Schmeckfest

Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of the Germans from Russia preserves memories of prairie mothers who left no records of their lives, but who are remembered daily in the recipes and rituals of food preparation. The documentary was awarded a bronze Telly Award.
This Prairie Public Classic documentary was first aired in 2000.

[@maxsalem8691]

MY GREAT AND GRANDMOTHER LEFT RUSSIA IN 1906 THEY ASKED WHAT THEY WERE AND THEY SAID FARMERS FROM RUSSIA, SO THEY GAVE THEM A MAP AND A WAGON AND TOLD THEM THEY WERE GOING TO KANSAS. THERE THE FARMED AND LIVED. I MISS MY GRANDMOTHERS GREBEL AND FRUIT SOUP MADE OF DRIED FRUIT. THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM A LITTLE TART BERRY SHE CALLED RUSSIAN BERRIES WHICH SHE MADE IN A GLAZE AND BOILED IN MILK. I MISS HER TABLE PRAYERS IN GERMAN AND HER WONDERFUL FOOD.

[@jakeloepp4194]

It makes me almost cry to rmember our old farm im 80 now

[@AR-rb8jr]

I grew up on a farm in southern Manitoba I miss it so much

[@cwinterholler]

Didnt know my saliva glands and tear glands worked at the same time. This is great. So many memories of this generation and their culinary wizardry.

[@deborahburgett5878]

Chris Winterholler ohhh my... my Great Grand mother, as well as my grandmother... I miss them so!

[@ginajk8857]

@@deborahburgett5878 🌼

[@gayled3059]

I didn't grow up past 2 yrs old with my grandparents around. We Moved out of town for work for my dad then, but my grandmother would send us a box of homemade baking every Christmas. It was SO looked forward to. There weren't any 'birds' but a number of other things, most of them SO good to me!

[@katherinetutschek4757]

My mom moved to a city for university, but l always loved getting a box of Grandma's baking from the farm for Christmas and other occasions❤

[@ladybearbaiter]

we need more sweet old women like that to share their knowledge of the old ways so we may preserve them...........the old ways are best.

[@trudymaenza9672]

I have Grandparents on my Dad's Kelm side that immigrated from Prussia at turn of the century, sadly I didn't get to know them. One of the boys in a picture, looked like he was wearing a Russian looking cap and suit, but they settled in Minnesota and North Dakota I believe. Because I was doing Ancestry a few years back I was able to come in contact with a couple living relatives of Kelm's. My Dad was then able to meet in person, I was so happy I could do that for him :) in his last years.

[@HartAngel5]

Thank God I grew up with these same traditions. Now when I marry I can pass them onto my own children. It's not dead and gone yet!!!

[@latitude1904]

Oh, this made me cry. So homesick for N.Dakota prairie and our ways.

[@marybrantley2160]

This has brought back memories of my parents stories of how they grew up and how everyone cooked. Thank you!

[@micselaneouswickedwitch3526]

Oh ! God bless your hard working women folk , thank you SO much as this brought back some wonderful memories but it also touched my soul and made me weep for all the hardship people have endured throughout history. It should be shown in schools to teach young people how lucky they are and the sacrifices women in particular made just to survive and feed their families.

[@StephenMortimer]

go to Wyoming PBS for "Brotherhood of the Broadax"

[@oralialafond9215]

Thank you for sharing your love i miss my gprandparents means so much to pass on the love that was shared and the amazing food and we cling to those incrediable memories.thank you all God bless you all

[@Nonamagic]

Thank you for sharing, so lovely to have warm family traditions.

[@richardlawson6668]

I grew up next door to my mom's parents. They were from Lithuania lots of these foods look the same but with different names. Best food ever! They had a small dairy farm, wonderful memories of growing up there.

[@galoa91]

Nice to see wonderful comfort food and hear some German Russian language.

[@H8MACHINE1]

So ein leckeres Essen!! Das findet man bei uns in der BRD gar nicht mehr :( Ich kenne keine Gaststätte/Restaurant wo man so eine Art Essen noch kocht. Das ist so traurig. Gott sei Dank gibt es euch die noch daran erinnern, dass es mal eine deutsche Küche, deutsche Kultur, deutsche Sprache und deutsches Wesen gab :(

[@ginajk8857]

🥨

[@oaquino829]

I loved this. Thank you.

[@fauxmanchu8094]

Wonderful, wonderful video full of nostalgia. I hope the young keep the traditions alive!

[@deborahburgett5878]

I am second generation Volga German American, Port Huron Michigan... the dough! Yes!

[@lukecarrol1745]

God bless America, I'm half Jewish and half Irish. She opened her doors. Lets us find a way to respect liberty.

[@RachelKay]

Really loved this. Thank you for sharing it!

[@barongoadam8132]

Sehen wurdigen!!! Danke

[@jeremystone4193]

I love videos like these.great post.

[@KGopidas]

SIEkochen sehr leicht. i habe hunger nacht ich Ihnen beovachtet habe!!!

[@medic2807]

My 85 year old grandma made 130 wedding keuchen for my wedding, bless her heart.

[@AR-rb8jr]

I remember watching this

[@miekadegerness67]

Food For Thought It's 2 AM here . Seeing this Food made me Hungry. All looks so Good .. My Great Grandparents came from Russia . Sounds just like mt Family No Records of their Lives or History . My Grandmother Mom Mother use to make the birds . Wish they had all the Receipts here

[@marlenekutcher938]

Mieka Degerness just google Russian bread recipes and make the bread following what she did..Did you see the fried dough? It is also made in Italy, Poland, Russia, very traditional.

[@biddydibdab9180]

When food was food - not junk.

[@wayneburks5872]

Everything looked so good. I am not German nor Russian but I would like to sample some of that food. But I could see why they were so heavy all those carbs.

[@evn.9382]

sweet Oma

[@Chenet7]

Lovely video, really enjoyed it, all homemade recipes fantastic

[@MrLuddis]

19:47 You said "zicke, zacke, zicke, zacke, hoi, hoi, hoi"... that's funny... we still say that in Germany... that was heartwarming

[@johnlendvoy4154]

Not my heritage. Mine was Hungarian heritage but love was shown the same way with Grandma and Moms beautiful cooking. What a great memory that I try to pass on to my family🥰🥰😋✌🏻 My Grandparents immigrated to Saskatchewan Canada on the prairies

[@SignumImperativ]

Fun Fact: Those "Fleischkuechli" are actually not a traditional German dish. It's source is Chebureki which the Russian-Germans probably got from Crimean Tartars back in Russia (Chebureki later became popular all over the Soviet Union). Also interesting is at around 8:00. She calls those fried things "Kräbbel", this term I have only heard before in southern Hesse. Personally I only know them as "Rollkuchen".

[@truthhurts5158]

Miss roll cuken dipped in Rogers corn syrup and Pluma Mouse.

[@jakobweber14]

Thank you, nice to See. Vielen Dank. Meine Grosseltern und Eltern sind auch an der Wolga geboren, sind im September 1941 nach Sibirien zwangausgesiedelt. Vieles hat meine Mutter auch noch so gekocht und gebacken. Sie sind Gnadendorf, Kanton Marienthal geboren. Nach Erzählungen von meiner Oma sind unsere Verwandten Anfang des 20.Jahrhunderts nach Amerika ausgewandert ( Familie Meier, Christian) Kontakte hatte Oma bis in die 30 Jahre. Die Verwandte wohnten bei Chicago. Damals sind mehrere Familien aus Gnadendorf, Rosenfeld nach Amerika ausgewandert. Falls jemand etwas von denen kennt, bitte melden.

[@petearty3381]

Здравствуйте, а вы сейчас где живете В сша? Я живу в сибири здесь много проживало немцев поволжья, если, что спрашивайте.

[@Velgaxxx]

Это не кребль, это хворост, хрустящая выпечка, посыпанная сахарной пудрой. А настоящий кребль русских немцев делается из мягкого теста, тонко не раскатывается и конечное изделие получается мягким и пышным.

[@raynonabohrer5624]

My family history !

[@StephenMortimer]

44:30 so fun to hear north european SQUABBLING !!

[@georgerodriquez7744]

In todays time young people dont want tradition. Thats why this country is the way it is.no one old they wanted new.I brought my own traditions to my family. Which my mom though me.

[@emmamiller7022]

Daß Blatt das sein BAUM Verlassen hat und nicht mehr khent. Das wird im Wind getrieben. * * *

[@elisabethreimer9202]

OH ich libe solche alte geschichten blos ser . libe Tante du hast ein wunder schoenes denken , fon Friega .

[@glenngoodale1709]

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[@nancydb1390]

I was born in the wrong era.

[@StephenMortimer]

CHORTLE !! (want to use my WAYBACK Machine??)

[@aurelpopa1581]

I thought ND was known for Norwegians more than Germans.

[@StephenMortimer]

During WW1 many germans changed their names and "forgot" they were german

[@athomewithkarmen]

Mainly Norwegian, Swedish, and German heritages here. Perhaps you have some Scotish, Irish, or English mixed in there and some Czech.

[@StephenMortimer]

@@athomewithkarmen Ha ha.. we ignored the INJUNS and BREEDS !! But they got a few there (off in the tulies drunk)

[@aurelpopa1581]

@@athomewithkarmen Otto that's a Scandinavian name ,😂. I'm Romanian by the way..

[@booksandbeans]

It looks like challah bread

[@thomashadleigh2575]

Absolutely. It looks like challah bread and tastes exact the same, with a different cultural/religious background, though. :)