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FEATURES january 2017 Volume 12, Issue 1

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Oh beer, how we love thee

With the craft beer craze showing no signs of slowing down, it’s time to admit it: This beer evolution has changed the way we socialize.

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Should Old Acquaintance be forgot Instead of sitting on your couch with a glass of wine and watching the ball drop, this is your year to throw a killer New Year’s Eve party.

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We’re all in this together As the nation deals with the aftermath of a divisive election, Mankato resident Bukata Hayes gives us some words of reason to live by.

About the Cover Our lovely cover — a mug full of good old American Lager — was shot at the NaKato Bar by Pat Christman.

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DEPARTMENTS 6 From the Editor 8 This Day in History 9 The Gallery

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Richard Theissen

10 Beyond the Margin Happy days are here again 12 Day Trip Destinations

Sandstone Ice Festival

22 Then & Now 150 years for Bethlehem Lutheran 29 Food, Drink & Dine

30 Food

32 Wine

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Serial snacking The good, bad & awkward

33 Beer No shame in going yellow

34 Happy Hour

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36 What’s Cooking Snow cream 38 That’s Life That’s entertainment

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40 Garden Chat The mysteries of kohlrabi 42 Your Style Falkland wool is the new hair is

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44 Coming Attractions 45 Faces & Places 48 From This Valley The annual holiday letter

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By Robb Murray January 2017 • VOLUME 12, ISSUE 1 Publisher

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

W

hen it comes to beer, southern Minnesota is in an interesting

position.

With the August Schell Brewing Company just up the road in New Ulm, we’ve been doing the so-called “craft beer” thing for decades. When people in other parts of the state were left with Budweiser and Bud Light, we’ve had a steady variety of fine brews coming our way on a regular basis.

L a t e l y, t h o u g h , i t s e e m s everything is changing on the beer front, and in a very good way. People are paying more attention to what they’re drinking.

Instead of beer being something that happens to be present in a social setting, it has now become the reason for the social setting.

People are gathering specifically to explore new tastes and varieties.

It all evokes a sense of adventure around a beverage that has been around for millenia.

And as beer has gotten better, it has transformed the way we socialize. Sure, some eschew the very idea of different beers, preferring instead to keep it simple and cheap. And that’s fine -- many a fine memory has been made on the backs of a few cold Coors Lights. But for those who crave a different personality from their brew, the developments of the last 10 years have been extraordinary. It’d be hard to see us turning back now and returning to days when the only choice was which American lager will you drink.

These are good times, folks.

Good times indeed. This month in Mankato Magazine, we explore the evolution of beer culture in southern Minnesota and examine how that evolution has transformed the way we socialize.

Elsewhere in this issue, we bring you a very thoughtful piece by Bukata Hayes, whose efforts to positively unite and improve our community over the last 15 years have been applauded by many.

Hayes is the driving force behind the Mankato Diversity Council. In that role he’s worked tirelessly to foster a sense of inclusiveness in our community. He’s taken that message to community forums and schools, hoping to reach as many people as possible.

It’s no secret that the presidential race of 2016 was a divisive one.

It’s also no secret that the wounds exposed from that race have been slow to heal. Hayes gives us an intellectual road map of sorts that we can use to plot our community’s path to the ultimate goal of togetherness.

It really is a special piece of writing, and we’re lucky and privileged to have Hayes share his vision with us.

Finally, to take things in a different direction, January marks the beginning of a new year (I mean, obviously). As such, we anticipate you may be in the mood for a party, maybe even in the mood to throw a party. If that’s true, we’ve got a solid plan to help you pull off the perfect New Year’s Eve party. And even if you don’t throw a New Year’s Eve party, the tips here are universal and apply to any gathering.

Just be sure to be safe out there, folks. We want you to have fun, but only if you’re going to be careful.

Have a great 2017, everyone MM

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This Day in history

By Jean Lundquist

Warm & Fuzzy

Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1905 Cat didn’t come back One of Mankato’s school girls used to have a cat, which she dearly loved, which was inflicted with an incurable ailment. It was decided that the poor creature had better be put out of the world. Accordingly, it was sewed up in a sack together with a good-sized stone. The young lady, her heart filled with grief and her eyes with tears, went off with the sack to the river bank. She tossed the bag with its precious contents into the water and turned quickly around and ran home. when she reached the front porch of her home, she was amazed to see her pet quietly sunning herself and licking her fur dry. Not long afterwards, the puss was tied up in the sack once again, and carefully carried to the river by the girl’s brother, and dropped in. This time, she did not return.

Thursday, Jan. 3, 1980 Top 10 Records Compiled by C & N Sales, local jukebox distributor 1. “Escape” (the Pina Colada Song), Rupert Holmes 2. “Please Don’t Go,” K.C. and the Sunshine Band 3. “Do that To Me One More Time,” Captain and Tenille 4. “You’re Only Lonely,” J.D. Souther 5. “The Long Run,” The Eagles 6. “Ladies Night,” Kool & the Gang 7. “Jane,” Jefferson Starship 8. “Head Games,” Foreigner 9. “Cool Change,” Little River Band 10. “Rock With You,” Michael Jackson Monday, Jan. 3, 1977 Six Wasecans ride the “Expresh” There weren’t a lot of takers New Year’s Eve when the City of Waseca offered its 7,000 residents a free ride home from celebrations. The city rented a bus and placed it on call from 10 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Bus driver Lloyd Madison said he delivered six people from bars and parties to their homes. “There were no sloppy drunks,” he said, “just good, sociable people who had been drinking quite a bit, and were feeling very happy.”

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1968 Mower Vs. the shovel, by Ken E. Berg Here it is, Jan. 3, and not a phoned or written gripe yet this winter season about blankety-blank snow removal on Mankato streets. No snow — maybe that’s why. Occasionally we like to compare summer and winter chores. Personally, I’d rather mow the lawn once, even twice a week, rather than shovel an 8-inch pack of snow from the walks and driveway.

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Saturday, Jan. 3, 1970 Goettl’s Grocery sold to Forest Lake man One of Mankato’s leading business places, in operation for more than 30 years, will undergo an owner and name change Monday. Goettl’s Superfair and Locker, 422 Belgrade Avenue, owned by Kathleen and Jack Goettl, will become the Jack ‘N’ Jill Food Center under the ownership of Jack Ringenberg of Forest Lake. Customers will find a new brand of merchandise, and the lockery and delivery service will continue. One of the biggest changes as far as customers are concerned is the discontinuation of charge accounts. Goettl’s began in 1938 under the ownership of Ray Goettl. During its history, the store has survived a flood, a fire, and robberies.

The Gallery: Richard Theissen Story by Leticia Gonzales

Art taking flight Richard Theissen’s love for capturing birds was born long ago

A

ll it took was one hunting trip as a child near Erickson Lake in St. Peter for 53-yearold Richard Theissen to realize his lifelong pursuit of becoming a wildlife artist.

“My dad, he’s a big outdoorsman, and he painted in the winters j u s t fo r f u n , ” s a i d T h e i s s e n . “ He w a s actually pretty good.

He would never display it. He took me duck hunting, and that kind of started the whole thing. I was just enamored with the first bird we brought in.”

It was the intricate design and detail of the bird’s feathers that fascinated the then-12-year-old Theissen.

“I just couldn’t get enough of the colors, the structure, and how the bird moved,” he said. “I just had to start drawing.”

From that experience, Theissen

combined his love of birds with his desire to self-teach himself as an artist by getting involved in Birds of Prey and the sport of falconry.

“I got into the sport because I wanted to draw and paint them,” he said. “And I knew if I had one right in front of me all the time, it would be a good reference, so I started doing that.”

Theissen participated in falconry — which involved him taming a wild red tail hawk to aid in hunting rabbits and pheasants in southern Minnesota for about five years -- before studying illustration at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount. That’s where he developed skills in acrylic, pencil, watercolor, as well as pen and ink art.

“In the past year, I’ve been privileged to paint portraits of people’s birds for them that they have hunted with or are hunting with now,” he said. “I enjoy the

birds, from song birds all the way to up eagles. I get ideas from being out there hunting. I try and keep it realistic, so I tend to work from photographs a lot. I take the pictures myself or get photos from other people and work from those.”

With funds granted from the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council (PLARC) in Waseca, Theissen was able to show nearly 20 of his waterfowl paintings at the Arts Center of St. Peter in November of last year. He also recently received a merit award for a peregrine falcon piece at PLRAC’s 24th annual juried show. These recent accomplishments have motivated him to conjure up a few new projects.

“I hope to do more things outside the box,” said Theissen. “I want to do some plein air painting, which means you just go outside with your easel and you paint landscape; what you see, what is going on, and it’s a very quick loose style. And I want to do more of that to get quicker and capture actual color and light, instead of working with photos so much.”

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“If you’re going to live in Minnesota, you need to find a winter-only activity that you love and anticipate,” said Lenz, a Minnesota Climbers Association Board of Directors member. “For me, it became ice climbing.”

Likely inspired by festivals like the Ouray Ice Festival in Ouray, Colorado, Lenz said the event was first celebrated in Robinson Park Quarry in 2005 under the helm of Tony Vavricka, who passed the festival on to the Minnesota Climbers Association in the fall of 2016.

Located along the Kettle River, Lenz said the Robinson Park Quarry features “vertical blast indentations along the cliff faces that were used to extract the rock.”

“I first attended the Sandstone Ice Festival in 2007,” Lenz said. “I had just started climbing in the gym and outside. A friend somehow convinced me to climb ice and camp outside in very cold temperatures. It really widened my perception of what I was capable of and introduced me to a now-favorite winter activity.”

Without any mountains in its landscape, Minnesota may not appear to be a likely destination for ice climbing.

“The fact that we even have an event like this in Minnesota is unique,” said Lenz. “People, especially in the climbing world, just don’t think of Minnesota as a climbing location.

In addition to the Robinson Park Quarry in Sandstone, which offers climbs ranging from 50 to 70 feet, the sport has attracted ice climbers to the bluffs along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis and St. Paul, and along Minnesota’s North Shore.

“The rivers that flow toward Lake Superior, often through beautiful and other-worldly canyons, drop off and create an ice climbing playground,” Lenz said. “The canyons also seep water that freezes along the rock walls.

Exploring the frozen rivers in that part of the state can be an adventure, and should be done with caution as the rivers do not freeze solid.”

Casket Quarry in Duluth is another popular ice climbing location.

“It will see some ice farming in the coming years,” added Lenz.

“And in Winona, there are some

big developments along the river bluffs that will include some ice farming. The further development of these two areas is exciting. They are both very welcome additions to ice climbing in the state.”

Over the years, the Sandstone Ice festival has gained attention, even attracting professional ice climber Dawn Glanc in 2009.

“Attendance has been increasing over the years,” Lenz said. “There has been a growing interest in the sport of climbing in general. The number of climbing gyms around the state makes it easy to get into the activity. Some of these new climbers fall in love with the sport, like I did, and want to take it to the next level.”

The next level, said Lenz, comes after climbers gain some experience and safety knowledge.

“Wanting to try ice climbing and endure a long day in possibly single digit temperatures, takes a heart that craves adventure,” he said.

Some 100 climbers usually turn out for the yearly event.

“I think some of the growth in popularity is the expansion of the ice farming effort,” said Lenz.

“From year to year, little areas of the park get new dustings of ice that were previously unclimbable.”

While this is the first year that the Minnesota Climbers Association will be hosting the festival, Lenz said his organization is excited to take the helm.

“I hope that the Minnesota Climbers Association can keep the

feel and spirit of the event going and take it to the next level, whatever that may be,” he said.

From instructional ice climbing clinics and gear demos, to winter camping and a “Frozen Kettle” chili cook-off, there is a full schedule of events even for the newbies.

“The event has always been advertised as a “Celebration of Winter,” said Lenz. “I like that; it’s like we are taking this potentially miserable season and owning it.

We’re making it into something to be anticipated and really fun.”

Go If you

What

Sandstone Ice Festival Robinson Park, Sandstone, Minn.

When

Jan. 6, 7 and 8

Admission

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BEER … Oh how we love thee Craft beer has come a long way in the last decade. From IPAs to sours, the evolution of beer is changing what we drink and how we drink it.

By Jenna Vagle

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n the west end of New Ulm — past the cemetery, past the Runnings store — stands a plain machine shed.

It doesn’t house farm equipment. It isn’t a classic car garage or work room. On the outside, it looks like a normal blue and white square building. No signs, no markings, no indication at all that, inside, there’s something unique not only to New Ulm, but to southern Minnesota in general.

When you walk through the door, and you’re immersed in a different world.

A hallway lined with old valves that were used decades ago at the brewery leads you to a door that opens up to a spacious room with picnic tables, a small bar at the front and 10 wooden barrels nearly tall enough to touch the ceiling.

This is the new Schell’s Brewery tap room.

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wine world.”

Marti would know. His father, Ted, is the current head of operations at Schell’s, a business that has stayed in the family since August Schell brewed his first batch in 1860. Schell settled in New Ulm after he immigrated from Germany. Coming from Deutschland, he had a craving for a good, hearty German beer. He teamed up with Jacob Bernhardt, a former brewmaster at the Benzberg Brewery in St. Paul.

Being the second oldest familyowned brewery in America, the empire has grown and prospered through almost everything — WWI, prohibition, the Great Depression, WWII, Vietnam, the low-carb fad and now, the craft beer movement.

“We want to educate people,” Marti said. “Before, breweries couldn’t have taprooms. The laws in Minnesota have changed just in the past six years.”

Typically, taprooms are connected to breweries. In some, like the Mankato Brewery, visitors can sit and have a beer by the bar, which is right off the brewing area. They are able to sit within spitting distance of the tanks where some of the same kind of beer they’re drinking is actually brewing.

The August Schell Brewing Company is led by the Marti boys.

But they won’t be pouring Firebricks or Goosetowns out of these taps — this taproom is home to their new line of sour beers: Apricot Vista, Orbital Drift, Harmony of Spears and more.

With the craft beer trend showing no signs of slowing and new breweries popping up all over Minnesota and the U.S., it’s important for breweries to keep their customers wanting more.

And more is certainly what beer consumers appear to want.

The Mankato Craft Beer Expo will be held Jan. 17 at the Mankato Performing Arts Center.

The fifth annual event brings together roughly 1,500 beer lovers for an afternoon of tasting the latest offerings from up to 50 different brewmasters and breweries. From year one, the event has been a sell-out success.

“The great thing with the expo is that it doesn’t matter what your identity is,” Mankato Craft Beer Expo organizer Mark Opdahl said. “It’s a celebration of all beers. If you want to try drinking imperial stouts or sour beers, you can do that. You’re not locked into a full serving of it.”

The main focus of the expo is to get people out of their shells.

If you’re used to drinking Summit EPA, you can certainly try different styles of that brew, but you can also try drinking a Surly Furious without being tied to an full pint of it.

Schell’s will feature the Noble Star Series of Sour Beers at this year’s Expo.

“The sour beers have seen a big revival,” Schell’s brewer Jace Marti said. “It’s something we embraced. It bridges the beer and

A good kind of sour At Schell’s, they saw a new business opportunity. The new line of sour beer is made onsite at the new taproom. The alcohol is produced through yeast and bacteria and the flavor is brought to life by hundreds of pounds of fruit — such as apricot and blackberry.

“It ferments in the stainless steel tanks first,” Marti said, “and then we transfer it into wood tanks.”

The wood tanks are a piece of Schell’s history. The monstersized tanks were used to brew original Schell’s beer after prohibition. Combined with the decor, the building is a mixture of new ideas and old processes, a life-sized illustration of how craft beer is evolving.

Another unique thing about the new Schell’s taproom — it’s on the complete opposite end of town from the original Schell’s compound.

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Nearly 50 different breweries are represented at the Mankato Craft Beer Expo. of the Cottonwood River. With additions to the production area as they’ve grown over the years — such as the giftshop and museum — there wasn’t much room for another addition, much less one that ushered in a new type of brew, one very different from what they’re known for making.

“We want to introduce this to people by pairing it with food that goes with the sour beers,” Marti said.

Opdahl’s job includes going to different breweries and bars to find those special craft beers.

Craft beer has allowed people to think outside the box and find a beer that enhances the taste of their dinner.

“There are so many options of beers that go with food,” he said.

“I’m sitting in front of Third Street Tavern in St. Peter and I can’t wait to see what’s on tap to go with my brisket sandwich.”

Keeping it local is another piece Marti wanted to ensure would be a part of the puzzle.

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come in on the weekends,” he said. “It’ll be their kitchen for the weekend and they have free reign to do what they want — as long as it pairs with the beers.”

The idea is to make this new idea appeal to people in a way they already know — brewery visits. Visitors and residents of New Ulm can take a night to go out to this remote taproom — eat local food, drink local beer.

Schell’s is embracing new ideas while sticking to their roots.

“Hopefully it’ll bring more people to the city of New Ulm,” Marti said.

In the Twin Cities area, craft breweries like Fulton, Surly, Inbound and Indeed have become a place of gathering for folks who want a little more out of their bar-hopping experience.

They’re upscale breweries with an intimate, small town feel.

Culture and identity

What makes people want to drink craft beer? There’s so many different kinds, options, flavors and locations. There are lagers,

IPAs, EPAs, ambers, domestics, imports, craft, sour and so much more. How does one choose what they’re going to drink?

Carol Glasser is a sociology professor at Minnesota State University. She says there’s more to beer consumption than intoxication.

“I think it’s to have an experience,” she said. “I think what you drink, in terms of craft beer, is about identity. Where you go to drink regularly is about culture.”

Glasser and fellow sociology professor Emily Boyd are actually working jointly on a research project that examines American Legion Bars as sites of culture — or a “third space,” from a sociology perspective.

“Your first place is your home, your second space is your work and your third space is a place where you go to have community, but it’s a place where people know who you are,” Glasser said.

In the Midwest, it’s common for people to have a bar they go

Mary Ann Donahue Looking out for you Mankato Brewery remains a favorite of local beer drinkers. to, as we learned from “Cheers,” “where everybody knows their name.” The act of consuming and drinking beer evokes a sense of community. In small town bars, one might go into a place alone, but they’re not there to be alone.

With craft beer, and craft breweries, much of the appeal can still be local, but in a different sense.

“What they choose to drink, in terms of craft beer, is a way to create identity, particularly local identities,” Glasser said. “Craft breweries are on the rise. They’re in so many towns and often named after the towns they’re in.

And so there’s the identity of the beer itself, but also the identity you get from what you choose to drink.”

Changing how we socialize

While bar regulars who drink Budweiser or Miller Lite might be emblems of brand loyalty, craft beer drinkers are illustrating a much more social side of alcohol consumption.

“We’ve seen a ‘no-logo’’ movement in the early 2000’s, where people started saying, ‘I don’t want to be this person associated with Nike anymore, I’m more individual, more independent than that,” Glasser said. “Craft beers let you build this identity and consumer relationship in a way that’s more individual and more local.”

Opdahl’s craft beer expo business is called Chop Liver Craft Beer Festivals. He says it sort of started on a lark.

“It was never meant to be a real business,” Opdahl said. “St. Cloud, Rochester called and asked us to do beer fests in their towns.”

From there, Opdahl and his partner were introduced to the right people to help facilitate and grow. Now, the fifth annual festival in Mankato is Chop Liver’s “middle child” but continues to impress as the years pass.

“Mankato’s a small community,” Opdahl said.

“Everyone knows when the expo’s coming.”

Live music and good beer — that’s the hope for this years Mankato Craft Beer Expo.

Getting people together is the core of this event.

“I like that for a few hours, one day a year, everybody puts down their phones and has a good time and socializes together as a community,” Opdahl said. “The whole support local thing is so big right now, and I think it’s a testament to that.”

Walk into a bar, and you’ll find an array of options. Say you’re up in Minneapolis and you walk into a bar in Uptown. You see they have Organ Grinder from Mankato Brewery on tap. You get a sense of home and think, “I’m proud to be from Mankato. I want to support my local brewery, so I’m going to get a MM pint of Organ Grinder.”

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It’s your time to shine and be

The Life of the Party

You’ve gone to enough of them.

Isn’t it time you threw your own New Year’s Eve party?

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Auld lang syne.

The countdown.

The dropping of the ball in Times Square.

Drinks.

Hors d’oeuvres.

You love New Year’s Eve. From the fact that no one has to work the next day (well, almost no one) to its tie-in with fresh starts and resolutions, it’s tailor-made for revelry, good times and great memories.

But maybe this year you’re looking to up your game. Maybe this year you’ve got bigger plans.

Maybe this year you’re thinking of taking things to the next level.

Well, forget the “maybe” part of that equation.

This IS your year to shine, your year to finally become the party guy or gal you always knew you could be.

Because this year, we’re here to help you pull off the perfect New Year’s Eve party. (And yes, we know New Year’s Eve is technically in December, and this is the January issue, but it hits the streets a few days prior to that, just in time to help you plan!)

We touched base with Amber Jensen, owner of Meaningful Moments in lower North Mankato.

Jensen makes her living planning parties, mostly weddings, but she’s planned enough birthday parties and random gatherings to give you a leg up when planning yours.

“Friends who come to my parties would say to me, ‘You should just do this for a living,’” Jensen said.

So she did. And now her expertise is in your corner.

n First impressions are very important

You only get one chance to make a first impression, and Jensen says that impression should be made the minute guests arrive at your party. If you’re choosing a theme — which you should — it should be very obvious to someone what’s going on the second they step foot inside.

For example, if champagne is your theme, perhaps your place could literally sparkle with glitter or party favors. Then, take that theme and have it recur elsewhere. Maybe you’ve got champagne as an ingredient in whatever meal you serve. Maybe you’ve got a variety of champagnes from around the globe, or random and goofy New Year’s resolutions written on fancy paper and tied to champagne glasses, such as, “I will do less laundry and use more deodorant,” or “Eat more nice things like candy, Big Macs, popcorn and ice cream. Eat less crap like fresh fruit, vegetables and soy nuts.”

Have fun with it. Why not?

n Fun and games

Everyone loves a good game, right?

Jensen says one of the easiest ways to score big in the game department is by simply tweaking an existing game.

“One year we changed all the property names on Monopoly,” she said. So instead of “New York Avenue” or “St. James Place” you’d have “Rose Bowl Lane” or “Champagne Avenue.”

Our friends over at Real Simple have some other ideas for games.

“Print cards with these fill-in-the-blanks: The bad habit I want to kick this year is ____. “The good deed I want to do this year is ____.” “The person I want to be more like this year is ___.” “The skill I want to learn this year is ____.”

n Proper tunage

No party can hum along at proper party pace without a well-considered playlist.

To do this right, you’ll need to think about your guestlist. Have you invited a hipster crowd? People from work? Aging relatives? These are important questions. You can’t roll out Disturbed or Five Finger Death Punch when your grandparents walk through the door.

Having said that, there are certain songs that can successfully put anyone in a comfortable mood for New Year’s Eve revelry (or just a solid good time.)

Here’s a list of tunes you can fire up on Spotify or Apple Music (if you don’t subscribe to one of them, you should). And do this in advance, people. There’s nothing lamer than a host who, instead of tending to the needs of guests, spends his or her time scouring the Spotify library for the “perfect” song.

Here you go: “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC, “Basket Case” by Green Day, “Galileo” by the Indigo Girls, “It’s the End of the World as We Know it” by R.E.M., “Soundcheck,” by Catfish and Bottlemen, “I Want You to Want Me” by Cheap Trick, “Epic” by Faith No More, “Feel Good Inc” by Gorillaz, “S.O.B.” by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, “Take it as it Comes” by J Roddy Walston and the Business, “Spirits” by the Strumbellas, “Polyester Bride” by Liz Phair, “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” by Concrete Blonde, “Change” by Blind Melon, “Killer Parties” by The Hold Steady, “Mayor of Simpleton” By XTC, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division, “Summer Wine” by Nancy Sinatra, “When I Get My Hands on You” by The New Basement Tapes.

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Not there yet?

If you’re thinking this year you still want to just find a party, here are a few options for you: n The Kato Ballroom’s 68th Annual New Year’s Eve Party

6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Event features Richie Lee & the Fabulous 50s.

Start with our Elegant Dinner at 6:30 for only $15.95, then dance the night away to all of your favorite hits from the 50s and 60s. Dance only $18 in advance, $22 at the door. Music starts at 8:30 p.m.

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n New Years Eve with Useful Jenkins

Doors open at 9 p.m. Music by the Stringdingers starts at 9:30 p.m. Useful Jenkins is scheduled to start at 11 p.m.

After 6 years, Useful Jenkins is returning to the What’s Up Lounge for a New Year’s Eve celebration you don’t want to miss. They’ve hired the Stringdingers to help with the countdown.

Tickets are $12 in advance, or $15 at the door are available The Oleander or Good Day Sunshine.

n Rockin’ Karaoke New Year’s Eve 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. at the Loose Moose Saloon & Conference Center.

n New Year’s Eve party with Switch Road at Buster’s Music starts at 9 p.m.

n New Years Eve Party at Hammer’s Bar in St. Peter 9 p.m. - 1:00am

This list will get you started.

You’re going to want a good 40-50 songs.

And then, when you’re ready for everyone to leave, play “Fall Into Me” by Alev Lenz. Trust me.

n Keep the numbers manageable

This is where your guestlist is key. Are you planning a get together for work friends? Old college buddies? Family? All of the above?

Any and all of this is fine, just keep in mind that the more people that walk through your door, the less likely those people are to have a memorable time.

Smaller numbers preserve the chance for meaningful interaction (assuming that’s something you’re going for), conversation “When there’s too many people, I’d feel like I wasn’t giving my guests the attention they deserve,” Jensen said. “For me, something I enjoy is making sure everybody is having a good time or introducing people that don’t know each other. You know, it’s about hosting versus being a part

of your own party.”

n Avoid big mistakes

Jensen says the biggest mistake party throwers make is forgetting to take care of the guests they invited to the party.

“Think about it from their perspective,” she said. “What would help them be as comfortable as possible?”

This means making sure the bathrooms are stocked with toilet paper, towels and soap (didn’t think we’d go there, did you?).

Make sure you’ve got enough food and beverages so a lastminute run to the liquor store isn’t required. Are you one of those people who likes to save money by keeping your house 62 degrees in December? Consider upping the thermostat; most of your guests are what we like to call “normal,” and won’t appreciate spending their evening looking for a blanket.

“It’s really a good thing to be prepared and have everything in place,” Jensen said.

At the end of the day, think about it this way: What kind of party would you like to attend?

And then plan that party, only better. Make it your own, make it comfortable, make it a blast. And if it sucks, you can always resolve to do better next year. MM

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Then & Now: Bethlehem Lutheran Church By: Bryce O. Stenzel

Bethlehem Lutheran Church

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Celebrates 150 Years

ethlehem Lutheran Church of Mankato is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2017. The anniversary coincides with the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation in 1517, when Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, nailed his 95 theses to the church door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Saxony (now part of Germany).

In those theses, Luther strongly criticized many church practices of the day, particularly the sale of “indulgences,” used to fund public works projects such as roads and the building of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Luther never intended to separate from the Roman Catholic Church and create a new denomination of Christianity; however, many of his followers did.

The Reformation lasted until 1648, when the Treaty of Westphalia was adopted, ending the Thirty Years’ War. By that time, Lutheranism (as well as other Protestant denominations) had spread all over Europe, and became the state religions of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, among other countries.

Once established, the state [Lutheran] churches became as repressive as their predecessor, [the preReformation Christian church] had been. Critical of the “high church,” many Norwegian peasants longed to break free from the aristocratic tendencies of the state-church clergy.

Generations later, some of them did. Like their German, Swedish and Danish counterparts, Norwegians immigrated to the United States in large numbers searching for cheap land and religious liberty. From 1820-1865, more than 77,000 Norwegians came to the U.S, joined by another 110,896 between 1866 and 1873.

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Norwegian immigrants brought with them a strong interest in developing a voluntary church that was independent of the state, religious freedom wasn’t the only, nor was it even the primary, motivation for so many of them to emigrate to the U.S. in the nineteenth century.

Norwegian farmers, who constituted 90 percent of those who emigrated, deeply resented the cultural and religious domination which had built up over many years of their country being ruled by Denmark.

The ceding of Norway to Sweden in 1814 did not improve attitudes among the Norwegian peasant population. They deeply resented all foreign influences as well as the Norwegian upper classes for “selling out” to the foreign occupiers.

When famine or any other economic calamity struck, these became strong motivators in leaving the “old country.” Nonetheless, Norwegians coming to America exhibited a very deep and abiding religious impulse — one that would leave a strong imprint on the communities they would settle in the new land.

The Norwegian Lutheran Church in Minnesota had its beginnings in Fillmore and Goodhue counties.

Two congregations were organized there in 1854. The first Norwegian Lutheran congregation in Blue Earth County was the Jackson Lake Lutheran Church of Amboy, organized in 1862. Jackson Lake no longer exists. It was drained in 1914; however, the cemetery belonging to this church remains on a hill, east of Amboy, which was the on the edge of the old lake.

The oldest of three Norwegian congregations that would eventually form Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Mankato was Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, organized in 1867, by the Reverend T.H. Dahl. He started with a congregation of 25 members.

The image at left shows the church prior to the 1978 fire. At right is present day.

At first, Sunday services were irregular, and held in the German Lutheran Church (Immanuel), whose original church building was built at the corner of Washington and Broad Streets, and formally dedicated in October, 1867. In 1874, Our Savior’s built a brick sanctuary building on the corner of Carroll and Pleasant Streets for $7,000.

Trinity Lutheran, the second parent congregation of Bethlehem was founded in 1869. Originally, it carried the name “First Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church.” Reverend Nils Olsen, Trinity’s first pastor, served for five years. The original church consisted of only seven families.

Services were conducted in the Blue Earth County courthouse (not the present one), as well as in private homes. In 1875, Trinity constructed its own sanctuary at the corner of Carroll and Van Brunt Streets, only a block away from Our Savior’s, under the leadership of Pastor Nils Heggerness. The church building cost $3,200 to construct.

The Le Sueur Lutheran Church was organized in 1886, in a location along the Le Sueur River, approximately seven miles south of Mankato. The congregation met in a remodeled schoolhouse.

It was served by pastors from Trinity until the unification with Our Savior’s and Trinity. Our Savior’s, Trinity and Le Sueur Lutheran churches finally merged in 1919 to form “Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mankato.” This would not have been possible had it not been for the interest in uniting several local synods together to form the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America in 1917, as well as the individual churches that made up those synods. In 1920, the women

of Bethlehem held their first annual Nordic Bazaar, which has become a cherished 96-year-old tradition in the church to this day.

Once the Bethlehem congregation was at last established, the next step was to build a church building large enough to accommodate its membership. In 1924, a church lot was purchased at the corner of Second and Liberty Streets at a cost of $5,300. The church building itself cost $45,000.

Reminders of the union of the churches were a constant presence in the new sanctuary because material from the two Mankato churches several blocks away were incorporated into the new building’s construction: bricks, stained-glass windows, altar, pulpit, baptismal font and hymnal bulletin.

The new sanctuary was dedicated on Dec. 7, 1924. In 1931, a pipe organ was installed, reflecting the fact that music has always held a high place in Lutheran worship, and Bethlehem has long recognized this tradition.

Tragically, the 1924 sanctuary building was lost to a devastating fire that occurred on April 17, 1978. It was replaced by the current “Heritage Room” portion of the current building that was rebuilt on the same site. Artifacts and photos from the “Old Church” that were saved from the fire are on permanent display here. As a boy growing up in the Bethlehem congregation, and witnessing the aftermath of that fire, I still vividly recall the sweet, sickening scent of cinnamon-scented air fresheners used to cover up the smell of smoke and charred wood.

Bethlehem witnessed its most dramatic physical transformation in 1967, with the building of the current sanctuary building.

Membership in the centennial year had reached approximately 2,800 people. Careful thought was given to the erection of a new sanctuary that could seat a larger number of people and more effectively serve the Mankato community.

Designed by Harold Spitznagel and Associates of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the walls of the sanctuary displayed 64 paintings of biblical characters and great Christian “saints” of the ages, painted by Cyrus B. Running.

They are meant to express the unity of the congregation with the “Communion of Saints” of previous generations.

The design philosophy of the “New Church” was one of openness. In the worship space, the clergy was not separated from the congregation, but was placed right in their midst, elevated only enough to provide good sight lines. The large sky-light above the main altar was designed to offer a sense of spaciousness, and the indirect light around the perimeter was designed to illicit a feeling of gathering around.

In 1980, Bethlehem’s new Holtkamp organ was dedicated with a concert by Paul Manz. An overflow crowd attended the dedication and concert on the evening of Sep. 7. In 2015, the building was again remodeled to provide more efficient office space, and make badly needed repairs to the roof, boilers, windows and other areas of the building. Bethlehem Lutheran Church is now ready to meet its next 150 years of challenges, obligations and opportunities for growth with style, along with amazing grace.

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Reflections

By Pat Christman

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snow-starved start to winter is to blame for sleds, saucers and toboggans sitting dust covered in garages across southern Minnesota. Not everyone is happy for winter lagging behind. Rarely is the delay long, though.

Once the ground is covered the fun can begin, racing down sledding hills at light speed. A little snow in the face stings for a short while until, at the bottom, kids look to each other laughing and head back up the hill for another run. MM MANKATO MAGAZINE • january 2017 • 25

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Our greatest community possible “We won’t be able to live as a nation until we learn to live together.” ~ Retired Justice Alan C. Page

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OGETHER … Such a simple word in definition. Yet extremely complicated in application.

This notion has been thoroughly stress tested throughout our history with varying degrees of success, and tested even more rigorously in our community in recent months. This past election cycle and its aftermath surfaced many emotions, passions and sentiments regarding our bond as a human family, our responsibilities to each other as neighbors and our roles as participants in the perfecting of our American Experiment.

The peaceful process of the transition of power in our country is being made official as you read this, with the inauguration of our new president. Will this allow us to move forward united and live as one nation? Perhaps. However, before we can accomplish living as one nation according to Justice Page’s assertion above, an important prerequisite must be addressed. How can we learn to authentically live together?

As I write this, I must admit I am struggling with the realities of that very question, and I hope this writing proves cathartic in my own process of moving forward. The arc of justice that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. articulated during the Civil Rights era seems further away from its endpoint of equality and fairness. Daily in this age of social mediainformed existence, we are made aware of circumstances and situations where our treatment of each other is not as brothers and sisters but as the most distant of strangers – uncaring of, unconcerned about and unconnected to one another. I am finding it more difficult to believe that true harmony can exist if we are not ready, willing and able to see, as Dr. King said, “injustice anywhere as a threat to justice everywhere,” and understand how injustice anywhere can undermine our ability to see and treat each other as equals.

But, while I am admittedly struggling with our existing realities, I remain resolute that we will co-create the community we desire. I deeply believe that we will find and employ the common, universal and diverse traits that allow a community to have all of its members fully engaged. I stand firmly rooted in the notion that our best moments are ahead of us.

In order to realize our collective hopes and aspirations, I submit that four key imperatives must occur for us to accomplish our greatest community possible.

n TRUTH

We have to allow the truth of our experience to emerge. This happens when we sit down, listen and talk to one another and then engage in dialogue about where our truth (experiences) converge and diverge. I, a black middle-aged man, often speak about an experience in a department store fitting area with my white middle-aged wife and how our experiences were drastically different.

We were both approaching the department store clerk, who was white, to try on clothes. My wife was ahead of me and was asked by the clerk, “How many clothes are you trying on today?” My wife replied matter of factly, “Oh, about four or five things.” The clerk, with no further inquiry, allowed my wife to enter the fitting room of her choice.

My interaction with the clerk followed. I was asked the same question by the fitting room clerk, “How many clothes are you trying on today?” I replied, “Oh, about 3 or 4 things.” The clerk then motioned to me to hand over my items. Only after counting them and giving me a ticket indicating how many items I was taking into the fitting rooms did she allow me to enter.

Why were our experiences different? The reason I tell this tale is to speak to those areas where our truths (experiences) converge and diverge. In the experience above, it is evident that my experience and my wife’s are the same in terms of outcome (we both got to try on our clothes) but vastly different in process (the steps we took to get there) and perception (how the clerk viewed us in that specific situation).

As we live together, we must be willing to truly listen to each other’s truth (experience) and discuss why they converge and diverge. Your truth is your truth. It can not be invalidated or disputed. Others can seek to understand it, but cannot dismiss or minimize it. There also is no trump (most important) experience, meaning my experience in that department store that day doesn’t negate, nullify or supersede my wife’s and vice versa. When we allow our truths to emerge, we provide a “both/ and” inclusiveness that brings us more locally and immediately connected.

This is far from easy, though. When we allow our truths (experiences) to emerge and we dialogue about the convergence and divergence of our truths, we experience discomfort and difficulty. This reconciling of our truths to forge a singular, cohesive community implies disagreement -- but disagreement infused with respect, dignity and civility. This is important and needed if we are to attain our fullest potential as a community.

George W. Bush, at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Sept. 24, 2016, stated, “Great nations don’t shy away from the truth.” This quote, I believe, provides both instructions to be a better society and admonishment for where we have gone astray in that quest. It encourages us to attend to, intentionally, the truth in all its good and bad representations. It also reprimands us for historically avoiding those good and bad manifestations for reasons such as comfort, apathy and denial. Great communities, like our greater Mankato community, encourage and embrace our individual truth so that our living authentically together becomes a more immediate reality.

(Side Note: This truth of our experience does not mean an absence of factual data or information. It also shouldn’t be interpreted as an ignoring of verifiable knowledge, established precedent or making up of data. That commentary is for another time.)

n COMPASSION

Simply put, we must begin to see from each other’s eyes and walk in each other’s footsteps.

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remove cynicism, suspend judgment and allow our hearts to lead us.

Rational minds, at times, prevent us from getting to the interpersonal depth needed to foster empathy and comprehension. Rational process pushes us to efficiency rather than to effectiveness in dealing with the differences between us and also what unites us. Oftentimes an oversimplification -- due to wanting to efficiently build connections and relationships -- of what unites us leads to harmful generalizations that further deepen what ails us.

Conversely, this same desire for efficiency leads us to the path of least resistance in terms of fully understanding the difference between us and how a community can effectively respond to those dynamic dimensions. So to obtain a clear vantage point of each other’s misfortunes and fortunes, or one another’s successes and setbacks, we must struggle and be uncomfortable in our transition from our lucid minds to our loving hearts.

Yeah, I know … That sounds too touchy feely for some. I understand and can relate to that sentiment.

But that is part of the learning needed to live together, as Justice Page said. This learning requires pairing our rational minds with our caring hearts for the greatest impact. This allows for the development of the mental, emotional and social acuity necessary so that our living together in the quest for the greatest possible community is more than just wishful thinking.

n ACTION

This speaks more to our collective and individual will to act than to our collective and individual capacity to act. We have the capacity as a community to live together and thrive through all the varying conditions that accompany that arrangement. We have incredible resources locally to provide the critical mass of man and woman power needed to combat inertia of status-quo existence.

Creating a community that fosters mutual respect so that all can fully participate -- in what I believe is our greatest community possible -- is realistic due to the abundance of assets currently established in greater Mankato. But do we have the will to initiate the mechanisms that permit us to live authentically together as one greater Mankato? Will we act in concert, coalesced around active relationships that acknowledge difference, disagreement and discomfort (diversity), to ensure that our community scaffolds upon what has made us what we are?

I write this as person who unequivocally believes that one cohesive community rising out of distress is our destined touch point on the arc of justice. I unapologetically and unabashedly stand with a community of committed individuals to make certain that together, all of us, live as one community moving forward. Our journey toward our greatest community possible isn’t perfect but it is ours. Seeing that it is ours, I commit to sticking by this community’s side until it’s complete.

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n PATIENCE

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with single step,” an old adage professes. It reminds us that in order to reach success (our end result) we have to act and take the first step in our desired direction. The obvious reassurance (and frustration for some, including me) from this quote is that no goal is achieved overnight or instantaneously. So be prepared to endure the long haul.

The less-obvious interpretation from this quote is that one is unable to reach the thousandth mile without patience. In our journey for the greatest community possible -- and to do this together in an active relationship -- it is implied that we will not get it right on the first step or 100th mile or 500th mile. It requires us to be patient and find common ground by being respectful with each other in the midst of disagreement, and supportive of one another through the fire of discomfort. We all, at one point or another during this arduous journey, will be the one supported and/or the one supporting our brethren.

The active application of patience during our journey is mutual, reciprocal and not one-sided or uneven. Patience in action helps us discover and develop togetherness. Without patience, our learning to live authentically together is more difficult or impossible.

This patience should be, and needs to be, coupled with an urgency of the moment or the “now” as Dr. King posited in his famous, “I Have a Dream” speech. This means we don’t mistake patience for complacency or satisfaction, and sacrifice contentment for positive change. Patience employed after sharing our truths, showing compassion for another and acting together as one community moving forward will authorize us to achieve our greatest community possible.

n TOGETHER

A simple, yet complicated, notion. Our greatest struggles as a republic and as communities within this republic have been about how “together” looks, feels and operates. Throughout history we’ve been reminded there is no panacea for our ills, nor can a magic elixir be conjured up to satiate them.

Justice Page clearly stated that this difficult task of living as a nation necessitates our learning to live together first. I encourage all of us, across the many different dimensions of social and political diversity (and especially in these uncertain and emotional times), to take the first step on our critical journey … to wholeheartedly engage in the inclusive-yetstrenuous practice of becoming and being one. I believe this is accomplished by speaking truth, exhibiting compassion, inspiring action and showing patience with one another.

After that, completing the thousandth mile of our journey toward the greatest community possible can be realized, and we can finally live as one community … TOGETHER! MM

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here are few things that are as tantalizingly tasteful, so cool and crisp and creamy, so perfect as ice cream.

There are also few things so ill-paired with January.

When it’s 20 degrees below zero, a nice bowl of Kemps mint chocolate chip might be the last thing you crave.

Unless …

What if you could take the whole idea of ice cream being out of its element in winter time and turn it on its head?

What if maybe winter was even the BEST time for ice cream … What if all around you in January lay one of the ingredients for the best homemade ice cream you’ve ever had? (Or at least ice cream that was, as Garrison Keillor would say, pretty darn good.)

This is where we’re taking you this month in Food, Drink & Dine. Sarah Johnson gives you a step-by-step guide to making the best homemade ice cream using the snow from your backyard. For real, you guys. This is a thing.

Elsewhere in FD&D, Bert the Beer guy grants you permission to drink yellow beer again (good yellow beer, that is) and Leigh Pomeroy takes you on a tour of Italian wines.

Enjoy!

southern mn style

— Robb Murray, Associate Editor, Mankato Magazine

food, drink & dine

COLD CREAMS

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Food southern mn style

Serial snacking goes mainstream We’re now snacking more often, and making more healthful choices

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mericans are becoming serial snackers. What started as “grazing” more than 30 years ago has turned into crazily unpredictable consumption patterns, disrupting the clichéd American diet of three meals a day and turning the concepts of breakfast/ lunch/dinner food on their heads. In the process, the food industry is roiling.

There are no traditional eating hours anymore.

Desserts are now eaten any time, sometimes even before breakfast. Lunch and dinner are increasingly combined into “linner.” Many consumers insist on breakfast for dinner, forcing restaurants to keep the breakfast grills fired all day to serve “brinner.” Every company that makes or serves food in America has 30 • january 2017 • MANKATO MAGAZINE

had to digest the same reality: We’ve become a nation of really weird eaters.

Once considered an indulgence — a few cookies or handful of potato chips — a snack now seems to be anything small, increasingly nutritional and portable that complements or replaces a meal.

Teresa May of rural Mankato was noshing on a shawarma at 3 p.m. at River Hills Mall, saying she finally found the time to get a bite for lunch between work and exercise class. “I eat whenever I find the time, or frankly, whenever I remember,” May noted.

“A lot of days I am so busy that food just isn’t on the agenda until my stomach says EAT NOW. So then I pick up whatever I feel like, whether it be a basket of

French fries or an Egg McMuffin or a smoothie.”

The practice of eating three meals a day arose in ancient Greece, although the Greeks didn’t say why they settled on that number. Snacking dates back only about 100 years, initially tied to special occasions such as circuses and fairs, with typical snacks including peanuts, popcorn or candied apples The snacking revolution is driven by our changing demographics: more singleperson households, more empty-nesters, and the increasingly hectic lives of two-career families with kids in multiple activities.

It’s often tough to squeeze in time to eat a meal, let alone grocery shop or cook or clean up.

J. J. Williams, a recent college grad from the Twin Cities enjoying a mid-afternoon plate of hummus with an enormous soda at the mall food court, said he rarely sits down for a full meal these days. “Unless I’m at mom’s or it’s a special occasion, I hardly ever cook or grocery shop. I prefer eating small meals all day, and I feel like I get more energy that way. I eat pretty healthy, lots of nuts and seeds and whole grains, but I also eat kind of a lot of junk food.”

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which represents dietitians, says there isn’t scientific consensus on whether it is healthier to eat three full meals a day or consume more frequent snacks. Snacking can be risky because it takes discipline to stay away from the bad stuff.

To accommodate these willynilly consumers, food companies are repackaging all sorts of products into snack-size portions, advertising the nutritional content and calorie count. From portable cereal bars to “protein snack packs” to individually packaged pickles, the food folks are going a little crazy trying to figure us out.

Suffering declining cereal sales, Kellogg’s and Quaker are testing such things as breakfast shakes and waffle-flavored breakfast

bars. Dinner courses are getting a makeover, too. Individual servings of pasta dishes, stews, macaroni and cheese, pizzas and appetizers are selling like hotcakes.

Meanwhile chips, long America’s dominant salty snack, have expanded far beyond potatoes and can now contain couscous, lentils, quinoa, flour, dried fruit and dehydrated vegetables.

Health plays a prevalent role in the types of snacks consumers are eating. More than a third of snackers limit their intake of sweet snacks.

Furthermore, 33 percent say they are they are snacking on healthier foods. Sales of individualsized, prepeeled veggies and fruits are going through the greenhouse roof.

And the flourishing of snack food options? It’s not going to end anytime soon.

If anything, US consumers wish there are more choices available. There will be an increasing market for better-foryou snacks, in smaller portions and convenient formats. Data shows that consumers, especially households with children, agree there are not enough conveniently packaged snacks, such as individual portions or resealable packages.

At the same time, they don’t want to pay too much, forcing manufacturers to walk a fine line between convenience and affordability. People want gourmet food at dollar-store prices, 24 hours a day.

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Wine & Beer

wines

By Leigh Pomeroy

southern mn style

Italy: the good, the bad and the awkward

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t the end of October and beginning of November, my wife and I were fortunate enough to travel to Italy — primarily to Tuscany, home of the wines of Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Vernaccia di San Gimignano and the superlative Brunello di Montalcino, among many other lesser-known regional offerings.

It had been nearly 30 years since we were there last. (My advice to potential travelers: Don’t wait 30 years.)

It was a tour, which means you climb onto large, ultra-modern buses and go to wherever the schedule indicates. We were headquartered in Montecatini Terme, a city of 21,000, about 30 miles west of Florence. Montecatini is known for its thermal baths — “terme” means thermal in Italian.

This was a perfect jumping-off point to visit the historic cities of Lucca, Pisa, Siena and, of course, Florence (Firenze in Italian). We also visited Cinque Terre on the Ligurian coast — five compact, cliffclinging villages on the Mediterranean that have been incorporated into a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Another highlight was San Gimignano, known for its lip-smacking white wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, reputedly Michelangelo’s favorite beverage, who said, “It kisses, it licks, it stings.”

Consider the film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” — the final of a series of three spaghetti westerns starring Clint Eastwood in his early career.

They were all produced and directed by Italians, filmed primarily in Spain, but about the American West. Go figure.

Our trip followed a similar structure. As well as the “the good” mentioned above, I can say that the food was great and the wine excellent and reasonably priced in all restaurants we visited. Most were locally owned by families, who prided themselves on their dishes, chose wines from local producers and didn’t charge an arm and a leg for the food or the wine — a truly refreshing difference from America’s obsession for chain food and corporate-produced wines.

The bad? Perhaps too many tourists in Pisa, Siena and certainly Florence. And a mother of all traffic jams in returning from San Gimignano to Florence, when it took two hours to travel 20 miles. Los Angeles: Eat your heart out!

The ugly? There was none, but there was an awkward circumstance that many wine lovers have faced: Ordering a bottle in a restaurant and finding it defective. Here is our Italian experience: We were brought into this trip by John Bell, a

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fabulous winemaker from Washington state whose label, Willis Hall, has garnered numerous awards.

Above Montecatini Terme is Montecatini Alto, a tiny hilltop medieval village accessible by a funicular railway from the larger city below. Once there, we selected the highly regarded Windows on the World restaurant owned by a husband and wife team — he in the kitchen, she charmingly running the floor.

After perusing the extensive wine list, John insisted on ordering a 2013 Tenuta dell’Ornellaia Le Serre Nuove. The rest of us balked at its 50-euro price tag, almost $60. But John insisted he would pay for it.

Some explanation here: Tenuta (“estate” in English) dell’Ornellaia is an ultra-premium producer located in the relatively new Bolgheri region of western Tuscany along its Mediterranean coast. Its flagship wine, Ornellaia, is a Bordeaux-style blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc and petit verdot. The Le Serre Nuove is the estate’s second wine, made from younger vines.

When the wine was poured, right away John detected trichloroanisole (TCA) from a spoiled cork.

He called over the young wine steward to taste it, but the steward was too inexperienced to realize the problem. An awkward moment.

After much discussion and consideration among the four of us at the table, John decided to keep the wine rather than send it back. He said he didn’t want the restaurant to be stuck paying for it. Ultimately, we left about a third of the bottle, hopefully allowing the young wine steward to taste it again and learn what the term “corked” means.

To many wine lovers, Italian wines are an enigma.

There are numerous lesser-priced offerings, like Prosecco, Asti Spumante, Pinot Grigio, Soave, Chianti, and Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. On the other hand, there are great wines, mostly red, like Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello di Montalcino and Amarone di Valpolicella. I suggest sampling them all, of course.

Among our local wineries, Chankaska Creek offers a Sangiovese — the key grape of Chianti and Brunello di Montalcino — which displays the wonderful cherry-spice character of the varietal. The grapes come from Lodi, California, but the wine is made in Kasota and seasoned with a dollop of Minnesota oak, thus offering wine lovers the best of Cal-ItalMinnesota!

Leigh Pomeroy is a Mankato-based writer and wine lover.

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And waited and waited. New York Fashion Week publicity apparently brought Jena an avalanche of orders, and then an actual hurricane happened in Florida where she lives, and while Renee and I were sympathetic to both, it was a really long wait. So when our set showed up about six weeks later, I didn’t care that it was 70 degrees and not the best weather for testing a woolen headsuit.

I dropped everything and braided them in.

It took about two hours and then the glorious pile sat atop my sweaty head, which is small relative to the heads of most adults, so hearing from Janet and fellow weaver Jane that I could make the strands smaller was a relief. Janet and Jane showed me how (rip, wet, soap, roll) and gave me dyeing instructions (Kool-Aid) plus a small stash of roving so I could try from scratch. (Which I did, and gained much appreciation for the tendons of the Dreadlocks by Jena team, because it took forever.)

The thinner, shorter version looked more “Fashion Week” and less “Muppet Show.” Also in the second round, I secured them with tiny elastics instead of braids, leaving less scalp and more springing-out hair which I hoped was plausibly “heroin chic.” Plausible given that this was after the onset of Daylight Savings Time, by the second round, and my hairdo was mostly only seen in dim lighting by people who were slightly weary and unfocused.

Was it warm, like winter-headgearwarm? Yes. Winter headwear solved!

Was it also an allergen, causing me to take Benadryl about twice a day every day I wore the things? Also yes. Should that dissuade you from trying woolen dreadlocks on your own chilled winter scalp? No. That is a no. I loved every scratchy-throated minute.

And I’m comfortable despite the commentary about Kors and appropriation, given that nobody asked if my look was inspired by my time in South Africa but rather I got several “is that your hair or one of those hats with things on them.”

Join me, cold women and men. By the power vested in us by the Pioneer Spinners & Fiber Artists Guild, and Benadryl, and Daylight Savings Time, and unbridled confidence -- join me.

January is about to look super cute on us.

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Church of Cash: A Tribute to Johnny Cash 7 p.m. — American Legion Post 37 — 229 W. Nassau St. — St. Peter — free — 507-934-6435.

Sonsax-Costa Rican Saxophone Quartet 7:30 p.m. — Elias J. Halling Recital Hall — Earley Center for Performing Arts — Minnesota State University — Mankato — $12 general admission, $11 current MSU students — www.mnsu.edu/music/events

Winterfest 2017 Various times, dates and activities — St. Peter — www.stpeterchamber.com

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2 p.m. — Our Lady of Good Counsel — 170 Good Counsel Drive — $17 premium, $12 general admission — www.mankatosymphony.com

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MSU Theatre ‘The Glass Menagerie’ 2 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday — Andreas Theatre — Earley Center for Performing Arts — Minnesota State University — Mankato — $16 general admission, $14 discount, $11 current MSU students — www.mnsu.edu/ theatre/season

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Mankato Craft Beer Expo 3-6 p.m. (Early admission at 2 p.m.) — Mankato Performing Arts Center — 1 Civic Center Plaza — Mankato — $45 early admission, $35 general admission, $10 designated driver — www.mankatocraftbeerexpo.com

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2nd Story Comedy: Stewart Huff 7 p.m. — American Legion Post 37 — 229 W. Nassau St. — St. Peter — $20 — 507-995-9638.

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Faces & Places: Photos By SPX Sports

VEX Robotics Competition 1. Team Sapphire from Prairie Winds Middle School works together to make adjustments to their robot.

2. Teams pit their robots against each other on the competition floor.

3. The arena was full of competitors challenging their robots to see whose was best.

4. Awards were handed out in many different categories for the competition.

5. Team MEHS Inverted puts their robot to the test on the arena floor.

6. Members of Mankato East’s Inverted team make adjustments to their robot before the next round of competition.

7. Team Kabuum from Mankato West works on its robot during the Vex Robotics Competition at Mankato East High School.

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Southern MN Christmas Festival 1. Sarah and Len Dohm, wait for customers at their Creative Christmas Wreaths booth at the Southern Minnesota Christmas Festival.

2. Jacob Rheaume and Hudson Clarksear perfect their curling skills at the Mankato Curling Club booth during the festival.

3. Members of the Mankato Ballet Company perform a routine they’ve been working on for the public.

4. Festival goers head out on a horse-drawn wagon ride outside the Verizon Wireless Center in downtown Mankato.

5. The wagon giving rides at the Southern MN Christmas Festival.

6. Children enjoy their time making Christmas ornaments for their parents during the festival.

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St. Peter Craft & Vendor Show 1. Hundreds turned out over the course of the day to take a look at what the vendors had to offer.

2. Erna Colum proudly displays the quilts and other items she makes at her booth.

3. The St. Peter Vendor and Craft show is run by Miriam Andree. Here Miriam with her husband Bob greet show goers at her booth MA’s Knits and Gifts.

4. A sample of mouthwatering homemade lefse sits out at the St. Peter Vendor and Craft Show.

5. John Powers, Christine Powers and Kelli Miller serve concession items to visitors.

6. Shoppers admire many of the items at Paul’s Scroll Shop booth.

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From this Valley

By Pete Steiner

The annual Christmas letter

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aving finally concluded the annual two-month siege of the walnuts — no, no, I’m not going there again, I know I’ve burdened you with details many times (did I mention half a dozen trips to the compost site?) — I now see by the calendar, it’s time now to compose the Annual Christmas Letter. I know how eagerly everyone awaits it. I keep it to one page, so it’s suitable for framing. Have you ever framed one of these epistles?

That would be so gratifying. Maybe next year, I’ll send it out embossed on a magnet, so you could post it on your ‘fridge.

•••• With Gary Keillor retired from the airwaves, perhaps I could be allowed to say, “it’s been a quiet year in River City.” But on further review, that would be a lie. The year has been so filled, in fact, that I can only touch on a few highlights. First, and I hope you agree this is a big deal, we got to see real bison here again — at Minneopa — for the first time in half a century! This was also the year James Taylor finally showered the people of Mankato in person. And it was the summer of abundant rain.

It was the summer of new granddaughter Larissa, born just past the 4th of July. It was the summer of Usain Bolt and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team redeeming the Rio Olympics.

And yes, it was the year of the most bizarre Presidential campaign ever, when the word “grope” was used more often than “federal deficit” or “tax reform.” Like CNN, I can hardly wait for the reality show sequel to

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begin soon after the new year: Who Wants to Be President 2020? Ted Nugent could run for the Republicans, and Kanye West for the Democrats.

Kanye could promise to choose his celebrity wife for VP — they’d have such an unbelievable number of social media followers that they wouldn’t even have to know where Aleppo is. Instead of debates, we could stage a talent contest ala “The Voice.” Did someone tweet that Justin Bieber wants to run? Ah, but he’s not old enough yet. And Sofia Vergara wasn’t born here, so in her case, the Birthers would have a point.

•••• In these letters in the past, I have listed the departures of those that many of us loved. Only problem now at my age is, that list could fill this entire space, and I’d still leave out somebody I should have included.

But I do want to mention one of those who left us too early, because I had been intending to do a back page on Scott Hagebak.

Before we had a Civic Center, Scott was the clearinghouse for big-time entertainment in these parts in his capacity as facilities director at the MSU Student Union. He helped bring in some incredible shows. He almost got Bruce Springsteen to play here, on his way up in 1974, but a late glitch developed. So they got Bob Seger instead. There was a band whose rider called for cases of local beer, so they hauled in Hauenstein. One of the greatest shows I ever saw was when Scott brought in Bonnie Raitt and John Prine on the same bill in the late ’70’s. And in 1978, they had to use Otto Arena, the old field house, to hold the

crowd for two country legends, Marty Robbins and Merle Haggard.

Who leads off on that one? (It was Merle.) Scott had told me his job led him to meet everyone from former Presidents to old Mississippi blues legends. RIP and the music of angels for you, Scott. Speaking of Merle Haggard, the poet of the common man left us in April, departed on his 79th birthday to go ride that great freight train in the sky. For ten years as a country DJ in the 80’s, I got to play Merle’s music. As a songwriter, he’s up there with Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen, and with the Minnesotan who just became the first songwriter ever to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Bob Dylan.

•••• Approaching the end of my seventh decade here on Earth, I become more acutely aware of the passing of time. When I was younger, I felt I could waste a day or even a week now and then, with little to show for it other than pleasant memories.

Now, an actuarial concept of how many summers might be left for me nags my consciousness. Still, I guess I don’t want Winter to pass so quickly anymore, have to find a way to enjoy even the coldest day and make something of it. Oh, heck, I might waste New Year’s Day, on football or whatever. But then, time to get crackin’. Finish some projects that have been simmering on the back burner for way too long. All my best to you in 2017.

Peter Steiner is host of “Talk of the Town” weekdays at 1:05 p.m. on KTOE.

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