When I was a child on Christmas Eve, we always went to my grandparents farm for supper of fruedens and cherry soup.  Dad's side was mostly German -- Schroder, Arp, Plett.  The little balls of dough were fried in a special pan until done and then rolled in sugar.  I haven't had fruedens for 50 years but I still remember how good they were.  (My Schroder side is from Kiel area in Schleswig-Holstein.)  The cherry soup was thickened with something akin to tapioca.   Mother's ancestry was mostly English, so we had English Plum Pudding on Christmas Day.  It's like a fruitcake with not so much fruit and is steamed rather than baked.  Topping was rum sauce, or lemon sauce.   I'm one of those people who likes fruitcake though I've never made one myself.  I have Mother's recipe and helped her a time or two.  Her paternal side was German but I haven't proven which part of Germany they came from.   Sandra Schroder Tennyson      

I had several English plum pudding recipes all from England during my travels there. One of the was from his family who came from Preston Lanc. I also have the fancy steamed pudding molds bought in England which I steam them in have about fifty of them. They are indeed steamed puddings for which the English are well known, but not to be classed with fruit cakes. Real fruit cakes are seldom on a preferred list of deserts, but plum pudding were along with others of the same method of cooking. I made them in September, and by Christmas were ready to give a gifts. I would include recipes for sauces, and directions for re-steaming before serving. I served mine with a Brandy hard sauce that my husband preferred. Those I gave as gifts, I sent a sauce recipe with it depending upon which recipe I used. I would use about three different puddings in one year, all giving a slightly different flavor. I also made American Mincemeat which I packed and gave for gifts. In fact, I have some in my Freezer that I made long ago, but don't want to throw away. There is so much alcohol in it that I am sure it could still be used, but am not likely to use it. Although my Mother In Law made fruit cakes when she retired, I never did. I'd have had to eat them myself if I had, because I didn't know anyone else who would. I did get them from others though including her. She always sent bourbon balls which she said my husband liked. I decided to make a batch for him and he had a fit. I said, "Mother told me you loved Bourbon Balls." He said, "I hate them, but she makes them for me every year." That was the last of bourbon Balls. I didn't like them much either. How did they make Cherry soup??? Dorothea Mother's ancestry was mostly English, so we had English Plum Pudding on Christmas Day.  It's like a fruitcake with not so much fruit and is steamed rather than baked.  Topping was rum sauce, or lemon sauce.   I'm one of those people who likes fruitcake though I've never made one myself.  I have Mother's recipe and helped her a time or two.  Her paternal side was German but I haven't proven which part of Germany they came from.   Sandra Schroder Tennyson    

I had to go down to the cellar to get up a jar of canned cherries for my grandmother. With that she put pitted prunes, raisins, chunks of apples, currents,sago and sugar, maybe more. When that was cooked dumplings were added. I will be 95 in about 2 weeks. My mother said my grandmother never did laundry between Christmas and New Years. I wish I had asked why.Was it simply because of the mess of having to put the boiler on the stove and lines inside to dry the clothes? Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothea Sanderson" <ebenordms@tds.net> To: <schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Christmas Eve >I had several English plum pudding recipes all from England during my > travels there. One of the was from his family who came from Preston Lanc. > I also have the fancy steamed pudding molds bought in England which I > steam > them in have about fifty of them. They are indeed steamed puddings > for > which the English are well known, but not to be classed with fruit cakes. > Real fruit cakes are seldom on a preferred list of deserts, but plum > pudding were along with others of the same method of cooking. I made > them > in September, and by Christmas were ready to give a gifts. I would include > recipes for sauces, and directions for re-steaming before serving. I > served > mine with a Brandy hard sauce that my husband preferred. Those I gave as > gifts, I sent a sauce recipe with it depending upon which recipe I used. > I > would use about three different puddings in one year, all giving a > slightly > different flavor. I also made American Mincemeat which I packed and gave > for gifts. In fact, I have some in my Freezer that I made long ago, but > don't want to throw away. There is so much alcohol in it that I am sure > it > could still be used, but am not likely to use it. Although my Mother In > Law made fruit cakes when she retired, I never did. I'd have had to eat > them myself if I had, because I didn't know anyone else who would. I did > get them from others though including her. She always sent bourbon > balls > which she said my husband liked. I decided to make a batch for him and > he > had a fit. I said, "Mother told me you loved Bourbon Balls." He said, "I > hate them, but she makes them for me every year." That was the last of > bourbon Balls. I didn't like them much either. > > How did they make Cherry soup??? > > Dorothea > > > > > Mother's ancestry was mostly English, so we had English Plum Pudding on > Christmas Day. It's like a fruitcake with not so much fruit and is steamed > rather than baked. Topping was rum sauce, or lemon sauce. > > I'm one of those people who likes fruitcake though I've never made one > myself. I have Mother's recipe and helped her a time or two. Her paternal > side was German but I haven't proven which part of Germany they came from. > > Sandra Schroder Tennyson > > > > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Helen asked : My mother said my grandmother never did laundry between Christmas and New Years. I wish I had asked why.Was it simply because of the mess of having toput the boiler on the stove and lines inside to dry the clothes? --- Twelve nights around Christmas and the turn of the year are called the "Rauhnaechte". Some traditions see them between Dec. 21 and Jan. 2, others between Christmas and Epiphany (Jan. 6). It is the time when demons and bad spirits are on leave from the underworld. Some say the nordic god Wotan (Odin) is their leader. If they find laundry hanging outside, they will steal it. That is a bad sign, as someone in your household will die in the coming year, and the demons will come to get him, using the stolen laundry as his shroud. Besides, they might get tangled up in the clothes lines outside, and that will make their visit extremely unpleasant. This parade of demons and lost souls is called "die Wilde Jagd" in German, "the Wild Hunt" in England, and "la Mesnie Hellequin" in France, "la Chasse-galerie" in the French-speaking parts of Canada. Greetings from the roots, Klaus (Struve), in Kiel, SH (genealogical researcher) -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:03:01 -0600 > Von: "Helen Green" <hfg3@gmtel.net> > An: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com > Betreff: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Christmas Eve > I had to go down to the cellar to get up a jar of canned cherries for my > grandmother. With that she put pitted prunes, raisins, chunks of apples, > currents,sago and sugar, maybe more. When that was cooked dumplings were > added. I will be 95 in about 2 weeks. > My mother said my grandmother never did laundry between Christmas and New > Years. I wish I had asked why.Was it simply because of the mess of having > to > put the boiler on the stove and lines inside to dry the clothes? > Helen > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorothea Sanderson" <ebenordms@tds.net> > To: <schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 5:20 PM > Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Christmas Eve > > > >I had several English plum pudding recipes all from England during my > > travels there. One of the was from his family who came from Preston > Lanc. > > I also have the fancy steamed pudding molds bought in England which I > > steam > > them in have about fifty of them. They are indeed steamed puddings > > for > > which the English are well known, but not to be classed with fruit > cakes. > > Real fruit cakes are seldom on a preferred list of deserts, but plum > > pudding were along with others of the same method of cooking. I made > > them > > in September, and by Christmas were ready to give a gifts. I would > include > > recipes for sauces, and directions for re-steaming before serving. I > > served > > mine with a Brandy hard sauce that my husband preferred. Those I gave > as > > gifts, I sent a sauce recipe with it depending upon which recipe I used. > > I > > would use about three different puddings in one year, all giving a > > slightly > > different flavor. I also made American Mincemeat which I packed and > gave > > for gifts. In fact, I have some in my Freezer that I made long ago, but > > don't want to throw away. There is so much alcohol in it that I am sure > > it > > could still be used, but am not likely to use it. Although my Mother > In > > Law made fruit cakes when she retired, I never did. I'd have had to > eat > > them myself if I had, because I didn't know anyone else who would. I > did > > get them from others though including her. She always sent bourbon > > balls > > which she said my husband liked. I decided to make a batch for him and > > he > > had a fit. I said, "Mother told me you loved Bourbon Balls." He said, > "I > > hate them, but she makes them for me every year." That was the last of > > bourbon Balls. I didn't like them much either. > > > > How did they make Cherry soup??? > > > > Dorothea > > > > > > > > > > Mother's ancestry was mostly English, so we had English Plum Pudding on > > Christmas Day. It's like a fruitcake with not so much fruit and is > steamed > > rather than baked. Topping was rum sauce, or lemon sauce. > > > > I'm one of those people who likes fruitcake though I've never made one > > myself. I have Mother's recipe and helped her a time or two. Her > paternal > > side was German but I haven't proven which part of Germany they came > from. > > > > Sandra Schroder Tennyson > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de