Grandma’s kitchen was filled with these delicacies
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Juliana Goodwin For Living Well
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here’s something amazing about the power of a recipe. It can transport us back in time. Our taste buds come alive the second we take a bite of a nostalgic dish
that has been absent from our lives for too long. One nibble — even an aroma — can transport us back to grandma’s or mom’s kitchen.
My nostalgic recipes are my grandma’s German chocolate cake, and Magic Custard Pie, to name a few. Grandma Josephine Gander was always ready to welcome guests
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or grandkids, and she would reach into her freezer and pull out an assortment of homemade frozen cakes and desserts. She was an amazing baker and if her hands touched it, it was delicious. Simple as that.
I didn’t want this story to be all about what is nostalgic to me because what is common in one family is unheard of in another, so I did what any modern woman would do when she’s seeking old-fashioned recipes, I turned to Facebook and asked people to post what food was nostalgic to them.
I was inundated with ideas. The memories came pouring in. I couldn’t keep up. People remembered dishes like 7-Up cake, biscuits and chocolate gravy, cobbler, wacky cake,
shortcake, dilly dip, wilted lettuce, cookies and on and on.
The wilted lettuce was new to me, but when I reached out to my aunt Carol Goodwin King — who is an amazing old-fashioned cook — unbeknownst to me the only recipe my Grandma Lucille Goodwin ever wrote down was one for wilted lettuce, so I have one to share. We scoured family recipes, old church cookbooks and more to bring you this bite of nostalgia.
Hopefully, in these pages you will find a magical recipe that will transport you back to your youth and a simpler time. We have tested all these recipes and assure you, they are delicious.
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