french's

i found these in one of the many recipe boxes from my grandma. a recipe and a little story, how fun!

pineapple chifon pie and salad dressing

here are a couple old recipes. one is for pineapple chifon pie from 1956 and a salad dressing recipe from 1944. enjoy. let me know if you try either :)

Yummy!!

The BEST thing....

What is the BEST thing about recipes??

This one sounds YUMMY! but the BEST BEST BEST thing about them is........

..............SHARING!!! I love the note on the back of this recipe. sharing among friends, priceless!

need an old bread recipe???

how about trying this one from Mrs Hiser out.

Learning

I am finding out that it is not easy to find the value of these old cookbooks. there are a couple good sites (they never seem to have the books i have) and i have found a couple of good books, with the bibliographies that should lead to more good books. i will post covers of books and see where it leads. if anyone has any info on where to find the value of old books (cookbooks in particular).

Here are a couple of covers from Michigan cookbooks by Carole Eberly.

i have information on these books, but i wanted to show them. i had so much fun looking through these and reading the recipes and the fun Michigan facts.

Rich Sweet Dough

This one sounds yummy!! think i might try this one out.

rich sweet dough

Bacon tips

This is an old recipe card for bacon tips (and biscuit dough with sausage, but i am not able to decipher that one) dated 1/12/60.

Bacon tips (click here for pdf file)

Banana Cake

Here is a typed recipe for banana cake. i found this in with a bunch of other handwritten recipes.

 

 I have not  made this recipe......yet. if you make it please let me know what you think!

Meal Planning Guide January 1944

Here is the cover of the first book i am scanning. These were monthly magazine of recipes and menus to help the homemaker make the best of rationing and using their points. Some very good tips, especially if you are short on $$.

Welcome!

Hi all! I started this blog to remember my grandma. She was an avid cookbook collector and when she passed i inherited ALL her cookbooks. There are So many here, some dating before WWII. I will never be able to make something out of every book, but i also cannot part with the collection. actually i have been adding to it! i want to share what i have been given, help those in a search for that one recipe, and maybe help with the actual making of the recipes themselves. i really just want to spend sometime with a hobby my grandma loved, it makes me feel as though she is right here with me. if you have any questions or requests please contact me!