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PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Recipes tips from the past – this is why grandma’s cooking was so good

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Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

Michael Stallings April 23, 2015

i’ll try the nail idea next time

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Melissa Lowman April 23, 2015

Aren’t nails now coated in chemicals?

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1. Doug Rogers April 23, 2015
  
  Some nails are coated. They are labeled as “coated” nails. The purpose of the coating is to improve holding power to keep them from working out over time.
  
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2. Alabama Pioneers April 27, 2015
  
  They probably are today. I’m not sure how safe this idea is.
  
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Delbert Young April 23, 2015

Grandmas are good cooks. Mine was!

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Gene Hocutt April 23, 2015

Grandmas of yesteryear spent all day in the kitchen. Not the same as today’s “just add water and heat in the microwave.”

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