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Originally Posted by CFrance
Then why brag about it?
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Not a brag as you call it but information that was asked..why many don’t pass on family recipes. Promise and respect to those before us would be the reason for those who treasure wisdom, and time shared with each recipe.
The stories and memories would be of no value to someone from the outside, as one makes them with the next gen, you give tips, and share when and who you made them with. The mistakes, of trying to sub lard, or cake flour for regular flour.
Rarely do very old family recipes turn out for others, unless you had the experience, with those who wrote them. I use a kitchen aid to mix my jam cake, my great aunt used a wooden spoon, I baked with her for 15 years, The batter is so thick it still amazes me that she could make 15 cakes every holiday without her arm falling off. Hers was better than mine, but I keep trying every year since she passed, maybe I will use my granny’s wooden spoon this year.
I do however give out from my father’s side the recipes, book is in handwritten German, from great great and great grandma’s, and if you can translate the language, handwriting, and what a handful is equivalent to today’s measurements. No sugar used in the entire book,, they only used honey from their bees, and there were specific honeys used. Hives close to the house, in the orchard, and over by the old barn. Yes different honey changes the outcome greatly. No promises to not share recipes, especially the beak, chicken feet…recipes