Generations of a family recipe

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My dad has passed down to me a family recipe for cheesecake from my great great grandma. She is straight from Sicily, Italy and it was passed down to all the daughters, my dad was the first son that it was given to and then to me about two months ago and now that I've mastered it, my dad has stopped making them just like all the past generations have done.
The family story goes that when my great great grandma in Sicily would make the cheesecake, she would walk to the local store to get fresh cream cheese, sour cream, and farm fresh eggs before starting her process.
Since his grandparents used to watch him and his sisters while his mother worked, they always made them homeade italian and chinese food. Everyone's favorite was the famous cheesecake though so that's what sparked my dad to want to learn how to make them. Even though my dads mom taught him the basics on how to make the cheesecake, he would learn the finer points when he went to his granparents house.
I remember when I was about nine years old my dad would be in the kitchen making a cheesecake for someone and as I'd s...

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