I have all my grandmother's cookbooks. She was a little odd at times and was afraid everyone was out to steal things from her. Recipes were something she would never give up. She would often give part of the recipe but leave one ingredient out. In looking through her cookbooks, I found written in the margin next to a totally different recipe, the missing ingredient for this that or the other recipe. I am still trying to piece them all together and she passed over 20 years ago. Don't dismiss the handwriting in the margins. You never know when it will be important! Ellen- *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 1/24/2007 at 8:46 AM sandra_joy@sbcglobal.net wrote: >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 >> > > > >------------------------------- >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