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As mentioned in various places, I have the unenviable task of sorting through my parents’ possessions and papers due to their recent passings.  One of the interesting things about this task is the little discoveries I make regarding the things they saved over the years (and there’s a LOT).  This was in my dad’s “XXX” envelope (don’t ask), and dates back (as near as I can figure) to the 1940s.  It’s a recipe for “Banana Nut Cake” and translates as follows: Take an armful of well formed girl. Two laughing eyes. Two cherry lips. Squeeze till warm. Add a little spooning to make it raise. When good & hot add banana. Work up and down till banana creams. Then add the nuts. The result will be astonishing. Two rolled up eyes. A soft banana & a sigh of relief. The cake is done. Set on porch to cool. This is a good cake, so they say. myfengshuilife:  Oh my. How interesting to find this here. I grew up in Syracuse. (and this looks a lot like my grandmother’s handwriting.) fortunecookiegal: davidkendall:


As mentioned in various places, I have the unenviable task of sorting through my parents’ possessions and papers due to their recent passings.  One of the interesting things about this task is the little discoveries I make regarding the things they saved over the years (and there’s a LOT).  This was in my dad’s “XXX” envelope (don’t ask), and dates back (as near as I can figure) to the 1940s.  It’s a recipe for “Banana Nut Cake” and translates as follows:

Take an armful of well formed girl.

Two laughing eyes.

Two cherry lips.

Squeeze till warm.

Add a little spooning to make it raise.

When good & hot add banana.

Work up and down till banana creams.

Then add the nuts.

The result will be astonishing.

Two rolled up eyes.

A soft banana & a sigh of relief.

The cake is done.

Set on porch to cool.

This is a good cake, so they say.

myfengshuilife:  Oh my. How interesting to find this here. I grew up in Syracuse. (and this looks a lot like my grandmother’s handwriting.)

fortunecookiegal: davidkendall: