Comments on: Inviting Writing: Thankful for Traditional Recipes http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/11/inviting-writing-thankful-for-traditional-recipes/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Wed, 15 May 2013 14:48:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: carol Bartholomew http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/11/inviting-writing-thankful-for-traditional-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-14590 carol Bartholomew Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:05:14 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=10716#comment-14590 My tail is slightly different. My husband and I ahd move back east and I was going to do my first Thanksgiving, I wanted to make my mom's stuffing, so I called her to get the recipie, and like the grand mother she had to guess at the spices. Thank-fully I wrote it down because years later on a visit to my folks we were going to make a Turkey and stuffing, and my mom couldn't remember how to. So I had to show her how, . My tail is slightly different. My husband and I ahd move back east and I was going to do my first Thanksgiving, I wanted to make my mom’s stuffing, so I called her to get the recipie, and like the grand mother she had to guess at the spices. Thank-fully I wrote it down because years later on a visit to my folks we were going to make a Turkey and stuffing, and my mom couldn’t remember how to. So I had to show her how, .

]]> By: Alanna Kellogg http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/11/inviting-writing-thankful-for-traditional-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-14589 Alanna Kellogg Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:17:45 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=10716#comment-14589 Ha! Exactly the same thing happened to me! My Canadian aunt (third-generation German Russian) gave me the family recipe for "turnip puff". I made it with purple-topped turnips and it was wonderful -- only to find out that she uses rutabagas (aka swedes). Either way, it's awesome - maybe try this recipe? http://www.kitchenparade.com/2006/11/turnip-puff.php PS Lovely storytelling ... Ha! Exactly the same thing happened to me! My Canadian aunt (third-generation German Russian) gave me the family recipe for “turnip puff”. I made it with purple-topped turnips and it was wonderful — only to find out that she uses rutabagas (aka swedes). Either way, it’s awesome – maybe try this recipe? http://www.kitchenparade.com/2006/11/turnip-puff.php

PS Lovely storytelling …

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