Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!!

Wherever you are and whatever kind of pie you’re eating after your turkey dinner, I hope you have people you love around you.

And lots of volunteers to help with the dishes.

My grandmother’s traditional Thanksgiving dessert was something she called “Pineapple Marlow”.  We loved it, especially in her delicate sherbert cups that huddled in her china cabinet 363 days of the year.  I hauled a box containing those dishes from the attic last Saturday and decided to search the internet for the recipe.

Believe it or not, this is what I found at www.recipecurio.com.

I know this recipe isn’t my grandmother’s, but the handwriting is very similar to hers, which is weird.  This had been found in a big collection of old recipes.

It’s exactly the way my grandmother made it, though in later years she used the mini-marshmallows (4 cups) so she wouldn’t have to cut the big ones into pieces (which she did with a scissors).  She also folded tiny bits of marshmallows into the final mixture before freezing in metal ice cube trays (dividers removed).

You have to let it sit on the counter for about 10 minutes or so before spooning it into your pretty glassware.

Here’s my grandmother’s handwritten recipe for Fudge Cuts, which are really quick to make.  And very, uh, fudgy.

She was in her 80’s when she wrote out this recipe for me and had stopped making Pineapple Marlow decades before.  I may have to resurrect the tradition at Christmas.

Have a lovely holiday weekend.