tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post6285355312096190671..comments2024-03-23T21:38:31.368-04:00Comments on Coffee Tea Books and Me: Living the Pantry Lifestyle - Legacy RecipesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-173973371170130632018-03-21T13:16:56.464-04:002018-03-21T13:16:56.464-04:00Living so far away (a continent) from the most of ...Living so far away (a continent) from the most of our grandchildren, and rarely getting there to visit, one thing hubby and I are working on is a book...he on our faith path mostly...mine about my mom and her parents who were the salt of the earth...and also I am continuing my work on a "someday" cookbook...to deal with the allergies in our family...and maybe one day will help others on our path as well. Some recipes are pretty well "done" now...others still being tweaked. Some of the common ingredients for those with our issues, I am allergic to, as well as some of our offspring...so it means a lot of trial and error as to finding ways to make food truly yummy as well as nutritional. I like your ideas as ways to continue the legacy of your families, via recipes...a great idea I think!! Years ago, after my beloved grandma passed away, and she was a superb cook...but probably mostly just in about a dozen of her most common recipes...so I went through her recipes and put together some booklets for us and our kin, as well as where the recipes came from and other memories of my grandma...my mom even sent to her cousins...who also appreciated receiving them.<br />ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-42247335873961694932018-03-19T08:09:54.539-04:002018-03-19T08:09:54.539-04:00Yes, this post brings back lots of memories! For y...Yes, this post brings back lots of memories! For years I could not replicate my MIL's Holiday rolls, even though she gave me her recipe. I now finally have a finished product that is equal to hers after lots of trials and error from an older sister-in-law that had many more years of experience working side by side with my mother-in-law. <br />Now I'm on the hunt for that Plum Jam recipe from my husband's grandmother that used her own plums from Grand Rapids, Michigan!Instagram.com/melissasnoteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389672466065251231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-32560036804896024462018-03-18T03:43:58.319-04:002018-03-18T03:43:58.319-04:00Brenda, you know which recipes in those church coo...Brenda, you know which recipes in those church cook books were used but do all of your family? And the stories behind them? I put a large sticky note [but also taped} in the front page of a couple recipe books and told my kids about it. I listed the recipes I used out of it and wrote any information by the actual recipe including any changes I made to the original recipe. Also the date I first used it. Looking back I have actually seen recipes I had forgotten I had tried!! :) I rated each recipe so I could look back and see how well we liked it. Since a certain cookbook was mainly used later each child wanted their own copy of it when they married. It took a while but we located copies. I put a note in each listing the recipes and page number of the recipes they loved growing up. <br />Don't forget to write down all those 'recipes' we store only in our heads so the next generation will not have to keep wondering just how you made it. My recipe box is over flowing..I need to get another too...thanks for the thought! SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-57898370678623674452018-03-17T19:14:02.834-04:002018-03-17T19:14:02.834-04:00I can read a cookbook with as much delight as any ...I can read a cookbook with as much delight as any good read! When we moved my MIL into assisted living this year, I made sure to rescue her boxes of recipes and well worn church cookbooks. What a treasure trove.<br />To this day, when I make a pie, I hear my mother's words in my head. Another treasured memory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-15600010139691838632018-03-17T13:47:23.873-04:002018-03-17T13:47:23.873-04:00 I love old recipe boxes! Thanks for sharing this!... I love old recipe boxes! Thanks for sharing this! After my Mom passed away, my daughter (who enjoys cooking more than I do) went through all my Mom’s cookbooks and recipes, deciding which ones to keep. My sister-in-law asked for some of her recipes, too, (my Mom loved to try new recipes all the time!) and was honored when I sent her a few of my Mom’s handwritten ones. They really are a special kind of legacy! The stories that go with them are an added bonus, too! <br />Have really appreciated all your posts recently, even though I haven’t commented on each one. Just want you to know that your blog is one of my favorites!<br />Hugs and Blessings,<br />Laura C.(WA)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-8591716677617819562018-03-17T13:41:32.061-04:002018-03-17T13:41:32.061-04:00Well that’s just it! Mr. Coffee... can not have yo...Well that’s just it! Mr. Coffee... can not have your meatloaf dinner until he plays baseball for at least an hour! 😃<br /><br />The way you have your recipes organized makes a lot more sense than my way. I may have to take a few hours to do some reorganizing. Thanks a lot! <br /><br />Now I am worried that your family doesn’t know how to make your Banana Pudding. You must get some of those recipes in your memory written down on paper.<br /><br />I know that I’ve mentioned this before, but my own mother had her secret recipes and, even though we have “a recipe,” often it does not come out like hers. My sister and I are on our own trying to replicate our childhood meals and desserts. (I have decided it is extra sugar and butter, even though I see that you have reduced the sugar in the pumpkin bread by an entire cup.)<br /><br />Another cozy Saturday afternoon read. I do especially look forward to your weekend posts. Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-35670151276441963082018-03-17T13:18:34.977-04:002018-03-17T13:18:34.977-04:00I learned to make sage stuffing from my grandma, b...I learned to make sage stuffing from my grandma, by helping every Thanksgiving when I was a young girl. I still make like she did. I also have her Carrot Cake recipe, and her Pumpkin bread recipe. <br /><br />As a family, my kids have the recipe I have used to make pizza crust, scones, holiday tea. <br /><br />Passing recipes down through a family is a wonderful heritage!Deanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133684514103206137noreply@blogger.com