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Is it a German or Dutch Pancake?

Posted on November 6, 2022July 4, 2023 by diggingupmyroots

While growing up, like many families, there were constants within the day-to-day family routine.  One of them was Sunday morning breakfast.  On these mornings, generally, my dad was the cook in the kitchen.  Otherwise, we were all banned from the kitchen when mom was in there.  In her defense, our West Allis bungalow kitchen wasn’t…

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Oma’s Recipe Box

Posted on October 23, 2022July 17, 2023 by diggingupmyroots

 Years ago, my older cousin gave me our grandmother’s (Oma) recipe box.  It’s nothing fancy, just a plain wooden box.  It’s contents are primarily recipes either from family or friends and maybe one or two that were from my Oma.  From what I can gather, there must have been a movement back in the 1960’s…

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