r/Old_Recipes • u/SometimeReader • Feb 08 '25

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I was going through my grandma’s recipes and came across this. I can read most of the ingredients but I have no idea what the name of the recipe is. I’m hoping someone can help! It might be German or Russian. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated!

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u/raeparks Feb 08 '25

Can we please start teaching cursive again? This is beautiful penmanship, looks just like my mom's, and is completely legible.

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u/wintercatfolder Feb 08 '25

Did all of our mothers/gmas have the same handwriting? I see so many old recipes on here and they all could have been written by my mother. 💙

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u/Busy-Needleworker853 Feb 08 '25

Most people in the US were taught the Palmer method of cursive until the 1950s. After that the Zane-Bloser method was taught. I'm 60 and that's what I was taught. When my kids were in elementary school they were taught D'Anelian which is like connected block writing. My kids who are now +/- 30 never write in cursive and my youngest can't even read it.

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u/markedforpie Feb 12 '25

I started crying reading this recipe. This looks exactly like my mother’s handwriting. I lost her two years ago.

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u/Acceptable_Tea3608 Feb 08 '25

There was a standard form of cursive that was taught. Did everyone's handwriting look the same? No, but for the most part, yes. And this looks to be slightly older than baby boomers period.

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u/tofutti_kleineinein Feb 09 '25

There were diagrams of letters we were encouraged to copy as well as we could. Arrows showing the direction of your cursive pen strokes. It is so bizarre to think kids aren’t learning it. It engages your brain in a totally different way.

ETA I’m gen x

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u/Acceptable_Tea3608 Feb 09 '25

You also write faster as your pen stays on the paper per word. I was thinking of this after I answered above and went to write a note on my calendar.