kind of not related, but for family christmas gifts one year my mother compiled favorite recipes from family and friends going back over 70 years. She included some family history, pictures of relatives we never met (including her parents) and funny tidbits. She copied handwritten recipes and then typed them out, so we could preserve handwriting yet still read the recipe. She printed it all, put in page protectors and in a binder.
It's extrememly treasured <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> It means a lot to me because I never met most of the people in her family as they all passed away relatively young. She says I am just like her mom and it makes me feel good to have something of her.
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