Josef Ingrisch Sr. a happy man and his sweet
wife Eugenia live in Timisoara.
They were greeted us warmly and welcomed us to their home.
We met them the first time in 1999, when we knocked on their door unexpectedly.
Read how we met
"My Trip to Mercydorf
1999"
We visited with them again May 2004.
Eugenia loves her garden and it is
beautiful. She is a wonderful cook, makes wonderful pastries and
Goulash was her treat to us our last night there. She served us a
drink made from steeped flowers, white in color, from a tree, possibly
elderberry. Eugenia always has a smile on her face. We had a
translator, Cristian Badoiu with us, as we do not speak German or Romania
and they do not speak English. At a certain time Cristian had to leave
but
later Josef Jr. who speaks English arrived. Before he arrived,
although we were without a translator, we managed pretty well using sign language and
what was very funny we were all talking to one another like there was no
language barrier and neither of us knew what the other was saying.
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Primaria Municipiului Timisoara - Cimitirul Nr. 3 - Str. Rusu Sireanu
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Franz Blum 1919-1944, Emilia Blum 1873-1964 & Elsa Blum Mintici 1913-1985
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Franz Ziegler 1873-1943
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Maria Kovacs geb Ingrisch 1912-1934, Josef Ingrisch 1914-1944 killed in Italy in WW2
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Imre Hereny 1885-1961 & Maria Ingrisch 1919-2000
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Inscriptions: Wrobel - Bugiel - Ruedel - Kerl - Maier - Christ - Schaffer - Weinschroff - Lepedos - Haubenreich
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Josef Jr., how shall I
describe him, a bit daring young man in his thirties. He drove
us back to our guest house in Mehala and although it is generally
about a 20 minute drive, Josef arrived there in about 10 minutes.
I wasn't sure if he just had a lead foot or wanted to get rid of us
that quick ;-)
Josef is an accomplished professional
employed by Lukoil Corporation.
He stays busy with his job and seems to take it very seriously.
When we were visiting in May 2004, he
was in the process of building a new home. Although it was still in
the construction status, we could tell it was going to be a very nice place.
He has imported many items to suit his taste and the home is well built.
The photo below is the front of the house. No, it is not a office
building, this is his new house. It is very big. Josef Sr.
toured us through the house and again even though we did not have a
translator we understood the gist of it all.
The ironwork below was handmade by
Josef Sr., how talented he was.
He said his father done this kind of work and so he learned it. It was
very beautiful.
Josef Jr. loves to hunt there in
Romania. Josef Sr. proudly displays the horns of his kill and
Sammy shows us in full view.
Walnut Roses - Pastry
Recipe:
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Eugenia
made a batch of these Walnut Roses pastries for me to take home with me, I ate a
lot of them on the airplane - they are so good! My friend
Nick Tullius, kindly translated this recipe from Romanian to
English, for us to enjoy!
Here is
the recipe (it is not entirely clear to me, but I did my
best to translate what is written… Europeans are not that
precise with some of these quantities; they get so good at
it, they do it instinctively, without measuring too much).
Mix
flour and butter, add milk with yeast, to produce an elastic
dough and let it stand to rise.
Divide
into three parts. With a rolling pin, roll out on the table,
make a thin sheet and twist it.
Cut the
twisted strips into small pieces and place on baking sheet.
Glazing
is made by mixing ground walnuts and the 4 egg whites
beaten.
These
little walnut rose pastries are so yummmmmy!
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