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Originally Posted by LadyShea
My grandma grew up (during the Depression) cooking for her family of 12 on the cotton farm. That was her job from the time she was 8 or so years old. I tried to learn from her, but she never used measuring cups...she used her hands to scoop "about this much" flour or cornmeal or whatever.
We've tried to recreate her recipes, but they're just not the same. At least Clara actually has measurements.
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This reminds me of my grandmother. She was born in 1895 and she couldn't remember a time when she wasn't cooking. She didn't use measuring cups either. She tried so hard to teach us grandkids how to cook and how to make some of her home remedies but we either couldn't get it or weren't interested.
I have so many regrets about that. She was a granny woman too and while some of the things she did were just superstitious nonsense (like putting a knife under the bed to cut the pain) a good many of her remedies were actually helpful. If I had listened to her about how to care for my skin when I first started breaking out, I wouldn't have the acne scars that I do now. As soon as I started heeding her advice about it, my acne pretty much went from really bad to damn near gone.
*sigh*