| Grammy | Born Patricia Lee Burbridge. She was Pat Schreiner in her first marriage (her printed recipe cards say “Pat Schreiner”) and Pat Engel in her second, the name she kept; at work she was Dr. Schreiner-Engel. Mom, or just “M”, to her children and Grammy to her grandchildren. She wrote most of these cards. | Pat’s Hot Cheese Dip, Grammy’s Cream of Mushroom Soup, Mom’s French Onion Soup, M’s French Onion Soup (first version), Kir’s Senegalese Peanut Soup with Chicken, Kir’s Senegalese-Style Chicken Curry Soup, Grammy’s Cucumber Salad Mold with Sour Cream Dressing, Pat’s Onion Pie (Cheese Pie), Grammy’s Cheese Fondue, Grammy’s Bar-B-Q Hamburgers, Grammy’s Sukiyaki, Cherokee Casserole (Grammy’s own), Mom’s Caramelised Onions, Mom’s Turkey Stuffing, Grammy’s Banana Bread, Mom’s Sticky Buns, Mom’s Best-Ever Sticky Buns for the Breadmaker, Pat’s Classic White Birthday Cake, Mom’s Red Velvet Cake, Pat’s Cheesecake, Grammy’s Toll House Oatmeal Cookies, Grammy’s Orange Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies |
| Golda Burbridge (“Mother”, Gigi) | Grammy’s mother, Golda I. Burbridge, née Dickey, from Oklahoma. Her recipes were copied out by Grammy, some onto Grammy’s printed PetRecipe cards. To Grammy’s grandchildren she was Gigi, or GG, for great-grandma: Gigi’s steamed cranberry pudding, about 1945, is the oldest dated recipe, her card headed “Gigi’s Baked Icing for Birthday Cake” is pictured with the Broiled Jiffy Icing, and “GG’s Sloppy Joes” is a metric write-up of her barbecue beef, probably by Kir. | Mother’s Guacamole Dip, Mother’s [?] Spinach Dip, Mother’s B-B-Q Beef (Sloppy Joes), Mother’s Meat Loaf, Mother’s Pot Roast, GG’s Sloppy Joes, Mother’s Bread and Sweet Rolls, Mother’s Cocoa Cake, Mother’s Vanilla Butter Frosting (for Red Velvet Cake), Mother’s Apple-Spice Cake, Broiled Jiffy Icing, Gigi’s Cranberry Pudding |
| Frances (“Sister”) | Grammy’s sister Frances (1925–1987), twelve years older than her. Her cards are for yeast dough, butter cookies and two crusts. One is headed “Sister’s Pie Crust (Candy’s)”; who Candy was isn’t known. | Sister’s Refrigerator Yeast Dough, Sister’s Butter Cookies, Sister’s Graham Cracker Crust, Sister’s Pie Crust |
| John Schreiner | Grammy’s first husband, a fellow University of Wisconsin graduate, and father of Kirsten and Karin. Named in the typed spaghetti sauce on railway letterhead (“for you and John”) and on the Stamford address card for Mr. and Mrs. John Schreiner. | Spaghetti Meat Sauce, on Great Northern Railway paper, Address card: Mr. and Mrs. John Schreiner, Stamford |
| Ester Gray Schreiner (E.G.S.) | John’s mother. She wrote the cheese soufflé card in an older hand: “The receipe says ‘serves 6’, but Johnny can eat over half of it himself.” Johnny was her son, John. Grammy liked Ester very much, and it helped her decide to marry John. | E.G.S.’s Cheese Soufflé |
| Anna Schreiner (Mrs. Herbert Schreiner) | Born Anna Virum, she married Herbert Schreiner, the youngest brother of John’s grandfather Frank Schreiner, so she was the wife of John’s great-uncle. She lived in Lancaster, Wisconsin, and died in 1994, aged 103. Her son David, an All-American football player who was famous in his day, was killed at Okinawa shortly before the end of the Second World War. Her name is crossed through on her address card. | Note: Mrs. Herbert Schreiner’s address |
| Peter Engel | Grammy’s second husband, whom she married in 1974. The much-stained card for Peter’s Caesar salad is probably his. | Peter’s Caesar Salad |
| Stan | Grammy’s long-term partner in the years after her marriage to Peter Engel. The crust card for her apple or blueberry tart was “Stan’s favorite”; his name is struck through, with “Pat” written beside it. | Apple or Blueberry Tart |
| Kirsten (Kir) and Patrick Coulter | Grammy’s daughter and son-in-law. Kir’s recipes run through the later cards and the typed files, often in British measures. Her roast beef is typed on the family letterhead: Kirsten and Patrick Coulter, with Cosmo, Lucia and Gabriel, Cambridge, June 2003. Her later recipes, from 2011 to 2016, come in grams: breadmaker bread, barbecue beef, curries and a seedy knäckebröd made with Bernhardine, the partner of Patrick’s brother Tim Coulter. Patrick scanned the card boxes for this book. | Kir’s French Beans and Prosciutto Appetizer, Kir’s Senegalese Peanut Soup with Chicken, Kir’s Senegalese-Style Chicken Curry Soup, Kir’s Leek, Goat Cheese and Puy Lentil Salad, Kir’s Grape Tomato Salad, Kir’s Salad, Kir’s Roast Beef Sandwich, Kir’s Perfect Roast Beef, Kir’s Slow-Cooked Shredded Barbecue Beef, Kir’s Chicken Karhai with Mint, Kir’s Chicken Curry (Sarasota), Kir’s Rice Ring, Kirsten’s Basmati Rice, Kir’s Green Risotto, Kir’s Asparagus, Kir’s Roasted Asparagus and Basil (after Jamie Oliver), Kir’s Haricots Verts with Parmesan, Kir’s Roasted Garlic, Kir’s Puy Lentils with Bacon, Kir’s Spinach, Kir’s Grape Tomato Crush, Patrick’s Marinated Veggies, Kir’s Honey-Roast Vegetables, Kir’s Herb-Roasted Red Potatoes, Kir’s Best Bread for the Breadmaker, Bernhardine and Kir’s Seedy Knäckebröd, Kir’s River Café Polenta Cake, Kir’s Chewy Chocolate Chip Oat Bars, Kir’s Chocolate Chip Cookies, Kir’s Peach Pudding, Kir’s Mustard Vinaigrette |
| Karin | Grammy’s daughter. Her salads are on the later cards, and Pat’s cheesecake is “alias Andy’s or Karin’s Cheesecake”. The Word file for the first version of M’s French Onion Soup gives her first married name, Karin Rutter, as its author; she is now Karin Cole. | M’s French Onion Soup (first version), Karin’s Tortellini Salad (for a crowd), Karin’s Festive Holiday Salad, Karin’s [?] Beef Stew (slow cooker), Pat’s Cheesecake |
| Mark, Andy and Melissa | Grammy’s sons Mark and Andy and her daughter Melissa. Andy shares the cheesecake alias with Karin. Melissa’s recipes are on the later cards and in the typed files, and notepaper printed “Melissa Engle” (spelled that way) is among the early cards. Lecie, who gave the squash soufflé, is Melissa’s sister-in-law. | Manchego Cheese and Quince, Pippa Dates, Squash Soufflé, Melissa’s Candied Sweet Potatoes, Melissa’s Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies |
| Laurie | Probably Laurie O’Neill, one of the “foster” children who were part of the family. Her tarragon pea soup is printed in capitals in black felt pen. | Laurie’s Tarragon Pea Soup |
| The grandchildren | Eleven of them: Hunter, Cosmo, Austin, Lucia, Zai, Gabriel, BJ, Quentin, Chase, Lila and Peri. Cosmo, Lucia and Gabriel are named on Kir’s family letterhead, and Cosmo put this book together. The Lu of a 2014 apple cake may be Lucia. | Lu’s Version of Ame’s Mum’s Apple Cake |