Thank You...
and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to the family members who contributed both
recipes and memories to add to mine...
Audrey Tully
Ann (Van Cleave) Cunningham
Bo Monnot
Dana (Bradley) Lyytinen
David Bradley
Della Dahl
Delores (Van Cleave) Beralek
Donna (Robbins) Bradley
Edna (Vahle) Dahl
Eunice (Stith) Dahl
Evert Olson
Gary Robbins
Kaye (Carter) Robbins
Kelly Robbins
Lauren Dahl
Leona Anderson
Leslie Dee
Lori Robbins
Pat (Robbins) Trewitt
Punky (Blood) Dahl
Sharon Collins
Shirley DeBusk
Stephanie (Crandall) Kirkpatrick
Terry Tully
Vernon Olson
And to the friends, without whom cooking wouldn't be
near as much fun:
Ali Mikdasi
Kathleen McGoey
Lee Wheeler
Vicki Johnson
Jim Laurent (He gave me *the* cinnamon roll recipe!)
Debby Davis
Sharon Krikac
Christina Nilsson Melin
And, of course, The X-Rox Girls:
Beth Thompson (Gone now but never, ever
forgotten...)
Carla Pribble
Connie O'Roark
Debbie Sauerwine
Kaye Jones
Pat Neff
Sandy Blackwell
Suzanne McGinnis
Jani Hamlin
With a *special* thank you to the long-forgiven 'friend'
who gave me 'Herman'... you know who you are.
And to those gone before, without whom none of us
would be the cooks we are today:
Anna (Anderson) Olson
Anna (Nordstrom) Erickson
Beda (Anderson) Hurder
Clara (Brodine) DeBusk
Clara (Swanson) Dahl
Effie Irene (Sowers) Coker
Genevieve (Robbins) Blackard
Jonnie Lee (Coker) Van Cleave
Louise (Van Cleave) Dahl
Mable (McDaniel) Robbins
Marie (Anderson) Swanson
Marie (Nordstrom) Anderson
Please accept my humble apologies for anyone I may
have inadvertently missed... I've tried
very hard to keep up with all the contributions and the sources for same, but I
fear I may have left someone out! Response has been overwhelming! Please send
me an email reminder!
And to Alton Brown, who's one of the few who truly
understands 'Good Eats', my undying gratitude for the prettiest, best tasting
Thanksgiving turkey I ever baked... and then there was the juiciest fried
chicken... and then there were those AWSOME Chocolate Lava Muffins...
Cue the music... I'll be in the kitchen! I hope you've
enjoyed this - and will enjoy this - as much as I have and do and will.
A word to the wise... not all these recipes have been
kitchen tested by yours truly. They have been transcribed to the best of my
human abilities, but errors may have occurred; therefore, we are not
responsible for any gastrointestinal distress. You have been warned, etc.,
etc., etc.
Love to you all, from the farthest back 'root' to the
newest, tiniest 'leaf'...
Clarence Robbins Family
Memoirs
Stephen Alva Van Cleave
Memoirs
Tales of the Van
Cleave Elders