Comments on: The Foods That Passed Through Ellis Island

By: Pamela Jarvis

Pamela Jarvis — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:59:09 +0000

Grandma came from Norway. We all eat lefse. When visiting relatives in Norway they said it is not the lefse they eat. Who knew.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:36:40 +0000

Both my Polish Grandfather and Grandmother, came through Ellis Island in the late 1800′s. My Grandfather first, and when here arranged for a family member to ‘send’ him a wife. She was from the same village but they had never met. Imagine her fear and wonder about the journey and what laid ahead. They had 9 children, and he worked on the ore docks. She always spoke Polish, very little English if at all. And… she was always cooking…

By: Tinky

Tinky — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:08:48 +0000

Lisa–We’re all either descended from Ellis Island immigrants or close to people who are so this is a GREAT idea for a post! And thanks for your grandmother’s recipe; it really gave the post flavor in more ways than one!