We have a special family biscuit recipe.
Perhaps you have one too?
Maybe not for biscuits but something that has been made in the family for quite some years – perhaps generations.
A recipe fondly remembered and kept alive in the current day iteration of your family cooking or baking.
The must haves of course are the recipe itself. The crucial start to the process…..
And that’s what we lost.
Our Gran (Anne), who lived in Port Elizabeth, had handwritten the recipe and it was kept in our Mum’s red leather recipe folder.
In the kitchen…
Fourth drawer down.
Funny how some memories are so clear!
In amongst the pamphlets our kitchen appliances, was the treasure trove of recipes from a past life in Africa.
Until it wasn’t.
Sadly, when we were young adults, the folder didn’t survive a kitchen re-fit & Gran isn’t around anymore to ask for the recipe anymore.
My Brother and I both really wish we had that recipe or some other ‘back-up’ of knowing the exact ingredients and quantities that make Anne’s biscuits, well… Anne’s.
We both ADORED those biscuits and the memories they evoke for us.
We’ve done a lot of internet searching for those golden discs, indented with the tines of a fork….
And we’ve come pretty close over the years, baking with our own families, but I have to admit it’s not the same as baking from Gran’s own recipe.
Losing recipes is akin to losing family memories and stories. Ranging from a twinge of regret to not having caught the details whilst we had the time, to at its worst an outright discomforting experience.
Those are feelings we’re keen to help as many people as possible avoid.
And it’s pretty easy!
Our YourStory books help to capture the stories and details of our loved one’s lives – helping you to seize the opportunity.
Do you have any family recipes you wouldn’t want to lose?
Or perhaps this newsletter has given pause for thought on more general family stories you’d really like to get written down?
Feel free to share them with me at hello@yourstory.co.uk.
Find out more about our YourStory books here.