We are moving on to one of my favorite subjects…cookies! I love to bake cookies and by far the largest section in Gram’s Recipe Box is the cookie section, so she must have too. :-) I like how old recipes are often written the way the person thought. For instance, several ingredients grouped together, bracket … Continue reading
Today we have recipe number two for watermelon pickles. This morning I asked my mom about yesterday’s recipe and she said that Auntie Fish was a close friend of Gram’s mother, Alice Sternberg. Fish was her last name, so Auntie Fish was a more familiar way of addressing her than Mrs. Fish, which seems rather … Continue reading
Yes, we have more than one recipe for watermelon pickles. Today’s is from Auntie Fish or Tish. I have never had watermelon pickles, have you? When I turned the card over to see if there were more instructions I found another recipe for watermelon pickles, which I will post tomorrow. Watermelon Pickles (Auntie Fish) Peel … Continue reading
We continue pickle week with another of Mernie’s recipes, this time for Icicle Pickles. I particularly like this recipe because it is written on the back of a church program and I picture them talking after church with Mernie explaining the recipe, though I doubt that is how it happened. The paper was folded quite … Continue reading
This is very similar to Mernie’s pickle recipe from yesterday but it calls for hot peppers. I assume one would use chili peppers similar to these. Depending on the intensity of the flavor you want, you could go with a spicier hot pepper. Interesting side note about peppers – the chemicals in peppers bind to … Continue reading
Gram's Recipe Box 