Cherishing Family Recipes

This is the time ofyear when family recipes get used the most. You would think Christmas with cookie and cake recipes but, no, somehow summer is the time for nostalgia and centuries old jam recipes. It's a time to not only write them down if they haven't been already but to make sure they're passed to the next generation. Family recipes are the links that connect us to our ancestors and our heritage.

I found that keeping these culinary heirlooms in a recipe box is the safest bet. Of course you; may have to up date the measurements to fit modern standards. You may even have to update processes to work with modern appliances (think canning recipes where there are some new techniques added" Once you've written everything down or typed you can make a decorative cookbook using scrapbooks. This would make a wonderful shower gift and would be perfect in welcoming a new in law into the family.

It;s also good to ask relatives for recipes. However don't be surprised that they may not want to give you Gran's barbecue ribs or Aunties peach cobbler recipes Some people can be possessive with anything and it may take a lot of sweet talking (plus getting them blotto wouldn't hinder). Most though do want the dishes to be carried on.

Cherish these family recipes. They 're not only burst with old fashioned goodness and flavor they are a link to everyone's family history . There's no better way to celebrate with food and nothing tops a dish that been several generations in the making.