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July 28, 2011

History Lesson {Recipe: Root Beer Float Popsicles}

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My mom taught me a valuable lesson when I was younger. “Kristen… you’ll always be able to tell the best recipes in a cookbook by the wrinkles and splatters on the pages. The worse the page looks, the better the recipe. You’ll know exactly what recipes the cook turned to time and time again by the looks of the pages in their cookbooks.”

Sure enough, I could always flip to my mom’s favorite buttermilk biscuit recipe in one of her cookbooks because it was coated with flour and fingerprints. The page with her favorite banana cream pie recipe was the one with spatters of dried filling and oil spots from the lard in the crust. By flipping through each of her cookbooks, I could find the recipes that were most important and used by her… simply by the look and feel of the pages.

I remembered my mom’s advice when I went through a cookbook collecting phase. I’d head out to estate sales and auctions looking through the cookbooks, soaking up the history that was told by the messy, torn and soiled pages. I’d get insight into the life of the previous owner just by paging through those treasured books. It was a different kind of history I was learning…a lesson I would never learn in school.

A few months ago my friend Mary had an Academy Awards party. When I arrived she pulled down a book and handed it to me. It was a black, well worn agenda book from 1947, stuffed full of recipes. Come to find out, this black book was where her husbands grandmother pasted recipe clippings she would come across from newspapers, magazines and cookbooks. The party was no longer the focus of my attention. I found myself a spot on her couch and poured through the recipes in this book… snapping pictures with my iPhone every now and then of ones that caught my interest. Hundreds and hundreds of recipes and 50+ iPhone pictures later, I came up for air. Mary’s husbands grandma would have been one hell of a food blogger, I know that. What an incredible collection – notes in the margins, splatters on the pages – so much history on the pages of a  little black book.

This first recipe I tried from my many snapshot’s of Mary’s book was these popsicles. They seemed so modern for clippings that old. Since it was touted as the “World’s Simplest Recipe” I knew I had to give it a try.

What pages are the most splattered in your favorite cookbooks?

Recipe: The Worlds Simplest Recipe – aka Rootbeer Popsicles

  • 1 can Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 12-oz cans of soda pop (we used Root Beer)
  • 1/2 cup RealLemon brand lemon juice
  1. Be sure ingredients are added in this order… Add condensed milk, soda pop and RealLemon to a bowl. Stir.
  2. Fill “Passion Pops” maker (I have no idea what that is, so just used normal popsicle mold), cap and freeze solid.
  3. To release pops from mold, hold briefly under warm, running water, twist caps gently and pull out.
  4. Store the remainder of the mixture in the refrigerator for the next batch of passion pops.

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  1. TidyMom says

    July 28, 2011 at 6:48 am

    You are so right, and I never thought of it that way Kristen!!……..I’ll never look at a cookbook the same way now!

    lol…..I can just see you at a party snapping pictures of that collection of recipes!! what a treasure! We are making popsicles today- we’ll have to try this one soon!!

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  2. Jessica @ How Sweet says

    July 28, 2011 at 6:48 am

    Couldn’t agree with you (and your mom) more! I have hundreds of my grandma’s recipes and the best ones are sooo beat up.

    I love everything root beer float related – these look fantastic!

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  3. Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says

    July 28, 2011 at 6:50 am

    I’ve been known to do the very same thing. Whenever I find a great old recipe collection, I get my phone and start snapping pictures b/c I know there are going to be some gems in there.

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  4. Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says

    July 28, 2011 at 7:07 am

    I dont even like root beer that much but if it has to do with a can of sweetened condensed milk, I am suddenly all about it 🙂

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  5. bridget {bake at 350} says

    July 28, 2011 at 7:38 am

    Yes! Yes! “Kristen… you’ll always be able to tell the best recipes in a cookbook by the wrinkles and splatters on the pages.” That is SO true!

    Love these popsicles!

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  6. Bev Weidner says

    July 28, 2011 at 7:41 am

    Next time when the kids aren’t around, try root beer float SHOTS. My bf made some for the 4th. And maybe I had more than 1. And maybe I jumped in the pool. And maybe I had my clothes on. Maybe.

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    • Katie @ Healthnut Foodie says

      July 28, 2011 at 9:41 pm

      This comment maybe made me laugh. And I maybe was in a similar 4th of July situation before I had kids. Maybe.

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  7. Maris (In Good Taste says

    July 28, 2011 at 7:47 am

    These look like a refreshing summer treat. I have my grandmothers recipe box and I know exactly what you mean!

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  8. Amanda says

    July 28, 2011 at 7:56 am

    lovelovelove
    Its simple perfection. 🙂

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  9. Robyn | Add a Pinch says

    July 28, 2011 at 8:03 am

    The best recipes are the ones that are worn and decorated with bits of splatters for sure! I would have been absolutely lost in that book with you!

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  10. Cookbook Queen says

    July 28, 2011 at 8:11 am

    Root beer floats are one of my favorite things!!

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  11. Yammie @ Yammie's Noshery says

    July 28, 2011 at 8:32 am

    My sister always wants her cookbooks to remain perfect and pristine forever so whenever I use them she gets mad when I get them dirty. I always try to explain to her that I’m only trying to improve their sentimental value. It’s definitely not just because I’m a big, messy slob…

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  12. Amy | She Wears Many Hats says

    July 28, 2011 at 8:36 am

    Just found a couple of old cookbooks last week while at a junk store. So fun to see others notes, and bookmarked pages and wonder who they served that too, etc. What a fun treat your friend shared!

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  13. Chery says

    July 28, 2011 at 8:42 am

    Fabulous recipe thanks so much for sharing! Root Beer Floats and Popsicles are staples in our house this summer. My 4 year old will think it is awesome they are combined!

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  14. Eliana says

    July 28, 2011 at 8:51 am

    These popsicles look like the perfect way to beat the heat this summer!

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  15. Kalyn says

    July 28, 2011 at 8:59 am

    I’m surprised to see lemon juice as an ingredient, but I love the idea of root beer float popsicles!

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  16. Marla {family fresh cooking} says

    July 28, 2011 at 9:06 am

    Kristin, I have goose bumps reading this. Such a beautiful history in the pages of a little recipe book. The pops sound great as does your time flipping through Mary’s treasured recipes 🙂

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  17. Pat Wogan says

    July 28, 2011 at 9:15 am

    Ah, this took me back! Aunt Rose has Mom’s old Good Housekeeping cookbook. Ask her to bring it up some time. You will love it! I made copies of recipes from the cookbook Kathy has that used to be mine. All the ones I copied had stains on them. (I was a messy cook, too, I guess.) Mom

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  18. Allison [Girl's Guide to Social Media] says

    July 28, 2011 at 9:21 am

    I agree with your mom’s lesson about dirty and wrinkled recipe pages. 🙂

    I love root beer floats!!

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  19. Esi says

    July 28, 2011 at 9:33 am

    Aaah. Ive had this recipe saved since I saw your pin on Pinterest. Must make soon.

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  20. Deborah says

    July 28, 2011 at 9:34 am

    Years ago, I posted a roast recipe that is my favorite and showed the recipe card that was splashed with ingredients and warped from use. I totally relate to this post!! I would have loved to flip through that book as well. And I would also love one of these popsicles!!

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  21. Marie says

    July 28, 2011 at 10:12 am

    Holy Cow! Those look awesome. That book almost looks like an old giant book of spells!!

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  22. Lucy Lean says

    July 28, 2011 at 10:28 am

    I love it when a cookbook is splattered because it says you have used it over and over again – perhaps someone could create a splatter button for the blog post we could put on when we cook from someones recipe?!

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  23. Maria says

    July 28, 2011 at 12:24 pm

    You know the recipes are good when they are worn with spills, etc. My grandma’s cinnamon roll recipe is torn, brown, with vanilla on it. It is our favorite recipe:)

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  24. Georgia Pellegrini says

    July 28, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    Love this. Your mama was a wise woman : )

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  25. Wenderly says

    July 28, 2011 at 4:52 pm

    We can apply this to all areas of life, can’t we?

    At least that’s what I tell myself about my wrinkles and brown spots!

    LOL!

    Who wants boring & perfect? All worn & loved works for me! 🙂

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  26. Crystal's Cozy Kitchen says

    July 28, 2011 at 5:48 pm

    I’d love to be able to look at a cookbook like that! How fun. Unfortunately most of the used cookbooks I’ve gotten look as though they have not been touched. These sound delicious, I can’t wait to try them.

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  27. Lisa says

    July 28, 2011 at 7:36 pm

    Great lesson from your mom! Love this post!

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  28. Pat says

    July 28, 2011 at 8:56 pm

    I’ve never heard that but you know, it’s true! The handwritten recipes I have had for eons or the favored cookbooks all have the telltale marks of a cook’s touch. Thanks so much for sharing!

    Pat

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  29. naomi says

    July 28, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    Your mom is right! I can always easily reference my favorite recipe for just that reason-wrinkles and splatters. You know the upside to that? The book always opens right to the most loved pages. 🙂

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  30. Barbara says

    July 29, 2011 at 7:03 am

    Wow. Those look wonderful. Of course, anything with sweetened condensed milk just has to be good! 🙂
    I’ve got lots of cookbooks that look just like that one. Dirty pages=good recipes.
    (I’m liking the idea of the angel food cookies!)

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  31. dani says

    July 29, 2011 at 9:06 am

    what a great story kristen 🙂

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  32. Michelle @ Brown Eyed Baker says

    July 29, 2011 at 10:10 am

    Aw I love this story, and it’s so true! I can’t wait to try these, I’ve been wanting to get into popsicles and I love root beer floats!

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  33. Rachel @ Not Rachael Ray says

    July 29, 2011 at 10:15 am

    Great post, so true! And these popsicles look great! How simple and fun!

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  34. Alicia says

    July 29, 2011 at 11:11 am

    What a great story. And I agree with everyone else it’s true! I know all my favorite recipes have stains and splatters on it! I don’t love root beer, but root beer floats are so good!!

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  35. SMITH BITES says

    July 29, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    love, love, love collecting old cookbooks for that very reason . . . gives me goosebumps to know that someone was reading that book and felt that was a recipe worth making . . . stories!

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  36. Penny Wolf says

    July 30, 2011 at 6:30 am

    This was a lovely piece and so true to many hearts. By the way, you can put that recipe in an ice cream maker also.

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  37. Baking Serendipity says

    July 30, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    You (and your mom) are so right! I love the thought of picking up cookbooks at auctions. Best new way to find good recipes 🙂 These popsicles sound amazing! I love root beer floats and haven’t had one in so long. Clearly this needs to change.

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  38. Emma @ Poires au Chocolat says

    August 1, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    I love looking at old recipe collections – I have a lot of my grandma’s books and it’s always fun to see what she used. My own recipe journals tend to get smattered with baking debris even if I only make a recipe once so it’s not always the best gauge!

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  39. Loy says

    August 2, 2011 at 1:30 am

    Your mama was so right. The pages in my cookbook and recipe card collection certainly indicate which ones I use the most. More over, they show which recipes my kids liked to make and bring back memories every time I see them. Each Tuesday I do, in fact, post a recipe from my cherished collection of Farm Journal cookbooks sold in the early 1970’s. I am also currently going through clippings and cook booklets that were my mother’s. I just found a recipe booklet that was my grandmother’s printed in 1937. So fun.

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  40. shelly (cookies and cups) says

    August 2, 2011 at 7:21 am

    I agree! I also go for the stickiest pages in the cookbooks!!
    And I am going to make these today with my kids..They will love them!

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  41. Marla {family fresh cooking} says

    August 7, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    Linking to this beauty tomorrow 🙂

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  42. Mary Malecki says

    October 3, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    Thanks, Kristen, for sharing my husband’s Grandma’s recipe book. It’s something we treasure. One of my “most splattered” recipes is a Deluxe Cheesecake recipe I wrestled with for years. I finally conquered it this past Christmas after several attempts. It was worth the effort!

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