Bobbi Jo (Schaffer) Cody, native of Lisbon, ND, with roots to Gackle, ND, is owner of The Red Silo in Fargo. Bobbi Jo along with the Knutson women, Pernell, Paulette and Jennifer along their mother Dorothy, current owners of WildMoon Enterprises, teamed together to create this wonderful new cookbook.
The FARGO Monthly magazine for the October edition, includes this article, “Lefse, Lutefisk and Spaetzle, Oh My!” by Alexandra Martin. The writer shares: “One half of the cookbook is Scandinavian recipes, but when you flip the book around, the other side has German, German-Russian, and Russian recipes. Within these pages, you can find about 200 recipes. The passed down family recipes mixed with these personal touches make this cookbook unlike anything you’d ever find at William-Somona. On the German side, you will find Durch Dein Gabe (Through the Bounty). The recipes in this portion were collected by Bobbi Jo from her Great Grandma Irma Remboldt of Gackle, ND, as well as from a bushel of Kriegar, Schaffer, Remmick, Zenker and Obenauer folks. The cookbook features recipes from two of the largest immigrant groups in North Dakota.”
Bobbi Jo shares, “ I have vivid memories of my Grandmother, Lois Schaffer, in her house coat filled with flour, standing over an electric fry pan making magical smells for us in her Gackle, ND, kitchen. Great Grandma Irma always had meals ready as if she sensed company. These are recipes of my great grandmother and grandmother prepared our family as I was growing up. Many recipes are from relatives and friends who settled in the heart of German-Russian country here in North Dakota.”
German-Russian, German and Russian recipes include: German Hot Potato Salad, Hot Cabbage Salad, Old Time Dill Pickles, Watermelon Pickles, Christmas Bread, Russian Easter Bread, Knoephla Dumpling, Potato Knoephla, Knoephla Soup, Chrockpot Borscht, Chrockpot Potato Soup, Homemade Sauerkraut, Pigs in the Blanket, German Port Knuckle, German Potato Pancakes, Kase Knepfla (Chesse Buttons), Cheese Blintzes, Mashed Potato Knepfla, Spaetzle, Kraut Studels, Strudla, Sauerkraut Noodles, Kraut Bushka, Stirrum, Sauerkraut Hamburger Hot Dish, Kraut Hot Dish, Fleish Kleuchla, Fleish Knephla, Beef Dumpling Stew, Jagerschnitzel, Grandma’s Chicken and Dumplings, Weinserschnitzel, Pfefernusse Kuchen, Lebkuchen, Kuchen, Sauerkraut Cake, Ginger Cookies, Pfefernuesse Cookies, Slitz Keechkla and Kirbsen (Pumpkin) Blaginda.
