I was born and raised in South Dakota of German parents. Until I started reading the message sent to this list and the German Food list, I always thought my background was due to the severe depression/poverty of the state. Instead, i'm finding it's german customs ...... i too ate brains, tongue, heart, liver 'n dumplings (no eel ... this was SD) .....rocky mt oysters (testicles not brain), .... smelt i discovered on my own (deep fried with a beer). Anyone have dandelion greens? I tried to drink all the German beer i could on my one trip to Germany, but refused to order any that could be bought in the US. Thank you all for showing me aspects of my german heritage. ----- Original Message ----- From: <GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 6:57 AM Subject: GERMAN-LIFE-D Digest V01 #215