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![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0012616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.001.2.6.16
- Title:
- Diane Betler's Doughnut Recipe in Oppis Guet's vo Helvetia (Something Good From Helvetia)
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Helvetia (W. Va.), Cooking, Swiss, Cooking, German, Carnival, foodways, Doughnuts, Food habits
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0022616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.002.2.6.16
- Title:
- Copy of Oppis Guet's vo Helvetia (Something Good from Helvetia) dedicated to Diane's mother
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Cooking, German, foodways, Cooking, Swiss, Helvetia (W. Va.), Food habits, Carnival, Doughnuts
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0032616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.003.2.6.16
- Title:
- Cookbooks in Diane Betler's Helvetia home
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Helvetia (W. Va.), foodways, Food habits, Cooking, German, Cooking, Swiss
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0042616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.004.2.6.16
- Title:
- Diane Betler mixes doughnut dough for Helvetia's Fasnacht celebration
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Helvetia (W. Va.), Carnival, Food habits, Doughnuts, foodways, Cooking, Swiss, Cooking, German
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0052616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.005.2.6.16
- Title:
- Diane Betler prepares doughnut dough in her Helvetia home
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0062616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.006.2.6.16
- Title:
- Diane Betler pats out doughnut dough
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Doughnuts, Cooking, Swiss, Helvetia (W. Va.), Food habits, foodways, Carnival, Cooking, German
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0072616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.007.2.6.16
- Title:
- Diane Betler rolls dough for Fasnacht doughnuts
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Cooking, German, Carnival, Doughnuts, Helvetia (W. Va.), Cooking, Swiss, Food habits, foodways
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0082616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.008.2.6.16
- Title:
- Diane Betler cuts out doughnuts
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Cooking, Swiss, Carnival, Doughnuts, foodways, Cooking, German, Food habits, Helvetia (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0092616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.009.2.6.16
- Title:
- Diane Betler's Doughnuts rising in pan
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Carnival, Doughnuts, Helvetia (W. Va.), Food habits, Cooking, Swiss, Cooking, German, foodways
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0102616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.010.2.6.16
- Title:
- Homemade doughnuts in a pan, ready to be fried
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Food habits, Doughnuts, Cooking, Swiss, Helvetia (W. Va.), Carnival, Cooking, German, foodways
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0112616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.011.2.6.16
- Title:
- Yeast-raised doughnuts ready to be fried
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Helvetia (W. Va.), foodways, Cooking, Swiss, Cooking, German, Food habits, Carnival, Doughnuts
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Diane Betler was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia and came to Helvetia as a child to live with her adopted mother Margaret Koerner, an immigrant from Germany. Ms. Koerner was a skilled home cook from her Ms. Betler learned many traditional recipes. She married Kevin Betler, nephew of Eleanor Betler, and they live in the Koerner home in Helvetias Metzner Hollow where Ms. Betler was raised. She served as the principal of Pickens Elementary/High School, the public school serving children from Pickens and Helvetia. Ms. Betler makes the yeast-raised doughnuts for Helvetias Fasnacht celebration every year using Margaret Koerners recipe.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/"]%](/image/4224BetlerDianePhoto0122616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerDiane.Photo.012.2.6.16
- Title:
- Diane Betler's rolling pin
- Date:
- 2016-02-06
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Cooking, Swiss, Helvetia (W. Va.), Carnival, foodways, Cooking, German, Doughnuts, Food habits
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
