My father's paternal side were all of Schleswig and Holstein. They ate some strange things like blood pudding, etc. My mother's side was from Mecklenburg in Northern Germany, and their food was quite the same. Many years ago I purchased a cookbook from the American/Schleswig-Holstein Heritage Society. There are a couple of recipes for fuetjens/futjens and fritters. Here is a cute recipe: Tolle Tante (Raving Aunt) Hot chocolate Rum or Brandy Whipped Cream To a cup of hot chocolate add a shot glass of rum or brandy, then put a nice cap of whipping cream on top. It tastes delicious and makes you happy! Another glass of Rum or Brandy will make you even happier." From: "The Land frauen - Verein, Pellworm (Holsteing) Cookbook) Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: <schleswig-holstein-roots-request@rootsweb.com> To: <schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 3:03 PM Subject: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 151 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: How was Christmas celebrated? (Dorothea Sanderson) > 2. Re: How was Christmas celebrated? (wesixski11) > 3. Re: How was Christmas celebrated? (Dorothea Sanderson) > 4. Christmas Eve (Sandra Tennyson) > 5. Christmas trees (Sandra Tennyson) > 6. Tree, foods, more / How was Christmas celebrated? (Barbara Petura) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:02:44 -0800 > From: "Dorothea Sanderson" <ebenordms@tds.net> > Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How was Christmas celebrated? > To: <schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <002d01ccc287$c49f00b0$4ddd0210$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > We always had Turkey for Christmas Dinner. My father was from the first > Generation born in the US of the descendents of his grandfather, Peter > William K?pke. Dad always stuffed and cooked the holiday turkey. (My > mother couldn?t boil water when she was first married.) He stuffed it > with > a stuffing that his mother always made, consisting of ground Beef and > Pork, > onions, apples, raisins, seasoned with Garlic and bell turkey seasoning, > always Bell and Salt and Pepper! (I added wine to mine.) Being a picky > eater, I didn't eat much of it until I actually grew up, and then loved it > and made it for my own family. (It may not have tasted like my > Grandmother's, but it did taste a lot like my father's.) As could be > expected, it was a heavy stuffing to say the least and almost a meal in > itself. He never wanted the tree taken down until after the 10th of > January. He also saved tobacco money all year, and bought his own gift > that he put under the tree, and he never put the tree up until we were in > bed Christmas Eve. > > He said she also made Eel Soup which he loved, but never made. I don't > know > where he would have found Eels in Hartford ct. anyway! I am not sure I > would have eaten that either! During the depression he waited until the > last minute and went to a turkey shoot for get a turkey (he was a very > good > shot. We never missed a holiday turkey.) The other thing was the tree. > He > bought it the last thing Christmas Eve, and frequently got it free. He > was > a quiet man who showed his love by what he did rather than what he said. > > Does anyone know if they ever make the soup without eels??? A substitute > maybe? > > Dorothea > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: schleswig-holstein-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:schleswig-holstein-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom > Black > Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 1:30 PM > To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How was Christmas celebrated? > > Maggie, > More on fudgen.? Gay makes extra batter and forms the leftover dough? into > cinamon or pecan?sticky rolls and bakes them on Christmas morning serving > them with the left over hams, fried.? Gay says she thinks the breakfast > roll > tradition in her family originated with her mother.? Also on our research > of > the name fudgen (feuden, futjen) there are many variations.? Her guess is > that the actual name is Low German and spelled differently by various > families over time. > Blessing and Merry Christmas, > Tom > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:13:51 -0800 > From: "wesixski11" <wesixski11@harbornet.com> > Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How was Christmas celebrated? > To: <schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <4EEFB22161244AF1B1C12C829F3CFC26@wfwks01> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; > reply-type=original > > I am absolutely LOVING this thread. I missed so much by having a quiet > father and grandparents. Elizabeth Tiedeman Wight > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dorothea Sanderson > Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 2:02 PM > To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How was Christmas celebrated? > > We always had Turkey for Christmas Dinner. My father was from the first > Generation born in the US of the descendents of his grandfather, Peter > William K?pke. Dad always stuffed and cooked the holiday turkey. (My > mother couldn?t boil water when she was first married.) He stuffed it > with > a stuffing that his mother always made, consisting of ground Beef and > Pork, > onions, apples, raisins, seasoned with Garlic and bell turkey seasoning, > always Bell and Salt and Pepper! (I added wine to mine.) Being a picky > eater, I didn't eat much of it until I actually grew up, and then loved it > and made it for my own family. (It may not have tasted like my > Grandmother's, but it did taste a lot like my father's.) As could be > expected, it was a heavy stuffing to say the least and almost a meal in > itself. He never wanted the tree taken down until after the 10th of > January. He also saved tobacco money all year, and bought his own gift > that he put under the tree, and he never put the tree up until we were in > bed Christmas Eve. > > He said she also made Eel Soup which he loved, but never made. I don't > know > where he would have found Eels in Hartford ct. anyway! I am not sure I > would have eaten that either! During the depression he waited until the > last minute and went to a turkey shoot for get a turkey (he was a very > good > shot. We never missed a holiday turkey.) The other thing was the tree. > He > bought it the last thing Christmas Eve, and frequently got it free. He > was > a quiet man who showed his love by what he did rather than what he said. > > Does anyone know if they ever make the soup without eels??? A substitute > maybe? > > Dorothea > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: schleswig-holstein-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:schleswig-holstein-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom > Black > Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 1:30 PM > To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How was Christmas celebrated? > > Maggie, > More on fudgen. Gay makes extra batter and forms the leftover dough into > cinamon or pecan sticky rolls and bakes them on Christmas morning serving > them with the left over hams, fried. Gay says she thinks the breakfast > roll > tradition in her family originated with her mother. Also on our research > of > the name fudgen (feuden, futjen) there are many variations. Her guess is > that the actual name is Low German and spelled differently by various > families over time. > Blessing and Merry Christmas, > Tom > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:37:48 -0800 > From: "Dorothea Sanderson" <ebenordms@tds.net> > Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How was Christmas celebrated? > To: <schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <003101ccc28c$aaeab420$00c01c60$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Some of this sounded like our house! However, my dad decorated the tree > always! We of course didn't see it until morning. Their first child was > born in 1917 and died two years later. He died two months after his > second > Christmas in 1920. My mother sent me all the ornaments that they had, > some > going back to Henry Jr's first Christmas. Some had candle wax on them. > I > still have a garland of small red beads that is still long enough to > put > on the tree! My daughter wants to someday had a talk with my father about > decoration. She feels that he passed on his tree decorating talents and > instructions on to me. She is wrong. It's in the genes! That is > wonderful about getting branches and drilling holes to stick the branches > in. German ingenuity! Just before the icicles went on, all the garlands > went on. If we made something in school, it went on too. He also had a > habit concerning tree ornaments. When Electric lights came in, the early > strings were sockets into which a light was screwed. Some of these were > too pretty for him to throw away when they blew out. He tied a string > around the socket end, and hung it on the tree. I still have one or two > left that I put on our tree. I just found his family in 2008, and how I > wish it had been sooner. I think it would have thrilled him to know his > family even though I have some holes. Besides, he could have translated > for me. > > Merry Christmas everyone. > > Dorothea > > > > > > To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How was Christmas celebrated? > too told of the tree not being put up until Christmas Eve behind a closed > door, not to be seen until Christmas morning. My dad didn't go quite that > far but we didn't go out to get our tree until about 3 days before > Christmas > > and we would freeze while he took us around to just about every tree lot > around to find the perfect tree. If he didn't find the perfect tree he > would get extra branches and when he got home would drill holes in the > tree > trunk and then put the branches in the holes. The decorating was > perfectly > done too. The icicles went on last and we didn't DARE throw one on - it > had > > to be perfectly hung. All the decorations stayed up until Jan 6 which was > the 12th day of Christmas. In Germany my mother said they had real > candles > on the tree too > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:50:22 -0800 (PST) > From: Sandra Tennyson <lnstennyson@att.net> > Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Christmas Eve > To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <1324767022.65305.YahooMailClassic@web180503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > > > 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 > ? > ? > ? > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:55:22 -0800 (PST) > From: Sandra Tennyson <lnstennyson@att.net> > Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Christmas trees > To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <1324767322.56865.YahooMailClassic@web180509.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Forgot to mention that back in the 1940's, we would go to my grandparents > farm and cut a cedar tree -- a stickery cedar tree -- because there were a > lot of them on the farm.? Some years were pretty slim, so we would string > popcorn for a garland.? English walnut halfs were painted and glued back > together with a string or rick-rack for a hanger.? Paper stars, paper > chains - surley everyone remembers paper chains.? My grandmother put "my" > paper chain on her tree every year until she died at age 80.? I'm sure she > had to patch it a couple of times, but it was precious to her. > ? > What wonderful Christmas memories I have!! > ? > Merry Christmas to all on the list.? Happy New Year, too!! > ? > Sandra > ? > ? > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:03:21 -0800 (PST) > From: Barbara Petura <barbara_petura@yahoo.com> > Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Tree, foods, more / How was > Christmas celebrated? > To: "schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com" > <schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1324767801.986.YahooMailNeo@web122501.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Christmas greetings, John and list members, > In our family, we celebrated Christmas Eve with my maternal grandparents > in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, suburb. My grandmother's ancestors were from > Schleswig Holstein and from Bremen. They had settled in New Holstein, > Calumet County, Wisconsin, in the 1850s. [Surnames: Luehr, Groth, Boie, > Hachez] > > > I remember the era right after World War II. The family would gather for a > delicious dinner in our maternal grandparents' diningroom. The archway > into the livingroom was covered with a large cloth so we little ones could > not see the tree. Our tradition was that Santa arrived while we dined, and > afterward we were allowed into the livingroom to enjoy the tree - yes lit > with candles and decorated with beautiful glass ornaments -- and open our > presents.? Then off to church. [Christmas dinner was at my paternal > grandparents' home. What wonderful times those were!] > > > Foods that I especially remember around Christmas and New Year's at their > home were Christmas cookies such aspfeffernuesse cookies, stollen cake and > pickled herring! Pickled herring is traditional in Schleswig-Holstein and > northern Germany. I think stollen is a? German bread more generally. > People from many parts of Germany settled in Milwaukee and brought their > traditions that then were shared. > > > For fun, here is a link to Christmas dishes from Germany>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christmas_dishes#Germany > > And links to websites with foods from Schleswig-Holstein:>> > http://www.germanfoods.org/consumer/facts/schleswigholstein.cfm >>> http://www.germanfoods.org/consumer/recipes/recipes_schleswigholstein.cfm >>> http://www.german-recipes.com/recipes/traditional-german/schleswig-holstein/ > > Stollen information & recipes>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christstollen >>> http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/cat/1206/ > Information and recipes for pfeffernuesse cookies >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeffern%C3%BCsse >>> http://www.food.com/recipe/pfeffernusse-german-pepper-nut-cookies-79103 > > Thanks for your great question, John. Sure stirred wonderful memories for > me. > Merry Christmas, all, > Barbara > > > > ________________________________ > From: John Rasch <jlrasch@yahoo.com> > To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:05 PM > Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How was Christmas celebrated? > > Christmas Greetings,?Can anyone direct me to a website or other > documentation of how the people of Schleswig celebrated Christmas? Did > they have predominately German cultural practices or Danish?? > My family, who were Lutheran, settled initially in Western Iowa. ?My Great > Aunts and Uncles told of how they were not allowed to see the Christmas > tree or the gifts below it until Christmas morning. In fact I do not > believe that the tree was even put up until Christmas eve. They had real > candles that they lit on the branches too. I assume they went to mass that > morning but am not sure as religion and faith were not talked of any more > than politics. My Grandpa was a baker and so I assume there were lots of > baked goodies to be enjoyed.? > > My Dad was rather particular as to how the whole tree decorating happened > too. I am wondering if this was a result of the depression era or if it > has roots in his heritage. > (Rasch, Pieper, Thomsen, Thomssen, Lorensen, Evers, Trede, Thiedemann, > Hitscher) > > John Rasch (Rootsweb Family Trees: Bartley2007 // Schleswig > towns:?Kiesbyfeld,?Lindaukamp, Kius, Boren / USA: Davenport, IA; - Scott > Co. IA; - Minden, IA; Denver, Co; - Herrick, SD; - Greeley, NE; - > Milwaukee, WI > Merry Christmas > John > "...which He prepared..." 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