Not all of Gram’s recipes sound so great, I must admit. Here’s one with no title that uses lemon jello, V8 juice and mayonnaise, among other ingredients. Oh yuck! I can guarantee I won’t be making this. It sounds like one of those 70s jello rings served with a tomato-carved-like-a-flower in the center. Mystery #1 … Continue reading
Here we have a second recipe for chocolate sauce. Where the first recipe was pretty much a “throw it together and use it” sauce, this one requires a little bit of time for cooking. It sounds delicious and I love Gram’s notes to herself. They are visual an easy to reconcile. I have no idea … Continue reading
I have always wondered how to make my own cranberry sauce. I don’t really love the “can shaped” jellied cranberries that come around every Thanksgiving, so I might try this next fall. Cranberry Sauce 1 qt cranberries 1 pt water 2 cups sugar Boil until cranberries pop, place in jelly jars hot & cover with … Continue reading
Here’s a pepper sauce that is reminiscent of a barbeque sauce. Cousin Anne is a tough one to nail down. Gram had an Aunt Anne and even a great-grandmother Anne. Unfortunately our records don’t include the children of her nine aunts and uncles. On the other side, Grandpa George’s side there are no Anne’s that … Continue reading
I don’t recall if we ever had this caramel sauce on ice cream when we visited Gram. The one very special dessert I do remember at her house was spent with my cousins George and Margie, my mother, sister, Gram and Grandpa. We had blueberries and cream and George found a little worm in his … Continue reading
Gram's Recipe Box 