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Article: Authentic German food to abound at festival
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- The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Article date:
- June 3, 2009
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By Ann Marie Bush
THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
Cooks are busy this week preparing noodles, strudel and sage
balls for the annual Sacred Heart-St. Joseph Parish Germanfest,
which will be Saturday and Sunday.
Virginia Engroff, who was born and raised in Oakland, has been
involved with the event for at least 25 years. She works alongside
the men and women of the parish to make authentic German food for
the event.
"Whatever needs to be done, we all just pitch in together,"
Engroff said. "We have noodles and sage balls, the German potato
salad, the German coleslaw. It's good German food."
Engroff began cooking at a young age, but said it took some
coaching from her mother-in-law to become a "good cook."
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