Pluggers by Rick McKee for May 02, 2015

I only follow recipes that have never prepared before. After that it is a little this a little that. Naturally, nothing is the exact same twice.

That’s how my wife’s Grandmother cooked. Her daughters finally starting taking notes and ‘converted’ them into ‘real’ measurements. Best homemade bread and sour cream cookies, I’ve ever tasted ! ! ! !!

I actually ended up with all of the handwritten cookbooks in the family after my grandmother passed away. I’ve been thinking about making each recipe and updating to today’s ingredients and measuring standards and publishing the cookbook. I would also leave the original in place too, for history sake, if I had to change too much. You know it’s a little hard to come by goose grease these days. Bacon grease is a little easier though.

My wife is a pretty good cook, and usually follows a recipe precisely! I, on the other hand, am a bit more creative!

For the most part, when I’m preparing a meal just for myself, I follow the simple rule…

If I can’t nuke it… I don’t kuke it!

This isn’t wordplay. That is exactly what oral tradition is. Pluggers’ readers are losing their touch.

@AwelCruiz: I think the wordplay was the grandmother saying it about something you could eat. Both “oral” references.