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handwritten recipes I’ve received from family and friends

#3 Butterscotch Pudding

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Handwritten Recipes This recipe was handwritten and sent to me from one of my dear special friends.We’ve known each other from college boarding school days and have kept in touch since then. I have to admit I was a fish out of water with this recipe as I’d never before made a self saucing  pudding…what’s the right dish to use? what should the sauce look like before pouring on top of the pudding mixture?… …but trusting my friend, knowing she had made the effort to write down this recipe and send it over the seas… I continue on her directions… …continuing every five minutes checking the oven, I was thrilled at the result.This is absolutely mouthwatering and I’ll admit it I went back for seconds.Read on for the recipe…

#2 Yoghurt Cake

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#2 Handwritten Recipes  Last weekend while sharing my zucchini cake with a new group of friends. I met a lovely lady who lives in my area close to home. After trying my zucchini cake she was happy to disclose a few recipes to me…hence #2 of handwritten recipes. I thought she would write for me one of those traditional Italian Torte, or biscuit recipes,  instead she gave me this recipe of a yoghurt cake, light, delicate and soft as fairy floss.    The fun part about this cake is that all the measurements are used with the tub of yoghurt. She was so enthusiastic about telling me about this revolutionary measuring method I wish you could have shared the moment with me. As she lived across the road from where we were, she dashed across the road, grabbed the recipe at hand with note-book and pen and wrote down this recipe for me. A great moment, and one to remember. It’s been difficult “fitting” into the local Italian community of traditional ways and customs, and  believe …

Handwritten Recipes

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I don’t know about you, but I haven’t received a handwritten letter in ages.  The computer world of clicking has taken over from the personal notes and letters I once received. The quick flash notes that I’ve written while connecting to friends have never had  that same personal touch as  receiving in the mail a handwritten letter.  The emotion and enthusiasm of going out to check the postal box, reaching for that envelope, looking at the handwriting and instantly knowing who’s it from. Our memory never fails us, a quick glance at the hand written address and instantaneously we recognise the handwriting. In a heart beat we open that letter and enjoy the feeling of that connection with the person who hand wrote that letter.  The last thing I received through the post was an Easter card from my mum. Mum’s part of the old school ways, and never forgets to pop in the post that Birthday card, anniversary of Christmas wish.  Apart from the quick one page grocery and the things to do list, there is one thing that I write and …