May 14, 1932 Ascension
Day. The children went to church. For faspa we went to Grandmother. After faspa we went to the congregational meeting [Gemeinde Stund].
Anna R. Friesen is here.
The Siemens lived a mile and a half west
of Margaret’s mother, Katharina (Barkman) Reimer. Margaret would frequently walk there, and the
families would visit back and forth. On
this Sunday the Siemens went to her mother for faspa. Faspa is the Low German word for a light evening meal, and it comes
from the Latin word vesper, which
means evening. The Mennonites ate faspa on Sunday evenings after visiting
all afternoon. They always served tweeback, cheese, canned fruit, cookies
or cake, and coffee. In Manitoba,
pickles were usually served for faspa
but not at Meade. Since it was a cold
meal, it required very little preparation, which was convenient for Sunday, and
it could be expanded to serve a lot of people when there were more unexpected
guests than usual. Since it was not a
large meal, they would have an evening snack later on at home with bread, cold
meat, sliced onions, and cake or cookies.
Jake was surely glad to see Anna R.
Friesen there (or soon would be if he was not already).
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