Today I struck gold.

Going through some old canning books, I found Mom's recipe for bread and
butter pickles.

Written in her own hand.

It's the recipe that has won nine blue ribbons (and six of other colors)
for me at the Minnesota State Fair. Handwritten! I can tell that she
copied it from something - the spelling and punctuation were correct.
(Usually when she wrote, the first word began with a capital letter and
the document ended with a period. In between, you were on your own.)
Vi?naja pamjat', Matka.
--
Barb,
http://www.barbschaller.com, as of April 8, 2013.