This smoked meatloaf, wrapped in bacon and dripping with barbecue sauce, is perfect for Halloween diner. Serve this scary meatloaf with any of these Halloween side dish ideas. Halloween Stuffed PeppersWitch Finger Breadsticks
These Chipotle Burgers with adobo sauce and chipotle peppers have a wonderful smoky flavor that is even more enhanced by grilling. I will often substitute a spicy jack cheese for the cheddar and serve with avocado and cilantro. I also add a little extra adobo sauce when I serve these burgers. You can cook the…
This is a new twist on a cocktail that was first served at the NY Paramount Hotel around 2003. A wonderful summertime refresher over ice but it is also great severed up in a chilled martini glass. 3 Howls Vodka can be found most Total Wine and More stores.
Bernhard Theodore Strasen was a Lutheran pastor’s son, born November 3, 1898, in Janesville, Minnesota, a community in south central Minnesota, where his father Henry served Trinity Lutheran Church. He was the middle child of five, the only boy. As he wanted to be a pastor, following in the steps of his father and grandfather,…
byLuther G. Strasen In January of 2003, I found a “Cultural Country Club Strasen” on the Internet. It appears to be a resort. It has an address that includes Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the area of Germany where my great-grandfather Carl Strasen was born. I used the club’s e-mail address and inquired whether there were any of Carl’s…
From My Mango Tree by Luther G. Strasen (Updated in 2006) The Auto-biography of Luther George Strasen <>< <>< <>< Chapter Six – Fruit I’ll bring these remembrances to a close by updating our children’s goings and comings after they left our home, and then adding some spiritual basics that are foundational realities for me….
From My Mango Tree by Luther G. Strasen (Updated in 2006) The Auto-biography of Luther George Strasen <>< <>< <>< Chapter Five – Branches In preparation for our marriage, Arlene rented an upstairs apartment at 201 Woodland Street, into which I moved upon arriving back in Fort Wayne. It had a mutual front door with…
From My Mango Tree by Luther G. Strasen (Updated in 2006) The Auto-biography of Luther George Strasen <>< <>< <>< Chapter Four – The Tree Concordia, Fort Wayne, was chosen for Dave and me because of its proximity to the rest of the siblings. Polly had started her first year of teaching at the Detroit…
From My Mango Tree by Luther G. Strasen (Updated in 2006) The Auto-biography of Luther George Strasen <>< <>< <>< Chapter Three – The Sapling Until each of us was six years old, we lived in “the plains.” For us that was Nagercoil, and for the rest of the missionary children it was wherever their…
From My Mango Tree by Luther G. Strasen (Updated in 2006) The Auto-biography of Luther George Strasen <>< <>< <>< Chapter Two – The Sprout When my Dad’s furlough in the United States ended, our family, except for Polly and Ruth, went back to India during the summer of 1939. Europe was erupting with hostilities…