From every moment I spent in the kitchen with my mother, I cannot recall seeing a single written recipe.  But when this card fell out of a bunch of old photographs, I saw  my memory must have failed me. . 

I had a problem with the translation because she uses a word of measuring that doesn’t exist in the dictionary.  I assume ‘tepl’ means cup.

Lokshen kugel

2 eggs

4tbsp sugar

¼ tsp salt

1 teacup of shredded apple

½ teacup of raisins

4 cups wide lockshen

3 tbsp fat or margarine

Bake at 400 for 40 minutes

This sharing of a recipe reminded me that my mother was separated from her family when she married, and there was probably no chance for her to cook in the years they were escaping, or they were refugees, or they were under fire.  How could she have remembered recipes?  And yet she managed a good facsimile – good enough to be considered a wonderful cook by all the guests she fed with joy.