tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244547563893607676.post123745488162858902..comments2023-04-11T03:59:23.552-04:00Comments on Family Tales: Family Traditions~New and OldAndrea Christmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04708535087949160210noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244547563893607676.post-5682666878215155632008-12-21T09:59:00.000-05:002008-12-21T09:59:00.000-05:00It was a pleasant surprise running across your int...It was a pleasant surprise running across your internet connection while we were researching the family tree and noted the Tschirhart photo which we originally obtained in a book, Germans in Texas. Anyway, it's a pleasant surprise to connect after all these years, and you are in an area near Fort Lee, Va., where we spent our first two married years like a long honeymoon. By the by, your ol' buddy Kathy is with husband and son in Surrey, England. Hope to see you over the holidays and maybe Jerry will want a peek at our published cookbook. Hugs.alsace39https://www.blogger.com/profile/11039431462172469280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244547563893607676.post-462263945838702922008-12-21T08:25:00.000-05:002008-12-21T08:25:00.000-05:00Humm...I am going to have to talk to Dad about tha...Humm...I am going to have to talk to Dad about that cranberry salad. I can hardly remember it! Thanks for remembering it! It wouldn't be a Texas meal without a jello salad--my husband just doesn't get it!!!! Is it a vegatable, fruit or what???Andrea Christmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708535087949160210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244547563893607676.post-65330051536093196042008-12-21T08:23:00.000-05:002008-12-21T08:23:00.000-05:00Thank you so much for the comments! I was on the c...Thank you so much for the comments! I was on the computer last night when the first one popped up and I almost fell out of my chair! It was so good to hear from you...it has been too many years! I was just speaking to Mother about our "brunch" for the tree opening and my husband requested Castroville sausage! I think I will suggest your breakfast sausage pattie recipe! Sounds delicious! We will be in town Dec. 26-Jan. 3. Maybe we will run into you one of those days!Andrea Christmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708535087949160210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244547563893607676.post-32403672459382499842008-12-20T15:26:00.000-05:002008-12-20T15:26:00.000-05:00For that big breakfast after midnight mass, you st...For that big breakfast after midnight mass, you still have time to prepare the original Alsatian breakfast sausage pattie recipe:<BR/>1 lb. ground pork<BR/>1/2 TB coarse salt<BR/>1/16 tsp ground ginger<BR/>1/4 tsp sugar<BR/>1/8 tsp cinnamon<BR/>1/8 tsp ground cloves<BR/> but go lightly<BR/>1/4 tsp ground black pepper<BR/> or more<BR/>1/16 tsp ground nutmeg<BR/>1/8 tsp garlic powder<BR/><BR/>Combine and form patties which you fry in a nonstick pan.<BR/><BR/>Black pepper, nutmeg, clove and cinnamon are known as quatra-epices, or French spice, which give our Alsatian sausage that special something. The Cajuns allude to the spices to go with pepper, onion and celery as the holy trinity in their Cajun cooking.<BR/><BR/>Recipe from <BR/>The Old Alsatian<BR/>Joe L. Schottalsace39https://www.blogger.com/profile/11039431462172469280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244547563893607676.post-76038386584531341942008-12-20T15:09:00.000-05:002008-12-20T15:09:00.000-05:00We've always enjoyed our New Year's Bread mit pari...We've always enjoyed our New Year's Bread mit parisa and drucken Alsacer wurst from LaCoste Meat Market. And we never miss a holiday turkey dinner without your Grandma Lucille Kempf's cranberry salad loaded with cherry Jello, cranberry sauce, sliced bananas, a whole cup of pecans, sugar, hot water, orange juice, crushed pineapple and miniature marshmallows which you chill overnight in the fridge.alsace39https://www.blogger.com/profile/11039431462172469280noreply@blogger.com