Today I got a chance to make some history or rather memories with my daughter, Nicole, and my mother-in-law, Brenda. We spent afternoon making apple, cherry, and pumpkin pies. I have been helping my mother-in-law make pies for many years. I use my Grandma Baldwin’s Never Fail Pie Crust recipe that truly has never failed for me. Sometimes the pie filling isn’t good but the crust is always light and flaky.
It is fun to see the way Nicole enjoys making pies. She did some great designs this time leaves, hearts, turkeys, braided crust, lattice crust..she even made a smiley face on one of the cherry pie. I will post some pictures tomorrow.
I also got to talk to Brenda about her holiday memories. I was driving at the time so I couldn’t write things down. I am going to try and use the record feature in Memories tomorrow. Brenda talked about sharing Thanksgiving dinner with many of her Brady family relatives. They actually lived on the same street in a little enclave in the Fort Union area called Bradysville. She didn’t remember a specific dish that was her favorite but she remembers not liking bread pudding or head cheese. Brenda told me that she wishes she had written down her mother’s recipe for some sweet pickle/relish that she loved to eat but hasn’t been able to find a recipe for it.
This conversation made me realize that I really need to write down some of the recipes that my family likes and that I like of my mother’s and my mother-in-law’s or those favorites will be lost.
We also made Grandma’s macaroni and cheese casserole and cooked sweet potatoes for sweet potato casserole and those who eat plain sweet potatoes.