8:38:34 PM
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I love old cookbooks too. They are such treasures from the past...
"It's not what I do, but how I do it!"~Mae West~ |
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henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Kim
Gadsden
Alabama
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Feb 20 2011 : 07:14:34 AM
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| While going through my mom's things this past year(she passed unexpectedly), I have found a cookbook of her's that was my favorite as a child. The page with the oatmeal- chocolate candy page has all the spills and splatters. It warms my heart of all the great memories! |
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SusanScarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
317 Posts
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Posted - Feb 20 2011 : 6:14:20 PM
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| I love old cookbooks too. I have a difficult time paying $35 for a new one and then the recipes are basically opening miscellaneous cans and combining. Sweet, sweet old cookbooks. |
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
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Posted - Feb 21 2011 : 10:00:12 PM
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when I married my 1st husband at the age of 18, my then Mother in law gave me her cookbook that she got when she first got married (around 1956)...well I still depend on this cookbook for a lot of things 34 years later...the poor thing is losing its binding but I won't trade it for anything...if my 33 yr old son ever marries I would love to past it on to his new wife.....if not it will be pasted on to my best friends grand daughter who is my 'adopted' grand daug......Michele'
Chickens rule!
The Old Batz Farm
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