This is my Volga German cookbook that I got from the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. Germans from Russia were Germans who colonized the Volga Region and Black Sea region by invite of Catherine the Great. To attract people to the region, special privileges were offered like exemption from military service, and this is why many Germans from Russia were Mennonite. After Catherine passed, these privileges were slowly revoked, leading many to immigrate again, this time to either North or South America. Many settled in the American Midwest. I hope you enjoy what I share from the cookbook, which includes some German Mennonite recipes 🙂
by Ok_Cauliflower3528
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Yes! They are now the Old Colony Mennonites and the Holdeman Mennonites. The Swiss Mennonites don’t consider them ‘real’ Mennonites. The food culture has some overlap but there are differences as well! Yum!!
My family is Germans from Russia! My Grandma grew up in North Dakota. Fun fact, Lawrence Welk was also Germans from Russia, grew up in ND and didn’t learn to speak English until he was an adult.
My grandmother said we came from Mennonites. Glad to see Rivel soup here. It’s delicious!
Cherry moos sound so adorable!!! Omg I love that name💕💕and buttermilk soup sounds delightful
The title comes from a table prayer:
Komm Herr Jesus, sei unser Gast,
und Segne was du uns bescheret haßt.
I have this!