Grandma's Cookies
Brazil nut cookies have what type of nut in them?
Almonds
Year of escape from the Reds
1920
What was Grandma's job when she met Grandpa?
American Airlines ticket stewardess
What is the hometown of these 3 Erml children?
Rocky River
True/False: We have a published professional photographer in our extended family?
True (New York's Collected Bars by George Erml--Bert Erml's father)
Crescent Moon cookies have what type of coating on them?
Cinnamon sugar
Name of the hotel Wally worked at in San Francisco
The Palace Hotel
How long did Grandpa wait until he proposed to Grandma?
3 months
What Church did they grow up in?
Rocky River Presbyterian Church
True/False: We used to own a winery
False (We used to own a brewery)
What are the color of sprinkles on the short bread cookies? (Hint: two different colors, but the same cookie)
Red and green
Age of Wally when he arrived in America
20
Where did Grandpa propose to Grandma?
Grandma's home driveway after going on a date
Where was their go-to vacation location?
Houston Woods
True/False: We used to own a jewelry store
True
True/False: the Thumbprint cookies have raspberry jam in them
True (full name is Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies)
Hometown of Wally
Vladavastok
True/False: Grandpa didn't ask Grandma's parents for their blessing before proposing to Grandma
True
What high school fall sports did they each play? (oldest to youngest)
Cheerleading, soccer, cross country
True/False: Bert Erml's family lived in the attic of Grandma + Grandpa's house for several years
False (Bert Erml's family lived in the basement of Grandma + Grandpa's house for several months after escaping from behind the Iron Curtain)
What does Grandpa (and everyone else) check for while taste-testing cookies?
Poison
Languages that Wally spoke
Russian, English, Czech, and a little Mandarin Chinese
What sport did Grandpa play at the Y on the days he would call Grandma so that he could get short-distance phone call?
Basketball
What is the undergraduate schools for the three kids?
Miami University, Bradley University, Cornell University
What is our family motto? (Hint: Grandpa has a sign of this motto above the front door in Rocky River)
"Never, never, never give up"