59 in 2012

59 of Mom's recipes in 2012.

What's old is new. Some of these recipes date back to the 1950's. It will be interesting adapting the recipes to current cooking methods and ingredient availability. Let the food history lesson begin!

Monday, January 2, 2012

59 in 2012

The reason for this blog is a decision to make at least 1 dish a week from my mother's recipe collection. 59 actually because it seemed like a good number being as I actually turn 59 this year.
Mom died 2 years ago and it has been a slow process to help dad clean out the closets, drawers, and cupboards. Now my closets, etc. are overflowing and I don't know why I am compelled to hold on to everything that was hers. I will never be the seamstress, crocheter, knitter that she was, but I have always thought I was a better cook. Everything we every ate growing up was boiled and uninspiring. But when I look through her recipe collection, I am amazed at all of the recipes that she cut out or wrote down from magazines and friends. It is evident that at one time she was creative in the kitchen. The other thing that strikes me when looking at these recipes is there are a whole lot of foods and cooking methods and essentials that we take for granted. There are a little booklets on how to grill food in aluminum foil, cook using cream cheese, and.....
So this will not only be a food adventure but a food history lesson.

1 comment:

  1. You're right, you ARE a better cook than she was...but then, so is my cat Charlotte!

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