I've even posted a few recipes myself, admittedly not a manly thing to do. But I've got news for you...I never posted a recipe that I didn't try at least once myself and before earning a "Dick seal of approval." Anyway, not being particularly adventuresome, I love the old tried and true recipes that remind me of my youth (1940s in particular) -- growing up in a family of four aunts, all sisters of my mother Grace. The Perry girls were outstanding cooks, each one having a reputation for excellence in one area of specialty i.e. cookies, cakes, pies, casseroles; not to suggest that there were not equally adept at putting together a gangbusters full-course meal of which I frequently partook.
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| While I was at it I thought that I would share one of my mother's "Dick's favorite" recipes. This was from the WW2 period when baking supplies were rationed. Note: No flour or baking powder required in the ingredients. |
The remarkable thing about the Perry family, nine siblings in all, is that they lived no more than 90 minutes apart, so gatherings were frequent and traditionally food oriented. And you know what?...At no time do I recall liquor ever being involved. Not even wine as an appetizer...It was just not needed.
At any rate my mother, being my mother, kept a binder of family recipes which I frequently refer to, as recent as earlier this week when I made one of her ginger spice cakes, an old fashioned mix if ever there was one. What makes her hand-written notes so special for me is that she gave credit to the originator of the recipe, more often than not one of her four sisters -- Della, Edith, Hattie and Beth (as copied above).
Take my word for it, they are excellent recipes and you are invited to try any one (or all) of them. The Perry girls would be honored, especially my mother.
Before you go, however, here is a tribute to my aunts -- they were special!
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