Cookbook

I collect cookbooks.
I like to read them,
Think on how to improve the recipe,
Then try it out.

Oh, the bombs I have created!
Conversely, I do manage a gem now and then ...

So, it was with surprise I received a box from my American "nephew".
Inside was a cooking scrapbook.
Spanning 170 years of recipes,
It is his family's only legacy.
I felt very touched he shared this with me!

And how I wished anyone in my family had bothered to write out something as simple as a cookbook~
But, no, not my family!
They have cherished cooky recipes only.
And mot of those can be found in a Betty Crocker's anyway.

What did they eat other than cookies?
How did they prepare eggs or other meats?

Oh, I realize that my Scottish family would have boiled everything,
My mother's cooking has echoed their inability in the kitchen ...
But, what of father's family?
I know he cooked a great deal of hashbrowns.
He had one other potato recipe but I have no real memory of it.
And once he visited towards the end of his life and whipped uo coqcoq vin for the kids.

Well, he sort of messed up the preparation and then I had to deal with 4 drunk children.
Last time I let him cook!

And back to the cookbook,
I am transcribing it,
Will photograph the results,
And build a little cookbook out of it.
He, his children and other relatives should enjoy that.

And I will get to try some new and very old recipes!