History of our Recipes

We answered a few questions to help us better understand the history behind our favorites dishes.  This is what we learned:

Where did you get your recipe?

• From Grandma's Cookbook - Skylar

• My dad and grandmother -Ali

• My mom - Allen

• My mom got it from my great grandma (my mom's grandma) - Melaina

• From my friend's grandma - Amber

• From my mom - Logan

• From my cookbook - Katie

• My grandma Nancy gave me this recipe - Nick H

• From my grandma - Kayla

• My dad learned the recipe from his mother - Julia

• Cookbook - Corbin

• From my nana who got it out of the Corvallis Oregon Newspaper in 1966 - Alix

• My great grandmother - Aaron

• My mom's recipe box - Andy

• My grandmother - Nick T

• From my grandma's cookbook - Hannah P

• From my dad - Brad

• From Girl Scouts - Morgan

• From my mom's cookbook which she had when she was my age - Lauren

• My mom's recipe - Alex M

• From a cookbook - Anthony

• I made it up - Victoria

• My grandfather - Jake

• From my gramas cookbook - Jenny

• From ya-ya, my mom's grandma - Nicole

• My grandmother - Meagan

• My mother got it from her aunt whose father was a chef - Kristina

• My grandma - Alex N

• Cookbook - Stephanie

• My grandma - Joe

• My dad made it up - Jordan

• My mom's recipe box - Kelsey

• My mom's cookbook - JJ

• The Internet - Hannah

• My Nana gave me this recipe - Ali B

• Only on Thanksgiving - Skylar
• About 5 or 6 times a month - Ali
• Once a week - Allen
• We usually have it on a holiday, but if we get hungry for it we will make them. - Melaina
• Every Thanksgiving - Amber
• Seldomly - Logan
• I make it once a month for breakfast - Katie S
• Once a year on Thanksgiving morning - Nick H
• We sometimes make the recipe when we all have a good day. - Julia
• Every once in a while for breakfast - Corbin
• We have this dish whenever we pick fresh berries.  - Alix
• Once a week - Aaron
• About 2 times a month - Andy
• Mostly in the morning, once or twice a month on Saturdays - Nick T
• It is a food that I eat for special occasions - Mykia
• Three times a month and special occasions - Billy
• We eat it often.  It is one of our favorites.  - Alex M
• Sometimes on special occasions - Anthony
• Once in a while - Victoria
• Special occasions - Jake
• Special occasions - Jenny F
• We eat it on Easter - Nicole
• Our family has this dessert on holidays - Meagan
• This special dessert is only made on Easter and Christmas - Kristina
• On special occasions - Alex N
• We've never had this recipe before but we hope to use it - Kaycee
• It is a food I eat often and on special occasions - Stephanie
• Around the holidays - Joe
• Once a month  - Jordan
• Thanksgiving - Kelsey
• Special occasions - JJ
• We use it on special occasions - Hannah
• I have this dish on special occasions - Ali B
• For Christmas usually - Lauren
• Christmas time is when we make the cookies - Morgan
• My family has this dish on special occasions - Brad
• We eat it on the weekends for lunch  - Hannah P

What is one interesting fact about this food or about the history of how it was created?

• When my grandma passed it down it came to me.  Now I make it for the family.  - Ali G
• My grandma taught my mom how to make it and my mom taught me.  - Allen
• It was made by shepards tending sheep so lamb was readily available - Logan
• Sometimes it rises in the oven and falls when you take it out. - Katie S
• The bananas have to be almost rotten - Julia
• In French, crepe means "thin pancake".  - Corbin
• It was in the newspaper where my mom grew up - Alix
• It's a New England favorite - Jake
• Gram just sat down and wrote it down - Jenny
• My mom had it and asked my dad to figure out the recipe. - Jordan
• Mom got it from her grandmother - Kelsey
• It has been served in England for hundreds of years - Ali B
• It is interesting because my mom made these cookies when she was my age. - Lauren
• This recipe is passed down from father to son - Brad
• My grandma used to make my dad this when he was a kid - Hannah P

Why is this one of your favorite foods?

• Because I like pie - Skylar
• Because it is very good for you - Amber
• Because to me it is the tastiest food in the world - Logan
• I think it is excellent and is fun to make - Katie S
• I like it because it has apples in it - Nick H
• It is one of my favorite foods because I love chocolate - Kayla
• Because I enjoy picking fresh berries and eating them fresh - Alix
• I love potatoes - Andy
• I love seafood - Jake
• Because it's sweet - Meagan
• I love bananas! - Stephanie

This collaborative project is facilitated
by the "Give Something Back
International Foundation"