I made this notebook for Grainne at Christmas. The idea is to put all our favourite family recipes into it so that wherever she is she can cook up a taste of home. You know the kind of thing, Pasta Bake, Lasagne, Beef Stew, Dumplings, Tomato soup, Potato Cakes etc. Great idea, until it comes to writing down recipes that I've been making for years without ever weighing or measuring anything. I'm hoping Grainne will know exactly what I mean by dollop, dash, chunk, good dose etc. x
I did this for a friend when she was leaving the 6th form in Denbigh, N wales,to study nursing as a cadet nurse in Manchester. We were both 17. I wrote one recipe for each section.My book was not as lovely as yours though. Soup, fish, meat , sweet, savory. Some were my Mum's recipes. This was in 1967. My friend has it to this day and showed it to my children when they were about 9 and 6 showing them my handwriting.She has added much to it since. She also had hand painted cards I had given her over the years, probably again in the 60's. These things are precious. Grainne would have loved it I am sure. Kiki
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