Just 1 Year to Go!

We are just 1 year away from the big reunion date! Here are a few things you can do to pass the time! Submit recipes to our family cookbook! Design your best Schmidt Family Crest and enter it in the contest! Fill out the registration form and donate if you haven’t already!

Cousin Bernadine’s Hager Schnitzel Recipe

Hager Schnitzel Creator: Bernadine (Schmidt) Messner Circa: 1950 Ingredients: 1 lb. ½ inch thick beef or pork cutlets (buy tenderized or place between 2 wax papers and flatten) 2 eggs ½ cup water 1 tsp. salt ¾ tsp. pepper 1 ½ cup crumbs ¾ cup flour ¾ cup butter or margarine Directions: Dredge the cutlets […]

Frieder Frotscher of Traditional German Food LLC Visits the Future Reunion Site

Today, reunion organizer Josiah Schmidt met with Frieder Frotscher, owner of Chicago’s Traditional German Food, LLC, who was swinging through Iowa on a cross-country trip. Frieder and his crew will be coming to our 2016 reunion to vend delicious authentic German cuisine and German steins and souvenirs! Check out their selection at http://www.TraditionalGermanFoodLLC.com/

Cousin Mary’s Strawberry Sturm Recipe

Strawberry Sturm Creator: Mary (Moser) Schmidt (1874-1958) Contributor: Esther (Anliker Wilson) Steil Circa: 1900 Ingredients: 1 pt. fresh strawberries (mashed) 1 cup sugar 4-5 slices of white bread, cut into cubes ½ pt. whipping cream Directions: Stir all together to make a thick pink goop–really good! Mm, mm! Sounds like a sweet summer treat. You can […]

Cousin Lula’s Cheesy Chicken Pasta Recipe

Cheesy Chicken Pasta Recipe Creator: Lula (Christensen) Schmidt (1918-2008) Contributor: Laurie (Johnson) Schmidt Circa: 1960 Ingredients: 2 cups of shell macaroni 4 cups diced chicken (salt & pepper to taste) 2 cans of cream of chicken soup (undiluted) 2 cups milk 1 cup Velveeta (diced) 1 jar sliced pimento 1 small green pepper 1 cup […]