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Thread #131924   Message #2987006
Posted By: open mike
15-Sep-10 - 01:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: Grammas Recipes
Subject: RE: BS: Grammas Recipes
Our family gathered up recipes at one of our annual reunions. As luck would have it, in a near-by town there is a printing business that makes a living compiling cook books for groups, charities, families, etc. (Morris Press in Kearney, NE, http://www.morriscookbooks.com/)
so we bundled them all up and took them to the press along with some photos and some family tree information. This book has been a great
resource, and I often make updated genealogy pages to share with people who are at the annual reunion. (as people keep dying and giving birth, so new information keeps needing to be added--plus I keep finding more and more older generations as I continue my search for ancestors...so the tree is growing both "new" roots and new branches)

The recipe i submitted was actually not from my family, but from a neighbor who called it "everybody's grandma's favorite cobbler recipe"

it is like magic   i think i posted it in another recipe thread recently...here goes again..
1 stick butter
1 c flour
1 c sugar
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 c milk
1 1/2 - 2 cups fruit (blackberries , blueberries, apricots, peaches)
in a 9 X 13 pan melt the butter
meanwhile stir the flour, sugar,, baking powder and milk together
add this batter to the butter in the pan..do not mix, just pour in
(i drizzle the batter back and forth and up and down cross wise)
then sprinkle fruit on top. bake at 350 form 20-40 minutes.
batter bubbles up to cover fruit, crust is crunchy. Brush your teeth!

i cannot find the recipe for the pie my mom used to make
that i used to like so much. I called it strawberry fluff..
it had a graham cracker crust and the filling was this sweet pink whipped concoction..it had evaporated milk that you put in the freezer until ice crystals formed, then whipped, and then your folkd in strawberry jello (made with half water and half ice cubes to cool it down) mixed with chopped slightly thawed frozen strawberries and
then you pile it all in the graham cracker crust. you need to keep it chilled until you eat it.

i also tried a similar pie recently...
believe it or not avocado cream pie is delicious.
(although probably no one's grandma would have tried this)

•       1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
•        8 ounces cream cheese
•        2 ripe avocados, peeled and pit removed
•        1/4 cup lime juice
•        1 teaspoon vanilla
•        1/8 teaspoon sea salt
•        1/2 cup coconut, toasted, for garnish

In a medium bowl, combine the condensed milk and cream cheese. Blend well with an electric mixer. Mash the avocados with the lime juice and add to the milk mixture. Add the vanilla and salt, and beat until smooth. Spoon into graham cracker crust. Garnish with the coconut, cover, and chill for 2 to 6 hours before serving.

some recipes call for egg yolk to thicken, but what with
salmonella poisoning ,and since this pie is not cooked,
i do not recommend including raw eggs.
some other recipes call for lime jello to be added...
to thicken the pie..this is not necessary.
some other recipes call for cool whip or whipped cream on top
but i think with condensed milk and cream cheese your dairy
requirement is already filled.
Some recipes say to slice pieces thin as it is quite rich.
this seems like a good idea.