Everyone reviews the food at the Rock Cafe and the reviews are always glowing. This is not a food review.
When my brother and I walked into the Rock Cafe yesterday afternoon I was struck with the impression that it was being run by a bunch of kids. When I commented out loud, the young woman that heard me responded with, "Yes Sir. But they are the best raised, most polite, and hardest working kids you will ever meet".
Over the course of our visit, her words were more than proven to be true. The young cook's helpers in the kitchen prepared our order with skill and dispatch. The young woman that had come to their defense, attended our table attentively without hovering.
Before we left, we met a young man (one of the cook's helpers) that had, just that afternoon, committed to the Army when he graduates high school in May. He is going to be a combat medic. He's going because he thinks it's the right thing to do.
We left there well fed as so many have reported. More importantly to me, We left with the feeling that this generation cannot be lost as long as it has kids like these.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Nusz Family Reunion 2009
Dear Nusz Descendent:
You are invited to the Nusz reunion; this is our invitation to you and your children.
Our reunion meets every year, the Fourth(4) Sunday of June in Okeene, Oklahoma; so if you are unable to come this year put it on next year’s calendar to come.
We will have this year again the Saturday Research Meeting for those interested in tracing our family back to the origin in Germany. The Geo Nusz Reunion meets also this year at Hinton and they plan to attend our research meeting. We have lots of new information this year to share. Come for all the meeting or drop by and meet all of us.
We now have a printer(copier and scanner) for your use; with regular printer paper if you want to copy any photos we have you need to bring your own photo paper. We will have lots of photos in our Adobe Photo Albumn of Nusz families.
Sunday, we will open the doors at 9:30 a.m for those who want to drop off their food and attend worship services. Those who do not wish to go to worship services can stay with the secretary and look at the volumes of Nusz genealogy books that we have and the photo albumns.
Two years ago we voted to do a Nusz Family CD to sell to raise money for reunion expenses. Last year it was voted to take what we have to date and put the cd together; so I will have it for sale. It will have Nusz genealogy, stories from Nusz Descendehts, photos of the various Nusz families and a short history of why our Nusz Ancestors left Germany and went to Russia and then came to America. It will have various pictures and photos to go along with the short history and photos of Dobrinka, Russia where our Nusz family lived for over 100 years----if people send in this information on their lines.
We want your family on the cd with all your memoirs of your Grandparents, Parents and Siblings along with photos of them. Please add them to the cd for future generations to enjoy. We do not have all the information on all our Nusz siblings that left Russia, settled in Kansas and then came to Oklahoma settling in Blaine Co. Ok.
George Peter and his 3 siblings, Brothers David and George,Sr.; along with Sister Katie left Marion Co. Kansas to come to Oklahoma; they left a Brother Johann Friedrick(Fred) there in Marion, Ks and lots of cousins in various counties. A cousin Martin Nuss also came as did cousin Henry Nusz. We need photos of these families and information on these families.
Attatched is a copy of the things we have on the families. So check it out and see if you can help us with this endeavor. We need a lot more photos as we have none of David
G. Nusz and wife Julia Elisabeth Becker and their children. Also Geo Peter;s sister Katie and husband John Friedrich Nuss we have no pictures whatso ever---so any of you that can help with that we would greatly appreciate them. We also need contacts of this family to gather more information and to invite them to the reunions; so if you know of their descendents where abouts please help us out. Sibling Fred that remained in Kansas we do not have but one photo of he and his wife and none of his children or descendents so would like to have some from that family.
Cousin Henry Nuss married Geo Sr’s daughter Katie Nusz and we have no photos of this couple nor their children and would love to have that information. Nor do we have any of their siblings.
It was voted to try to gather names, birthdays and obits along with any stories of the family; correspondences, newspaper articles and memoirs. If you have any of these on your line and are willing to share them with the rest of our family members we would greatly appreciate your sending them to me by either postal mail or email
Carol Cantrell, Reunion Secretary, 924 North Fifth Street, Enid, Ok 73701 or to either of these email addresses: lavonecantrell@yahoo.com or nuszornuss_reunion@yahoo.com.
I am asking that all information be sent to me by April 1,2009; so that I can put your items into the proper family unit. Please Please send me something about your family.I do not want to leave any person or information off the cd. Please don’t take forgranted that your information is in the books; as there is a lot of Geo Peter Nusz descendents not in the book; just his children’s information on some lines.
We will not have the Nusz family cookbook ready for this year; as no one has turned in recipes to put into the book but about three descendents. If you will send in the recipes with the ce items I will try to do it also. What we are wanting is favorite recipes from each generation along with those passed down from your Nusz Ancestor. I have those my Grandmother taught me to make(her mothers recipes and her families favorites); those my Mother fixed for her family, those I fixed for my family and my son’s recipes he fixes for his family(makes 5 generations of recipes). If you only send one it would help add to the book. Also wanted is any photo of the recipe being fixed or served along with any meal time memoirs. We will be adding alittle Nusz family history and the memoirs of meals if we get them to the recipe.
Send the recipes with your cd project items to me at the given address or email them to me at either email address. If we get enough in by May 1, 2009, I probably can do the cookbook; as a typed recipe with little harder cover stapled together is what was voted on; so get those recipes in to me.
It was voted on two years ago(2007 reunion) to have a white elephant auction again to help with the rising cost of the reunion expenses. So, bring your item to donate to the auction. We will have door prize for the fartherst traveled, the oldest and youngest descendent in attendance along with a prize for the one game that we will play.
Please come and join the family, meet new cousins. Did you know we only have about 5 or 6 Grandchildren of George Peter left in the family. This past year we lost several Nusz family members, some who regularly attended the reunion and some who never came. So, please come we look forward to meeting you.
Remember:
Okeene Community Building 116 West E Street Okeene, Oklahoma
June 27,2009 is the research meeting from 1:00P.M.-5P.M.
June 28, 2009 is visiting with family members; potluck lunch and business meeting/
Doors Sunday open up at 9:30. We can have a short research meeting then for those who did not attend on Saturday from 10-11:30 a.m.
See you there,
Carol
You are invited to the Nusz reunion; this is our invitation to you and your children.
Our reunion meets every year, the Fourth(4) Sunday of June in Okeene, Oklahoma; so if you are unable to come this year put it on next year’s calendar to come.
We will have this year again the Saturday Research Meeting for those interested in tracing our family back to the origin in Germany. The Geo Nusz Reunion meets also this year at Hinton and they plan to attend our research meeting. We have lots of new information this year to share. Come for all the meeting or drop by and meet all of us.
We now have a printer(copier and scanner) for your use; with regular printer paper if you want to copy any photos we have you need to bring your own photo paper. We will have lots of photos in our Adobe Photo Albumn of Nusz families.
Sunday, we will open the doors at 9:30 a.m for those who want to drop off their food and attend worship services. Those who do not wish to go to worship services can stay with the secretary and look at the volumes of Nusz genealogy books that we have and the photo albumns.
Two years ago we voted to do a Nusz Family CD to sell to raise money for reunion expenses. Last year it was voted to take what we have to date and put the cd together; so I will have it for sale. It will have Nusz genealogy, stories from Nusz Descendehts, photos of the various Nusz families and a short history of why our Nusz Ancestors left Germany and went to Russia and then came to America. It will have various pictures and photos to go along with the short history and photos of Dobrinka, Russia where our Nusz family lived for over 100 years----if people send in this information on their lines.
We want your family on the cd with all your memoirs of your Grandparents, Parents and Siblings along with photos of them. Please add them to the cd for future generations to enjoy. We do not have all the information on all our Nusz siblings that left Russia, settled in Kansas and then came to Oklahoma settling in Blaine Co. Ok.
George Peter and his 3 siblings, Brothers David and George,Sr.; along with Sister Katie left Marion Co. Kansas to come to Oklahoma; they left a Brother Johann Friedrick(Fred) there in Marion, Ks and lots of cousins in various counties. A cousin Martin Nuss also came as did cousin Henry Nusz. We need photos of these families and information on these families.
Attatched is a copy of the things we have on the families. So check it out and see if you can help us with this endeavor. We need a lot more photos as we have none of David
G. Nusz and wife Julia Elisabeth Becker and their children. Also Geo Peter;s sister Katie and husband John Friedrich Nuss we have no pictures whatso ever---so any of you that can help with that we would greatly appreciate them. We also need contacts of this family to gather more information and to invite them to the reunions; so if you know of their descendents where abouts please help us out. Sibling Fred that remained in Kansas we do not have but one photo of he and his wife and none of his children or descendents so would like to have some from that family.
Cousin Henry Nuss married Geo Sr’s daughter Katie Nusz and we have no photos of this couple nor their children and would love to have that information. Nor do we have any of their siblings.
It was voted to try to gather names, birthdays and obits along with any stories of the family; correspondences, newspaper articles and memoirs. If you have any of these on your line and are willing to share them with the rest of our family members we would greatly appreciate your sending them to me by either postal mail or email
Carol Cantrell, Reunion Secretary, 924 North Fifth Street, Enid, Ok 73701 or to either of these email addresses: lavonecantrell@yahoo.com or nuszornuss_reunion@yahoo.com.
I am asking that all information be sent to me by April 1,2009; so that I can put your items into the proper family unit. Please Please send me something about your family.I do not want to leave any person or information off the cd. Please don’t take forgranted that your information is in the books; as there is a lot of Geo Peter Nusz descendents not in the book; just his children’s information on some lines.
We will not have the Nusz family cookbook ready for this year; as no one has turned in recipes to put into the book but about three descendents. If you will send in the recipes with the ce items I will try to do it also. What we are wanting is favorite recipes from each generation along with those passed down from your Nusz Ancestor. I have those my Grandmother taught me to make(her mothers recipes and her families favorites); those my Mother fixed for her family, those I fixed for my family and my son’s recipes he fixes for his family(makes 5 generations of recipes). If you only send one it would help add to the book. Also wanted is any photo of the recipe being fixed or served along with any meal time memoirs. We will be adding alittle Nusz family history and the memoirs of meals if we get them to the recipe.
Send the recipes with your cd project items to me at the given address or email them to me at either email address. If we get enough in by May 1, 2009, I probably can do the cookbook; as a typed recipe with little harder cover stapled together is what was voted on; so get those recipes in to me.
It was voted on two years ago(2007 reunion) to have a white elephant auction again to help with the rising cost of the reunion expenses. So, bring your item to donate to the auction. We will have door prize for the fartherst traveled, the oldest and youngest descendent in attendance along with a prize for the one game that we will play.
Please come and join the family, meet new cousins. Did you know we only have about 5 or 6 Grandchildren of George Peter left in the family. This past year we lost several Nusz family members, some who regularly attended the reunion and some who never came. So, please come we look forward to meeting you.
Remember:
Okeene Community Building 116 West E Street Okeene, Oklahoma
June 27,2009 is the research meeting from 1:00P.M.-5P.M.
June 28, 2009 is visiting with family members; potluck lunch and business meeting/
Doors Sunday open up at 9:30. We can have a short research meeting then for those who did not attend on Saturday from 10-11:30 a.m.
See you there,
Carol
Friday, April 10, 2009
Santa Maria Style for Family and Friends - Macaroni and Cheese
1 1/2 cup Macaroni, prepared according to pkg. directions
2 Tbsp Butter
2 Tbsp Flour
3/4 tsp Salt
1 pinch Pepper
2 cups Milk
1 1/2 cups Shredded cheddar cheese, sharp
1. Cook the macaroni according to directions on the package
2. Make a roux of the butter, flour and salt
3. In a double boiler; combine milk, three-quarters of cheese, pepper, and roux
4. Cook until thickened and bubbly, stirring constantly
5. Combine macaroni and cheese sauce in 1½ quart casserole
6. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top
7. Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes
2 Tbsp Butter
2 Tbsp Flour
3/4 tsp Salt
1 pinch Pepper
2 cups Milk
1 1/2 cups Shredded cheddar cheese, sharp
1. Cook the macaroni according to directions on the package
2. Make a roux of the butter, flour and salt
3. In a double boiler; combine milk, three-quarters of cheese, pepper, and roux
4. Cook until thickened and bubbly, stirring constantly
5. Combine macaroni and cheese sauce in 1½ quart casserole
6. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top
7. Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes
Monday, April 6, 2009
Santa Maria Style for Family and Friends - Meat
If you're not the Santa Maria Club and you're not feeding 100 people you can feed a small group of family and friends in the Santa Maria Style while concentrating on quality.
Starting with the meat: Get yourself some tri-tip, at least a pound per person.
The recipe is simple:
Rub it with a little olive oil, salt it 'til its white, pepper it 'til its black, grill it over white-hot red oak coals until its brown. Take it off the coals and let it settle a bit before slicing.
Starting with the meat: Get yourself some tri-tip, at least a pound per person.
The recipe is simple:
Rub it with a little olive oil, salt it 'til its white, pepper it 'til its black, grill it over white-hot red oak coals until its brown. Take it off the coals and let it settle a bit before slicing.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Santa Maria Club Barbecue - Salsa for 100 People
2 gallons solid pack tomatoes
4 cups of chopped celery
6 cups of chopped onions
2 cups of chopped bell pepper
Grind above in a hamburger grinder and add:
4 Tbsps. salt
2 Tbsps. horseradish
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/2 of small bottle of Tabasco sauce
4 cups of chopped celery
6 cups of chopped onions
2 cups of chopped bell pepper
Grind above in a hamburger grinder and add:
4 Tbsps. salt
2 Tbsps. horseradish
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/2 of small bottle of Tabasco sauce
Santa Maria Club Barbecue - French Dressing for 100
2 quarts of mayonnaise
1 quart tomato catsup
1 cup sugar
1 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
2 cloves garlic (crushed into paste)
1 medium onion, grated
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. Accent
1 cinnamon stick
Combine all ingredients in a jar. Cover. Shake well before using. Yield: 1 gallon.
1 quart tomato catsup
1 cup sugar
1 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
2 cloves garlic (crushed into paste)
1 medium onion, grated
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. Accent
1 cinnamon stick
Combine all ingredients in a jar. Cover. Shake well before using. Yield: 1 gallon.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Santa Maria Club Barbecue - Macaroni for 100 People
7 lbs. macaroni
Boil until it is half cooked. Then wash it with cold water until loose flour is off. Put it in a cooking pan, then mix 2 1/2 lbs. shredded cheese.
The Sauce
Warm five quarts of milk, then dissolve two cubes of butter in a cooking pot. Then add 1/2 cup of flour. To this put 1/2 quart of warm milk. Add 1 Tbsp. of salt and 1 Tbsp. of Accent and 1/2 cup of shredded cheese.
Cook at 300 degrees for 45 minutes.
Again, I omit the Accent.
Boil until it is half cooked. Then wash it with cold water until loose flour is off. Put it in a cooking pan, then mix 2 1/2 lbs. shredded cheese.
The Sauce
Warm five quarts of milk, then dissolve two cubes of butter in a cooking pot. Then add 1/2 cup of flour. To this put 1/2 quart of warm milk. Add 1 Tbsp. of salt and 1 Tbsp. of Accent and 1/2 cup of shredded cheese.
Cook at 300 degrees for 45 minutes.
Again, I omit the Accent.
Santa Maria Club Barbecue - Beans for 100 People
8 lbs. of pink beans
1 lb. bacon, cut
2 lbs. ham
1 gallon tomato puree
1 quart Las Palmas sauce
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. dry mustard
4 Tbsp. salt
1 Tbsp Accent
Fry garlic with the bacon.
That's the recipe as published.
Some hints I will pass along.
"pink beans" means locally grown poquitos to the purist. I like King City pinks just as well but have both shipped in from California.
Las Palmas sauce refers to Salsa de chile Colorado or Red Chile Sauce. I've tried it with a number of other sauces and the beans just don't taste the same. If it's not available at the local mercardo, you may have to order it on the internet.
Nobody I know uses the Accent, it's just MSG, and I don't know anyone who likes MSG.
1 lb. bacon, cut
2 lbs. ham
1 gallon tomato puree
1 quart Las Palmas sauce
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. dry mustard
4 Tbsp. salt
1 Tbsp Accent
Fry garlic with the bacon.
That's the recipe as published.
Some hints I will pass along.
"pink beans" means locally grown poquitos to the purist. I like King City pinks just as well but have both shipped in from California.
Las Palmas sauce refers to Salsa de chile Colorado or Red Chile Sauce. I've tried it with a number of other sauces and the beans just don't taste the same. If it's not available at the local mercardo, you may have to order it on the internet.
Nobody I know uses the Accent, it's just MSG, and I don't know anyone who likes MSG.
Santa Maria Club Barbecue
If you've ever had Santa Maria Style Barbecue you know it gets in your blood. On our frequent trips between Southern California and the family property near King City, my sons and I made it a point to leave Hwy 101 and get our fill. With one son living in Arizona, the other in Northern California, and me in Oklahoma, Santa Maria BBQ became just another fond memory.
Then, a couple of years ago, I decided to do what I've always done when I miss something not locally available; I started making my own.
Thank Goodness for the internet, not only for it's bottomless well of information, but also its instant access to books, videos, and other materials. I immediately located some of the titles I wanted but lucked into a buy on Ebay: Favorite Recipes From the Heart of Santa Maria. "Featuring Famous Recipes of Local Restaurants". I was immediately drawn to the "Santa Maria Club" chapter.
Then, a couple of years ago, I decided to do what I've always done when I miss something not locally available; I started making my own.
Thank Goodness for the internet, not only for it's bottomless well of information, but also its instant access to books, videos, and other materials. I immediately located some of the titles I wanted but lucked into a buy on Ebay: Favorite Recipes From the Heart of Santa Maria. "Featuring Famous Recipes of Local Restaurants". I was immediately drawn to the "Santa Maria Club" chapter.
The introduction reads as follows:
The barbecuing of beef "Santa Maria style" is not only a tradition but a way of life in this serene little valley located in the Central Coastal area of California. It is closely associated with the Santa Maria Club, a private institution unique in its own right.
The preparation of a Santa Maria Club barbecue is noteworthy for its simplicity. The meat must be the best (either top sirloin or rib, cut about three inches thick) and must have been aged for about twenty days.
The only flavoring is salt, pepper and garlic salt, liberally applied before the meat is put "on the fire."
Red oak wood, native to the Santa Maria Valley, is utilized, and the cooking is never begun until the fire has burned down to a white-hot bed of coals.
The steaks are strung on flat steel rods which are suspended over the glowing heat. The rods of meat are lowered closer to the coals as the meat cooks; the cooking time is usually 45 minutes to an hour. To serve, the meat is sliced into chunks about half an inch to an inch thick.
Visitors to Santa Maria are instantly impressed with several things; among them, the wonderful weather and the rich fragrance in the air. The fragrance could be the flower fields of the area, but it's more likely the barbecue, Santa Maria style.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Barmbrack (Irish Speckled Bread)
2 1/2 cups Mixed dry fruit--currants, Dark & golden raisins.
1 cup Boiling black tea (I like Constant Comment)
1 each Egg
1 teaspoon Mixed spice (see note*)
4 teaspoons Marmalade
1 cup (heaping) superfine sugar
2 1/2 cups Self-rising flour
Place dried fruit in a bowl, cover with the hot tea and let soak overnight. The next day, add the remaining ingreds. and mix well. Preheat oven to 325 F. Pour batter into greased 7" square pan and bake in the center of oven for 1 1/2 hrs. Let cool in the pan on awire rack. Slice and serve buttered with tea.
NOTE* (Mixed spices: equal parts of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice, and mace.)
1 cup Boiling black tea (I like Constant Comment)
1 each Egg
1 teaspoon Mixed spice (see note*)
4 teaspoons Marmalade
1 cup (heaping) superfine sugar
2 1/2 cups Self-rising flour
Place dried fruit in a bowl, cover with the hot tea and let soak overnight. The next day, add the remaining ingreds. and mix well. Preheat oven to 325 F. Pour batter into greased 7" square pan and bake in the center of oven for 1 1/2 hrs. Let cool in the pan on awire rack. Slice and serve buttered with tea.
NOTE* (Mixed spices: equal parts of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice, and mace.)
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