What Old World/Old Fashion recipes have been passed down to you?

[Missy =D]

I was thinking about some of the things I make, that I learned from my mom and she learned from her mom (who came to the US when she was a little girl) Things that I still love, that aren't as popular any longer.

I still love (which will make some of you gag :lol: ) Creamed Tuna over biscuits.
Haluski ~ which is cabbage and noodles
Boiled Ham and Cabbage
Chicken Paprikash.
Homemade Perogies


Do you have some old fashion favorites? :)

[Robin in Colorado]

Okay, I wouldn't call this old world, but a family recipe called "Spaghetti and Tomatoes" was cooked by my great-grandmother for my grandmother as comfort food. My grandmother made it for my mother, who made it for me. I make it for my children. So, that makes 5 generations of my family - so far, and that I know of - to enjoy this recipe.

Now, my FIL's mother was Italian and his father was French. His mother cooked spaghetti sauce and taught him. It is the traditional food for family gatherings. FIL wouldn't write it down. Last spring, I got him to come over and cook it at my house with DH and the DC, while I made notes and video taped. I blogged about it here (http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/imthinkin/278097/). It is a great memory.

[Alicia]

My grandmother passed down recipes for Chicken and Biscuits and Pepper Steak. Not exactly Old World, but it reminds me of her every time I make them and brings back memories. :)

[Hollee in VA]

Off the top of my head, the only Old World type foods that I can think of are Norwegian Kringlar, Lefse (a thin rolled potato pancake type thing that we spread with butter and sugar and roll up) and Swedish creme wafers. Oh yeah, for breakfast, she used to make something called gullets (I think that is how it is spelled) This was a family favorite on her side and even after she was married, her dad would ask her to come over on a Sunday morning and make them. They are fried breads that you eat with butter and jam or butter and conf. sugar as my kids like to eat them. I'll have to ask my mom what else she makes that came down from her family. Fun thread.

[Kelly K]

I LOVE haluski and perogies!!!

Kolachi is what our family makes, it is a sweet bread/nut roll kinda thing.

[debbie in ak]

Sour Cream Raisin Pie (don't know if it is Old World), but it was my great, great grandma's recipe. She came over from Sweden. Definitely old fashion!

[stacy z]

from my swedish/norwegian grandmother, i have a recipe for kumla (a potato/oatmeal dumpling), also jule kage (a christmas bread), shelar disks (christmas cookies).

from my grandmother born and raised in mississippi, i have recipes for baking powder biscuits, old fashioned potato salad, deviled eggs, and cole slaw . oh yeah, and the best peanut butter cookie recipe you ever tasted! :yum:

[Gitel in nj]

From my family I make: Grandma's Soup (really thick Mushroom, Barley soup) and kasha Varnishkas (Buckwheat with bow tie noodles) :yum:

From my husbands mom I have learned how to make an AWESOME (if i do say so myself) chicken Gumbo.

[Elizabeth in KY]

We have some secret family recipes that have been passed down. My Mom has one recipe (I think for pound cake) that was given to her when she married. The relative (Great aunt, I think) made my Mom swear to never make it for a family gathering while she was still living, and not share the recipe with a soul until she was in her grave.

I'll have to ask my Mom to tell me that story again. And share the recipe!

[MicheleNJ]

My grandma has passed down a recipe for a german bread called Mitchala. (I am not sure of the spelling as I have never really seen is spelled!:lol: )
It is a yeast based bread that has lemon in it. It is not a bread or a cake really somewhere in between. It is so good. She always has made on Christmas eve. She is 93 and is no longer able to make it. It took me many years for her to pass it to me. She got it from a lady she worked for back in Michigan when she was very young. This lady asked her to please keep it in the family and she has. I want to pass it to my boys on to my boys one day.

[Missy =D]

For Christmas Eve when my grandmother was alive we had what I think was a traditional Polish/Slavic dinner (my mother was a foster child, so we are not Polish/Slavic, but I grew up with some of this stuff)

She made this stewed sauerkraut with mushrooms, and tomato paste (and I'm sure some other strange stuff) that I absolutely hated as a child. They put on top of mashed potatoes, and served with fish.

Every Christmas Eve she also served oplatek, which is a wafer (I think a Catholic thing~ forgive me if I am wrong, I am not Catholic) and they served it with honey on top.

No knives were allowed on the table (I have NO idea why!) and an onion was placed at the corner of the table to represent the tears of a year gone by.


My mother didn't keep the tradition, but my aunt (who was my grandmother's biological child) did.

[Loree']

My great great grandmother's ham gravy recipe.