Knute Fabricius Reunion: March 2009

Monday, March 16, 2009

It's about time!

It's been a long time since the Knute and Orpah Fabricius decendants got together to share a meal and a few memories so this is the year!

Date: July 11, 2009
City: Twin Falls, Idaho
Place: Institute of Religion building
(steet address and directions to come)

Stay tuned for more details to come shortly.

Taster's Table Recipes

Grandma Fabricius' Sliced Nut Cookies (Ice Box)

1 C. brown sugar
1 C. white sugar (heaping)
1 heaping cup shortening
3 eggs beaten well
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. cloves
1 + 1/2 t. salt
4 +1/2 C. flour
2 t. soda in a little warm water
1 C chopped nuts

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs slowly, mixing thoroughly, then add nuts and soda water. Stir dry ingredients together thoroughly. Mix wet and dry ingredients together thoroughly. Make into rolls (log shape) and wrap in waxed paper or plastic wrap. Refrigerate a few hours or over night. Slice in 1/8 to 1/4 inch slices. Bake @ 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.

Luncheon Recipes

Best Ever Banana Cake (Joelle)

1 + 1/2 C. white sugar
1 C. sour cream
1/2 C. soft butter
2 eggs
1 + 1/2 C. mashed bananas
1 t. salt
2 C. flour
1 t. baking powder
1/2 C. chopped walnuts (sprinkle on top of iced cake)

Mix together the sugar, sour cream, butter and eggs. (You may substitute 1 cup milk + 1 T. vinegar for the sour cream). Mix the dry ingredients together and blend until smooth. Pour onto a greased and floured baking sheet (roll pan). Bake at 350 detrees for 20-25 minutes (bounces back when touched).

Banana Cake Icing

1/2 C. butter
2 C. powdered sugar
1 t. vanilla extract
3 T. milk

To make icing, melt 1/2 cup butter until delicate brown (don't use margarine) It foams when it boils so stir away the foam while cooking to see that it's not burning. Mix in powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Blend until smooth. Spread on cake while the cake and icing are still warm. Top with chopped nuts immediately.

The Stick Together Family

The stick together families
Are happier by far
Than the brother and the sisters
Who take separate highways are.
The gladdest people living
Are the wholesome folks who make
A circle at the fireside
That no power can ever break.
And the finest of conventions
Ever held beneath the sun
Are the little family gatherings
When the busy day is done.
There are rich folks, there are poor folks
Who imagine they are wise
And they're very quick to shatter
All the little family ties.
Each goes searching after pleasure
In his own selected way
Each with strangers likes to wander,
And with strangers likes to play
But it's bitterness they harvest
And it's empty joy they find,
For the children that are wisest
Are the stick together kind.
There are some who seem to fancy
That for gladness they must roam.
That for smiles that are the brightest
They must wander far from home.
That the strange friend is the true friend
And they travel far astray
And they waste their lives in striving
For a joy that's far away.
But the gladdest sort of people,
When the busy day is done,
Are the brothers and the sisters
Who together share the fun.
It's the stick together family
That wins that joy of earth
That hears the sweetest music
And that finds the finest mirth.
It's the old home roof that shelters
All the charm that life can give.
There you find the gladdest playground
There the happiest spot to live.
And, O weary, wandering brother,
If contentment you would win,
Come you back into the fireside
And be comrade with your kin.

- Author unknown -

Knute Fabricius Reunion

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This is how I remember grandma and grandpa

Monday, March 16, 2009

It's about time!

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