tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post8403792455533899713..comments2024-03-28T12:59:00.516-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: Foods From Our German HeritageDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-44431467350603321752013-08-13T16:46:55.588-04:002013-08-13T16:46:55.588-04:00Very interesting post! I might give the fruit cake...Very interesting post! I might give the fruit cake a try. It sounds delicious.KayMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972922396306756344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-35892058056409077252013-08-12T11:29:27.925-04:002013-08-12T11:29:27.925-04:00My father's family was originally from Germany...My father's family was originally from Germany, but we don't have any German recipes handed down from them. I know they left under unpleasant circumstances, so maybe they left their German roots behind when they came to America. <br />Thank you for sharing your fruitcake recipe! I will have to give that a try at Christmas when the family all gets together! :)Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559934405090747046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-26875148156030322232013-08-11T18:12:10.487-04:002013-08-11T18:12:10.487-04:00Thank you for this post. It was very informative. ...Thank you for this post. It was very informative. I wrote a story that takes place in pre-Gary, Indiana c. 1876. The town there was German. Your post gave me more information I could use to enhance some sensory images in my story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-64817303627362535072013-08-11T16:22:13.636-04:002013-08-11T16:22:13.636-04:00I have some German ancestors also - anxious to try...I have some German ancestors also - anxious to try the fruitcake recipe, it probably will be more moist with the preserves - rather than candied fruit.<br /><br />bonnieroof60(at)yahoo(dot)com bontonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02852536941656729576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-49315485703638130162013-08-11T15:15:15.494-04:002013-08-11T15:15:15.494-04:00I found out this weekend that the reason we didn&#...I found out this weekend that the reason we didn't know the foods by their German names was that my grandfather wouldn't admit his German heritage from his grandfather was because of WWII and Hitler. Grandpa didn't want to be connected to anything German then. His father changed the name Mueller to Miller for that reason. So, Mimi, who wasn't German, made Grandpa's favorites but gave them English names. Martha W. Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02415972499923372153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-31686249915681402622013-08-11T14:59:37.968-04:002013-08-11T14:59:37.968-04:00Love that German Christmas cake! I would like to ...Love that German Christmas cake! I would like to read some of this author's books as I have not read any yet. sharon, CAsharon mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130208778591424260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-67378236513229639212013-08-11T12:46:05.499-04:002013-08-11T12:46:05.499-04:00I also have German ancestry! I find genealogy so f...I also have German ancestry! I find genealogy so fascinating! Thanks for sharing these recipes.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515104111477270338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-70482609365413662932013-08-11T10:28:04.015-04:002013-08-11T10:28:04.015-04:00Thank you for sharing a bit of your German heritag...Thank you for sharing a bit of your German heritage and also for the wonderful recipe. I have never made a fruit cake before, but this one sounds delicious. I may have to try it! Britney Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02972950656114757798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-77986419418817074682013-08-11T09:46:48.043-04:002013-08-11T09:46:48.043-04:00Absolutely loved this post! My great-aunt had trac...Absolutely loved this post! My great-aunt had traced our ancestry back to a baron and the Magna Carta. Some of our ancestors came over with William Penn. I am now trying to do my father's side of the family. I know they came over from Germany around 1855. I am having a hard time, however, proving who that ancestor was in Germany. I can't find his death certificate here to find out who his father was there. It has been rumored that our ancestor was a brother to Olive Schreiner's father. He was a missionary in Germany and went to Africa. Olive wrote in the late 1800s to early 1900s, Story of an African Farm and others. Love reading about this. Thanks for the post!<br />tscmshupe [at] pemtel [dot] netSally Shupehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200001671203495990noreply@blogger.com