On Aug 23, 2:35 pm, Tracy R. > wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:07:13 +0200, "Pandora" >
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> >"Tracy R." > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> >> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:46:24 +0200, "Pandora" >
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> >>>Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
> >>>loved
> >>>apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
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> >> My grandmother made wonderful battered and fried chicken livers that
> >> both he and I loved. Nobody else in the family would eat them since
> >> they were "innards"; but that was cool. More for us and all that.
> >> <smiles> He was also a big fan of butter pecan ice cream.
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> >> My grandmother also made a chocolate pie topped with meringue for
> >> holiday and birthday dinners, and most everyone took the meringue off
> >> the top and passed it to granddaddy, since we all though he really
> >> liked it. Finally, when he was 80 or so, my mom gave him her meringue
> >> for the umteenth time and he looked around the table and said, "You
> >> know, Sis, I never much liked meringue." <laughs> No one ever knew
> >> since he ate it without complaint for so long.
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> >> Regards,
> >> Tracy R.
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> >GNAMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!! I love this chocolate and meringue. Coud you post the
> >recipe please? We could make a book on the grandparents cook. Don't you
> >think so?
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> This is the recipe. It's not very precise or detailed since grandma
> didn't measure the ingredients, she just eyeballed it.
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Never mind the pie; what's the battered chicken liver recipe?

I dont' remember my grandfathers' favourite recipes but one of my
father's favourite meals was young beef liver with bacon and onions.
I carry on the tradition but I am happy to branch out to chicken
livers from time to time.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada