Ida’s Chocolate Sauce

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

Cranberry Sauce

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

Pepper Sauce

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

Caramel Sauce

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

Chocolate Syrup

I absolutely love this “recipe card” because it’s so Gram. She was frugal and I have seen numerous examples of her reusing paper to jot down recipes, ideas, or notes. She was the original “green” housewife, lol. This particular recipe is on the corner of an envelope – and on the back was part of … Continue reading