{"id":40879,"date":"2018-10-03T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T22:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=40879"},"modified":"2018-10-03T15:23:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T20:23:42","slug":"hays-holds-inaugural-german-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=40879","title":{"rendered":"Hays Holds Inaugural \u201cGerman Market\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY KATY WALTERS<\/span><\/p>\n

On Friday, September 28th, 2018, a new Oktoberfest event took place on Main Street called the German Market. \u00a0It was started by some individuals who wanted to start off the big day with a special market open for vendors and individuals to sell their home-baked, and home-made goods. \u00a0Foods from kuchen to noodles to honey were being sold as well as some hand-made earrings, crocheted scarves and gloves, and pumpkins and gourds. <\/span><\/p>\n

Numerous tables and truck beds were set up and displayed beginning at 7:00 AM. \u00a0It was cold and dark, but that didn\u2019t stop the visitors from attending. Almost everyone started off with a trip to the Breathe Coffee House station set up with free coffee to warm up the guests. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vendors from all backgrounds and cultures participated in this event. For instance, Travis Cassidy, who only moved to Hays two years ago, mentioned that he was interested in joining the market once he read about it on the city website. Others have grown up in Ellis County their entire lives and have continued to make recipes handed down from generations before them. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[The German Heritage] is extremely important,\u201d said Hays native, Becky Rogowski. \u201cIt is how Hays got its start and it\u2019s important to keep those stories alive.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the more interesting items for sale was local, raw honey from the Jensen Farms. \u00a0Amy Jensen mentioned that she and her husband found out about the German market by the Downtown Hays Market. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the core of the community, and the food is still apart of it,\u201d said Jensen when discussing the significance of the German culture. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another booth had noodles for sale by Susan Dinges. \u00a0She discussed the importance of tradition and culture. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is so busy, it\u2019s nice to carry on tradition. As the older generation is getting older, [it\u2019s important] that the younger ones keep it going, keep the foods, recipes, and ideas,\u201d said Dinges. \u201cWhen I was younger, the surrounding German towns, Shoenchen, Catherine, Liebenthal, Victoria, each set up booths with foods from their community, and that\u2019s how I believe it started.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As a great way to kick off a weekend of festivities, the German Market brought people together to share one of the deepest parts of the Volga German heritage in Ellis County: food. What people remember most about growing up German are the recipes that were handed down from generation to generation. \u00a0Food is a great way to keep the culture alive and the German Market aided in passing down this tradition. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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