Creative Culinary

Just about every family has a prized recipe, beloved as much for the memories it evokes of family get-togethers or a particular family member, as it is for its taste. Many families have many such recipes, handed down through generations, taught to youngsters, or stashed on index cards or scraps of paper. A fantastic gift for loved ones and friends, a family recipe book is a fantastic way to combine preferred family dishes with memories of valued family moments and members. Enjoy these stories and games… some true and some fables and make your own family memories in the kitchen.

There is a family story where someone's ancestors wound up in Ohio from Germany in the late 1800's. They went on to preserve their customs. As a matter of fact, it was stated that German was spoken in the home when all of the children were small. The Grandmother made traditional cookies every Christmastime, sending off plates and packages of them to neighbors and acquaintances. She sent off packages of the treats to her boys and girls as they grew up and traveled away from home. Subsequently one of the girls in the family made these cookies annually as well. There are fond memories of helping in the kitchen and then fixing plates and packages of cookies for our neighbors and acquaintances. There was no gift in return ever expected. This family did this because it was tradition. When the youngsters grew up and moved away, the mother would send packages of Christmas treats. One of the daughters started a family tradition with her youngsters of making cookies to give, likewise, but she didn't have a suitable traditional rolling pin , profoundly carved with ,pictures which you push into the (densely rolled) dough. She utilized an inexpensive modern one with machine -cut cuttings, very oversimplified and shallow. Her mother passed away some years later.