The old fashioned way was without a microwave, but cooking on top of a stove or using the oven.  No electric mixer, no blender, no convection oven, etc.

She used butter and probably everything today we think of a unhealthy.  Yet her foods were delicious, and filling.

Desserts so good, that some of us are still trying to duplicate them, but fall just short of what we remember..

For those who remember "The Good Ole Days," or heard their parents talking about them, we offer a few books which will bring back those long remembered days.  And, might make your children or grandchildren remember your kitchen as being the best place in house.