Give a little Sprinkle!, by Michael Fricker

Last year, a new blend of spices hit the market thanks to the United Donauschwaben of Milwaukee. It's been difficult not to sprinkle it on just about everything!

Tradition & the 2023 Kirchweihfest, by Michael Fricker

On Sunday, November 26, we gathered at the Phoenix Sport Club, members, friends, the Cultural Group, four generations of German-Hungarians. And the Kirchweihfest is our most visible and real example of tradition in action. The fact that it is the most beautiful makes it what I like to all the most beautiful important day of our club calendar.

About the Kirchweihfest, by Michael N. Fricker

March music trumpets down the Hauptgasse or Main Street. The streets are filled with the townspeople and many others that have also come from neighboring villages to see this spectacle! Sun shines down on youthful faces of the Kirchweihgruppe as they parade to the Gasthaus!

Dracula’s Paprika Hendl and Slivovitz to Wash it Down, by Michael Fricker

"Ei Vant to Eat your Paprikash!" October brings the true beginning of the flavors of the fall. The popular culture heads towards Halloween with ridiculous use of pumpkin as a flavor in everything and anything. But for German-Hungarians, we crave a fall flavor more savory, warming, and spiced in a much more peppy way.

The Trenton Treffen, by Emily Fricker

Emily Fricker tells the story as she sees it of the Trenton Treffen!

Unsโ€™r Kerweih 2022, by Joe Reiter

This speech was written in 2022 by Joseph S. Reiter for the Allgemeine Kirchweihfest held at the Trenton Treffen.

The 2022 Trenton Treffen is Finally Here!

Tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday so many of us will be descending on the Trenton, NJ area. More specifically we will be at the German American Society (215 Uncle Pete's Road, Yardville NJ 08691. see map below) in Yardville for the Landestreffen der Donauschwaben USA hosted by the Trenton Donauschwaben.

“Mutti, When Are We Ordering the Wurst?”, by Werner Fricker Jr.

Werner Fricker Jr. tells the tale of our favorite Hungarian Smoked sausage. Is this story the definitive end of that tale? Who knows, after all everything has an end but the wurst has two.