Recipe for a Happy Marriage
I seem to be on a theme! Weddings!
After yesterdays post I remembered a poem that I had found. We attended the wedding of the daughter of our friends Carol and Bill a few weeks ago. Of course being the cooking gal I love to give great kitchen gifts to college graduates and newlyweds.
It just so happens that this particular bride benefited as a college grad with a LeCrueset Dutch Oven. If you are not familiar with this brand they are fabulous. Cast Iron encased in enamel. What does that mean to a cook? Even distribution of heat while cooking and even easier clean up!
So when it came time for a wedding gift, I decided that another one of my favorite mixing bowls of all time were on the menu. The stainless steel set of 3 All Clad mixing bowls with side handles. The handles provide a firm grip. These bowls will last a lifetime or two.
But it just wasn’t complete without a cookbook…and you know I have LOTS of favorites! I wasn’t sure what their cooking skills were and I knew from experience that many of the “Bride and Groom” cookbooks were not so great for newbies in the kitchen. My favorite cookbook this year to give as a gift has been Barefoot Contessa’s Back to Basics from Ina Garten. So that was included.
I also never give a book without writing an inscription to the recipient. So what was I to write in this cookbook that a young couple might relate to since I had never met either one?
Here is what I found and inscribed in the front of Nancy and Dan’s cookbook:
Recipe for a Happy Marriage
A Good Wedding Cake
1 lb. butter of youth
4 lbs. of love
1 lb. of good looks
1 lb. of sweet temper
3 lb. of self forgetfulness
1 lb. of pounded wit
1 lb. of blindness of faults
1 lb. of good humor
1 tablespoon of sweet argument
1 pint of rippling laughter
1 wine glass of common sense
1 oz. of modesty
Put the love, good looks and sweet temper into a well furnished house.
Beat the butter of youth to a cream, and mix well together with the blindness of faults.
Stir the pounded wit and good humour into the sweet argument, then add the rippling laughter and common sense.
Work the whole together until everything is well mixed, and bake gently forever.
Author Unknown
Now that is a recipe that we can all use in ALL our relationships.
Enjoy!
