What do you mean you can’t read that! This is the recipe my mother wrote into my recipe book years ago, before she died. Well, obviously Before she died, I mean, if she had written it After she had died this would be a very different story!! Anyway, this was before cell phones and computers in homes and milk in cartons and granola bars in crinkly packages.
She devised this recipe to encourage us kids to eat raw foods. Hence the cornflakes (very tricky cover). And I am willing to bet that she never made it the same way twice. This is a stand out favourite for my kids. And you can stuff it full of good dried food!
Mum obviously used the first pen that came to hand. Faded green (sigh) So I shall interpret. She always wrote important stuff in capitals. So I shall too. Please excuse me if it sounds like I am shouting the recipe at you.
MUMMA MUNCH
- CORNFLAKES 3 cups
- ROLLED OATS 1 cup
- SULTANAS handful
- COCONUT 1/2 cup
- WHEATGERM dsp spoon
- BRAN 1/2 cup
- KIBBLED WHEAT dsp spoon
- SUNFLOWER SEEDS 1/2 cup
- SESAME SEEDS 1/4 cup
- PEANUTS?
(In a pot)
BOIL HARD TOGETHER FOR 4 – 5 MINUTES
- BUTTER 1/2 LB
- SUGAR 1/2 cup
- HONEY dsp spoon
Mix all the dry ingredients in a big bowl, I took out the sesame seeds and added walnut and flax seeds. Then boil the butter and sugar mixture until it begins to pull away from the sides. Be careful or you really will have toffee. We boiled and stirred for 4 minutes. The Matriarch made the mistake of stepping through the door at this very moment and very kindly took over the stirring as it needs to be continuously stirred, and I still had the floor covered in grocery bags.
Then quickly pour the hot mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well. Work fast as it is setting. While it is still hot pour into a pie dish (Mum used to make this in a roasting dish, as she did with most things, after all there were quite a few of us) and pat firmly into place, keep patting and pushing firmly as it hardens, flattening with a spoon and then pop into the fridge.
Cut into small slices when co;d. This lives in the fridge until it is all gone. Which will be very soon!
Now the rule is: (this is not a silly rule!) When the children are doing the cutting and dividing – one cuts and the others choose. So the cutter makes sure that all portions are exactly the same. Getting to have the last slice does that to a person!!
A shot of The Farmy last night as we walked away from the sunset. This weather is a gift. Lovely walks. We are getting so far ahead on our winter jobs. Stalker’s Garden has new raised beds. The calves have a new fence (they are not impressed). A new guttering spout has been installed for another rainwater barrel (every garden needs one). There has been Thinking done about the pig sty, maintenance on the barn (doors that open and shut, with new Daisy safe latches)and Our John has even begun to sow a few seeds for the vege garden. I know, I know, far too early, but there is no stopping the man, he does this every year!
Good morning!
c
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96 responses to “The Original Mumma Munch Recipe”
That does sound yummy!
It is a goodie.. c
YOUR MOM’S RECIPE IS A WINNER! Love the farm shot 🙂
Thanks Cindy, hope you have a great day winding them all up at the Salon! c
Old recipes are great, love the Boil Hard bit! I have a recipe form my Great Gran for a war time recipe for Christmas cake, adapted to their rations.
Oh I can imagine that recipe Allison, have you posted it? Out of interest, does it have semolina in it? That would be a find indeed.. c
This mumma munch is the type of recipe I would love because I know it would make me full. Okay, maybe I should make this very soon.. it will help with losing 10 pounds 🙂
I am loosing to lose the ten christmas pounds too Kay. All that roughage should help! c
I can hear your voice (OK, what I think your voice sounds like) in my head when I read your posts! Love the mumma munch 🙂
That is a pretty wonderful thing to hear Tandy. I actually read my work out loud when I do my final edit! So it is often written as I speak aloud!! wow.. c
What a totally delicious post – and blog – Cecilia! This is such a treat to discover, thank you…I shall be back for more 🙂
Morning Naomi and welcome. Hope you are having a great day! c
A lovely heirloom.
Yes, i am lucky the old recipes survived! c
Wonderful recipe!
Your Mum and mine had the same rule about cutting and choosing, though there were only two of us! I kept the same rule for my three, with varying success. The Big Girls always seemed to find a way to give Little Brother the small piece if I wasn’t standing by…
Poor little brother i am sure he gets around them nowadays, Boys always do! c
I’m reminded of flapjacks, something I had in England or Scotland (not the American kind). I’ve been looking for a good recipe for something of that nature, and this sounds yummy.
Your evening shot of The Farmy is gorgeous.
It is super easy and very good. Flapjacks are kind of rubbery really, I always thought of them as soggy but these are crunchy. thanks robin! c
That looks delicious, Cecelia! I’ll have to do some thinking to make it gluten free. Your mother was very clever about the cutting and choosing! 🙂
Hope you can make it GF. It is a very malleable recipe! c
Wow, I wonder if my mom or even my grandmother keeps recipes like those. Amazing!
Find out. The ones they made up themselves are often excellent! and authentic to the period too.. c
My Mum used this cut and choose rule except she said divide and choose. Cut and choose sounds better. (Ah alliteration again!)
Love it! Those rolley words! c
I love the name Mumma Munch! That looks like a complete meal in itself. Great way to kickstart the day!
Good morning and welcome.. I don’t know if it was Mum or us kids who named it mumma munch but it is indeed a perfect munch.. c
This sounds and looks delicious, C *saved* thank you for sharing it!
Oh, I love that photo. So tranquil with the trees fuzzing against the gentle sky.