Among the relationships that are forged between grandparents and grandchildren, often neglected to mention a tasty experience sharing: the relationship of cooking. However, cooking on Sundays with Grandma, learning its revenue, its towers and its main tips are an essential part of the family patrimony. Learn to reconnect with tradition.The relationship between grandparents and grandchildren are often preferred based on the exchange, conviviality, gentleness and pleasure. Complicity between them is often a good way to transmit values. And in those moments we shared with her grandparents, food is an essential go shopping, picking vegetables from the garden, the peeling, shelling peas, make a pancake dough, pies or jams ... These moments are magical memories for children.
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And when children grow up, these moments are transformed into knowledge transfer "culinary." This is essential at a time or generations have less time to cook and are turning increasingly to food prepared or quick. These dishes, which are sometimes sent recipes for generations and whose secrecy is jealously guarded, are really part of the family identity. These revenues were in the habit of enjoying family are an integral part of links. This heritage should be sent to individual members to be preserved. For there is nowhere recorded and may be lost. Who has not tasted the almond cookies for a friend and tried unsuccessfully to get the secret recipe furnaces after his grandmother? Just mention the family recipes to see the stars light up in the eyes of many children.
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Each family has of course its revenue, and its favorite dishes. But there are still some "essential" for moments to be shared between young and old. These include jams, a gourmand moment that children love to do with the grandparents. Then the desserts are a sure bet, especially pies (rhubarb, apricots ...) but also the inevitable clafoutis, or charlotte. Do not forget the pancakes for which there are as many recipes as grandmothers.
For dishes, the recipes are often those associated with family origins, but suitable house. At the time of preparations turnkey, it will certainly turn to Grandma to get the recipe for sauce or bechamel sauce au beurre blanc to accompany your fish. Note, several books have attempted to bring these traditional recipes and family (The kitchen of the Grandmothers, Aunt Mary, the true cuisine, La bonne cuisine de Saint-Ange Mum ...).
Back to the traditions and origins
This "knowledge" is of course cooking beyond recipes. It is also "from different" and tips that will allow you to customize the dishes, put them to succeed. Not to mention the transmission of this wisdom that is not learned at school: Choose fruits and vegetables, aromatic bouquets composer, etc.. And then our world is made of diversity, our grandparents are sometimes from different countries and our culinary traditions are often rich and varied. Learn to find its roots in the kitchen is also a way to create that strong bond with his grandparents. Not to mention the love of cooking and lunch with family, no book and no mission can pass as a grandfather or grandmother.