tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post5464300986465773561..comments2024-03-27T19:41:24.911-07:00Comments on My Two Cents: My Mother's CookbooksBlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-35993361304081637772021-02-04T23:39:45.213-08:002021-02-04T23:39:45.213-08:00You might need to call your mother and ask her to ...You might need to call your mother and ask her to tell you the recipe while you write it down! :)Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-32727228780794638002021-02-04T17:20:31.875-08:002021-02-04T17:20:31.875-08:00I have a few of my mother's recipes (not in he...I have a few of my mother's recipes (not in her handwriting) and she has shown me how to make a few curries, but I keep meaning to ask for more. Then again, my sister keeps nagging and doesn't seem to be getting anywhere so maybe it would have been to no avail even if I had! I asked for the Christmas stuffing recipe recently and there has been no sign as yet! I still have my school cookbooks and use them. Handwriting hasn't changed too much but there are a few interesting spellings! Lady Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050899813793376037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-32005020928171601382014-11-26T18:23:02.007-08:002014-11-26T18:23:02.007-08:00They must have saved and combined both their ratio...They must have saved and combined both their rations! Or, perhaps, they were able to trade/barter? We had ration books when I was growing up; I know my mother was able to trade for rationed items from others.Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-28412306936225653792014-11-26T12:00:04.988-08:002014-11-26T12:00:04.988-08:00I'd still like to know how my mother and aunt ...I'd still like to know how my mother and aunt found enough sugar and butter to make toffee, that night during the war when I woke up crying and was fetched downstairs. "So this is what they get up to when I am in bed!" I remember thinking. I was around 3 years old at the time.<br /><br />Joyce (Bushlady)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-29339472896476736032014-11-26T00:37:16.846-08:002014-11-26T00:37:16.846-08:00Sounds like you have some wonderful cookbooks. Co...Sounds like you have some wonderful cookbooks. Cooks during times of scarcity like the war and the depression were so resourceful, weren't they?Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-75234362287334792102014-11-25T12:43:38.223-08:002014-11-25T12:43:38.223-08:00I have a little "BeeRo" cookbook put out...I have a little "BeeRo" cookbook put out by the flour company, and it is full of the kind of baking my mother did - victoria sandwich, rock cakes, eclairs, cream horns, everyday fruit cake and so on. I also have a real treasure, her very small notebook with recipes written or pasted in, some of them wartime recipes using powdered egg, many of them very economical for times of rationing.<br /><br />My other favourite from England is a small paperback called "The Archers Country Cookbook" by Martha Woodford, written by actor Mollie Harris who is Martha. It is divided into months and written as if people coming into the shop are sharing seasonal recipes with Martha, as well as including her own. It is a delight to read about all the characters and this typical English food from way back, and I have tried some recipes, in fact the simple onion soup one is a favourite. With baking I have to be careful as the flour is different in the UK and Canadian flour doesn't always give the same results.<br /><br />JoyceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-49546275316148261082014-11-24T23:26:47.961-08:002014-11-24T23:26:47.961-08:00Yes, I agree, no pigeon feet! Yes, I agree, no pigeon feet! Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-13787962466900808542014-11-24T16:28:27.237-08:002014-11-24T16:28:27.237-08:00I love looking at old cookbooks, too. Many of the...I love looking at old cookbooks, too. Many of the meals I ate as a child started with those recipes. There definitely weren't low fat, but they weren't processed food either. BTW, no thanks to pigeon feet decoration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com