On 5/31/2011 3:16 AM, jmcquown wrote:
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> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I've never heard of mixing in canned oranges into a cake batter.
>> That's a new idea. Your recipe is too complicated for me but dumping
>> in a can of oranges into a cake sounds just nutty enough to work. I
>> will try this. Thanks.
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> My aunt made a white cake that called for a can of crushed pineapple. It
> was absolutely delicious! Unfortunately she died and no one has the the
> recipe. I've no idea what happened to her recipe box.
>
> Jill
>

My mom had a recipe box although she wasn't much of a baker or follower
of recipes. I guess everybody had one back then. Interesting stuff in
there. Hand-written index cards and newspaper/magazine clippings - some
loose and some pasted onto index cards. Those were the days when people
really did cut 'n paste. Sometimes there would be some small, loose,
items that for some reason needed to be saved, like a milk cap. My guess
is that some of these can be a magnificent mixed-media work of folk art.
It's an art that's out of fashion. We can fit all the recipes one could
ever want on a single flash drive these days.