Cookies, How could I forget the cookies.

Oatmeal w/raisins and walnuts, oatmeal w/chocolate chip and walnuts, brownies, lemon bars, toll house, something with a lot of coconut, I didn't like coconut then, bet I'd like them now. Platter full of various nuts, bowl full of Brauch's candies.

Grandma had a large family and grandad was part of a large family, which made for a large extended family centered on them. Many lived close enough that making a day trip to grandma's house was easy. So it was always a large dinner at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Classic adults at the big table. Kids at card tables and tv dinner tables.