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Which recipe have you been making the longest?
Joy L 6876727-Oct-24
I made my first Christmas Cake for this year yesterday and realized that I have been making this cake for 60 years. I have made it so often. It has been a birthday cake, a wedding cake and of course every year I make a lot of them to give as gifts for Christmas.
What's the recipe you have been making the longest?
Then there is my Nana's Christmas pudding recipe. I took over making that for the family 30 years ago. I still have to make 3 each year. I don't know how long Nana was making that one, but I can remember it from my childhood.
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  • Katzeye
    Chocolate Brownies and Muffins
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    • Justin 1587346
      Chocolate cake
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      • Timtam
        Probably roast dinners ( I was making them on weekends for dinner at 11/12 as mum didn't finish work until 8pm at the earliest ) I'm in my late 50's now. Dad did shift work and often took double shifts so he was likely to have been working since the early hours. Just quietly his cooking repertoire was pretty limited as well. He was a lovely man and a loving dad, but a cook he was not!
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        • Grommie
          roast dinners... multi disciplines for the meat, veg and gravy, but still the easiest dinner to prepare.
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          • simon 1557398
            Depends what's on sale at the shop
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            • The ghost
              Risotto, from Noona to mother to me, and very likely from my great grandmother and so on.
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              • Sue D 1162551
                Jackpot dinner - a simple mince dish that was made by my mother from an old recipe book. Also salmon and rice pie, also made by my mother. But sweet items - lemon slice, an old favourite made for many years by family members
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                • Dolan 1467056
                  my moms homemade Chicken and Dumplings. Southern style. The best!
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                  • Michael G. P
                    grilled cheese on toast
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                    • john 1539320
                      stir fry
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                      • John C 89184
                        Muffins and apple pies
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                        • Mary M 329762
                          Husband will be cooking
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                          • simon 1557398
                            Meatballs and spaghetti, recipe passed down
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                            • Catherine 1587069
                              Bread and butter pudding
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                              • SueS
                                Corn Souffle and Fruit Christmas cake (both 50 + years)
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                                • Angie
                                  I made a wicked as beef mince and mushroom Lasagne.. layered up between homemade tomato sauce made with loads of garlicand melted cheese between pasta sheets & home grown tomato paste 🍅ditched meat recently, and so then started making a mean as vegan lasagne 👍🏼 and also my fav... Lentil soup
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                                  • Angie
                                    fresh fruit salad.. from my own fruit trees and market (locally grown berries) for pud
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                                • Woofers
                                  Probably grilled cheese on toast!
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                                  • Paula J 395266
                                    As my family are all grown now I rarely cook. I'll make something every now and then but usually end up throwing it uneaten out to the Brush turkey and foxes.
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                                    • Jessica 1587033
                                      Homemade Gingerbread
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                                      • Danielle R 478487
                                        I have 2 my grandmother taught me . Shepard's pie and Trifle. Also pineapple upside down cake,the first cake I learnt at high school.
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                                        • Paul W 383502
                                          Banana Cake.
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                                          • Edith v
                                            German style potato salad
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                                            • Sabine V
                                              That's what I do. My family and friends love it. Mind you l have to buy lots of potatoes, lol
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                                            • Edith vSabine V
                                              I don't use mayonaise I render bacon down to not too crispy pieces, put over (pre cooked with skin on & firm) when potatoes cool enough to handle remove peel & gently chop or slice them add salt & pepper & chopped onion, add egg yolks only & gently toss every one who tastes it loves it the recipe is from Hamburg Germany
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                                            • Sabine VEdith v
                                              That's where I was born
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                                          • debra j 18701
                                            i do not cook , my husband dose all the cooking
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                                            • Pat C 618241
                                              Used to make Christmas cake for family until hands stopped working well. Alas my best recipe these days is Beef Mince Pie. That and Spagetti Bol. are his favourites. Started making them in my last year of high School for my family. My Dad refused to eat it unless he had a knife and fork!
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                                              • Kathy C 90112
                                                Joy, wow, no doubt they are well loved and enjoyed, i hope you hand them down through generations, those recipies can live on forever, but I doubt anyone could make them as good as yours
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                                                • Joy L 68767
                                                  Have handed the pudding recipe to Daughter and grand-daughter
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                                              • Jacqueline R 353303
                                                Pikelets - everyone loves them
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                                                • Larry S 382961
                                                  None as don’t cook but my Aunt Sara Lee makes a great apple pie and other goodies
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                                                  • Peter 1546748
                                                    Vanilla ice cream surprise. Large tall glass with layers of vanilla ice cream, and alternative layers of mandarin oranges, pineapple, peaches and pears, with each layer having a thickened up Amaretto liquor drizzle
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                                                    • Judy T 470524
                                                      I have been making my bread recipes for many years ( Pickle & cheese, sweet chilli & cheese, and coconut buns) Now my favourites are bagels and facon ( fake bacon)
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                                                      • Jenny D 1046437
                                                        Spaghetti Bolognaise
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                                                        • Lorne M
                                                          Grilled chunky peanut butter sandwiches. I am often too lazy to cook and truthfully, too tired to even chew on occasion. I should probably be embarrassed. Yeah. Probably ashamed but I haven't the energy for introspection. Time for a PB Big Gulp.
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                                                          • Elvira D 70287
                                                            The lonest recipe I have been making is the baked lemon sour cheese cake. I make those for birthdays and any other special occasion. the good thing about it is no-one thought me, I thought myself with a cooking book and now can almost do it with my eyes closed.
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                                                            • Cher
                                                              Cinnamon buns
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                                                              • Donna lee 1345262
                                                                chocolate chip cookies
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                                                                • SUSIE W
                                                                  Rissoles
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                                                                  • Henrietta
                                                                    Back when I was a child (I am now 82 years of age) I can always remember my mum making the Christmas cake & pudding about 6 weeks before Christmas & on Christmas Eve making fresh mince pies so they would be baked & ready for tasting when my father & I returned from Church after attending the Christmas Eve Church service. I continued the tradition when I got married. Over here, I have used the Christmas pudding recipe I found in the Australian Woman's Weekly over 50 years ago. We are expecting to fly to the Northern Territory to spend Christmas with family & my daughter will be expecting those two items when we arrive.
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                                                                    • Joy L 68767
                                                                      I would cook these even when we lived in the N.T. I would hang them on the back verandah and cover them with a cardboard box to stop the birds getting in.
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                                                                  • Amy B 1078427
                                                                    Nachos
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                                                                    • merricat
                                                                      I have a recipe for a fancy braided bread that I would bake to bring to every family holiday dinner. It takes 5 hours, start to finish and everyone loves it. One year, my husband and I went to Iowa for Thanksgiving with our oldest daughter and her new husband. We usually went to my brother and sister-in-law's for dinner, so my bread was missed. The next time the family got together, my SIL's sister told me not to ever do that again.
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                                                                      • Wendy Q
                                                                        Not made a cake of any sort in years, cheaper to buy than muck about. But my mum used to make all her own cakes and puddings. My mum in law did before she died, I helped her last time we visited her, we made the xmas puddings together, steaming them. Very tasty.
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                                                                        • Regina 1582991
                                                                          The Recipe I have baked the most is my grandma's homemade refrigerator rolls I have to make them on every holiday Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day, and Easter and I have to make enough for 3 households.
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                                                                          • Steve D 963807
                                                                            I have been making our Families hot sauce scents 1988 and canning it for 15 years
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                                                                            • Jolene 1529118
                                                                              I make a Pumpkin Cake. When Fall gets here, pumpkin cakes. I give them as gifts, take to our annual fall meeting, Thanksgiving dinner and even get requests for it. I have been making this recipe for years. I am 81, and can't guess how I have made.
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                                                                              • Rose S 88496
                                                                                Must say a Christmas baked dinner would be my best effort
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                                                                                • Jeanine R
                                                                                  I make chocolate chip cookies with mint extract or whatever extract I have on hand, They are generally good,
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                                                                                  • Allen M 1199636
                                                                                    Stir fry
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                                                                                    • TERRIE K
                                                                                      Unfortunately I never got any of my Nanna's recipes. I've been making unbaked cheesecakes for around 15 years now. It's never the same as I get quite creative with different flavours. I was making them and delivering to friends around town.
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                                                                                      • Mary 97420
                                                                                        Wow that sure is a long time , Must taste the best ever
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                                                                                        • Jenny L 591463
                                                                                          For me it would be Anzac cookies as they are a favourite and for my Mum it would be a Dundee cake, we always had one for our birthdays which she doesn't do any more sadly but she still can make an apple and rhubarb crumble. She's 86 and well she has stopped cooking and Dad has taken over. She burns things and she can't smell them burning which is a worry. Dad makes lasagna all the time hence Mum has gained some weight. Dad's 85 so he's still going okay for his age. He's sick as a dog ATM has some kind of cough he can't get rid of, at least he's seeing the doctor on Monday.
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                                                                                          • Danielle R 478487
                                                                                            Hope your dad is o.k. Lots of love to you and your family.
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                                                                                          • Jenny L 591463Danielle R 478487
                                                                                            Thank you Danielle same to you and your family. We went shopping this morning and there was a little boy running around Aldi coughing and touching things and I wanted to get away and out of there as soon as we could. The parents didn't seem to care their child was sick. They should have left him at home or the Dad and the kid could have stayed in the car. Dad could have let Mum shop and taken the kid to the park any thing but let him run around coughing and touching things. I sterilised my hands when we got back in the car just in case. We don't want to get sick.
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                                                                                        • Elizabeth A 807208
                                                                                          I always made a Scottish dumpling for my children and grandchildren. Last year I taught them how to make it for themselves so that they can teach their children - my great grandchildren - how to make it and to carry on 4he tradition.
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                                                                                          • Shawn B 1061185
                                                                                            Sadly, my cooking skills top out at burning water.
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                                                                                            • MacAddict
                                                                                              I can do that, too, but those tea drinkers complain the water tastes funny after I've boiled the eggs!
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                                                                                            • Shawn B 1061185MacAddict
                                                                                              Thanks for the response. 'Those People' are never satisfied.
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                                                                                          • Empress
                                                                                            don't cook much for anyone nowadays. If I cook I chuck most of it out.
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                                                                                            • Liane H
                                                                                              Each year I get the job of mum's recipe for prawn pate at Christmas and Easter for nibbles / starters, It's chunky chopped king prawns ,cream cheese ,fresh garlic ,lemon , dash of mayo and tabasco . I'll always get begged to make caramel slice or chicken and ginger spring rolls other times as well though have slacked off of late!
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                                                                                              • Robyn C 1009255
                                                                                                Baked dinner have it at least once a week , would be over 60 years now, my children always ask for it to be made when they visit
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                                                                                                • Sonya F 68771
                                                                                                  Make my mums German Christmas Biscuits for the past 20 years and give away to my friends, family and neighbors
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                                                                                                  • sherrydp
                                                                                                    Chili. Medium spicy.
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                                                                                                    • lisa 1490612
                                                                                                      spiced fruit bread/cake if you want the recipe drop me a note
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                                                                                                      • Paul B 522937
                                                                                                        my favouvorite recipe was a Canadian fair cake but ive lost the recipe now If anyone has a copy i would love to be able to make it again I won a baking compertition with it
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                                                                                                        • Dsmiles2U
                                                                                                          cherry cheese cake
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                                                                                                          • Brittany 1585287
                                                                                                            No bake cookies yummy
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                                                                                                            • Ann D 726256
                                                                                                              Blueberry Oatmeal Scones Family and friends like when I make these and share with them.
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                                                                                                              • Scott R 947830
                                                                                                                Shepherd's Pie - twice a month for years - seasoned ground lamb cheesy mashed potatoes and corn. Simple and filling.
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                                                                                                                • Norman M
                                                                                                                  My recipe for ice. It’s frozen in time!
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                                                                                                                  • Beverley S 383001
                                                                                                                    Gingerbread biscuits. I am about to make about 700 of them and after they are iced and packed they will be sold in aid of Townsville Brass Band.
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                                                                                                                    • doug p 631197
                                                                                                                      Don't bake so can't help on this one
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                                                                                                                      • Jim T 1006669
                                                                                                                        Sourdough Sandwich Loaf, 2 a week!
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                                                                                                                        • Steffi 1419059
                                                                                                                          Roast with all the trimmings
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                                                                                                                          • Pam G 449028
                                                                                                                            My Nanas shortbread, I have been making it 25 years.
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                                                                                                                            • Ann 1498966
                                                                                                                              Lemon Lemon cake, a recipe passed down from my grandmother.
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                                                                                                                              • Saara F
                                                                                                                                Omelette
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                                                                                                                                • Robin L 79437
                                                                                                                                  Trifle
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                                                                                                                                  • Joan 1568393
                                                                                                                                    For 60 odd years, chocolate fudge and Hokey Pokey made for sweet stalls at primary school and for many fundraising events since.
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                                                                                                                                    • Carolyn H 319412
                                                                                                                                      None. Cooking is not my thing. I cook to survive although I like a roast.
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                                                                                                                                      • Andrew C 287196
                                                                                                                                        Glass of water from the tap. 😛
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                                                                                                                                        • boy blunder
                                                                                                                                          nuts and bolts i think they call them cook them everytime nutra grain is on special
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                                                                                                                                          • Danielle R 478487
                                                                                                                                            Love the photo,what a cutie
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                                                                                                                                          • boy blunderDanielle R 478487
                                                                                                                                            that is little Nova not long turned 5
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                                                                                                                                          • Joy L 68767
                                                                                                                                            My Dad used to make that. we loved it
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                                                                                                                                          • boy blunderJoy L 68767
                                                                                                                                            they are very popular around these parts we are cooking them almost fortnightly
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                                                                                                                                        • Melissa aimee
                                                                                                                                          Scones :) simple and tasty. Savory or sweet
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                                                                                                                                          • Susanne J 766654
                                                                                                                                            Date and coconut cake.
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                                                                                                                                            • Sheree T
                                                                                                                                              Banana cake is our favorite.
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                                                                                                                                              • Judy 1514577
                                                                                                                                                cookies
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                                                                                                                                                • Debra Jay 1237276
                                                                                                                                                  Spag Bol
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                                                                                                                                                  • Glen D 1014924
                                                                                                                                                    Coconut balls
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                                                                                                                                                    • Catherine 1495271
                                                                                                                                                      Footlong hotdogs
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                                                                                                                                                      • Mary G 409440
                                                                                                                                                        Chocolate Chiffon Pie. I used to make three each year (one for each of my adult children's birthdays on request) and have been doing this for about forty five years. My grandchildren are now expecting their own so currently I am out to five pies and the numbers are increasing as they get older.
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                                                                                                                                                        • Robert T 597718
                                                                                                                                                          boiled eggs
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                                                                                                                                                          • Chloe 1586564
                                                                                                                                                            Chicken and rice casserole
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                                                                                                                                                            • Chosen
                                                                                                                                                              The basket that the bread goes in.
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                                                                                                                                                              • nicholas f 704522
                                                                                                                                                                Apple Crisp
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                                                                                                                                                                • Norman PSBHRJ
                                                                                                                                                                  Christmas Chocolate Frozen Rolls. When ready to enjoy, you slice some pieces and enjoy it frozen.
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                                                                                                                                                                  • Danielle R 478487
                                                                                                                                                                    Sounds yummy
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                                                                                                                                                                  • Norman PSBHRJDanielle R 478487
                                                                                                                                                                    This treat is from my grandmother's. It is over 60 years old. In the center it's a marshmellow, then it is rolled in a log form and it is made of dates, graham crackers, walnuts and chocolate, once rolled it is covered in shredded coconuts. Very yummy.
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                                                                                                                                                                • JANN R
                                                                                                                                                                  I have been making cheese cake from the longest my children asked for it as a birthday cake and now my grandchildren ask for it and I also make it for my friends and there familys as a gift I also make my own tomatoe sauce and tomatoe relish and plum sauce from the friut and vegies I grow
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                                                                                                                                                                  • Maria B 89860
                                                                                                                                                                    Well, I consider the Christmas Cake to be a Birthday Cake but am still waiting in hope every year that the "Guest of Honour" turns up! But in the meantime Hungarian Goulash has been the one I've been making the longest because it does stretch a very long way and can use up all the wilting veggies, waste not want not!
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                                                                                                                                                                    • allin
                                                                                                                                                                      fish n chips
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                                                                                                                                                                      • lynda e 390007
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                                                                                                                                                                        • michael g 433073
                                                                                                                                                                          scones
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                                                                                                                                                                          • Susan KTC
                                                                                                                                                                            My grandma was Scottish and she made the best Date scones, I’ve followed in her footsteps! not so much lately as I’ve been correcting my gut micro biome and have been gluten free. Traditional and vegetarian lasagna is also a fav’ in our family, home cooking has been part of our lives and recipes have been handed down for generations…
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                                                                                                                                                                            • teresa b 607654
                                                                                                                                                                              Rum balls
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                                                                                                                                                                              • Val 1394045
                                                                                                                                                                                Chocolate brownie. My family love.
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                                                                                                                                                                                  Fetta Cheese & Spinach pies (actually triangles), Suchi and Sausage rolls
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                                                                                                                                                                                  • david j t
                                                                                                                                                                                    bannick simple&tasty
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                                                                                                                                                                                    • Amanda 1566927
                                                                                                                                                                                      Wish I knew recipes or even easy recipes to make my own cake or something like that for the holidays and have it go on you know as my kids do at my grandkids that would be nice
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                                                                                                                                                                                      • writerrochelle
                                                                                                                                                                                        None...I hardly ever used recipes when I cooked/baked, and now Healthy Choice, Voila' and others are my go-to dinners! Hey, living alone at 76 has it's perks! ;-D
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                                                                                                                                                                                        • catherine 1489090
                                                                                                                                                                                          I wish I could learn what you know. God bless you 4 all the love you grant everyone. I appreciate you so much. Tx here. 😇
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