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My Grandmother's Recipes: Margueriteā€™s Screamly Supreme Applesauce Cake

by Sue Gerber

I took an impromptu poll of my family, and no one seems to remember any details about where this recipe originates from, including me. My mom could be a little withholding about such things. I can imagine it was her mother’s before that, my grandmother's...

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My Grandmother's Recipe: Grandma Rose's Borscht

When this recipe was given to children and grandchildren, it was handed over in this way …

'Mushrooms, beets, potatoes, onions, tomatoes or tomato juice, lemon, milk … cook and serve mushed or whole.'

The assumption was, you’d have hung around enough times in the making to...

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My Grandmother's Recipe: Granny's Bread

By Katie Culhane

Bread making has been passed down by the women in my father's family for generations. Bread is a source of pride for these Celtic grandmothers; it is a hearth labour that warms the belly and the heart.

Although there are measurements and precision on the page, baking is about the...

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