Secrets Found

We've all known them. Some of us have even had the privilege to work beside them. Who am I talking about? You know ....... the Great Ones!



The really good cooks!



The ones that when you're at a potluck supper, their food is always the first to disappear. Or the ladies at church socials that everyone keeps asking, "What did you bring?" "Which one is yours?" Although, you rarely have to ask, because like I said, they're food is always taken first.



The ones that you worry if you're too close to the end of the line, there won't be any of their dish left. My mother was one of "them". Her cooking was out of this world! In fact, to this day, I'm pretty sure that is why Mike married me. I think he thought that I might cook like her. Wrong! But guess what? Just look what I found:






I'm still going through boxes of photos and all kinds of interesting family stuff. And I found these. Here, take a closer look:





These are some of her cookbooks. And guess what??? They're marked!

I love the way she marked her recipes.

With paper clips and little scraps of note papers.





But here's the best part:

Her own little editing of all those marked recipes.

The little tweaking and adjusting of recipes, some ever so slightly, but still they're her adjustments. Maybe this is what made her food just a little better than all others!

I can hardly wait to try some of these. Maybe, just maybe, they'll taste at least half as good as hers!