Cookbook Corner - Preserving The Past

[@joypolk3093]

Thanks for sharing the recipes with us, I love old cookbooks and recipes too.

[@lilliecarter4176]

I love this video. I have a handmade book that a neighbor of my mom made for me. I’m not sure I would ever make anything from it but just the fact that she put heart and soul into putting it together just for me is precious. She cut recipes from magazines and pasted them into a notebook. The time that she spent doing this is not lost on me.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

That is awesome!

[@jennifermcqueen7887]

I have never understood how anyone would part with something that was their family heirloom and history, I could never let my grandmother's or my mom's recipes go, I love that your friend knew exactly who would treasure this, you are so very special and I thank you so much for making this video, maybe it will save someone's memories. I hope you are having a fantastic Sunday and I hope your week is amazing. Big hugs and much love from NC 😊🥰❤😘

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Always great to hear from you Jennifer!😊👍

[@kimkaye9122]

There ya go Paul. The makings of a very interesting cookbook!

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

It's an interesting possibility! :)

[@silviemotheroflightgaiaqui4884]

I love the old recipes. Sadly I lost most of my grandmothers recipes and books when we moved and others were destroyed by mice while being stored. I sure hope I come across some oldies along my travels in the future. Thanks for sharing all these.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Sorry to hear that.. I surely do hope you find more in the future! :)

[@rhondaholt76]

The recipe at 13:44 is delicious. I BELIEVE I first heard of it when I was a teenager in the 70s. I haven't made it in years, thanks for the reminder!!! Shalom

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Shalom to you as well Rhonda.. thanks for sharing! :)

[@krislange1186]

I remember the Betty Crocker cards. I got them in the 1970's and I also had that same set of recipe cards that you held up. Oh my, does this bring back a lot of memories! We had the "While You Were Out" Telephone call pads. Ours were Pink! Those recipes look a lot like mine. I'm pushing 73. My oldest daughter is "inheriting" my old Southern Living cookbooks.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Thank you for sharing your family story with us! :)

[@debbiewilson5739]

that is so cool pricless

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Thanks Debbie.. it really is!😊👍

[@vmorganbogart]

My mom’s recipes are like that. She kept them in a shoe box & it was crammed full. There are recipes written on the back of envelopes, little bits of paper, pieces of brown paper grocery I bags, recipes cards, etc. When it got full front to back, she started sticking them in the sides. They are a treasure to have. I need to go through them, organize them by category & find some way to compile them. That just might take me till my dying day. 😂 Stay safe & healthy. I am so sorry about Heather & her family. I know y’all were close. My thoughts & prayers are with them. Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇺🇸👍❤️🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

I appreciate you kind words.. you are very kind! :)

[@emmawagner471]

I'm here from your Kneady video. I just subscribed and looking forward to catching up on your channel🙂👍 I love cookbooks!

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Welcome aboard!! I hope you enjoy. :)

[@staceymoore8039]

I absolutely love old cook books and old recipes I think they are beautiful treasures

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Couldn't agree more!😊👍

[@KnotSnot59]

Just wanted to send you condolences on the loss of your friend. God bless you!

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Thank you so much.. you are very kind to think of me. :)

[@allsortsMichele]

Paul I really enjoyed you going through all of these gems of recipes. I too struggle with how to preserve this sort of thing!

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!😊👍

[@brittanyfisher1341]

Nice collection of treasures! I have a lot of them that ask for oleo, which I can never remember what it is. I like to spring these at family get togethers. The grapefruit apple pie was not a hit like it was in the 60’s, I guess!

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Oleo is margarine. 😉😊👍

[@kathyeichholz1516]

I understand

[@hollyh9334]

I'm one of the unfortunate ones whose mom was not a cook. She burned Jello, and once baked a frozen pizza with the plastic still on! True story! Blessedly, my MIL shared a few of her recipes with me, as did my step-mom. They're priceless to me.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

It doesn't matter how we come across them throughout our lives.. just that we treasure them and pass them along. :)

[@GradeBmoviefan]

This is a fun video! Thanks for sharing this. Hope you share the apple crisp some day. I will have to browse through your channel again to see if you have done one another time. One of my favorites. ❤️ 🤗 ~~Sharon

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

I have done a crisp but with peach filling. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gobCoZKprsuKn6s

[@michellehommes9773]

I love finding recipes from the 1930's-40's. They do not say what temp to bake at or how long to bake at, but give them a try and you will find some real gems.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

So true!😊👍

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

I'm new to your channel. And as a guy too, i love vintage recipes and cookbooks. And i fully agree. These are all treasures of the past that need to be saved and preserved. I can NEVER understand families just throwing out their old handwritten recipes from relatives. Seems like such a disregard for their family history. Really Sad! Keep the good video's coming my friend.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Welcome aboard Mr. S.. glad to have another kindred spirit in the mix!😊👍

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

@@PaulsRuleofThumb You got that right brother!

[@karenhogue8443]

I love having my mother in law's recipe box. Old handwritten recipe files are treasures at estate sales! When I married 33 years ago I made sure to write down all of the family favorite recipes from my mom and I have started separate recipe books for each of our 4 daughters. I try to make note where each recipe comes from as well. I gather recipes from many places but the blank make your own recipe books only get the tried and true favorites.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

That is so great Karen.. such a wonderful gift!😊👍

[@bettypierce5323]

I have every handwritten recipe ever given me. I keep them in plastic sheet protectors in a binder. When I make one I remember my friend who shared it.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

That is incredible!😊👍

[@madeleinekolar4772]

How are you Paul. I can’t imagine how difficult it is for you with your friend Heather going through all she is.The tape she made about the accident was the first I ever saw and I have been watching all her tapes. I love seeing her with Matt and you and her children. You are all in my prayers.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Thank you Madeleine.. your kind words are greatly appreciated!

[@annettesanchez7062]

Would love for you to do a video on the Freind ship cake 🎂

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

That might be a possibility in the future!😊👍

[@carlenevasseur]

Hi Paul have been missing you. I have seversl of my Grandmothers cook books. A lot of hand written recipes. You know the ones that say a pinch of this & a smidgen of that in it. I love any cook book. You new kitty is so cute. I had one that looked like him so many years ago. Thanks for sharing. Blessings.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Thanks Carlene.. always great to hear from you!😊👍

[@mountaindreamer2145]

Hi Paul, I am a new subscriber, I saw you on The Kneady Homesteader when you visited Heather...what fun you guys had! My husbands Aunt was a fabulous cook, but she wouldn't share her family recipes with anyone, so sad....they died with her😔

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Welcome aboard.. that is sad that the history was lost!👍

[@lorijones3294]

I found my children a southern living cook book from the year of their births

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

That's so cool!😊👍

[@Souperat60]

Hi Lori I have two cookbooks that were given to me in 1965. I treasure them! Great kids fun stuff. Hi I’m Darlene from Souper at 60. I’d love to have you join me in my kitchen sometime. Lord bless ❤️🇺🇸

[@rebeccadgeney]

Corn Casserole "Cass" 😊

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Duh.. can't believe I didn't think of that!😂😂😊👍

[@debrasedgwick4697]

I received bunches of books and recipes from my grandmother before she passed. The family has two items that we all miss her making. One is mincemeat using venison and the other is Peanut Butter meringue Pie. NO ONE can recreate them. She has left out steps and/or ingredients. I do not think on purpose, (but her daughter in law does, lol) My nan was so used to making them, that she just assumed that we would know what to do. She gave me a very, very old composition book filled with recipes that someone wrote down. Problem is, no directions and sometimes no amounts. I have not had a decent biscuit either. I am creating a cookbook for my daughter, hopefully I can alter some family favorites so she can enjoy them, (gluten allergy) But I make sure to include ALL ingredients, amounts, steps, everything. Also, I have the Betty Crocker recipe card of the month box, my mom gave me hers. I don't make much from it, but it is fun to go through it.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Thanks for sharing your experiences.. I've never had PB meringue pie.. it sounds tasty!🥰👍

[@debrasedgwick4697]

@@PaulsRuleofThumb It was so yummy, My nan made it for my birthday instead of cake my last birthday before she passed. My mom tried to recreate it, nope. It was nice and creamy like chocolate pie, but super rich like pecan pie. A sliver was all you could handle at a sitting. She would cover the pie with meringue and then would put twirls of extra meringue on top, we called them knobbys. Then she would bake it. It was awesome.

[@BrendaC-cf7td]

Hi Paul . Just wanted to see how you are doing? Thoughts and prayers to you and your friend Heather and her family .

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Thank you Brenda.. your kindness is appreciated!🥰👍

[@rebeccadgeney]

When I find old recipe cards at estate sales, I always get choked up. I think to myself, I need to call this family and let them know they forgot these!! I really have to be in a not-emotional state of mind to go to estate sales. Family recipes and religious items...im always a sucker for 😕

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

It is hard sometimes to see what the family feels has no value!👍

[@XyZ98768]

I'm always on the hunt for old cookbooks too. What a treasure of a gift you were given. Hey, don't knock Aspic. It was trendy till the 70's. 😆 Lol

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

The 70's held a lot of gems!😂😊👍

[@WarriorforTruth429]

I have a cookbook from the 1800 's lol it has a lot of stuff I couldn't even recognize

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

I have a couple of those.. I know exactly what you mean! :)

[@lisapermenter3248]

I’m 56 and still have an entire flat of recipe clippings that were my grandmother’s handed down to my mother. My grandmother has been gone since 1982 and my mother since 1997. I have one daughter who lives in a different state from me that I know will never hang on to these recipes because she is a minimalist (and a vegan). I am a passionate cookbook collector and could spend hours pouring over this kind of stuff. I just love it and appreciate it. It would be nice to find a way to preserve some of this stuff electronically, but, the task is rather daunting!

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

I hope you find someone that will enjoy them in the future!😊👍

[@SuperKaratemom]

The pineapple with cherry filling, yellow cake and butter is called a dump cake. they are so good.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

I think you are correct!😉😊👍

[@anetzband1383]

I have heard that cake recipe with the pineapple and cherry filling and used to make it. just be aware that that was probably when the cake mixes were 18 and a half ounces and not the 15 whatever ounces they are now.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Good information.. thank you!😊👍

[@janetgrooms4008]

I would love the recipe for apple cake in a jar

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Sounds good! I'll see what I can do. :)

[@kathyeichholz1516]

I really thought you would talk about your friend heather

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

I don't talk about private matters on my channel.. I'm in contact daily and I respect her and her family's privacy. Thank you for your concern. 👍

[@fairygirl69]

Ty, Paul. I wondered too, but I was assuming that you were quietly doing things we know nothing about. I'm sure Heather appreciates your respect for her. Blessings.

[@RandeT73]

I wonder if it was on of the nuns that worked at the hospitals my grandmas worked at. My mom told me this one nun who worked with her mom, told her how to make baby formula for me since I was lactose intolerant. My other grandma said there were nuns at the hospital she worked at that showed people how to make formula. I was born in 73 in southern IL. My grandma had a drawer full of recipe cards she collected from people, magazines, newspapers, and food packages. My aunt got them all. Both grandmas said the nuns would put together cookbooks for fund raisers, either for the church or the hospitals they worked at. My mom tried to type all of her handwritten recipes one time. Then she got me to help to improve my typing skills. IF I had any of my grandma's recipes or my great grandma's (written in German) recipes, I'd put them in a scrapbook with the acid free paper and plastic sheets, to preserve them.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Thank you Rande for sharing your wonderful history and stories! :)

[@jzratk]

Hugs

[@jeanwoodall1523]

Think my mother had my father's recipe card box. Not sure where she has it. I already know how to make most of those. I mostly want the Filipino recipes which Mom doesn't measure anything. I guess I will just buy Filipino cookbooks and look up recipes to print out and put into page protectors. In my case try to protect them from stains and random water drops like a random sleepy teardrop like my journals are full of. Usually light and moisture can degrade papers. Storing them in a dark and dry place is likely a good thing.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Thanks for sharing Jean!😊👍

[@willow3310]

I think your corn cass is corn casserole 1 can corn, 1 can creamed corn, I think 1 egg, 1/4 cup sour cream and a jiffy cornbread mix? AM I close? if this is what it is I make this for holidays its really good

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

I'll have to take a look.. sounds tasty!😊👍

[@sandranevins2144]

I was blessed with a plastic canvas recipe box...top reads Sandys Candy. I've lost some treasured recipes, so when I find replacement, I write on new card who, date if possible what occasion ( birthday, Sunday supper). I love the had written notes. In cook books...dont try, yuck, or a line drawn through it( if that's a warning ⚠️). Peace.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Sounds like you have an awesome system!😊👍

[@martaaberg3330]

I have a real problem getting rid of stuff like this, but I can't keep everything. So, I send them to people I know will love and cherish them.

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

That's so great that you pass it on!🥰👍

[@daniellemarceaux7937]

wow those are very cool recipes was looking for who have those books about prepping books thought this was the video of where you were talking about the books that u recommend it is not so can you please send me that video or recommend where i can find the channel to get that information

[@kathyeichholz1516]

I would love if I could find receipes I just found my moms receipe box I cried

[@PaulsRuleofThumb]

Cherish those memories!😊👍

[@krislange1186]

Unfortunately, neither of my grandmothers used written recipes. It was all in their head. I once asked my grandmother if she could tell me the ingredients in her Pierogi recipe so I could write it down. When I asked her how much flour she was putting in she looked at me and said "As much as will fit!" Nothing was ever measured out - it was all done by sight.