[Sca-cooks] OP: recipes online

[Lonnie D. Harvel]

Amen to that!
Besides the originals and the digital copies. There are two printouts of 
the current collection. One here at my house, and one at my sister's in 
South Carolina.

Some the originals are fascinating. Several of them are just 
hand-written note cards from members of the family. The earliest is 
dated 1902 and was my great-grandmothers (and we have one we think is 
from her mother in the late 1800s). Many of these folks never got more 
than a third grade education, so the spelling is often entertaining. 
Also, directions were sparse. There is one that had none, dates from the 
depression era, and I think it is an orange merange pie (only the 
filling ingredients are there along with egg whites, no crust described, 
but why would they need that). My mother and I are going to test that 
concept the week after Christmas.

I will also be scanning some of the originals. Some are even product 
recipes from the 30's and 40's. Then, of course, there are the photos of 
the people, and even some from dinners and parties. Loads of fun!

Aoghann

Huette von Ahrens wrote:

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> I hope that
>you have copies of these on a disk somewhere
>so that they will be preserved for your family
>in the future.  Better in your possession than
>in someone else's in my view.
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