Fast food prep starts Friday

Bright and early Friday morning (8 a.m.), members of the St. Joseph Catholic Church parish and their friends and relatives will gather at the commercial kitchen in the community center to assemble and bake the hundreds of kraut ranzas to be sold from a chalet on the Festplatz during this year’s Deutsches Fest.

For those unfamiliar with the term, kraut ranzas are a yeast-dough pocket filled with a mixture of sauerkraut, cabbage, hamburger and onion. Once baked, the aroma of the golden brown rolls wafts through the downtown area, smelling of fresh bread and a savory filling.

Volunteers are welcome, as the project is likely to continue for most of the day and some folks tucker out before the final pans can be placed in the oven.

Watch the schedule in the top left-hand corner of page one for the dates on which other non-profit groups will be preparing their own offerings for Fest weekend.