Recipes

 

It's been a year and a half since mom died.  It's time to clear her house of the contents. I won't say its been an easy task.  At times I am overwhelmed by the task as she saved everything and other times I am overwhelmed with feelings of loss.  Sometimes, I'm just overwhelmed with the thought that I don't know what I'm doing.  Julie Hall, The Estate Lady, has helped tremendously with her posts that I read.  See the link to her blog under the tab for Blogs I Follow.  She is simply amazing!

Some of the origins of the recipes are and their relationship to my mother:

• Aunt Lena was Lena Mae Carrington Rose, her husband's cousin's wife
• Aunt Roxey was Mildred Roxey McNeilly Perry, her maternal grand aunt
• Grandma Harder was Mary Jane McNeilly Harder, her maternal grandmother 

 

The next few recipes I include because they just seem so like my mom.

 My dad, Walter J. Schnack, had a favorite food.  It was peanut butter.  Yes, you'll remember that he wrote about peanut butter in one of the Vietnam era letters!  My mom used salted Spanish peanuts in the cookie recipe and the contrast of the salt and sugar was mouth-watering delicious!

A multi-generational family favorite is Unbaked Cookies.  I can remember making them so often that I didn't need to look at the recipe when preparing them!

And last of all, folded and tucked between dividers in mom's recipe box was this page torn from a magazine or pamphlet.  I don't know if its something she saved or someone else ahead of her but reading it made an impact on me.

A perfect prayer for an empty-nest mom and an aging mom.   I know my mom missed having me around once I was grown and had a family of my own.  I often miss my own daughters.  But, I am so very proud of what my girls have accomplished in their lives.  They are resourceful, intelligent, funny, beautiful, caring, and so much more.