Baked Lemon Pudding
Marion Farrow Lord suspects her heritage recipe, for lemon pudding, originated with her grandmother, although Marion found it tucked inside her Mother’s copy of the […]
Recipes & Memories
Marice’s Church (jelly) Salad
For generations Beverly Smith’s family were stalwarts at Morningside Presbyterian Church in Swansea. “All the Smiths and Sinclairs lived within walking distance of the church. […]
‘Sand Art’ Brownies
This recipe originally appeared in the December 2001 issue of the Presbyterian Record. By request, here it is again. Sand art brownies make a great gift (and a great craft for Sunday school.)
Marion’s Apple Pie
Marion MacKenzie Barrett was born in the MacKenzie farmhouse, in Ashfield Township (Huron County). The MacKenzies emigrated from Gaelic-speaking Applecross, Scotland (on the mainland, across […]
Chocolate Cake and Macaroons
Winnie Farrish Walters, a member of Knox Presbyterian Church, in Goderich, is probably the only woman, in town, to have a cake named after her. […]
Mary Clarke Fair’s Potato Scones
Glenna Fair, an elder at Wychwood Presbyterian Church, is a Toronto gal, born and bred. As a child she attended Hope United Church at Main […]
Mrs. Maines’s Mustard
It’s delicious with just about anything! Makes about 8 oz. My mother in law’s recipe. I have many many fond moments with Jessie Sutherland! A great cook. A great lady.
Granny’s Tea Biscuits
Take me back 30 years in time and one of my favourite memories would be in the home of my mother-in law on a Sunday, at noon, after church. The entire family sat around the dining room table patiently waiting for the platter to arrive.
“Church Basement Things” from Donna Jean MacKinnon
Back in 1968, Donna Jean MacKinnon came over to my home to share recipes with me. I was about to be married and I suspect she sensed I had little experience in the kitchen.
Clootie Duff (Dumpling)
Rhoda MacRitchie, a native of the Isle of Harris and a Gaelic speaker, fondly recalls the three-hour-long summer communion services of her childhood. Communion was a major event and people would come from miles around. Beforehand, the host congregation undertook a flurry of cooking and baking and there was a competition as to whose house attracted the most guests for a lunch of Scotch broth, roast lamb and trifle.
Recipes and Memories
Most of us have special memories of Sunday school picnics, Burns suppers, church socials and, above all, the home-baking served at teas and church-basement bazaars. These continue to be a part of the fabric that is woven into belonging to a Presbyterian congregation.
The Working Girl’s Frying Pan Cookies
Margaret Millar, chief elder at Wychwood, Toronto, has as much tea room and bake sale experience as anyone around. In 1972, Margaret found herself back at Wychwood where her signature raspberry coconut squares and frying pan cookies have appeared at a host of Christmas bazaars and church tea rooms.
Cape Breton Fudge and Blueberry Grunt
To this day, teas and bake sales in church basements make me salivate. Always, my mother’s date squares and fudge were huge hits. Dorothy MacKinnon’s fudge is still regarded, by one and all, as the finest ever made.