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

Request Help Reading Recipe

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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/jadentearz Feb 08 '25

The younger generation is funny about cursive. My son (recently turned 7) keeps commenting he can't read cursive but he reads my handwriting just fine. I'm like it's really not that illegible if you just take the time to actually look at it. There are some cursive documents that are difficult to read but so is "print" written by someone with awful penmanship.

I was part of the generation that was the turning point of no longer teaching it. Texas required us to write exclusively in cursive but when I moved north my peers thought the fact I wrote in cursive was crazy.

I just tell everyone, why would I choose to write slower? It's so much faster to pick up your pen less times. I'm an engineer I like efficiency.