Lorraine, we had to force my grandmother to hand write a recipe book for us. I think she thought we would appreciate it. Some recipes ar e bit cryptic, so I wonder if maybe she wanted only "her" version to be the best ever!! She did include whom she was thinking of regarding the particular recipe. Mom provided the pictures. This was in the days of copier machines only! All the recipes are hand written. When I miss my grandmother, I open up to one of her recipes and make it for dinner, dessert whatever. Regardless of what they may say, make a recipe book and gift it on a special occasion. It will be a treasure they may only realize later.

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