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- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerEleanor.Audio.002.2.5.16
- Title:
- Recording of Eleanor Betler, Sharon Rollins, and Linda "Bunch" Smith Making Rosettes, 2 of 2
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Betler, Eleanor, Smith, Linda "Bunch", and Rollins, Sharon
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- foodways, Cooking, Swiss, Bakers, Swiss American women, Carnival, Helvetia (W. Va.), and Food habits
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Eleanor Betler was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia in 1940 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She spent her summers in Helvetia at the farm of her maternal grandparents, James and Anna Merkli McNeal. She married Howard Bud Betler in 1961. The couple moved to a hilltop farm in Helvetia and raised four children. All the good cooks, many of them relatives of Mr. Betler taught Mrs. Betler about canning, preserving, cooking and baking. She was especially interested to learn the skills of butchering and preserving meat, and making sausage. Mrs. Betler loves the Swiss traditional baking but also Appalachian ways of some neighbors. She grinds her own flour for baking bread. At Fasnacht time she invites neighbors and friends to make the hozablatz and rosettes just to keep the tradition alive. She also preserves this history by collecting stories, music, and photographs for The Helvetia Archives.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]](/thumb/4224BetlerEleanorPhoto0082516 "Eleanor Betler and Sharon Rollins roll out hozablatz dough")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerEleanor.Photo.008.2.5.16
- Title:
- Eleanor Betler and Sharon Rollins roll out hozablatz dough
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Cooking, Swiss, Carnival, foodways, Helvetia (W. Va.), Bakers, Swiss American women, and Food habits
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Eleanor Betler was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia in 1940 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She spent her summers in Helvetia at the farm of her maternal grandparents, James and Anna Merkli McNeal. She married Howard Bud Betler in 1961. The couple moved to a hilltop farm in Helvetia and raised four children. All the good cooks, many of them relatives of Mr. Betler taught Mrs. Betler about canning, preserving, cooking and baking. She was especially interested to learn the skills of butchering and preserving meat, and making sausage. Mrs. Betler loves the Swiss traditional baking but also Appalachian ways of some neighbors. She grinds her own flour for baking bread. At Fasnacht time she invites neighbors and friends to make the hozablatz and rosettes just to keep the tradition alive. She also preserves this history by collecting stories, music, and photographs for The Helvetia Archives.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]](/thumb/4224BetlerEleanorPhoto0092516 "Eleanor Betler and Sharon Rollins cut out hozablatz")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerEleanor.Photo.009.2.5.16
- Title:
- Eleanor Betler and Sharon Rollins cut out hozablatz
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Bakers, Helvetia (W. Va.), foodways, Carnival, Food habits, Swiss American women, and Cooking, Swiss
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Eleanor Betler was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia in 1940 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She spent her summers in Helvetia at the farm of her maternal grandparents, James and Anna Merkli McNeal. She married Howard Bud Betler in 1961. The couple moved to a hilltop farm in Helvetia and raised four children. All the good cooks, many of them relatives of Mr. Betler taught Mrs. Betler about canning, preserving, cooking and baking. She was especially interested to learn the skills of butchering and preserving meat, and making sausage. Mrs. Betler loves the Swiss traditional baking but also Appalachian ways of some neighbors. She grinds her own flour for baking bread. At Fasnacht time she invites neighbors and friends to make the hozablatz and rosettes just to keep the tradition alive. She also preserves this history by collecting stories, music, and photographs for The Helvetia Archives.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]](/thumb/4224BetlerEleanorPhoto0102516 "Eleanor Betler teaches Sharon Rollins to make hozablatz")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerEleanor.Photo.010.2.5.16
- Title:
- Eleanor Betler teaches Sharon Rollins to make hozablatz
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Carnival, Food habits, Swiss American women, Cooking, Swiss, foodways, Bakers, and Helvetia (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Eleanor Betler was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia in 1940 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She spent her summers in Helvetia at the farm of her maternal grandparents, James and Anna Merkli McNeal. She married Howard Bud Betler in 1961. The couple moved to a hilltop farm in Helvetia and raised four children. All the good cooks, many of them relatives of Mr. Betler taught Mrs. Betler about canning, preserving, cooking and baking. She was especially interested to learn the skills of butchering and preserving meat, and making sausage. Mrs. Betler loves the Swiss traditional baking but also Appalachian ways of some neighbors. She grinds her own flour for baking bread. At Fasnacht time she invites neighbors and friends to make the hozablatz and rosettes just to keep the tradition alive. She also preserves this history by collecting stories, music, and photographs for The Helvetia Archives.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]](/thumb/4224BetlerEleanorPhoto0132516 "Eleanor Betler and Sharon Rollins fry rosettes in Betler's Helvetia kitchen")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerEleanor.Photo.013.2.5.16
- Title:
- Eleanor Betler and Sharon Rollins fry rosettes in Betler's Helvetia kitchen
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- foodways, Carnival, Helvetia (W. Va.), Swiss American women, Food habits, and Cooking, Swiss
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Eleanor Betler was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia in 1940 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She spent her summers in Helvetia at the farm of her maternal grandparents, James and Anna Merkli McNeal. She married Howard Bud Betler in 1961. The couple moved to a hilltop farm in Helvetia and raised four children. All the good cooks, many of them relatives of Mr. Betler taught Mrs. Betler about canning, preserving, cooking and baking. She was especially interested to learn the skills of butchering and preserving meat, and making sausage. Mrs. Betler loves the Swiss traditional baking but also Appalachian ways of some neighbors. She grinds her own flour for baking bread. At Fasnacht time she invites neighbors and friends to make the hozablatz and rosettes just to keep the tradition alive. She also preserves this history by collecting stories, music, and photographs for The Helvetia Archives.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]](/thumb/4224BetlerEleanorPhoto0142516 "Eleanor Betler fries rosettes with Sharon Rollins")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerEleanor.Photo.014.2.5.16
- Title:
- Eleanor Betler fries rosettes with Sharon Rollins
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Swiss American women, Helvetia (W. Va.), Cooking, Swiss, Food habits, Carnival, foodways, and Bakers
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Eleanor Betler was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia in 1940 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She spent her summers in Helvetia at the farm of her maternal grandparents, James and Anna Merkli McNeal. She married Howard Bud Betler in 1961. The couple moved to a hilltop farm in Helvetia and raised four children. All the good cooks, many of them relatives of Mr. Betler taught Mrs. Betler about canning, preserving, cooking and baking. She was especially interested to learn the skills of butchering and preserving meat, and making sausage. Mrs. Betler loves the Swiss traditional baking but also Appalachian ways of some neighbors. She grinds her own flour for baking bread. At Fasnacht time she invites neighbors and friends to make the hozablatz and rosettes just to keep the tradition alive. She also preserves this history by collecting stories, music, and photographs for The Helvetia Archives.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]](/thumb/4224BetlerEleanorPhoto0152516 "Sharon Rollins teaches Emily Hilliard to make rosettes")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerEleanor.Photo.015.2.5.16
- Title:
- Sharon Rollins teaches Emily Hilliard to make rosettes
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Betler, Eleanor
- Subject:
- Carnival, Bakers, foodways, Helvetia (W. Va.), Cooking, Swiss, and Food habits
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Eleanor Betler was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia in 1940 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She spent her summers in Helvetia at the farm of her maternal grandparents, James and Anna Merkli McNeal. She married Howard Bud Betler in 1961. The couple moved to a hilltop farm in Helvetia and raised four children. All the good cooks, many of them relatives of Mr. Betler taught Mrs. Betler about canning, preserving, cooking and baking. She was especially interested to learn the skills of butchering and preserving meat, and making sausage. Mrs. Betler loves the Swiss traditional baking but also Appalachian ways of some neighbors. She grinds her own flour for baking bread. At Fasnacht time she invites neighbors and friends to make the hozablatz and rosettes just to keep the tradition alive. She also preserves this history by collecting stories, music, and photographs for The Helvetia Archives.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]](/thumb/4224BetlerEleanorPhoto0162516 "Sharon Rollins and Eleanor Betler teach Emily Hilliard to fry rosettes")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerEleanor.Photo.016.2.5.16
- Title:
- Sharon Rollins and Eleanor Betler teach Emily Hilliard to fry rosettes
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Betler, Eleanor
- Subject:
- Cooking, Swiss, Food habits, Helvetia (W. Va.), Carnival, foodways, and Bakers
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Eleanor Betler was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia in 1940 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She spent her summers in Helvetia at the farm of her maternal grandparents, James and Anna Merkli McNeal. She married Howard Bud Betler in 1961. The couple moved to a hilltop farm in Helvetia and raised four children. All the good cooks, many of them relatives of Mr. Betler taught Mrs. Betler about canning, preserving, cooking and baking. She was especially interested to learn the skills of butchering and preserving meat, and making sausage. Mrs. Betler loves the Swiss traditional baking but also Appalachian ways of some neighbors. She grinds her own flour for baking bread. At Fasnacht time she invites neighbors and friends to make the hozablatz and rosettes just to keep the tradition alive. She also preserves this history by collecting stories, music, and photographs for The Helvetia Archives.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]](/thumb/4224BetlerEleanorPhoto0312516 "Fresh rosettes fried by Eleanor Betler and Sharon Rollins")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerEleanor.Photo.031.2.5.16
- Title:
- Fresh rosettes fried by Eleanor Betler and Sharon Rollins
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Carnival, Cooking, Swiss, Bakers, Swiss American women, Food habits, Helvetia (W. Va.), and foodways
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Sharon Rollins grew up in Charleston, West Virginia and moved to Dallas, TX when she was thirty years old. Upon retirement in 2010, she moved to Helvetia, West Virginia and has since become involved in a number of community projects. She manages the Ramp Supper, serves as treasurer for the Helvetia Community Fair, and volunteers at the Hutte Restaurant.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]](/thumb/4224RollinsSharonPhoto0012516 "Sharon Rollins fries rosettes in Eleanor Betler's Helvetia kitchen")
- Identifier:
- 4224.RollinsSharon.Photo.001.2.5.16
- Title:
- Sharon Rollins fries rosettes in Eleanor Betler's Helvetia kitchen
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Helvetia (W. Va.), Bakers, Food habits, Cooking, Swiss, Carnival, and foodways
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
