Farmer's rice was I believe the German ''Rivvel''. Noodle dough rubbed as fine as one could thru the hands in boiling broth. Also could be put thru a ''ricer'' as sometimes potatoes were. M Jean Sharbaugh researching early Cambria Co families; Luther, Baker, Kuntz, Sherry,Cramer, Weakland, Kirkpatrick, Sharbaugh, Platt, Miller

Jean, Thanks for supplying the name "Rivvel". It made me remember the recipe. My maternal grandmother (Swiss-German) made Rivvel and I can remember watching her make this. Grossie (as we called her) would put about 1 quart of milk in a pan, add some butter, and start to heat it. Then she would put 1 cup of flour right on her mixing board that my grandfather made for her, and add about 1/2 teaspoon of salt and mix it in with the flour and make a hole in the middle of the flour. She would break an egg into the hole and mix this with a fork and her fingers, then break it up into smaller pieces. Finally she would take several of the small chunks in her hands and hold them over the top of a pan of simmering milk and rub her hands together making the small chunks even smaller as they fell into the milk. She repeated the hand-rubbing of the chunks until they were all in the milk. After it came to a boil she would turn the heat off. Sometimes Grossie would use chicken or beef stock instead of milk. I miss her. Grated potato pancakes were another of my favorite treats she made. I can almost taste them as I remember the many times I sat in her kitchen watching her cook. I wish she were still here so I could discuss our ancestry with her. When you are young, you just don't realize how important your ancestry is. Connie -----Original Message----- From: JeanShar40@aol.com [mailto:JeanShar40@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 9:43 AM To: PABLAIR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PABLAIR-L] Farmer's Rice Farmer's rice was I believe the German ''Rivvel''. Noodle dough rubbed as fine as one could thru the hands in boiling broth. Also could be put thru a ''ricer'' as sometimes potatoes were. M Jean Sharbaugh researching early Cambria Co families; Luther, Baker, Kuntz, Sherry,Cramer, Weakland, Kirkpatrick, Sharbaugh, Platt, Miller ==== PABLAIR Mailing List ==== No flaming permitted on this list! There is a one flame and you are out rule in effect.