| After the death of a loved one some
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| | members on Christmas morning. A few
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| families make quilts from their loved
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| | fancy gifts were exchanged , but my
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| one's clothes. Other families compile
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| | homemade gifts were the hit of the day.
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| memory books. I did something different
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| | Family members told Nana stories as they
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| for my family; I made a memory cook book.
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| | paged through their cook books. If you
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| After my mother-in-law died my
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| | are looking for a meaningful way to
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| sister-in-law and I looked through her
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| | remember a loved one, think about
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| old recipe box. Actually, there were
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| | compiling a memory cook book.Your cook
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| four boxes, and the recipes inside were
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| | book will spark stories about the meals
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| grouped loosely into categories.There
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| | you have shared, and link the older
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| were hand-written recipes, lots of
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| | generation with the younger. I didn't
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| newspaper and magazine clippings, and
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| | have time to put more photos in the
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| many duplicates. We threw out the
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| | books, but a photo on each page would
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| duplicate recipes and saved family
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| | make the cook book extra special. Now
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| favorites - recipes that grandchildren
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| | you are probably wondering about the
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| and great grandchildren would enjoy.
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| | recipes. My favorite recipe is the one
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| Reading the recipes brought back memories
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| | for fudge. Though I don't make fudge, I
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| of family picnics, holiday dinners, and
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| | love the ending. Here is the recipe,
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| snacks Nana prepared for her three
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| | just as Nana wrote it so many years
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| growing boys.I typed the recipes (one per
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| | ago.NANA'S FUDGE 19202 c. sugar3/4 c.
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| page) and compiled them in a three-ring
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| | milk2 sq. chocolate1/2 t. salt1 T.
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| notebook. The title of the book:
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| | butter1 t (teaspoon) vanilla
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| "Favorite Recipes From Nana's Recipe
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| | nutsMix and cook all ingredients except
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| Boxes." For the cover I used holiday
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| | vanilla & nuts. When it boils up once
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| stationery with a candy cane border.
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| | lower the heat to a slow boil. After 5
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| Each cover had a photo of Nana on it. To
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| | min. begin testing for the soft ballstage
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| protect the recipes from splatters and
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| | (1/2 4sp. fudge in a saucer of ice
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| drips I put them in plastic notebook
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| | water.)When you can pick up a soft ball
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| sleeves. There were only 25 recipes so I
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| | in 3 fingers it's ready. Cook it 1
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| didn't index them. However, I did write
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| | minute more. Remove from stove and cool
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| a short introduction and it contained a
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| | completely before stirring. Add vanilla
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| story that is still clear in my mind.Nana
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| | and nuts and beat until it looks [like]
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| served Sunday dinner at 1 p.m. After one
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| | it's glass and begins to set. Pour into
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| dinner she announced that supper would be
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| | a small square cake pan.Cut when hard.
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| cake and ice cream. I laughed because I
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| | (If it gets too hard add a few drops of
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| thought Nana was kidding. But Nana, the
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| | cream at the end of beating.) Cut,
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| only person I have ever known who would
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| | enjoy. Save some for mother and dad. Be
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| eat cold butter rolled in sugar, had a
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| | a good scout and clean up the kitchen
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| sweet tooth, and supper was just as
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| | afterwards.Copyright 2006 by Harriet
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| advertised. We had huge bowls of French
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| | Hodgson
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| vanilla ice cream and hefty slices of
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| | Hodgson has been a nonfiction writer
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| yellow cake with Penuche frosting. What
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| | for 28 years and is a member of the
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| a memory.Because the cook book was a
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| | Association of Health Care Journalists
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| glimpse of family history, I typed the
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| | and the Association for Death Education
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| recipes as Nana wrote them, including
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| | and Counseling. Before she became a
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| abbreviations such as "refrig" for
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| | health writer she was a food writer for
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| refrigerator, and references to family
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| | the former "Rochester Magazine" in her
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| members and friends. I grouped the pages
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| | hometown of Rochester, MN. Her 24th
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| into sets, put the pages in the
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| | book, "Smiling Through Your Tears:
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| notebooks, and tucked rubber spatulas
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| | Anticipating Grief," written with Lois
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| inside. Then I wrapped the books in
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| | Krahn, MD, is available from A
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| holiday paper and ribbon, and tied
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| | five-star review of the book is posted on
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| measuring spoons to each one.So much love
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| | Amazon. You will find another review on
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| had gone into the cook books that I could
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| | the American Hospice Foundation website
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| hardly wait to give them to family
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| | under the "School Corner" heading.
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