I love to hear all those old stories especially about family recipes and what they liked to cook. My grandmother was born and raised in Milwaukee and when she married my grandfather, she brought cook books that her mother gave to her. As a child in the early '40's I would go to her house and she would have a big barrel in the kitchen and it would be full of her pastries that she had made. I can still see that today. Her cook books were passed down to my Mom and I have one of them. She also had big X's on the sides of some of the recipes too. I just figured it was one of her favorites. I do have recipes that are written in my mothers handwriting and have put them into a book. Along with that I had almost all my relatives that would take part write their favorite recipe and sign it and have put it into this book. Now the book is passed down to my daughter. I gave it to her on her wedding day. She enjoys this book so much and has had her in-laws fill up some more pages. I hope this will keep going forever and ever with children to come. Thank you for some great e-mails. June of California