Comments on: Rescuing & Sharing Old Recipes

By: katiez

katiez — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:56:00 +0000

I love these old recipes. When my elderly aunt had to move to a nursing home I grabbed her cookbooks and recipes. The best part was finding the ones from her mother – and all the notes that she tucked into her cookbooks!

By: Allen

Allen — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:22:00 +0000

I appreciate everyone's feedback and support! I am having so much fun going through this recent recipe box purchase. There are so many interesting bits aside from the recipes themselves.

I kept noticing recipes calling for 'spry' and had no clue what it was. I researched it and discovered it was a brand of shortening during the mid-20th century.

Some of the recipes are written on letterhead or other interesting scraps of paper, so it's interesting to see these as well.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:59:00 +0000

What a great idea. I’ll be sure to check out your new project.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:22:00 +0000

Kudos to you — a big part of my blog is trying to preserve the family recipes that have never been written down. This is a lovely project.

By: canarygirl

canarygirl — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:26:00 +0000

Allen, what a fantastic project/hobby! I absolutely LOVE this sort of thing. I can’t wait to go through your finds. Really, really great—I’m so excited! :D

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:07:00 +0000

This is a great idea Allen!

Thanks for stopping by my blog and leading me to yours.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:55:00 +0000

LOVE IT~thought I was the only one obsessed. After getting my great grandmothers recipe box, I decided that old recipe books were my new hobby. I find them at garage sales, old used book stores and my fave is one published in 1941 called the Joy of Cooking.

By: Carla

Carla — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:36:00 +0000

Hi Allen,
I know how exciting finding old recipes can be. Back in the 1980′s when my great uncle passed away, I was the one in the family who wanted the recipe box that had been my great aunt’s. It’s now mine. Many recipes are similar to today, many are not. Especially the one that calls for lard the size of a turkey egg.

By: Jude

Jude — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:13:00 +0000

Cool idea! I wish you the best of luck with your new project. Who knew recipes used to be handwritten.

By: Mark Boxshus "Cookie Doctor"

Mark Boxshus "Cookie Doctor" — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:13:00 +0000

Dynamite idea. Now you’ve got me excited about sourcing out recipe collections for other sources. I’ve always loved finding old cookbooks and trying to recreate some of the recipes, even the ones where they refer to a pinch, dash or good amount of something. Best of luck, and I’ll definitely be checking out your site.
“Doc”