German Food & Folkways
By Rose Marie Gueldner
South Dakota Magazine, Yankton, South Dakota, July/August,
2002, Volume 18, Number 2
Food and shelter are the most basic human needs. How people met
those needs in different locales and in different periods of history
is a unique cultural indicator. The materials and designs of log
cabins, tipis and igloos, for example, speak volumes about the people
who build them and the environment in which they lived. What people
ate was likewise unique to a given area; before advances in transportation
made the sharing of foodstuffs across great distances possible,
dinner depended on what was available locally.
That makes German Food & Folkways much more than a cookbook.
It is a window into the lives of a group of people whose roots stretch
from the Dakotas to the Volga River to the villages of Wurttemberg:
The Germans from Russia.
Crispy bratkartoffeln. Succulent brathuhn. Creamy kopfsalat. Tasty
knopfla. If you know and love such dishes, this volume will teach
you a little more about the people and culture that created them.
If you don't know them from sushi, but are an adventurous sort in
the kitchen, you are in for a treat.
Reprinted with permission of the South Dakota Magazine.
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