Showing posts with label Florence Bowden Milne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florence Bowden Milne. Show all posts

Thursday, January 1, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ~ Edna Mabel Bowden January 1st 1890

 

I’d like to wish a Happy Heavenly Birthday to my maternal grandaunt, Edna Mabel Bowden, who went by the nickname Denny.

She was a younger sister to my maternal grandmother, Florence Lee Nora Bowden, our family historian. My Grandmother’s Journal

Until last week, I had never seen a picture of her. Read to the end to find out how I obtained one.

Edna was born in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio to parents Robert Edward Lee Bowden (1863-1906) and Florence Hunter (1869-1946).  Her father made a living by working as a brakeman for the railroad. I have no census records of this family living together.  As Edna’s parents married in 1887 and there is no 1890 census available (insert sad genealogist). 

Her parents divorced 17 Jul 1899, when Edna would have been 9 yrs. old. Her mother then operated a boarding house in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, until at least 1906.

Edna married John Brown Duncan (1883-1945) on 11 Jul 1907 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. They had one child a daughter, Ruth Estelle Duncan, born 23 Mar 1908 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. In 1910 John was working as a Clerk in Automobile Works. Edna was listed as not working.

Edna and John were married just 4 years when they divorced in 1911. This would leave Edna alone, raising a 3 yr old daughter. At the time of her marriage in 1907, Edna had been working as a telephone operator. By 1910 she had no occupation. I have looked, but not located her in any city directories between 1910 and 1920.

By the time of the 1920 census, Edna was remarried to a man named Elmer W. Cunningham (1891-1946). They had married on 16 Nov 1918 in Bibb County, Georgia. Georgia! How did she end up down there?

The couple was living with her sister, Florence and family (Joseph, Dorothy, Robert and Joan). Edna’s daughter Ruth Duncan, age 11 was living in the household as well as Edna’s mother Florence and her husband George Bell.  A very full household.  They lived at 300 Clarendon Ave. in Detroit, Michigan. This particular home is one my mother recalls from when she was a young girl – she was born in 1924.

The house no longer stands. I drove by the location in 2012 during a visit to Detroit.

1920 census, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

It seems that marriage didn’t work out for my grandaunt Edna, as she and Elmer Cunningham divorced and she went on to marry a man named C. W. Wood. At least that’s what I think his name was. I spent hours yesterday trying to find a marriage record for Edna to anyone named Wood.  The myriad of ways I searched should have uncovered some kind of record.

Today, I looked again at her death certificate from 1932 and am wondering if his name could have been E.W. Wood?  Now the search will begin anew.

Sadly, Edna only lived to age 42. She died 23 Feb 1932 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.  She is buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. You can visit her memorial here #102913411. She is resting next to her mother Florence Hunter Bowden Bell who died in 1946.  Florence does not have a headstone, but Edna does.

According to her death certificate she died of Toxemia from arsenical dermatitis. No idea who she would have been exposed to arsenic that would have seeped into her skin.

Edna’s only child, Ruth was 23 when her mother died.  Two years later she married Edward C. Hogue in Jackson Co., Missouri. The couple had no children. So, this becomes the end of the line for Edna.

Just how did I finally obtain a photo of Edna Mabel “Denny” Bowden?

I went to our mailbox week before last and found several Christmas cards.  One envelope was from my cousin, Rick & his wife, Mary in Michigan.  I opened it and was SHOCKED to find it contained, not only a Christmas card, but also a smaller envelope which contained a very old and damaged photo.  I called and spoke to Mary who told me she found this among some of my grandmother’s belongings a few months ago and had been meaning to send it. Everything belonging to my maternal grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne, who died in 1986 in Michigan, had been left at my cousin’s home.

Florence Hunter Bowden with her daughter, Florence on the left and sweet Edna with her dark curls on the right - this would have been probably 1894-1895

I immediately recognized my grandmother as a young girl and my great grandmother. I knew the other younger girl in the photo couldn’t be anyone but Edna.

There she was with her Mom and older sister. To say I was thrilled is to put it mildly.

I was able to use MyHeritage to clean up and repair this photo. I was amazed at how good it came out.


That then is the story of my grandaunt Edna. I am hoping this will be the first of more stories/blog posts about ancestors, this year.  I have been woefully neglectful over the past 2 yrs in keeping up with my posts.  I blame it on this beautiful place I moved to in 2023.  Montana makes me want to be outside all the time.  Darn hard to write blog posts when I’m outside.  LOL!

If you are related to or connected to anyone in this blog post, please get in touch.  Let’s exchange information.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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Monday, July 1, 2024

TUESDAY'S TREASURES ~ What have I turned up during packing and unpacking?


There’s been a LOT of boxes packed and unpacked during our move from California to Montana. 

We had lived in our home in CA for 28 years. There were boxes in the garage that had been moved from our previous home together, my previous home before our marriage and Ron’s previous home.

Items that hadn’t been seen in decades.

One of the very best things for me, is finding photos I either hadn’t seen or don’t remember.

Here’s a blast from the past – circa 1970s to early 1980s

Left - Florence Bowden Milne - my maternal grandmother
Right - from L-R - Patricia Milne-my mother, Florence Milne-my grandmother,  me, Joan Milne-my Aunt

Left - Patricia Milne in the purple blouse and her sister Joan Milne in the sunglasses
Right - Me and My Mom at Disneyland

Left - Me playing my new piano    Right - My grandmother, Florence Milne's desk
To my knowledge those are the only photos in existence with my mother, Patricia Milne Gould Cornelius and her sister Joan Milne Morrison, as adults. Sadly, they were never close and did not stay in touch after 1957.  However, on this occasion I believe that my Aunt Joan traveled to Houston to visit their mother, Florence Milne (also shown in the photos).

I’m particularly pleased to have that shot of all four of us standing together. I had moved to Houston to live with my mother and stepfather in Dec 1972 and stayed until June 1974, when I returned to San Diego, CA.

I had always wanted to play the piano as a young girl.  When I was about 10 years old my parents rented a piano for a short while and I began taking lessons.  This photo of me is about 1980 when I purchased a beautiful Emerson upright grand piano and began taking lessons again.

The desk you see in the photo belonged to my maternal grandmother Florence Milne (shown in these photos) and is seen here in my mother’s home. That same desk sits directly behind me as I type this blog post.  It is a treasured possession.

These are just a small sample of what’s turned up during this moving process.  At this point I’m wondering if I will ever get through it all.  Will I ever get everything scanned?  It’s a big job, but I will try to tackle it a little at a time.

I’d love to hear about your finds if you’ve moved or acquired items from a loved one who’s gone now. 

If you are related to or connected to anyone in this blog post, please get in touch.  Let’s exchange information.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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Friday, November 29, 2019

FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY ~ How to make Parker House Rolls, early 1900’s, from by maternal grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne


My grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne left us a spiral bound notebook, written entirely by hand.  The notebook was begun about the time of her marriage to my grandfather, Joseph A. Milne in 1906.  In it she left a treasure chest of family information and wonderful clues to life back in the early 1900's.
 
P.S.  That's my grandmother in the group picture of the ladies in the right column of this blog.  She’s the one in the center.

TODAY’S RECIPE IS FOR PARKER HOUSE ROLLS



Here’s my transcription of the recipe.  There are some words in doubt, but I’ll do the best I can.

Put  3 Tablespoons of butter
        2    “         “       of sugar
        1 Tea “     “       of salt
2 cups   “  hot milk in bowl
  When luke warm add
1 cake of yeast disolved in a quarter of cup of luke warm water and
3 cups flour   Beat well cover and let rise till light  Stick a knife down center of dough add
2 1/2 cups of flour knead and return to bowl to rise untill double _ Toss it on biscuit board _____ one third inch think cut with biscuit cutter.  Dip handle of spoon in flour make think crease across each biscuit
Brush with melted butter fold and place in butter pans one inch apart let rise untill light
Bake in oven (hot) 15 minutes
I have never tried any of my grandmother’s recipes.  I suppose one day I should.  However, anyone who knows me, knows I’m not “into” cooking.  Preserving these recipes from the early 1900’s though, does allow us to take a look back and that time in our history.

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Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

TREASURE CHEST THURSDAY ~ The 1906 church record of the marriage of my grandparents, Joseph A. Milne (1883-1957) & Florence L. Bowden (1888-1986)


Today I’m featuring the church marriage certificate for my maternal grandparents, Joseph Albert Milne & Florence Lenora Bowden.

This certificate was rolled up in a box of papers & other items I retrieved from the home of my  maternal first cousin, during a visit, several years ago.

TIP - I did not put this old, delicate document in a scanner.  Instead, I took a photograph of it.

This certificate offers many good genealogical clues as follows:
  • Date of marriage
  • Where the couple have their residence
  • Place of marriage
  • The denomination and name of the church to which the officiant belonged
  • Name of the person who married the couple
  • Names & signatures of both witnesses to the marriage
It’s been a while since I’ve looked at this document and in reading it again I see that I will be entering new information into my Legacy database.

Here is a transcription of the certificate

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost…Amen
This certifies that Mr. Joseph Albert Milne of Detroit, Michigan and Miss Florence Lenora Bowden of the same place were united by in Holy Matrimony on Wednesday the Eleventh day of April A.D. nineteen hundred and six at the residence of the bride’s mother 187 Townsend Ave. in the diocese of Michigan according to the Rites of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Unites States of America, in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan.
Dated Detroit this Eleventh day of April A.D. 1906
The witnesses are Fred Henry Gillespie, 1st cousin to the groom and Edna Mabel Bowden, sister of the bride


Here is a photo of my grandmother, Florence, in her travel outfit upon leaving for their honeymoon.


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My grandmother, Florence was the genealogist in the family before me.  I have written several blog posts from the notebook/journal she left.  Here is a link to those posts: My Grandmother's Journal

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl
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Saturday, September 14, 2019

MY GRANDMOTHER’S JOURNAL ~ Let’s look at some anniversaries–Bert SEAVER & Mary Ada SEIGLE - 1929


I haven’t written any posts highlighting my grandmother’s journal in a long time.  So let’s fix that.
 
Several years ago, in my early blogging days, I wrote about my MILNE surname and my grandmother’s journal.  Here is a link to that post, which gives the background of how I came into possession of this family treasure SURNAME SATURDAY – MILNE

A couple of weeks ago, fellow blogger (I call him the blogging guru), Randy Seaver wrote a post about his ancestor Bertram Seaver.  WOW!  I said to myself.  That’s the Seaver that links Randy & me.  Not by blood, but by marriage.  So we are shirttail cousins. Here’s a link to Randy’s post.
Seavers in the News -- Gertrude (Smith) Seaver Run Over By a Traction Car in 1908

That’s a very sad story about the death of Bertram Seaver’s first wife, Gertrude.  Bertram remarried 10 years later to Bessie Cahill on 15 Jun 1918.  They divorced in 1928.

Where Bertram enters my family is with his 3rd marriage to Mary Ada Seigle.  Mary is my 1st cousin twice removed.  She had become a widow when her first husband Edward Donnelly died at the age of 44 in 1926.

Mary SEIGLE Donnelly married Bertram H. Seaver on 20 Apr 1929.  At least according to my grandmother’s journal.  I have yet to locate the marriage record, but I’m still looking.

Here’s the page from my grandmother's journal.


As you can see there are other couples on this page.  More family anniversaries.

Mary & Bertram were enumerated in the 1930 census in Loveland, Clermont, Ohio.  The record indicates they are married, giving some evidence that my grandmother’s record may be correct.  Also in the household were Mary’s parents, Jacob & Myra and Bertram’s daughter Juanita.

And remember to check those neighbors.  Living at the same address is Mary's brother, Arthur and his family.

1930 census - Loveland, Clermont, Ohio

Sadly, at the age of 56, Mary died suddenly at her home.This left Bertram widowed for a second time.  He died in 1942 at age 67.

If you are related to any of the people mentioned in this post, or you have corrections or additions to it, please contact me.

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl
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Monday, January 28, 2019

FINDING A LETTER FROM MY GRANDMOTHER–Florence Bowden Milne 1888-1986


As genealogists, there are many things that make us go WOW!  But, for sure one of the biggest ones for me is finding correspondence from one of my beloved grandparents.  In fact, the ONLY correspondence that I have in my possession happens to come from my maternal grandmother, Florence.  I do remember that she and I wrote back and forth quite often in the 1970’s and early 1980’s.  I sure wish I’d have saved every letter.

Here’s a screenshot from my Legacy tree.  You can see that I have a HUGE problem on my grandmother’s paternal side.  I used to ask her questions about her family.  Trouble is, I didn’t write everything down.  One of her responses to my question about her father, Robert Bowden’s parents was that she didn’t know their names.

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However, my grandmother, Florence, was our family historian and left me a LOT of ancestor information.

Anyway, while cleaning out boxes in our garage yesterday I did come across a letter from my grandmother to me.  The other letter I have from her is dated 1978, this one is 14 Sep 1980.  AND, it’s in an envelope!!  Future DNA testing may be possible from the envelope so I’m thrilled with that find.



NOTE:  Still having trouble inserting images as Open Live Writer is not working properly and using Blogger directly is less than satisfactory.  So forgive any misaligned images etc.


Here’s the letter itself.





Here’s my transcription of this treasured letter.  I explained a couple of things, which I’ve highlighted in red.

hands shaking and writing awful (my grandmother wrote this at the top of the page)
                                                                                Sept. 14, 80
Dear Diane: – You must think I am a very neglectful grandmother but it just seems like so many things come up and people coming in. So, if you can forgive me I will try to do bettr.  Joan (she is my Aunt, Florence’s daughter) is slowly recovering then just as we are having a breathing spell she over does and she gets the shaking inside again.  You know that the last bad time in hospital she stopped breathing and in their efforts to revive her they broke 3 ribs. So that complicated everything but it is all coming out well.  We have a very nice apt. in a big complex, quiet and beautiful grounds.
I don’t know if I shall ever get rested but the Lord provides the strength we need.  I used to knit bed socks for Red Cross in Houston but Red Cross (she means in Livonia or Detroit) has no such thing so when the most of the confusion etc. died down I didn’t have a project on hand but Joan’s church has a lady has 3 homes orphans and others she supplies with bed socks, but told church members she needed knitters.  She supplies the money for yarn!  So I am in business again.  I finally got toenails & eye glasses fixed but need to have lower plate repaired.  Joan can drive now so my gson does not have to do my needs.  I finally got a letter from Pat (Pat is my mother, Florence’s youngest daughter). I was worried about them and in the letter very little news but – Bless you my dear for writing.  Love for you and Norman
Grandma

I tried to leave the transcription exactly as the words on the page are written.

My Aunt Joan died 5 years later on 2 Dec 1985.  I don’t have her cause of death and need to ask my cousin if he has a copy of her death certificate.

The letter has a return address of 31189 Morlock Apt 519, Livonia, Michigan.  I looked on Google Earth and found that the apartment complex still exists, at least according to Google Earth’s view.
 
3119 Morlock, Livonia, MI - courtesy of Google Earth

The ancestor surnames associated with my grandmother Florence’s family are: BARROWCLIFF, BOGGS, BOWDEN, BOWEN, BURGESS, CRITCHFIELD, DEAVER, DENSLER, FRAMPTON, GAYDON, GILLEN, GILLESPIE, HUDSON, HUNTER, LUNSFORD, MARTIN, MILNE, RITCHIE, RUMMELSPACHER, WUNDERLICH

To see more items from my grandmother Florence, you can click on this tab on the top of my blog My Grandmother's Journal.

PLEASE CONTACT ME AGAIN IF YOU HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS TO THE SURNAMES I’VE MENTIONED.  
Let’s see if we’re cousins.

Happy hunting, 
Michigan Girl

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Sunday, July 22, 2018

SEPIA SATURDAY ~ Today’s theme is STUDIOS : BACKGROUNDS : GROUPS : HATS–I had so many photos to choose from

Sepia saturday theme photo

WHAT IS SEPIA SATURDAY?
“Launched by Alan Burnett and Kat Mortensen in 2009, Sepia Saturday provides bloggers with an opportunity to share their history through the medium of photographs.  Historical photographs of any age or kind (they don’t have to be sepia) become the launchpad for explorations of family history, local history and social history, in fact or fiction, poetry or prose, words or further images.”


My grandmothers, great grandmothers and aunts, all wore hats.  Some of them were born in the mid to late 1800’s and came of age at the turn of the 20th century.  Hats were all the rage back then.  This trend continued into the 1950's.  The men also wore hats.  In fact, I had so many pictures of my ancestors in hats, it was difficult to choose which ones to use.

My paternal grandmother, Marie Lindsay Gould had her photo taken with hats on more than one occasion.  I didn’t know my grandma until she was in her 60’s.  By then it wasn’t fashionable to wear hats.  I wonder if she missed those times?
 
Marie Lindsay Gould, her sister Ellen Lindsay Pickard and their husbands.
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Marie Lindsay Gould, my paternal grandmother
PICKARD_JamesFred_LINDSAY_Ellen_GOULD_HarryW_LINDSAY_Marie in hats_
Fred Pickard, his wife, my grandaunt Ellen Lindsay, my grandfather, Harry Gould and my grandmother Marie Lindsay Gould
LINDSAY_Ellen_portrait with her wearing a straw hat_unk yr_enlr
My grandaunt, Ellen Lindsay Pickard

Now to my maternal grandmother and great grandmother.  Florence Hunter Bowden Bell is my great grandmother.  Born in 1869 in Kentucky and died in 1946 in Missouri.  She had two daughters, the oldest, a name sake, Florence Lee Nora Bowden (my grandmother) and Edna Mabel Bowden.
 
Here’s my grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne, about 1909, with her little girl Dorothy and her son Robert.  Notice that all of them are wearing hats.

MILNE_Florence in hat on porch with Dorothy & Bob circa 1909
My maternal grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne with her first two children, my Aunt Dorothy (1907-1920) and my Uncle Robert (1909-1969)


Here is my great grandmother, Susan Gillespie Milne Smith (1860-1947) and her daughter, Irene Milne (1893-1989) showing off their hats.

Gillespie_Susan_circa 1911
My maternal great grandmother, Susan Gillespie Milne Smith
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My grandaunt, Irene Milne, daughter of Susan Gillespie Milne

In times past newspapers would take pictures of people walking in downtown areas and publish them.  I don’t know how many of you have photos like these?  If you do, please share.

Here’s my great grandmother, Florence Hunter Bowden Milne Bell, mentioned above and her daughter, my grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne standing downtown together.  And a separate one of my great grandmother, in foreground.  I don’t know if these were taken in Detroit (that’s the most likely place), but they could have been elsewhere.

BOWDEN_Florence & her mother Florence downtown
My grandmother, Florence Milne with her mother (my great grandmother) Florence
BELL_Florence walking downtown in hat_1938
My great grandmother Florence Hunter Bowden Bell

I’ve covered groups and hats.  Let’s post one of my favorite photos of my grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne sitting in a studio in a rocking chair.  Her Aunt, Grace Hunter married Charles Henry Fenner.  He and his brothers, Nicholas & William Fenner owned a couple of photo studios in Ohio.  Many of the pictures I have from my family have the Fenner studio name on them.  I feel very fortunate to have had a photography studio connected with my family.

BOWDEN_Florence in rocking chair at Fenner studio
My grandmother, Florence Bowden


Let’s not leave the men out of this story.  They wore hats too.  Here are both my grandfathers and my Dad sporting their hats. And lastly, my great grandfather William Val Gould (1859-1924), always debonair.
MILNE_Joseph_close up in hat probably 1950s
My maternal grandfather, Joseph A. Milne - circa early 1950's
GOULD_Harry_Whipple_Bowler_Hat_Head_&_Shoulder_Enh
My paternal grandfather, Harry W. Gould - circa 1912
GOULD_H Norman in a hat in from of 16814 Winston_1950_DetroitMI
My Dad, Harry Norman Gould in front of the house I was brought home to when I was born 16814 Winston, Detroit, MI
GOULD_William V_standing w-coat and hat on
My paternal great grandfather, William V. Gould circa 1920


I had to stop here or I could go on all day with this particular theme.  Thanks for enjoying these memories with me.

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Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl
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Friday, July 22, 2016

FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY ~ Massaging Cream ~ From my grandmother’s journal


FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY

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My grandmother, Florence BOWDEN  MILNE left us a spiral bound notebook,  which I refer to has her journal.  The entire notebook is written in her hand and was begun about the time of her marriage to my grandfather, Joseph, in 1906.  In it she left a treasure trove of family information and wonderful clues to life back in the early 1900's.
Not only did she leave names & birth dates for many of our ancestors, but she left various types of recipes.  Some for cooking, some for making items that we can now purchase at a store.  This is one of those items.

MASSAGING CREAM
Massaging cream

Transcription - Rub yolks of two eggs with 1/4 lb. of strained honey & 2 oz. of ground bitter almonds.  Then add slowly an oz. of almond oil & 1/2 dram each of attar of cloves and attar of bergramot, this is for use in massaging lower arms

What are attar of cloves and attar of bergamot?

I conducted a search on the internet and learned that “attar” is a noun that means perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
 
Ok, we know what the attar of cloves are then.  But, how about bergamot?
 
From dictionary.com I found the following word origin for bergamot:

Noun
1. a small citrus tree, Citrus aurantium bergamia, having fruit with a rind that yields a fragrant essential oil.
2. Also called essence of bergamot. the oil or essence itself.
3. any of various plants of the mint family, as Monarda fistulosa, yielding an oil resembling essence of bergamot.
4. a variety of pear.
 
I’ve learned something new today.  Have you?  I had never before heard of bergamot.

Do you have “recipes” such as this, shared by an ancestor?  I’d love to hear about them.


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FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY - How to Keep Hair Curled Back in 1906

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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Friday, August 14, 2015

FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY–Fried cauliflower from my Grandma Florence

 
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My grandmother, Florence BOWDEN  MILNE left us a spiral bound notebook,  which I refer to has her journal.  The entire notebook is written in her hand and was begun about the time of her marriage to my grandfather, Joseph, in 1906.  In it she left a treasure trove of family information and wonderful clues to life back in the early 1900's.





TODAY'S FEATURED RECIPE
Fried Cauliflower

Fried cauliflower_B&W

Here is a transcription of her recipe:

Pick out all the green leaves from a cauliflower & cut off the stalk close; put it head downward into a sauce pan of boiling, salted water, do not over boil it.  Drain it into a sieve, pick out into small sprigs and place them in a deep dish with plenty of vinegar, pepper & salt; when they have laid for an hour in this, drain them, dip them in batter and fry them in hot lard to a golden brown.  Very delicious.

I personally love cauliflower.  It’s one of my favorite vegetables, if I can choose a favorite.  But, I’ve never heard of it deep fried.  It seems that in our current times, people fry all sorts of things, like ice cream, snickers bars & Twinkies.  Maybe my grandma was on to something back over 100 years ago?

Please tell me about recipes you have from your family.

HERE ARE SOME OTHER POSTS FEATURING MY GRANDMOTHER’S RECIPES.

Family Recipe Friday - Chocolate Fudge
Family Recipe Friday - How to Make Baked Chicken Fricassee
Family Recipe Friday - Orange Coconut Custard

AND SOME POSTS THAT ARE “RECIPES” OF ANOTHER KIND.
Family "Recipe" Friday - How to Keep Hair Curled Back in 1906
Family "Recipe" Friday - How to Make Shampoo

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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