Grandpa Phil Kostolnik
The first name of Grandpa Kostolnik's oldest sister.
What is Anne?
The first name of Grandma Kostolnik's older sister.
What is Katie?
The closest equivalent in Italian cuisine is "gnocchi" - but at Grandma's house, they were called this.
What is Nooklies?
The house number of Grandma and Grandpa's place on Autumn Street.
What is 1197?
The names of Grandpa Kostolnik's siblings in proper birth order (oldest to youngest).
What is Anne, Phil, Irene?
The first name of Grandpa Kostolnik's only brother.
What is Sylvester?
The first name of Grandma Kostolnik's father.
What is Frank (or Franz)?
On Grandma's handwritten recipe for Sweet Dough, she says to shape the dough into rolls, or coffee cake, or _________.
What is Strudel?
At the Kostolnik house on Autumn Street, this word represented the first two digits of the phone exchange.
What is HUMBOLDT? (H=4, U=8)
The last pastor of the village church in Tuzina before the Germans were expelled. He made a visit to Minnesota years later.
Who is Father Bauer?
Grandpa Kostolnik's mother's maiden name.
What is Greschner?
Grandma Kostolnik's mother's maiden name.
What is Dittrich?
The number of eggs in Grandma's blond brownie recipe.
What is 3?
Grandpa was a master accountant and wizard of this mechanical adding machine.
What is the Comptometer?
Grandma K. was one of three children in her family who survived to adulthood. These are the names of her two siblings who dies in childhood.
Who are Elizabeth and Helen?
The German name of the village in Slovakia where the Kostolnik's come from.
What is Schmiedshau (pronounced "Schmeets-how). Tuzina is the Slovak name.
The German name of the village in Serbia where Grandma was born.
What is Brestowatz?
The spelling of the German name of Grandma's special treat known in English as "water birds".
What is W-A-S-S-E-R-S-P-A-T-Z-E-N?
The two persons who were Grandma and Grandpa's travel partners to the "old country" in 1972.
Who were Mike and Irene Rotz?
The middle names only of the children of Phil and Betty, in birth order.
What are Jean, Ann, Louise and Joseph?
Grandpa Kostolnik kept the books for this "gang" of hockey players.
What is the Shop Pond Gang?
The age Grandma was when she arrived at Ellis Island.
What is 8-years old?
Grandma had a way of making burgers that swam in a sauce made from ketchup, brown sugar and _______.
What is Worcestershire sauce?
The number of feet above sea level that Grandpa's home village of Tuzina sits.
What is 1,150?
In order, oldest to youngest, the first names of all 12 of Phil and Betty's grandchildren.
What are Linda, Tom, Bob, Rick, Laurie, Lisa, Paul, Barb, Kathy, Matt, Jenny and Mike.