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![A muffin tin filled with freshly-baked drop biscuits.]()
Cream of Tartar Drop Biscuits
50+ years old
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Grandma Mortlock's Rhubarb Crisp
At least a generation old
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![A graphic of two stacked bowls.]()
Chicken Paprikash
3+ generations
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![A woman in vintage clothes smiling and winking at the camera.]()
Grandma Manning's Lasagna
At least 3 generations old
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Grandma Florence's Potato Salad
At least 60 years old
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![A slice of graham coconut cake with white icing on a decorative plate.]()
Graham-Coconut Cake
At least 90 years old
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![A golden-colored pound cake surrounded by autumn leaves.]()
Grandmother Kailing's Pound Cake
At least 4 generations old
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Schneenockerl (Snow Dumplings)
At least 75 years old
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Nanay's Mechado
At least 3 generations old
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Peanut Butter Grahams
At least a half century old
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Tita Betty's Potato and Chicken Stew
At least 3 generations old
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![An Italian cake on a glass cake stand dusted with powdered sugar]()
Vera Torta of Imola
290+ years old
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Maria's Shortcrust Layer Cake
70+ years old
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Ragoût de Mouton
At least 3 generations old
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![Overhead of golden brown massa loaves]()
Azorean Massa
125+ years old
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Grammie's Fruitbread
c. 1922, or older
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![A golden brown chicken and rice Persian tachin]()
Grandma's Tachin
50+ years old
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![Handwritten recipe card for butter tarts]()
Great-Grandmother Lizzie's Butter Tarts
100+ years old
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Mulligan (or Irish) Stew
110+ years old
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Levy Pancakes
35-40 years old
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![A bowl of Malaysian fish curry]()
Ikan Asam Pedas (Malaysian-style Hot & Sour Fish Curry)
Over 50 years old
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![Black and white photo of old farm house]()
Grandma C's Farm Bread
c. 1918
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Essie's Lemon Pie
c. 1900
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![A handwritten recipe for Christmas cake]()
Daniels' Christmas Cake
c. 1902, or earlier
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Gem Scones
c. 1970, or earlier
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![A typed out recipe for old-fashioned sponge cake]()
Sponge Cake
c. 1952, or earlier
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![A pumpkin pie on a checkered tea towel next to small pumpkins]()
Gumpy's Famous Pumpkin Custard Pie
c. 1942, or earlier
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Ricotta Balls
Passed down through many generations
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![A tray of chocolate covered rice krispie squares]()
Snickerdoodles
3 generations old
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![A typed out recipe for rhubarb pickle from an old cookbook]()
Rhubarb Pickle
c. 1892, or earlier
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Croatian Bean & Barley Soup (Ricet)
Over 100 years old
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![A little girl mixing a large bowl of brownie batter]()
Jean Bowman's Famous Brownies
As old as the microwave!
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![An elderly father and his daughter in aprons for cooking]()
Pake's Perch
c. 1950, or earlier
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![Family sitting around table eating Cioppino]()
My Mum's Mum's Cioppino
c. 1940
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![A handwritten recipe for shortbread]()
Great-Grandma Daniels' Shortbread
c. 1847, or earlier
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Whip Cream Cookie Log
c. 1950, or earlier
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![A handwritten recipe for Nanaimo Bars]()
Nanaimo Bars by Jocelyn
c. 1962
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Grandpa's Buns
c. 1983, likely much earlier
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Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
3 generations old
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Spiced Crab Apples
100+ years old
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Coronation Tarts
112 years old
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Christmas Rum Balls
At least 40 years old
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Corned Beef Hash
At least 3 generations old
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Nonna's Fresh Pasta
Centuries old
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Rugelach
Earliest origins were the 1200s
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Grandma Pitalo's Meatloaf
At least 79 years old
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![A pan filled with a honey-soaked Cypriot biscuit cake topped with almonds.]()
Kattimeri / Tsippopita
200+ years old
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![A pan of sliced rhubarb oat bars.]()
Rhubarb Bars
60+ years old
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![A jar of eggplant and zucchini dip next to a loaf of sourdough.]()
Eggplant and Zucchini Caviar/Ікра з баклажанів і кабачків
60+ years
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![Three small glass jars filled with pink faluda pudding.]()
Faluda Pudding
Originated centuries ago
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![An old handwritten recipe card for ginger cookies.]()
Loretta's Ginger Cracked Top Cookies
59+ years old
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Mary's Apple Cake
Early 1900s
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![A bowl of red Ukrainian borshch]()
Red Borshch
70+ years old
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![A fresh strawberry pie on a red tea towel.]()
Mavis Wilson's Fresh Strawberry Pie
70+ years old
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![A pile of golden fried bannock rings.]()
Fried Bannock
From around the 1920s
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![A batch of fried malassadas coated in sugar.]()
Malassadas (Portuguese Doughnuts)
From the early 1900s
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![A bowl of creamy fish chowder with a white spoon resting in it.]()
Robicheau Family Fish Chowder
1920s (4 generations old)
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![Pouring red wine into a pot of coq au vin on a stovetop.]()
Coq au Vin (With a Lebanese Twist)
40+ years old
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![A white bowl of mussels in broth.]()
Grandpa's Mussels a la Jimmy
52 years old
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![A Middle Eastern kibbeh cut into a decorative diamond pattern.]()
Sito's Kibbeh
Unclear how old…but old!
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![A spread of Colombian chicken and potato stew with salad and avocados.]()
Tita Betty's Potato and Chicken Stew
At least 3 generations old
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![A bowl of baked custard on a table covered in handwritten recipe cards.]()
My Great Grandmother's Custard
At least 3 generations old
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![A handwritten recipe card for brownies.]()
Linda's Brownies
Around 50 years old
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![Oat coconut bars topped with golden icing.]()
Oaty Ginger Crunch
Several generations old
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![Bowls of golden fritters topped with icing sugar.]()
Dutch Oliebollen
At least several generations old
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