My grandmother’s handwriting (she was Norwegian) and this is the old family recipe for meatballs from the old country. My mom is 99, and remembers her making them as a little girl from this recipe. 🍜🍽️
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I had my mom’s recipes also. And she included who gave them to her. So I had them printed on towels and gave them as Xmas gifts. The Printed Gift. Not expensive but very meaningful.
My Grandmother was Norwegian too. You are so lucky to have that! My Grandmother's cookbook is one of my most prized possessions. I'm learning Norwegian on the internet, in her honor.
There was a handwriting system (The Palmer Method) that both my parents learned. Sometimes I'll see an old letter or an older person's writing, and the handwriting is so much the same!
Just started reading James Rebanks’ book The Place of Tides about the eiderdown collectors in the Norwegian islands. It’s an amazing read. With your heritage you might enjoy it
My mom's side is from Norway. My dad's side is from Sweden and DNA test prove the stories passed down on the Swedish side that we are of the Sami People. I'm half Sami. ♥️🦌
family history is all forms is very important. and sooner or later, thre is only 1 or 2 left that know anything about it. your sisters and brothers kids are all grown. you never see any of them because of distance. they really don't seem to care about the stories. things get lost forever.
We have a whole cookbook of her hand written recipes and a few pasted in from newspaper clippings. It’s fun to dig out and make things from it from time to time.
Sadly, we experienced that with our property taxes and a nightmare following because the clerk couldn't read cursive... We sent a total of SEVEN checks, each time rejected. I eventually got it straightened out but it was a nightmare.
I love this so much and reminds me of my Danish grandmother’s handwritten recipes, though our meatball recipe was just memorized. I did type it out for my niece but maybe I’ll write it for her.
Most likely something like a Salad Master, which is the original food processor. I picked up a 60+ year old version w attachments and was still able to replace the rubber feet that keeps it from scooting around the table.
That’s exactly it. I picked mine up in an Amish town. They’re super handy for processing veggies, especially if it’s hot weather and there’s a cooler spot than a kitchen w boiling pots.
I love old recipes - does it really say one and a half teaspoons of salt? That is a very small amount for three pounds of meat. Have you made it this way?
I had a recipe written by my grandmother for "famous" yeast rolls. I had it framed with some artwork my hubby had done surrounding it. I gave it to her daughter. I kinda regret doing that now, but seemed like a cool thing to do at the time.
This is beautiful! I wonder what year this was written. I have a notebook of my grandma's recipes also written by hand and I wish to scan them and make a family cookbook.
This piece of paper is its very own brand of gorgeous magic. The fact that you were willing to share it with all of us is very, very special. Thank you.
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In America, handwriting was taught with "The Palmer Method" created in 1888.
https://thepalmermethod.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_people
In 2024 it was Samí themed. Both me and my wife and our kids really liked it.
No English subtitles and you have to VPN your way to Sweden. So kind of hard to watch for you I’d guess…
https://www.svtplay.se/julkalendern-snodrommar
Ive heard some schools are reintroducing cursive. Hopefully more will wake the fuck up.
here's our family's, in return (a bit messy, apologies)
Thanks for posting it
Nom nom nom