Hello Everyone, My server has been down, I am sorry for the delay in
thanking everyone for all the recipes that were shared. Including my
Aunt Iva, and cousin Sherry, who actually had my Grandma Nelson's
recipe. Thanks to all of you who shared your family recipe's, I now feel
very confident that I understand how it goes together so that it comes
out right.
One of the things I find fascinating about all of these recipe's is that
you can almost trace the family migration westward via these old family
recipes.
For instance, this was not a recipe that was in my mother's repertoire.
Her family lines, Beckner, Thomas, Freeman, all arrived in Indiana about
the same time, but via the southern route originating in the Carolinas
and Virginia. My father's family lines Nelson, Perry, Drudge, Harrold,
Byers arrived in Indiana via the northeast route; Pennsylvania, Ohio, to
Indiana. I would guess that this is probably a recipe that may have
traveled the northeast migration trail. This kind of recipe is the
kind passed down from mother to daughter, and the daughters learned how,
not from a written recipe, but from watching their mother make it time
and time again. Ingredients were not measured as we do today. Then it
was, a lump of butter the size of an egg, or a tea cup of flour or sugar
or a pitcher of milk
Those of you who still have the opportunity, take this season of family
and try to record some of your favorite dishes from your childhood.
Besides, it's a great way to get everyone talking about the good old
days, and you never know what family memories will pop up that you never
knew about. The next thing you know, you have a new genealogy clue to
follow.
Merry Christmas to Everybody
Jackie