On 7/2/2017 4:53 PM, jinx the minx wrote:

> I'm surprised that the older I get, the more I start making things I ate
> during my childhood, even things I never liked back then. My mother always
> gets a curious chuckle when I ask her for recipes of things she made that I
> ranted how much I hated growing up. :-)
>
A few years back, I spent _months_ trying to reproduce the taste of my
Granny's date and walnut loaf. Most of the experiments were tasty, but
it took a long time to get it just right. It's now one of my husband's
favourite treats.