October 31 , 2024 The Beacon • 17

By Josie Sellers For The Beacon

Since 1989 the congregation at Emmanuel Lutheran Church has created batches of homemade noodles to sell at its annual holiday bazaar .

“ All the mixing was done by hand then , but now we have a commercial mixer ,” Linda Storm said . The project was started by Storm ’ s mother . “ She thought noodles would be something good to sell at the bazaar ,” Storm said .

Josie Sellers Prior to the bazaar , volunteers work four days a week for two weeks on the noodles .

In the beginning they used 45 dozen eggs , which cost 35 cents a dozen and made 129 pounds of noodles . By 2008 they were up to 250 pounds of noodles . At that time eggs were $ 1.35 a dozen , and they needed 90 dozen . Today they use 200 dozen eggs and make 500 pounds of noodles .

“ Buehler ’ s gave us a deal at $ 2.50 a dozen for the eggs ,” Storm said .

Prior to the bazaar , volunteers work four days a week for two weeks on the noodles .

“ We have snacks and serve lunch ,” Karen Bowman said . “ We have a good process going with some mixing and some rolling . It works well .

The first 250 pounds of noodles are offered to the congregation for sale , and the rest are sold at the holiday bazaar . The cost is $ 4

Josie Sellers

Volunteers use 200 dozen eggs and make 500 pounds of noodles .

a pound . The leftover egg whites are used to make angel food cakes .

“ It ’ s a lot of work , but we have fun doing it ,” Storm said .

The Emmanuel Lutheran Church Holiday Bazaar will be held Saturday , Nov . 9 from 10 a . m . to 2 p . m . The church is located at 1500 Pleasant Valley Drive in Coshocton . In addition to homemade noodles and angel food cakes , the bazaar will feature lunch , a pick-acookie table , baked goods and crafts , raffle items , and a white elephant sale .

“ We have a good variety with our cookies , and we all donate something different for the crafts ,” Bowman said .