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Tag Archives: Christmas
A season of passing…
It has been an incredible season of passing, literally… coupled with our Christmas celebrations. Counting obituaries, I have reached eight as of yesterday, Dec. 28, when my mother told me her long-time friend Gladys Wittmayer died. As youngsters, we spent … Continue reading
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TRI-COUNTY TOURISM UNVEILS ‘WOMEN BEHIND THE PLOW’ EXHIBIT OCT. 14
Join us at the 90th annual Wishek Sauerkraut Day for the first public opening Catch of glimpse of life on the prairie through the lens of women who grew up on or raised their families on farms in German-Russian Country. … Continue reading
The rest of the story
As we sat around the table, the subject of the photo came up. Where was that taken? Oh, that was at the farmhouse. But, what year? How old were you? Which one is you? Who is that? Where is your … Continue reading
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Tagged 1959, cards, Christmas, germans from russia, Kaseman, trees, vintage television
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German Ghosts of Christmas past
Christmas has become watered down like weak tea, warm water in a ceramic cup without the usual flavor. It could be that it begins in July at many hobby stores that fill the shelves with reminders that Christmas is only … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Fredonia, German Russian Country, Ghosts, Silent Night
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Tuna and noodles and Cream of Mushroom soup
Tuna and noodles and Cream of Mushroom soup Darling Daughter called the other day and asked about a recipe for meatballs she made when living at home. The recipe came from the Emmanuel Lutheran Church ladies, circa 1975. “Copy the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, cookbooks, food culture, germans from russia, local food, North Dakota
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Old recipes and Christmas
HONEY COOKIES Michael Miller and NDSU Germans from Russia Libraries prints a recipe card to advertise their cookbooks and such at the ND Pride of Dakota Shows. Well, this year they decided to use my mother’s honey cookie recipe that … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, germans from russia, granmda meidinger, honey cookies, mcintosh county, wishek
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Ashley 125th a wonderful weekend
It was a long weekend, but the Tri-County Tourism Alliance (Athena Dunn, Acacia Stuckle, Carmen Rath-Wald and Jeremy Kopp) distributed books, ate corn dogs and drank lemonade during the celebration in Ashley. Friday was cool, Saturday was hot but folks … Continue reading
COOKBOOK questions…
In addition to the questions we have received about ordering our book, Ewiger Saatz – Everlasting Yeast; there have been inquiries into what is in the book… well, you will need to purchase a copy and find out. This project … Continue reading
Everlasting Yeast…
What does everlasting yeast have to do with a book about German from Russia food culture? Well, many of the Germans from Russia interviewed for this book recalled the practice of keeping “everlasting yeast” for baking bread and other dough … Continue reading
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Tagged 12x12, Adeline Moch, Christmas, Church, coffee table book, cookbook project, diversified farming, full color, germans from russia, KFYR TV, Knepfla, Knephla, kuchen, Linton, recipe, sauerkraut, Strasburg, sue b. balcom, tri-county tourism alliance, wishek
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Book project update
We are working on the book. What a delightful experience. As I read and reread the interviews, search through pages of scanned recipes and recipe cards and admire the old photographs, I hear voices in my head. Mostly the voices … Continue reading
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