I’ve noticed a slow erosion of traditional foods with ‘quick’ and/or ‘refrigerator’, ‘freezer’ types of how-to. The recipes are gone from the internet, the newer type books are all about quick-n-easy. I’m having to search through mothers and grandmothers cookbooks and recipe boxes to find bits and pieces of preserving food the traditional methods and tastes. Scraps of paper, notations on back of holiday cards, all archived through practicality, are now being sought out through loving memories and also, returning to the past through necessity.
Where is that Russian pickled carrot recipe? That green tomato pickle that was sweet and sour? Parts of my past have been flung away due to heart ache (or outright stupidity!) but now I need it back, not so much for the nostalgia but for the practical purpose of providing. Lessons from the past are coming full circle in some respects, in providing for my family. And yours too if you would like to join in on the adventure!
Does anyone else out there have a family recipe that helped fill up the winter’s pantry that they would like to share? If so tag me! I’m in to sharing some too as I go through some of these older books so if you have searches/wants/needs, let me know and I will look for what I have as well!