What's Grandma Cookin'?

Going through to pick out the recipes for our list of "What's Next" on the page (link is at the top of the page), I came across a few things that are not so much recipes as they are just good household ideas. And part of this blog is seeing how things hold up over time. Enter this gem of idea here: I have to say, this one really has stood the test of time. I use this pretty regularly, not just to unclog a sink, but to help get the gunky smell of a garbage disposal a odious make-over. Do I really measure my baking soda-to-vinegar ratios all that meticulously? (Or, for that matter, felt the need to clip something that only has two active ingredients and add to my recipe book?) Nope. But in case you do, this has the recipe for you right here. 1/4 cup baking soda 1/2 cup vinegar Put both in the drain.  Boil some water and use to rinse it away.  Have you tried this technique out yourself? How'd it go for you? Any other "drain-clog-releasing...

So. The here and now of the matter. Not too long ago, while going through many things during a move for my in-laws, my wife was able to get her hands on something that many hold near and dear: her grandmother's recipe box. Having many memories of visiting her grandmother (who is still alive by the way) and having the various bakes that she would have for them. My grandmother-in-law, before coming down with dimentia which she still struggles with today, used to be quite the avid bread maker and loved to get her hands on various recipes for bread both for a bread machine and for hand making. Me, being the bread lover that I am, was therefore very excited to see some of the recipes that she had kept away in this coveted recipe box just waiting for someone to pull back out and bring new life to again. I was not disappointed. Breads and cakes galore! Some handwritten on scraps of paper; some are typed up (typewriter typed of course) on index cards; some are clippings fr...