My maternal great-grandma had a strawberry cobbler recipe that was never written down. One of these years I need to search for a strawberry cobbler recipe, though I would have to modify it since I don't eat any sugar, honey, etc. Not that this would have been a German recipe, but your comments about the Settlement Cookbook reminded me of how important recipes are in our memories. My mom kept all sorts of recipes in self-stick books (yuk--I can't see the backs of some pages because they are sealed down to the book). We have about 30 of these books. I have started the process of copying them for all of us siblings. Of course, my mom was just as apt to use recipes that had been printed in magazines and books as she was to make ones that came from friends. I am copying all the pages, but at first I was thinking the ones with her notes and handwriting were the ones she used the most--until I found a magazine clipping of a cookie recipe she made every year for decades. I think I will have to make an index after the copying is done. I am a vegetarian, though, so I won't be making any of those meat dishes, German OR Greek... mrf Maxine Capezza wrote: > Mary > Thank you so much. I am always looking for books about German > immigrants and living conditions, etc. This is great. > There is quite a historical cookbook originally called The Settlement > Cookbook or maybe it was Settlement House. A group of women put it > together for early immigrants and no one would publish it, so the > husband of one of the women published it and I think it is still > going. I have several editions and they are interesting to read even > if we don't cook that way now. In the latest edition many of the > recipes are updated, but the old ones are still printed in the > book. Another aspect of our ancestors lives. Thanks again. > Maxine > >

I think a good thing to do with family recipes for those of us lucky enough to have any is to make a photo copy of it. This way you have your mom's hand writing and maybe her comments, etc. Then, if you want to type it up for yourself go ahead, but keep the original and copy it for those who follow. I really like keeping copies of my ancestors signatures when I can. I even found some in funeral home records. Maxine

Several years ago, my cousin put together a family cookbook. It started mostly as a means to get some of my grandmother's recipes written down. My cousin stood next to her and measured for my grandma's famous buns and the recipe contains phrases like "smooth as a baby's tummy". We all submitted recipes, but it's great to have some of my grandmother's now that she's gone. -Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxine Capezza" <mcapezza@earthlink.net> To: <wimilwau@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:19 AM Subject: [WIMILWAU] family reccipes >I think a good thing to do with family recipes for those of us lucky > enough to have any is to make a photo copy of it. This way you have > your mom's hand writing and maybe her comments, etc. Then, if you > want to type it up for yourself go ahead, but keep the original and > copy it for those who follow. I really like keeping copies of my > ancestors signatures when I can. I even found some in funeral home > records. > Maxine > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >