Plautdietsch word of the day: duckadeia
Pronounced: dook-a-day-a
What it sounds like: a daily energy vitamin
What it really means: seesaw
Example: Hein and Leina went for a trip to Caldwell Kansas to visit Heins’s Oom Peita. Peita Platt was Hein’s mother’s third-cousin by half on her father’s Toews side of the family. They’d moved to Kansas after things started to become too weltlich (worldly) in Wisconsin. Leina was amazed to see how wonderfully simple family life was in Kansas. They saw familys’ enjoying time outside. “Oba mein siet ech sai,… sie hant noch en duckadeia fu de chjinga”! (My goodness,.. they even have a seesaw for the children”!) It reminded Leina of how much fun she had growing up. “You see Hein,.. kids can still have real fun without an internet connection or iphone”!
Tweibach: a regular bun with a “mini bun” on top. When baked looks like a hat of sorts. See image below.
Faspa: A light mid day lunch tradition of the Mennonites which consisted of tweibach, butter (lard was used if no butter was available) jam (usually rhubarb, strawberry or saskatoon berry jam), coffee and sometimes a few cold-cuts (ham or sausage). The more "deluxe "faspa was generally reserved for Sunday jast (guests) which may also include; cheese (usually Bothwell cheese or cheese curds) and pickles. If you really wanted to roll out the red carpet for faspa, you might also include raspberry or cherry preserves (see below).
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A great coffee mug for any faspa! Available in our gift store. Click on heart to view
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