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butternut-days · 9 days ago
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Vampire moth by The Magical Bat
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butternut-days · 19 days ago
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And here is my husband’s grandmother’s recipe, in her handwriting. She interviewed all the ladies around the pool in Florida to come up with the best recipe:
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Erev Yom Kippur Honey Cake
3 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup honey
1 cup boiling coffee
2 tbspns oil or melted shortening
2 tbspns chopped nuts (optional)
Sift flour. Measure & sift again with baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt.
Beat eggs until thick & light, about 5 minutes.
Add sugar to eggs gradually, beating well.
Add honey, coffee and shortening. Blend well.
Add dry ingredients. Beat until well blended.
Sprinkle nuts on bottom of greased and waxed paper lined 9x13x2 inch pan.
Bake in moderate oven (375 F) 30-35 minutes or until done.
Let stand in pan 5 minutes, then turn out on rack.
Cut into squares. Makes 24 servings.
Jewish culture is having a honey cake recipe for Rosh Hashanah written out in your great-grandmother’s handwriting
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[id: a handwritten recipe written in cursive on an old and stained lined page. /.End id]
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butternut-days · 21 days ago
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Beaded Torah Mantle, Jewish Museum, New York.
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butternut-days · 22 days ago
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butternut-days · 26 days ago
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butternut-days · 2 months ago
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Hedgehog-shaped jar, Neolithic period (3500-3000 BCE)
Courtesy Alain Truong
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butternut-days · 2 months ago
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butternut-days · 2 months ago
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butternut-days · 3 months ago
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butternut-days · 4 months ago
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do you want to see the best trail cam photo ever
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