Zurich Legacy Kitchen Cookbook - Book - Page 21
L e g ac y K it c hen
Lynne
Adams
I lived with my gran on and off because of
where I was never really allowed in the
my mum’s health, and we had a very special
kitchen as a child. Gran brought cooking
bond. I don’t seem to have many photos of
alive for me, and I still have a fascination
the two of us together, but I have one of her
for old-style cooking, baking and traditional
with my mum and sister from a lovely day
recipes.
we spent together before she passed.
I use many of her classics today,
Gran loved cooking and had so much
including shepherd’s pie, shortbread and,
patience when it came to showing me
of course, bubble and squeak. She used to
how to bake and cook. Everything was
make it as one big pan dish, while I tend to
made from scratch, and from a young age
make individual portions, but I’ve kept her
she made sure I was part of the process.
basic recipe the same.
She would lift me onto a stool and let me
Nothing ever tastes quite the way Gran
measure and stir, always saying, “Watch
made it. Even now, if a recipe goes wrong,
and one day you will be creating.”
I still find myself thinking: what would my
It was very different to being at home,
gran do?
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