Jun 15 2008
Recipes from my childhood
Last Christmas, when I went home to see my parents we found a cookery book I used to like as a child, though I never made much from it: A Young Cook’s Calendar by Katie Stewart (Piccolo, 1976). A bargain at 40 pence!
One of the recipes I do remember making a lot was flapjack. (I’m still very scathing about the flapjack available in shops. They’re never right.) This is the charming little introduction it gives before the recipe:
Flapjacks are everybody’s favourites. If you are going out for the morning wrap up a few pieces to put in your pocket. Take an apple too and you should last until lunchtime.
Hmm, tempting…
One Response to “Recipes from my childhood”
My grandmother used to make flapjacks pretty much every weekend when I stayed over. You’re right, the commercially available ones never come up to scratch. The ones my nan made were always deliciously moist but not over-sweet.
I tried making some myself recently but they just didn’t turn out right. Too much syrup, I think.