Comments on footnoteMaven: Sour Cream, Raisins, and Rhubarb

I love recipe cards, I just wish I had more of the...

2011-08-07T17:50:55.670-07:00

I love recipe cards, I just wish I had more of them in my family past. For my bridal shower my friends gave me a recipe shower, where everyone brought a recipe written on a card, plus a dish or utensil you used in making the dish. I guess they knew I liked food :) My mother wasn't so much the sort to write her recipes down but I do have a couple she mailed to me when we lived in different states, and now that she's gone they're real keepsakes.

fM-As a fellow diabetic I know what you mean about...

2011-08-07T11:26:17.926-07:00

fM-As a fellow diabetic I know what you mean about thinking about food.

I'm glad she saved that recipe of yours!

What a wonderful post and to have the recipe cards...

2011-08-05T14:39:20.465-07:00

What a wonderful post and to have the recipe cards, a lovely addition to your family history.

Nancy - It was written proof that she really had w...

2011-08-04T09:31:39.828-07:00

Nancy - It was written proof that she really had warmed to me.

And thank heaven being diabetic doesn't eliminate popcorn. LOL!That would have been a real tragedy.

-fM

I LOVE the framing idea! I'm framing some old ...

2011-08-04T09:22:00.560-07:00

I LOVE the framing idea! I'm framing some old Cream of Wheat posters for my kitchen, but I must add this idea. Thanks, Susan.

When my family saw the poster they all laughed. I can not look Jell-O in the face.

I spent a year in a hospital once and was served yellow Jell-O more times than I care to remember.

-fM

I don't know if it's better to think about...

2011-08-04T09:21:05.929-07:00

I don't know if it's better to think about food early or late. My mother often waited till about an hour before dinner needed to be on the table to start thinking about what to fix. Some days I follow her approach, other days the approach of your in-laws.

I love the old recipes cards. I inherited my mom's and grandmother's recipe boxes but neither had such fun cards in theirs.

It must have felt like a compliment from the grave to find your recipe in your m-i-l's box.

Thanks for sharing.

Such an evocative post. Those of us who've cle...

2011-08-04T09:08:44.291-07:00

Such an evocative post. Those of us who've cleaned out the houses of our loved mothers, aunts and grandmothers can relate. My cousin actually framed a couple of her mother's recipes to hang in her kitchen.

And how did I miss the Jello in your poster?

Andrea: Thank you! I find it really difficult to ...

2011-08-04T08:53:39.090-07:00

Andrea:

Thank you! I find it really difficult to think about food all the time. It takes the joy out of a good meal.

Jo: Thank you for commenting. Always glad to help jump start a great family project.

Dorene: Leave it to you to recognize the part of this post that meant the most to me. Thank you!

-fM

So much delicousness in one post...and I am so gla...

2011-08-04T08:30:09.033-07:00

So much delicousness in one post...and I am so glad your mother-in-law had a recipe card from you!

A lovely post :-) I plan to put together a cookbo...

2011-08-04T06:23:08.972-07:00

A lovely post :-) I plan to put together a cookbook using my Mum's handwritten recipes that she and my grandmother put together shortly before she married my Dad. Thanks for the reminder! Jo

What an awesome post!! It so reminded of my grandm...

2011-08-03T07:52:28.532-07:00

What an awesome post!! It so reminded of my grandmother who we called Mamaw. I remember well her desserts! At the time of my Moms heart attack last July we found out she was diabetic, so eating habits have changed drastically. I LOVE your idea of the book of recipes and pictures!! What a wonderful tribute!

Greta - just read an article about the fact that h...

2011-08-02T19:29:43.857-07:00

Greta - just read an article about the fact that handwriting is no longer being taught in the schools. Printing yes, handwriting - no.

If you look back at the old practice manuals you'll see why the handwriting was so similar.

I loved going through the recipes. It is family history!

-fM

There must have been something about the way they ...

2011-08-02T17:44:19.909-07:00

There must have been something about the way they taught handwriting in the old days - your mother-in-law's handwriting very much resembles that of my mother on her handwritten recipes. One of the best time capsules we have are the old recipe boxes!