Category: Nostalgia
Great-Grandma’s Sour Cream Cocoa Cake
I love old recipes. One really needs to have some baking and cooking experience before trying many of them. I have read family recipes that state, “Add a handful of flour” or “Mix in shortening the size of an egg.” These recipes are definitely not for the novice baker. Since I have been fixating on…
Grammy’s Banana Fritters
I guess I am on a nostalgic kick this week. Again, here is a recipe from Grammy (my great grandmother). My uncle LOVED these and we would usually make them when he visited us (the morning after pizza night). Banana Fritters 1 c. flour 1 t. salt 1/2 t. baking powder 2 T. sugar or…
Grammy’s Grape Pudding
When I quizzed my mother as to what was her favorite dish growing up, she immediately brought up Grammy’s Grape Pudding. I was not fortunate enough to have known “Grammy,” my great grandmother, so I relied on my mother’s memory for this recipe. (It didn’t take us long to locate it in the family-compiled recipe book.) …
Wild Grape Jelly
A true pioneer recipe
My recipe albums
Remembering back to a few more family recipes.
My Aunt’s Red Velvet Cake
The big Red Scare! Red Velvet Cake Recipe
Bruschetta: the Heart of Summer
Bruschetta recipe–easy and fresh.
My love affair with daily print
Spicy Okra with Summer Vegetables Recipe
Zinnias
A favorite pastime of mine is looking though my prized family photo albums at sepia tinted pictures of my ancestry. This trait comes from my grandma. My grandma and I would look through her photo albums and she would narrate everyone’s stories for me. (I know we did this a lot in the summer when she…