Exploring our family histories
I was finally able to track down Grandpa Fraccastoro’s Naturalization record from the National Archives! This is an interesting record for a number of reasons outside of finally knowing when he became a naturalized citizen. Note that it provides a historical address
This is my favorite pancake recipe. My boys always tell me how good they are!
These are Mom’s spicy meatballs, as best as she remembered. You can adjust the spiciness to suite your tastes. I usually use 5-6 jalapeno’s, sliced, and 3-4 habenero’s quartered with the membrane’s and seeds removed from half.
This is mom’s recipe for spritz cookies. I have it in my recipe box in Barbie’s elementary school cursive. So cute!
This is a recipe mom got from Mrs. Verdone, our neighbor, when we lived in Milton. These cookies were always a favorite and didn’t last long in our house!
Here’s the recipe mom always used to make streussel. And she was the best at making it! It was always sooo good.
These old recipes call for margarine. Today I always use butter. The recipe says to pat out to the size of a saucer, but I think it needs to be larger. Sometimes mom put colored nonpareils on the glaze when it was still wet for a little extra fun.
This is mom’s recipe for cream puff shells. They are surprisingly easy to make. I usually fill them with vanilla pudding and frost with chocolate glaze. Enjoy! Linda
This is very good, easy to make, and has long been a favorite in my family.It is so good with vanilla ice cream. I use more cinnamon than the recipe calls for because we like it that way.
The Berlin was built by A. G. Weser Shipbuilders, Bremen, Germany, 1909. 17323 gross tons; 613 (bp) feet long; 69 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 16 knots. 3212 passengers ( 266 first class, 246 second class, 2700