Family recipes :)

[katerkat]

I just asked my mom how to make her sweet potatoes. Here's the recipe:

*peel and cut up the sweet potatoes
*put in your pan with a little bit of water, half cup maybe
*then put in some brown sugar - a cup maybe, a cup and a half? whatever looks good. I usually pinch off about 2 inches in the bag and just dump that in
*about 2 tablespoons of margarine
*sprinkle a little tiny bit of salt
*cook until the potatoes are soft, maybe 25 minutes?
*you have to turn the light down after they boil
*then thicken the liquid with cornstarch mixed with water - maybe a tablespoon of cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of water?

Ahhh, family recipes. They're so specific!







(I love you, Mom!)

 

[Crankyshank]

That's how I learned how to cook

 

[mrsv98]

I knew several of my great-grandparents and in particular, my DM's DGM. Well, she was from a very very poor family in KY and made due. Her measuring spoons and cups were her palm! She would shake something in her hand and say "about this much, Honey"

I do have several of her handwritten recipes she did in later life and I treasure them. As hard as it is to replicate, to this day I can still see her hand and the way it looked when she was "measuring"

I just finished making my DMom's special cornbread stuffing. Before she gave me the recipe, she made me swear never to give it to my sister, she fears the results!

 

[emmoms]

I just asked my mom how to make her sweet potatoes. Here's the recipe:

*peel and cut up the sweet potatoes
*put in your pan with a little bit of water, half cup maybe
*then put in some brown sugar - a cup maybe, a cup and a half? whatever looks good. I usually pinch off about 2 inches in the bag and just dump that in
*about 2 tablespoons of margarine
*sprinkle a little tiny bit of salt
*cook until the potatoes are soft, maybe 25 minutes?
*you have to turn the light down after they boil
*then thicken the liquid with cornstarch mixed with water - maybe a tablespoon of cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of water?

Ahhh, family recipes. They're so specific!







(I love you, Mom!)

ah Katerkat,

I've given you recipes that have been a lot more specific than that -- you know - with actual measurements in them! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=964731&page=2&pp=15)
And you forgot that I told you to make sure that you put a lid on the pot!

I love you too, honey

 

[NMAmy]

My parents were both great cooks (my dad passed away almost 3 years ago) and I finally stood by them while they were cooking, grabbed whatever they were putting into the pot and measured it before they could put it in!

My great-grandmother's recipes are the ones that really crack me up. They include instructions such as "one blue cup full of sugar" and "butter the size of a hen's egg." Well, is my blue cup the same size as Grandma's? She raised her own chickens--did they lay large, extra large, or jumbo sized eggs?

 

[debster812]

Awww--these are so nice. DH's Grandmother was an AMAZING cook. Everything Ma (that's what she was called) made was everyone's favorite. She passed away 2 years ago, and DH is the ONLY grandchild (out of 56 )who has any of her recipes. Before her health started failing, we would go and spend Sunday afternoons with her. DH and Ma would cook, and I would clean her living room (the heavy stuff, vaccuum, dusting, etc) bathroom.