This mysterious person on the scooter is not my Grandma. I’m not sure who this is, but this photo was found in one of Grandma’s photo albums. Currently my mom and sister are on a photo finding mission and the best ones will be an addition to the Wilson family cookbook – our current project. My mom has been very busy typing up 29 recipes WITH an index. Mom’s a medical transcriptionist and types very fast and very accurately. My favourite part of the index (yes! the index!) is that mom put it in this order:
- Desserts
- Pies and Pastries
- Entrees
Makes perfect sense.
So over the next month or so, I’ll be making all the recipes in the index and taking photos of them all. Good thing I get the newsletter from the food photo blog – they have all kinds of great tips for taking photos of food. And, I thought I’d post the recipes and photos here while I’m at it. Maybe you’d like to try Grandma’s pastry recipe, too. My Grandma is a pastry champ, and I’m thinking that if I can pull it off, the cover of the cookbook will be a pie recipe. Although, where the heck can I find Saskatoon berries locally? I’ll have search the farmers’ markets.
I think I’ll start this project this weekend, and I’m looking forward to trying the pineapple squares. Anything with coconut makes me think of oldie-times and The Little Rascals.
Pineapple Squares
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 egg beaten
1 cup crushed pineapple
Method:
Mix flour, baking powder and butter together. Mix with well beaten egg. Press into large pan (9×13).
Spread 1 cup crushed well drained pineapple on top of first mixture.
Mix:
2 eggs well beaten
2 cups coconut (or a little less)
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter (melted)
Put on top of pineapple.
Bake at 300° for 30 minutes. Store in fridge (can substitute jam for pineapple).
It looks like I may have to roast a turkey in the near future. For the photoshoot, of course.
Mike’s going to hate that part for sure.
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Mike’s DNA grandma used to make Pineapple Squares too…brings back great memories. Can’t wait to see the completed edition of your Grandma’s Cookbook!! What an awesome project!!
What a cool idea! I can’t wait to see all the recipes you try- how much fun is that!
That is a phenominal idea! I have Sofia Loren’s “Recipies and Memories”. I just love it. Old photos of her at 16 as an aspiring starlett, recent photos of her anchient aunt and uncle, old photos of her mom competing in a Greta Garbo look alike contest all mixed in with shots from movies. Terrific recipies too. I am certain it will be a family keepsake and treasured by all the in-laws and distant relatives. Perhaps recipie book writers will take hold of the sensible idea and put deserts at the beginning!
This is a great idea – and the pineapple dish looks delish! Your mom has the right idea, prioritizing the food groups like that!
I came upon your site as I was looking on google to find any information pertaining to “grandma’s cookbook”. I have saved a cookbook dated 1950 that belonged to my grandma that I’m considering “recreating” and updating. I too am a “crafty, creative type” and I thought it would be fun to take apart the original edition and put it back together by updating and adding additional recipes and graphics. I’ve contacted the original publisher to see if there any legal issues I have to contend with. If not, I’d like to move forward with this project to remember and honor my granda. Any thoughts, comments, suggestions you’d like to pass on? Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. Please contact me at the above email address and I’ll look forward to hearing from you soon.