The Standard Figuring Book has more than one mustard pickle recipe, and why not? The book is a collection of family recipes Continue reading “Mustard Pickles Revisited”
Mustard Pickles Revisited
What’s in a Name? Bread and Butter Pickles
Bread and Butter pickles are named so because they go well with bread and butter? Because they were considered a staple like bread and butter? Nope, at least not according to Wikipedia (although if you guessed they were once a staple, you’re in the ballpark): Continue reading “What’s in a Name? Bread and Butter Pickles”
Beet Pickles ‘Do Not Use’
Another from the “Standard Figuring Book”. We can’t ask Grandma Falba why she labeled this recipe as ‘do not use’. The other note on it, other than a large ‘X’ to cross it out Continue reading “Beet Pickles ‘Do Not Use’”
Apple Relish from the Standard Figuring Book
From Wikipedia: “A relish is a cooked, pickled, or chopped vegetable or fruit food item typically used as Continue reading “Apple Relish from the Standard Figuring Book”
Mustard Pickles from the Standard Figuring Book…
Lots of pickle recipes to share from the Standard Figuring Book No. 1602. There are at least two recipes for Continue reading “Mustard Pickles from the Standard Figuring Book…”
Sweet Pickles from the Standard Figuring Book No. 1602
Grandma kept her oldest recipes in a ledger marked Standard Figuring Book No. 1602. Model No. 1602 (and many others) were made in the U.S.A. by “Standard B&P Blank Books and Loose Leaf Devices”. In 1920, the No. 1602 model Continue reading “Sweet Pickles from the Standard Figuring Book No. 1602”
The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe (2 of 2)
Grandma Falba’s favorites envelope contained two sugar cookie recipes, the first being a ‘drop’ cookie recipe, this one is Continue reading “The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe (2 of 2)”
The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe (1 of 2)
How to make the best sugar cookies? Ask whoever makes your favorites and go from there. That’s what I’ve done here, taking from Grandma Falba’s own recipes. She Continue reading “The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe (1 of 2)”
Grandma Falba: Across America
Grandma Falba has been in existence as a site for only about a month and already has readers across the land. Grandma didn’t Continue reading “Grandma Falba: Across America”
Ruth Moore’s Grandmother’s Ginger Bread
Grandma Falba had two good friends that lived across the street from her in Twin Falls, Idaho. Ora Mae Sumner lived just directly Continue reading “Ruth Moore’s Grandmother’s Ginger Bread”