All this talk of food reminds me of my mother trying to learn to cook for my father after they got married. They moved in with my father's parents who had come from Hungary. His Dad spoke Hungarian, German, and English. His mother spoke German and French. My mother only spoke English with a few words of German and therefore, really couldn't communicate with her new mother-in-law. They lived with my Dad's parents for over a year. My mother talked about them cooking all different from what she was used to and she wanted to be able to cook the things my Dad liked after they moved into their own house. So she would watch her mother-in-law in the kitchen when she cooked to see what she did and how she did it. Of course she didn't measure anything and never followed a recipe. So my mother would guess at how much she was putting in and then write everything down. Later she would try it to see if she could get the same results or have to adjust. Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:47:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Lotte Devlin <lielo816@aol.com> Subject: Re: [DVHH] all about the "Kochloffel" To: woody.m@comcast.net, dreera@sympatico.ca, donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8D12EDEBF17D634-1B9C-12F48@webmail-m279.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Margaret you're mentioning of cherry sauce brought back the memory of a meal my mother used to make> shin beef boiled with Potatoes and carrots "Weichselsoss", which was the cherry sauce. Haven't made it in years, cause I can't find red sour pitted cherries, which were stirred into a rue (with the juice) and allowed to thicken... mmmmm! Lotte -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Woody <woody.m@comcast.net> To: 'Anne Dreer' <dreera@sympatico.ca>; donauschwaben-villages <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Apr 25, 2014 1:15 pm Subject: Re: [DVHH] all about the "Kochloffel" Hi Anne I can really relate to the "KOCHLOFFEL". My Mother never struck any of us kids--NEVER! But my oldest sister.....now, she was something else!!! When we were doing something wrong Mamma would take us aside and gently tell us the error of our ways. Sometimes I think Mamma knew the kochloffel too well. Mamma was an angel in girls clothing. Margaret FISCHLER-WOODY Oh, by the way..I have never made contact with my Canadian FISCHLER Cousins. I did hear from Barbara FISCHLER- DOLLAK and she referred me to Monica ERTL. I have never heard from Monica. I need to have a phone number or address for Monica or her Mom, Mary FISCHLER-ERTL. Thank you for connecting me to my cousins. Oh yes, another memory...when my family visited my Canadian cousins in 1951, Mary FISCHLER-ERTL's Mother fixed cherry sauce for the "Klein fleisch". Aunt Lani (sp) was a fabulous cook! All DS cooks know a secret--their cooking was marvelous!!