The Recipe Box

I was helping my Mother move and one evening decide to go through one of her recipe boxes. You know, the kind that has recipes on all sorts of paper and from lots of friends. This box ended up being a treasure chest, of sorts.

As I sorted through the recipes, lots of yummy stuff, I found a recipe on the back of a Texaco receipt. Mom had paid $9.58 for 10 gallons of gas. Those were the days.

My Aunt had given Mom a "Useful Hint" index card. One hint was, "If a cracked dish is boiled in sweet milk for 45 min., the crack will be welded together, that it will be hardly visible, and will be so strong it will withstand usage as before."

I found the program for my grandfathers Memorial service. (Yes, Mom knew it was there and it would remain there.)

There was a church attendance card that my brother, Jim Bob had filled out. He was requesting. "a uthraley (youth rally) for 10 and 9 yr old boys.

A graduation booklet for JimBob had pages of words of wisdom. It was from Ralph and Mary, our precious friends. One of the quotes... " When God measures a Man, He puts the tape measure around his heart, not his head."

An index card had the "Religious" recipe. Mom said it was religious sauce and really good. The ingredients is definitely made for a church....

Religious

Boil for 5 minutes the following ...

5 lbs onion

2 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup salt

1/3 cup allspice

3 1/2 cups Jalapeno

1 cup water

1 quart vinegar

Add 1 gallon catsup and boil 5 more minutes

HUGE amount, I'm sure and Mom says very good!

Then I came across my Dad's work order binder. There was a 1952 paycheck stub for 2 weeks of work. He brought home $116. He had 2 daughters by then.

Inside this binder was my parents 1947 newspaper marriage announcement.

The heading was: Solemnize Ryan- Laird Rites in Home Ceremony Thursday.

Although the move made us bone tired, we enjoyed a lot of walks down memory lane.

So, grab your Mom's recipe box and find some treasures.