'bout a month ago, I got a box of my grandmother's cookbooks from my aunt. Looking through it, most of it was stuff from the 60's, home-ec cooking books. But, low and behold, I found treasure!!!!!
In this box was an old, quite decrepit cookbook. Even thought it was old, I knew it was something quite special.
It is the Boston Cooking School Cookbook, by Fannie Merrit Farmer! The edition I have was published in 1924. Enclosed within these fabulous pages was a note, to Mrs. C.F. Morris (Paternal GGrandmother) from her Aunt Bess (my GGGGAunt) for Christmas, 1927!
But that itself isn't the best parts!
The book (even with being a subsequent edition, with a different editor) was autographed by Ms. Farmer herself!
That isn't what makes it treasure.
The treasure lie within the aged pages.
On the next-to-last page is a recipe for Devil's food cake, written by my gggrandmother. (Now, keep in mind that she joined the Lord in 1955.)
And that wasn't all. There was also another recipe within for Jello cake, written by ny ggrandmother. She "left" in 1985.
My Christmas came quite early, and I don't think much will top it.
What a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing it.
And thanks for pinging me to this thread. Now all I have to do is find time to read the rest of it! (I'm not even doing wOOhOOs at the moment. LOL) ... In another of life's moments that it really isn't in good form to complain about, I'm the busiest with assignments now than I've been all year. Two major deadlines both fall on 12/13! Not counting this post, I've written almost 3600 words today -- and hope to do more. ;)
What a wonderful treasure, and beautif gift to pass on.. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!