sadietoo Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Hi, I'm so excited I can't contain myself. I visited an Aunt today following my uncle's death earlier this year and after much rummaging around she produced a small notebook for me and said she thought I should have it. My uncle had treasured it. It was some of my Grandma's recipes..!! I should explain...My grandma came from Gateshead, and sadly I never knew her, as she died when I was about 20 months old...(a very long time ago!!) Having also lost my mum more than 25 years ago I have been trying to research her family history, and had managed to trace my grandma's family back to about 1808. A couple of years ago my OH and I visited Gateshead to try and find some addresses etc and see if anything was still standing...Everything had been knocked down...not a single house left! :cry I have not been able to trace any of my northern relatives. I just can't tell you how lovely it was to receive this notebook of recipes, all handwritten ( a few even contain dried egg...it was the war!) . There is a recipe in there for Christmas Cake and I just can't wait to make it. This year might be the first year ever my Christmas Cake is ready well in advance of December!! And of course this year I'll be able to use my home grown free range eggs too Sorry...crowing worse than my girls but I am just sooo happy....!!! Silly the little things that make us happy some times aren't they??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Not silly at all, there is a special place in your heart that gets all warm and squishy when you find things like these it's a fantastic feeling, like coming home. How lovely for you - perhaps you should do a trial run on the cake - I'll volunteer to do some quality control testing for you I bet the cake will be fab, even better knowing your Grandma wrote them in her book herself! Great discovery, I love stuff like that, and I love handing it on, I think it's only as we get older that we appreciate the value of things like this BeckyBoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riane Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 wow how exciting. I have a cook book from my grandma and the best bits are where she has added her own handwritten changes to recipes and little explanations. enjoy cooking the christmas cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 What a lovely thing to recieve, it sounds like a book to be treasured . I hope that you really enjoy cookig and tasting some of those recipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 (edited) How lovely. A real link with the past. Don't forget to post the recipes in All Things Nice as you test them. Edited for typo. Edited February 22, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 What a special present enjoy trying out all the recipes. Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 What a wonderful present to treasure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Thats lovely, how wonderful to have something to remember your grandmother by. I have a baking book that my grandmother used and it also has handwritten notes in it and I love looking at it. Brings back lovely memories of her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 No its lovely. I have my mums recipe book all hand written when she she was newly married in the 1960's. She even put the name of the person or place she got it from. Shes dead now so its a lovely reminder. I think we should keep these traditions alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 What a wonderful present, do let us know how you get along with them. I have some handwritten recipes from my Italian grandparents and treasure them too; the best way to honour them is to make them regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggerlady Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Aww that reminds me of when my lovely Grandad died.Like many others that were 'in the war' he never talked about it.When he died my aunt found an old notebook..it turned out he was a cook in the Army,and the recipes were what he used.They were all things like stew and shepherds pie, but the quantites were like half a ton of potatoes and 2 cows!! Because we never knew what happened ,I have told my father to start writing his life story so that my children can have something to read through,'cos I dont think we appreciate our elders and their experiences until its too late, and we never have time to 'sit at grandmas knee' any more do we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hi, Thank you all for your lovely comments.. ...I will let you know how I get on with the recipes......I can see all my hard work trying to lose the Christmas excess going straight out the window now, no worrying about saturated fats in those days that's for sure!!! Anyone for Bacon roly-poly? ( free range of course!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 What a wonderful find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 No its lovely. I have my mums recipe book all hand written when she she was newly married in the 1960's. She even put the name of the person or place she got it from. Shes dead now so its a lovely reminder. I think we should keep these traditions alive. Me too...as I have my own hand-written recipe book of recipes I have collected, some of which came from Mum, I have two copies of many recipes! Unfortunately, DS shows no sign of wanting to learn to cook (but he is only 10 so there is still hope) and as he is an only son, my book may never get passed on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I love things like this, I'm looking into my own family history at the moment and its facinating, looking forward to hearing about the recipies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
