THANKSGIVING MEMORIES

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

MAY YOU HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY!

REQUEST

Friends,

We have a request from Lisa who is looking for a particular old cookbook. If anyone has any ideas on how to help Lisa find this book, please let me know. I will not publish her information as I am not sure she wants me to but if you can help her out, let me know and I will see she gets the information.

cookielover said...
Linda, hi, I look forward to each of the recipes you post! I have such fun reading them. I collect cookbooks, I especially love the old church cookbooks. I have been searching for this one a long time. I would love to buy I copy for myself. It is titled " Cook Book compiled by Ladies Aid Society of Zion American Lutheran Church Wyoming, Iowa 1949. The book has a red plastic spiral spine. Any help you could offer would be wonderful. Thank you so much. Please do not use my google email because I never use it myself.
A fan,

Thanks!
Linda

HAPPY 4TH!

Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday.

HAPPY EASTER

Question About the Tennessee Jam Cake

A reader has ask if the Tennessee Jam cake (i posted the recipe last week) is like a sheet cake. Unfortunately, I have no idea. It is a very old recipe I found in my late mother's old shoebox full of recipes and clippings. As with a lot of recipes in that era the info and directions were sparse. I never remember my mother making it and I haven't as I am diabetic. DO ANY OF YOU READERS HAVE INFORMATION ON THIS CAKE OR ONE SIMILAR? 

WISHING EACH OF YOU A HAPPY VALENTINE

MOTHER'S DAY

To all the mothers who follow this blog...

REMEMBER THESE?

Are you old enough to remember these calendars?  I remember my grandpa did everything according to the Farmer's Almanac and he lived by these calendars.  I was going through some old recipe clippings when I turned the recipe over and found this.  Brought back lots of memories!

Contest Winner

Thanks to all who commented over the last couple of days.  Today I put all the names together and had my granddaughter Samantha draw a name.  The name she drew was Judy R.  Judy if you will message me with your information, I will get the booklet mailed to you this coming week.  You can send me a private email at gvgrandmalinda@yahoo.com if you don't want to publicly post your information here.

Thanks again to all who participated.  I am clearing out a lot of stuff and will offer more later.  Neither of my girls are big recipe collectors so I prefer to share these things with those of you who are.

Linda

MARSHALL TOWNSHIP PTA COOKBOOK 1955

I found this cookbook from my school's PTA when I was in third grade.  It is in very good condition, my mom took good care of everything.  I will be posting recipes, information, etc from this book quite often and just thought you would enjoy seeing it.  I love this ad for Kirby Vacuum Cleaners on the second page.  I don't even remember when the phone numbers were just 4 numbers without preceding letters.

 

 

BIG SAVINGS ON THESE THREE LITTLE PIGGIES

Do you like the "Piggies" in the kitchen of The Neeley's on their Food Network show?  Now you can have your own set of 3 little pigs canisters for a big discounted price.  If you are interested in owning your own set, click on the link in the column in the left-hand column to check out this sale.

Merry Christmas

To all the readers and followers of Grandma's Vintage Recipes,

I wish you a very Merry Christmas or a special time during whatever you celebrate at this season. I am a Christian so I say, "Merry Christmas" to you from the bottom of my heart. May you have a very special and healthy day with your family and friends as we celebrate the birth of Jesus. So here is a Texas Merry Christmas to you all.

CHECK OUT THIS POST

Today I posted this recipe from my old-fashion recipe collection onto my Lady Bugs Sweet Treats blog.  You can get the recipe there for Old-Fashion Gingerbread with Sunshine Fluff.

Speaking of Vintage!

Today my husband turned 65.  Figured that's vintage enough to get him a spot on my blog!  Happy Birthday, Steve. 

 Papaw with our three oldest grandchildren.

                                                    

LONG, LONG, AGO

If you follow my blogs you know I grew up in Southern Indiana farm country.  This blurry old picture is of my mother (long before I was born) standing in front of the old 3-story farmhouse I lived in the first 9 years of my life. 

GRANDMA HAWKINS

As you who follow this blog know, I grew up in Southern Indiana and most of my favorite recipes can be traced to my roots there.  I grew up next door to my grandparents and my grandmother had a great influence on my cooking.  She was always happy to share her secrets and let me make a mess in her kitchen, although I was expected to clean up said mess! (Another good idea when teaching someone to cook!)  She was always very eager to be a taste-tester and always gave me an honest answer.  If there was a problem, she was generous in her approval and subtle in her corrections.  On Christmas Eve I found this picture of her and my grandpa.  I wanted to give her due credit and post her picture on this site.  This picture was taken around 1940.

SPECIAL NOTE FROM LINDA

Thank you for continuing to visit my blog during my absence this summer. First I had computer problems then health problems. Thankfully I am now back to my blogging. I hope you have had a great summer with lots of summer's bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables!

A Note to my Blog Readers

I want to apologize for being so far behind on this site. My mother-in-law is in the final stages of her life. We left Texas for Indiana in a big hurry and have been part of a 24 hour vigil at her bedside. I appreciate your patience and will get back to doing better soon!

Linda

HEALTH UPDATE #2

Thanks again to all you faithful visitors. Unfortunately, I am having some complications from my surgery and recovery is slow. I apologize it has been a week since my last post. I will try to do better.