Oh the things I've found while sorting through this piece of history.
History? You bet!
Like so many women of her day, you shared recipes with family and friends. You added notes with ingredients you changed or with a critique of it's "worthy-ness". You made sure that the name of the person who gave you the recipe was also on it....if the results were tasty, you could praise them. If not, you knew not to ask for any more recipes.
There was no Pinterest! You read the newspaper and cut out recipes or articles that were interesting to you.
Besides tasty food, you could find handy household tips. Did you know that an ordinary light bulb can be used for darning socks? Oh ..... that's right.... that's a lost art. Does it count that I have a darning egg? Those who know me shouldn't be surprised.
As I went through this simple little box, so many memories returned.
Pictured above is also one of my grandmother's recipes. She love to bake sweets, and always made sure the cookie jars in the pantry were full when we would visit.
Some of the recipes have ingredients some wouldn't recognize. Anyone remember Spry? How about Fluffo? Lucky for me, I took every chance I could get to bake with my grandma. I can still use her recipes because I know what modern equivalent to use.
There are some of these recipes that I may never make. Yet I find that I cannot throw away any of these snippets of history. These glimpses of yesteryear. So back into the little green box they will go. Sitting quietly until the next generation decides to open the treasure trove.
