I live with my Mom and Dad and their weimaraner "Spencer". My Dad has multi infarct dementia

We all come from Vermont and we grew up during the 60's and 70's. One of our favorite things is cooking and so we try and stay sane by writing about cooking. I have an old cookbook from Rutland VT called "Out of Vermont Kitchens that we are going to try and cook from and see what the food tastes like.

The cookbook has some prepared foods in some of the recipes. But we will try and adapt them perhaps to modern cusine.

We also try other recipes but will dive into our Vermont roots as often as we can.

Marion Ballou Smith
The daughter of Orris and Margaret (Mageen) Ballou, Marion Ballou Smith grew up in Rutland, Vermont, graduated from Mount Holyoke College (1914), and taught botany and mathematics. In 1927 she married Esme A.C. Smith, a businessman in Rutland. Active in local business and civic affairs, Smith was the co-compiler, with Alice Chaffee Bowker and Ruth Sutton, of a fund-raising cookbook entitled Out of Vermont Kitchens, published in 1939, to benefit the Trinity Mission of Trinity Church in Rutland, and the Women's Service League of St. Paul's Church in Burlington, Vermont.

1.03.2010

We are going to try and re-create some old favorites

As a kid growing up in the 60's, I've decided I'm going to try and resurrect some of the dishes I remember from that era.

The first offering will be FROZEN SALADS. Yes..... frozen salads. A mixture of milk products, sugar, canned sweet fruit in heavy syrup and a few nuts.

Mom is calling some of her friends and relatives to find out how they made their offerings. I'm gonna finally find out about gelatine.

The weather is below zero. The chickens are laying a few eggs and I'm thinking about custard pies from the old Trask farm in Underhill VT. But we'll start with the custard pies.
Posted by Kimberly at 5:51 PM

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