Comments on: Mom's Real Food Recipe Carnival

By: Fight Back Fridays May 1st | Food Renegade

Fight Back Fridays May 1st | Food Renegade — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:27:18 +0000

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By: Hangry Pants

Hangry Pants — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:36:17 +0000

Some of the things I thought were words: Schadal (escerole), rigotha (ricotta), pasta vazul (pasta fagioli)! I love this idea.

By: Houseonahillorg

Houseonahillorg — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:21:36 +0000

I’m up Michelle, great fun! Thanks, enjoy!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:28:09 +0000

Thank you all for your enthusiasm and stories! Please post your mom’s recipes on your blog by May 10th so we can really get the Carnival going! You are all awesome

By: EcoYogini

EcoYogini — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:13:47 +0000

I was JUST talking about something similar to this with Andrew the other day! He’s been looking on the internet or looking through marketed books for recipes.
My mom always just used recipes from friends or family (Grand-mere didn’t even have a recipe book, it was all in her head).
We also always named the recipe after who we got it from, so we have “Trudy’s Ginger Snap Cookies” or “Tante Jeanette’s Banana Bread” etc. So much more personal That’s what our community always did, I’m sure other tiny villages do the same

Blessings!

ps- as per your question about my planters; I leave them out during the day and still take them in at night since it’s dipping below zero here still. They are made from recycled fibers and I got them at Kent’s Store

By: FoodRenegade

FoodRenegade — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:41:02 +0000

I love the scans from your old recipe cards! That’s just so charming and reminds me of my own grandparents. (And I LOVE the idea for this carnival. I will have to dig through my old recipes and see what I can find.)

Cheers,
KristenM
(AKA FoodRenegade)

By: Culinary Wannabe

Culinary Wannabe — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:35:45 +0000

What an awesome idea! My mom was definitely a product of the convenience era – she doesn’t like to cook, but would refuse to go out or order in most nights. So we usually ended up with something that was already 90% prepared and just had to be doctored up a bit. It’s funny because she knows how to cook, she just doesn’t enjoy it. I’ll see if I can get her to dig up one of her “real” recipes though!

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:46:36 +0000

What a great idea! I love looking through my moms old recipe cards. Makes me appreciate that I have all of my recipes electronically, but sort of wish there were still some recipes that were family secrets!

By: Lorcasaur

Lorcasaur — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:08:37 +0000

I LOVE this idea — I’ll have to think about a recipe post. I taught my best friend the secret to my mom’s (and nana’s, and great-grandmother’s, ad infinitum) Italian “Sunday Sauce” (or gravy!) recipe, and it was so amazing to walk into her kitchen and smell my childhood. The best lesson I’ve learned? Simplicity is KEY — and if you’re spending a fortune you’re doing it wrong!

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:30:02 +0000

What a wonderful idea! I have many of my mother’s and grandmothers recipes. I have very fond memories of my grandmother’s kitchen. Now that i’m a chef I appreciate all the lessons I learned in the kitchen from her even more. I try to include my children in the kitchen as much as possible now that they are getting older and more willing to learn.