Even though I love the ease of looking for recipes on the internet, it can't quite compare to going to my recipe box and pulling out a handwritten recipe. So many memories come to mind as I look through the recipe cards. A bit of family history can be found within that little box. When I took out this recipe for my Mom's Peach Pie, I was instantly taken back to my Aunt June's kitchen. Aunt June was not really my aunt, but she was mom's good friend so we were allowed to call her "Aunt" June. She was a big part of my life when I was a child in the 60s. She was one of the few neighbors who had a built in pool in her backyard and she graciously invited the neighborhood moms and kids to come and swim almost every day of the summer. One day she served this peach pie and my mom fell in love with it. While we kids were swimming, the moms were copying the peach pie recipe.
As a kid, I wasn't a huge fan of pie. But, I did like this one. My mom made it often. What makes it different from a lot of peach pies is that you don't bake the filling. It has such a fresh peach taste.
Over the weekend we bought a big bag of local peaches. It seemed a good time to bring out this recipe. As I rolled out the crust and peeled the peaches, I was taken right back to that summer day in the 60s. I thought of all the times we enjoyed this pie and even the day my mom and I sat at her kitchen table enjoying a cup of coffee as she copied the recipe for me.
I have recipes from magazines, books and the internet. I have prepared and enjoyed many of them. But, somehow those taken from the recipe box seem to taste just a bit better.
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I loved this...and I feel the same way..love my recipe box! I have passed on my recipes to my daughters and I hope as they use them over the future years they will have fond and loving thoughts of Mom. (This pie looks so YUMMY!) :D
ReplyDeleteKim, I couldn't agree with you more. Pulling out old recipes reminds me of people and special times. They remind me of special family events, normal Sundays, and many other days. I love to look at the handwriting from my mom, my mother in law, and even mine...I copied lots of recipes as a teenager. Passing down recipes is an important family tradition.
ReplyDeleteThat is the most beautiful peach pie I have ever seen!!
ReplyDeleteI am the same way about recipes. I love to see the recipe written on the card in the person's handwriting. I have my Grandmother's recipe box and it is such a treasure to me!!! Love & blessings from NC!
ReplyDeleteKim, This is such a wonderful post! I wouldn't trade my recipe box recipes for the world. I loved your shared memory to go along with your peach pie! Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteThose old time recipes are indeed the best and your pie looks absolutely scrumptious! Can I have a piece?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. The recipes I have in my file with my mother and grandmother's writing on them, are the very best. This peach pie looks so good to me. I am not a huge pie fan either, but a fresh peach pie like this, I would travel far for. I'll be right over:) Even more than I like how this fresh peach pie sounds, I know how important presentation is. You sure do know how to present a pie in the best light. This post is another example of how to take a pie and present it in the most beautiful and sentimental way possible. It was a joy to visit with you this morning.
ReplyDeleteYour Peach Pie is a work of art and looks soooo good. Wish I could stop in and eat a piece with you. :-)
ReplyDeleteAren't family recipes the best. I have so many handwritten ones from my mother and grandmother, and they really are special.
ReplyDeleteThe peach pie looks delicious, Kim! It's a beautiful peach pie!
Hugs,
Donna
I so agree with you, nothing like a old fashion recipe that has stood the test of time! I have my Grandmothers recipe box with all the recipes that only she could make.. I just don't think they taste the same when I try to make them...
ReplyDeleteYour peach pie looks so delish. I can just smell it..
Have a sweet day, hugs~Elizabeth
My mouth is watering just looking at that pie! Looks wonderful and I'm sure is just as tasty as it looks!
ReplyDeleteLove recipes that are past on to each other. They are usually tried and true.
I am very intrigued by your pie! I am going peach picking on the 31st and I just imagine I am going to make that pie.
ReplyDeleteJust for you I am going to hand write out the recipe on a card!
I'm drooling....... I love peach pie, and this one looks absolutely delicious!
ReplyDeleteI agree about the recipes in a box..... the memories of special people, special foods and special times.....are so wonderful!
I have my grandmother's cookbook, and my great-grandmother's - even if I don't make the recipes, I love seeing their handwriting. It's just so familiar and comforting.
ReplyDeleteyum...those peaches look delightful! You are so cute! How wonderful to make a homemade pie on a beautiful day, while looking outside at you wonderful flowers! Miss you! Enjoy your pie! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI'm hooked! Your header is beautiful, the peach pie looks so delicious and Elvis is serenading me...what's not to love?!
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