Happy Birthday Gramma!

Blackberry Cobbler
Originally uploaded by lilthorner

Today is my Gramma Peach's birthday. She's not with us, but I sure thought about her a lot today. I made this cobbler last week. I had never made blackberry cobbler before, but making it brought back all sorts of memories of "Redwood City"- this is what we called my great-grandmother's house in Redwood City. She had a big pool, a built in brick grill, a separate lil house with a changing room in the back. and we used to climb the plum tree for those super sweet plums.. (In October we raided the pomegranate tree).

My great-grandmother "nana" taught me how to peel potatoes, and how to make cheese toast (monterey jack) in the toaster oven. She collected all kinds of cookbooks and put notes in so many of them. I recently found that the notes were other recipes, not necessarily that she tried the ones in the book. nana had an obsession with cookbooks, gramma bought tons of cookbooks and you guessed it, I will buy a cookbook before I buy shoes or clothes.

Back to the cobbler, I don't remember ever asking nana how to make cobbler, but I sure do remember how I wanted it to taste. I ask my mom what I should do and she said "the secret is....." (If I told you it would be a secret right?) I said oh really? thats all.. and she assured me that was what nana did..

so, I made a pie crust with LARD (thanks to my wonderful classmate Robert and his family ) and commenced to making the cobbler.. I prewarned my dad "don't judge me to heavily, its my first time"

after coming out of the oven, I put a scoop of Safeway Homestyle Ice Cream on top, took my lactaid, and tasted.

MMMMMMMMM just how nana used to make.. It tasted JUST how I remembered it!

nana cooked, gramma cooked,my aunt cooks, my mom cooks, I cook and I am teaching my daughter (the oldest first) how to cook. I'll call this a generational blessing!