Every Grandmother should be a "Thoroughly Modern Millie!"
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Her family owned and operated a boarding house, which her mother ran. She cooked for 8 to 20 people at a time. All the meals were made from scratch and all vegetables were grown in a garden. All through her life she climbed the ladder of success. First helping her mother and then helping her husband, my grandfather, get started in a very sucessful landscaping business and flower shop. Everyone in the family worked at the "Garden Shop." Holidays were busy, flower arrangements were designed and delivered. Trees were sold and as things expanded to landscaping design she would dispatch the men to jobs even to the extent of picking them up at their homes and driving them to work. Gram kept the books, did the payroll and made sure that everyone was taken care of to include meals. She cooked from scratch and of course, everything had an Italian flair, even when she found a recipe on a label from a can. Because she was a "Thoroughly Modern Millie", so busy with life, she became very skilfull in food preparation and the taste, was excellent! From her recipe file my husband and I developed a recipe book and called it "Recipes From Louise" and dedicating it to Gram the person I grew to know and love. I miss you Gram...
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