My recipe box

[feliciakw]

It's that time of year. And this year I've been more inclined to bake than I have in years past. Thus I have been perusing my recipe box today.

My recipe box is not organized in any traditional way. It's not alphabetical, and it's not by type of food (appetizer, main dish, dessert). No, because in my mind recipes are so closely associated with the person who makes the item, or gave me the recipe, my box is organized by person. I have a section for recipes from my mom, from my cousins, from my SiL, from my MiL, from my school days, from bridal showers, from co-workers, etc. Recipes are like a history of my family. I often have my mom point out which handwritten recipes are from my Grandmama M. or my Grandma K. or my Great Aunt Ono. My dad likes the springerles (I'm hoping to inherit the springerle rolling pin someday), Little Bro likes the sugar cookies, and I'm partial to molasses cookies and date pinwheels.

I've often suggested putting together a family cookbook, but no one else seems to be interested. Which is a bit of a pity, because my cousins could include recipes from their Italian grandmother (from the other side of their family).

Comments

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Hee, I love your organizing principle for the recipes. That's awesome.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

It really is easier for me to find things by who gave me the recipe. "I want to make JA's molasses cookies" or "We're having the lentil soup my mom makes" type of thing.

Then there's the notebook, with what you might consider international recipes: the Lamington recipe or zucchini casserole recipe Geo brought back from Australia, and the ginger peanut soup recipe I found via whitemartyr.

Heh.

Making a Family Cookbook

[(Anonymous)]

I created a wonderful family cookbook using www.familycookbookproject.com and I could not be happier with how easy it was to get everyone in my family to contribute recipes. They receive an email and can enter them online when ever they get the time. Now we have a printed our family cookbook printed and those who did not contribute wish they did!

A family cookbook is something everyone can enjoy for many, many years!

Re: Making a Family Cookbook

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey, thanks. I'll look into it.

[scionofgrace.livejournal.com]

What's your recipe for molasses cookies? (I do so love inherited recipes.)

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

I've got three that I can think of right off the top of my head. I'll put them in a different post. :-)

[mtee.livejournal.com]

I tried to get my family to contribute recipes for a family cookbook -- didn't get one recipe. Got lots of "great idea!!" sigh....

Blurb.com is a great site if you do ever get a chance to put a book together. My father is an artist (part time) and I gave him a book of all the paintings we, the kids, have been given over the years. He's 86 years old and it was so wonderful to see him touched and moved to tears by the sight of his paintings in a hard bound coffee book!

So keep after those relatives!!
I have already decided that when my daughter marries, I'm going to get a cookbook together for her - as a shower gift
I hope to add pics of the relatives who contribute alongside of their recipe.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info. I'll try again the next time we're all together.

What I'd really like to do is get handwritten originals, because so much of a person's personality comes through in the handwriting. Like when you look at a letter from years ago, and you know immediately who it's from because of the handwriting. You know?

But, yeah. I also got a lot of "great idea!" along with "but I don't cook that much." *sigh* indeed.