My grandma worked at home, feeding 7 kids three meals per day. I remember every recipe starting with either bacon grease or butter, sometimes both.
She was a fantastic baker, especially yeast rolls and cobblers. She did not use a recipe, and she worked the dough by hand. I think that is part of how the rolls were so good, in that she just knew how long to work the dough, when to let it rise and punch it back down, etc.
If I would have known how tough it is to reproduce her cooking, I would have skipped one or two hunting trips with grandpa and had her teach me how to bake.
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