The Old Folks Home

[microchick]

My paternal grandmother had a pronounced German/Pennsylvania Duetsch accent. Dad's wasn't so much but he used a lot of the idioms like 'outen the lights'. He would also translate for us when we watched old WWII war movies.

I love German cooking.....mostly. Some things not so much. For instance, mom used to make sour kraut and pig's knuckles and we would eat a lot of sweet summersausage and when we could find it, cup cheese. There was always Muenster cheese around and mom would make Shoo Fly pie. I can't remember her making German's chocolate cake but she had a recipe her MIL gave her for Sour Cream Chocolate Cake that was to die for. There was also a German Pot Pie that she would make. The noodles were squares about two inches by two inches. She would make it with chicken or with left over roast beef and make a sauce to top it that was a sweet and sour concoction that was make with milk, vinegar, sugar and shredded lettuce. I know it sounds terrible but when spooned over the pot pie it was delicious. My all time favorite though was the Rivvel Soup she would make and that I still make to this day. Think egg drop soup with chicken in it.

Then there was a dish made with thin sliced pig stomach that you couldn't get me to eat for a million dollars. But for the most part I really enjoyed the ethnic German cooking mom did.

 

[JD4570]

You folks are making me hungry.

 

[pennyJo1960]

no but another cup of coffee sounds good

 

[Alaskan]

My 4th great grandfather and his wife came from Germany about 1810.
and 3 of my family lines came from Ireland and one line came is descended from The Pinzon brothers that owned the Nina and Pinta ships who came with Columbus from Spain.

wow! That is cool!

My paternal grandmother had a pronounced German/Pennsylvania Duetsch accent. Dad's wasn't so much but he used a lot of the idioms like 'outen the lights'. He would also translate for us when we watched old WWII war movies.

I love German cooking.....mostly. Some things not so much. For instance, mom used to make sour kraut and pig's knuckles and we would eat a lot of sweet summersausage and when we could find it, cup cheese. There was always Muenster cheese around and mom would make Shoo Fly pie. I can't remember her making German's chocolate cake but she had a recipe her MIL gave her for Sour Cream Chocolate Cake that was to die for. There was also a German Pot Pie that she would make. The noodles were squares about two inches by two inches. She would make it with chicken or with left over roast beef and make a sauce to top it that was a sweet and sour concoction that was make with milk, vinegar, sugar and shredded lettuce. I know it sounds terrible but when spooned over the pot pie it was delicious. My all time favorite though was the Rivvel Soup she would make and that I still make to this day. Think egg drop soup with chicken in it.

Then there was a dish made with thin sliced pig stomach that you couldn't get me to eat for a million dollars. But for the most part I really enjoyed the ethnic German cooking mom did.

Sounds like great food!

 

[ronott1]

My 4th great grandfather and his wife came from Germany about 1810.
and 3 of my family lines came from Ireland and one line came is descended from The Pinzon brothers that owned the Nina and Pinta ships who came with Columbus from Spain.

My first Ottman Ancestor came to the US in 1761(not really the US then though)

 

[ronott1]

We went to a Wedding\anniversary dinner yesterday for my Oldest DD. She did a courthouse wedding a year ago. It was a 2+ hour drive to San Jose.

Son in Law, New Grandson, oldest DD and Her Sister in Law

 

[pennyJo1960]

great looking group

 

[chickadoodles]

Micro all that food talk has made me hungry. Sounds so good.

My first Ottman Ancestor came to the US in 1761(not really the US then though)

That's cool. History is so fascinating.

My first Pinson/Pinzon ancestor we found in VA. On the 1700 census.

 

[ronott1]

Micro all that food talk has made me hungry. Sounds so good.



That's cool. History is so fascinating.

My first Pinson/Pinzon ancestor we found in VA. On the 1700 census.

I found an article about the Family today that is interesting!

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Posted 29 Apr 2009 by dhberger1950
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Posted 29 Apr 2009 by dhberger1950

Captivity of the Ottman Children.---Some time in September, 1782, three brothers, William, Nicholas, and Peter, children of Christian Ottman, (then spelled Uttman) who lived where Isaac Ottman now lives, were taken prisoners by a party of Indians and carried to Niagara. Accompanying the Indians was a squaw, who had many times been hospitably succored by the family, whom Mrs. Ottman followed for some distance with such entreaties as only a mother can express, but of no avail. As she appealed to the squaw, she only answered "It's not me! not me!" When the children returned, one of their captors came with them, and Peter desired to follow the Indian back, having become fascinated with Indian life, which highly pleased the redskin. He desired to return to Canada with them, but the parents objected, and not until (tradition says) the Indian cut off the foretop of each, with a small bit of the scalp, would the children consent to remain. Upon his doing so they rushed to the mother and were contented. The story in regard to the foretop however, is without foundation. There were seven sons in the Ottman family who have long since passed away, and were the father and grandfather of the innumerable Ottmans' of today. They were in order of their ages, William, Daniel, John, Nicholas, Peter, George, and Cornelius. The party that took the boys captive passed down to Cobleskill village and made more prisoners, as stated in that chapter.

Christian Ottman, the father, came from Germany in 1761, and settled here soon after. The family name is variously spelled Ottman, Otman, Uttman, Utman, Oatman, yet all direct descendants of Christian. He died at the age of one hundred and two.

 

[drumstick diva]

Really cool except for the scalp part