What a small world! I grew up in Winnipeg ....I don't recall a 'Donauschwab Club' per se but as a family we attended weddings etc. at St. Steven's Hall on Main street which I always thought was a Hungarian Club and on special days we attended St Joseph's Church (german mass) in the North end which was right across the city for us. St Boniface Cathedral was our parish because St Boniface is where we lived. I left Wpg for Toronto in 1966 and my parents and the rest of the family all moved to BC in 1968. To add more to this saga. Two of my SIL were also 'german' .. Eva from Banat Hungary ... Resi from Karikovka in Batschka ..... needless to say there was much conversation about all this after my epiphany at 40. And more ... we immigrated here in '38 just before the war .... my uncle came in '27 .. he established himself as Hungarian ... Because that's what his papers showed and when we landed, immigration wanted to label us as Romanian, again according to papers, (tho we siblings and our parents were born in the same village our parents passport showed country of birth as Hungary, while ours state Romania) but my mother balked at that .... and then when we attended school at the height of the war, with only 3 German families in the school, it became difficult, so at my older brother's insistance and my mother's displeasure we children became Hungarian, for our own safety. Almost every one of my classmates had someone in their family fighting 'the germans'. This all boils down to ... every Donauschwab has a story.... or even MANY stories. How many of you have experienced this while mingling at a get together/ party etc. LOL. They: So, what are you? Me: German. They: What part of Germany? Me: Not Germany ... well Im not really German .. They: No? Then what are you? Me: Well I am German ... but I'm what we are referred to as Volksduetsch or Donauschwabs. They: Dunno that ... Well, where were you born? Me: In Romania. They: So you're Romanian. Me: Noooo I was born in the same house and village as my parents but they were born in Hungary. I am still German .... my mother explained it to me this way ... if kittens are born in the stable they will always be kittens/cats, not cows or horses. At this point I usually run out of any intelligent explanations. Love you all and love this site. Terry P.S. Can someone tell me how to make that delicious caisse strudel with phylo pastry ... never mind the stretched pastry... I'm too old for all that work ... I love lazy shortcuts. 'On 21-Apr-14, at 11:26 AM, Helga Kiely wrote: It's funny that Terry did not know she was a Donauschwab but not unusual. When my new neighbour moved into our townhouse complex she told us that she came to Toronto from Winnipeg about 20 years ago and she was German on her mother's side and German from Yugoslavia on her father's side. I said oh you mean you are a Donauschwab. She looked at me strangely and asked what a Donauschwab was. She too had never heard of of this. I was floored! Do they not have a Donauschwab club in Winnipeg? Helga Kiely ----- Original Message ----- From: <terryb@tcn.net> To: "DVHH Mail List" <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 10:58 AM Subject: [DVHH] Strudel > Thank you June ... I never knew that Linzerteig was the same ... happy > to hear that. I never heard Linzerteig mentioned in my home, and > once, my Budapest Hungarian friend wanted to share that with me and I > kept insisting it was Schpitzbuben. I also have a German friend from > Gengenbusch (near Freiberg) ... it is interesting but comical how a > simple conversation from our childhoods can be so far apart in culture > and language ... my Hungarian friend understands my language and > customs better than my German friend. We three, became friends here > in Toronto, and I immediatly identified with them, but they didn't > with me ... which was strange for me. Until I sorted it all out, it > unnerved me at times, even tho we are the closest of friends, sharing > a deep Catholic faith. > > Though both my parents were fluent in Hungarian when required, we the > children were not. My first language was German as in Schwobisch. I > finally realized my true ethnicity when I was 40 yrs old ... I am now > 79. The word Donauschwab was never mentioned in my home that I can > recall, although Banat was ... which of course was not on any > coventional map. > > I love your website and I thank you for that also. > > Best regards to you too, > Terry > > On 19-Apr-14, at 5:08 PM, June Meyer wrote: > > > Terry, the Shpitzbuben teig is also the Hungarian LINZERTEIG COOKIE > (Linz dough) The cookie can be made with cookie cutter or made in a > shallow pan topped with crisscrossed lattice dough. See my family pre > World War One recipes in my cookbook. It is listed under Christmas > Cookie, and the LEKVAR (prune or apricot) recipe is listed in Filling > for Kipfels and Cookies. > (website has free recipes) Enjoy!! > > > Regards, June Meyer > junemeyerrecipes@yahoo.com > > > On Apr 19, 2014, at 1:21 PM, terryb@tcn.net wrote: > >> Does anyone have a recipe for 'schpitzbuben teig'. It has a bottom >> pastry and then a spread of lekwahr or jam over that with th top >> layer >> of pastry in criss cross latice. My mother baked it in a large >> rectangular pan. I cannot find it in my mother's recipes. She knew >> the >> recipe so well, I assume she just never felt it was necessary to >> record. >> >> Favorites of mine were saltz kippfel. apfel bite, caisse kuchen, >> krammel pogatschen and strudel. I always liked the cheese strudel >> more >> than the apple. >> >> I just love when the food recipes come around ... usually at >> Eastertime. It seems there usually was a different kind of baking >> prior to Easter. At Christmas there were more bars, squares and >> crescents at our house. Even candies which were wrapped and decorated >> the tree. >> >> Thank you all for the work and interest in this site. A Happy Easter/ >> Frolich Ostern to All. >> >> Terry (Miller) Blanchette >> Toronto >> > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message