Her Recipes: The 208 Eastway Cafe

Our home in Richmond was home to two of the best cooks that have ever walked this planet.  Mom could make a tasty meal out of a seemingly empty fridge...she was the "CHOPPED CHAMPION" of the 70s.  She cooked with pride, passion, and butter.  Her food was amazing and her recipes live on in our hearts (and likely my aorta).

Butterscotch
Butterscotch Pie

I love butterscotch..mom's recipe for butterscotch and butterscotch pie are great...once I tried to make the butterscotch from scratch like she did...I had to throw away the pan and Sharon asked that in the future she would prefer that I not try to be something I am not....a cook.

Pie Crusts

A lot of history on this page...it begins in the bottom with my grandmother's recipe, the middle is my mother's, and the top is Debra's....thousands of delicious pies have rested on this crust.



My mother learned to cook from her mother, Lula Belle Mason.  Grandmother Mason was a simple woman who grew up in rural Kentucky and raised three children during the depression.  She never wasted anything.  She was not a chef, she simply cooked.  A pinch of this, a dash of that, and likely a couple of ladles of lard.  Her biscuits were amazing and to this day I can still taste the cinnamon donuts that were always waiting for us whenever we made the journey to Millersburg.  Mom compiled her recipes, including now faded photo-copies of grandmother's hand written recipes.  The collection is presented for your eating and reading enjoyment

Cover page

Beverages

Salads

Breads

Vegetables

Meat, Poultry, and Seafood
Cakes

Candies and Cookies

Pickles and Curing Meats

A different Collection of Grandmother Mason's Recipes