Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> 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.



That's pretty cool. I should write out some of my favorite recipes by
hand for my daughter to find someday. (a computer printout just isn't
the same)

Bob