themarblestreetcar replied to your photo “I went to my favorite art book as a child, "I Saw A Purple Cow", to...”
Is this an Elder Millennial's dad thing? because this is almost exactly the recipe my dad used when he made us play dough in the 80s, but I don't recognize the book....
I’m sure it was passed around in parenting circles back in the day -- the recipe is also IN the book so I’m not sure why he wrote it in the cover, but we also made it in school and camp, so...
lphia replied to your photo “I went to my favorite art book as a child, "I Saw A Purple Cow", to...”
Thanks to you and your dad, Sam! I'll use it while in self-quarantine with my toddler. Cheers!
I should just take some photos of my favorite recipes in the book. The vinegar balloon trick is in there too I think...
rsfcommonplace replied to your photo “I went to my favorite art book as a child, "I Saw A Purple Cow", to...”
I have that book at my library! I am using to post ideas for parents trying to keep their kids busy.
It’s such a classic. And so very late-hippie-parents -- there’s something so incredibly era-specific about the art.
melayneseahawk replied to your photo “I went to my favorite art book as a child, "I Saw A Purple Cow", to...”
I have a recipe somewhere for corn pudding in my great-aunt's handwriting (she was like a grandmother to me, for that side of the family). I don't actually *like* the recipe, but it makes me smile
Yeah, I have a bunch in my mother’s handwriting -- she sends them every once in a while. She and my grandmother both used to store letters and cards in books so they’d find them by surprise years later, so whenever she gives me a recipe she tells me “If you don’t use it, put it in a book” :D
