SC - Introducing Myself

[JEANNE STAPLETON]

> On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Alderton, Philippa wrote:
> 
> > Hey, folks, how about this as a project for the List? Why don't we start
> > going around to our friends and relatives of foreign extraction, or (fairly)
> > recent immigration, say 2 or 3 generations, and start talking with them
> > about family recipes they may have brought from the Old Country, whatever it
> > may be? Granted there may be very little documentable, and I certainly don't
> > expect we'll discover a treasure such as the Scottish cookbook we've been
> > discussing on the List, but I'm betting we might find some surprising things
> > to share.
>  
> Phlip,
> 	Wow! Wouldn't I love to! Sadly, On my mom's side they've kept
> nothing (silly Americans- no value on the past) and on my dad's side, when
> Grandma, all 4'10" of that little German Mennonite (born in Ukraine) was
> finally so ill as to go to what she termed 'Grandma Jail' (she hated it
> there) my Uncle Herman sold all of her cookbooks at a garage sale. When
> the sisters found out they nearly killed him. I have 1 recipe, for
> Pfeffernuisse. Does anyone have a recipe for 'Plummemousse'? (fruit soup
> made with plums and prunes and peaches, etc.)?
> 
> 'Lainie
> -
You know...Americans place a great deal of value on "home-made" and "from
scratch" and "like mom used to make".

What if your ancestors were lousy cooks?  What if, like me, you hate hot
dogs, apple pie (except French apple tart with patisserie cream :-)) and
corn on the cob?

:-)  I think the rest of humanity would be better off if some of my
family's secret recipes were consigned to oblivion.  Except my brother's.
He and I, despite a 16-year age gap, are remarkably alike when it comes
to food and cooking and literary interests.

Berengaria

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