Darlene Hilde-Rolle has gained quite a following entertaining audiences throughout the Upper Midwest, Texas' Rio Grande Valley and Arizona. Her unique brand of comedy features Darlene as the beloved "Auntie Kreamsaugen", a streetwise self-proclaimed marriage counselor dressed in the traditional garb of the Midwestern farm wife. In addition to stand-up comedy, audiences have enjoyed her witty musical renditions of songs we all know, homespun wisdom and tall tales from the fabled "Snoose Hollow".
Read these stories from Auntie Kreamsaugen
I was born and reared in Minn-e-snow-ta in
Hagen Township, a bend in the river, called
Snoose Hollow. I'm Scandinavian and proud
of it. I don't make fun of my heritage,
I CELEBRATE IT!
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Halloween sure has gotten crazy
again with the way the economy is
going so I thought I'd save some
money and whip up a batch of
my famous doughnuts for the little
trick or treaters.
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Have you ever had uncontrolled
giggles at the wrong time in
church? With Christmas close by
it reminds me of the candle light
service at Snoose Hollow church
a few years ago on that snowy
Christmas Eve.
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Ole and Lena invited us to
come over for a holiday meal.
Knute and I were excited to
accept. We arrived at Ole and
Lena's house and were immediately
greeted by the aromas
associated with a Scandinavian
holiday meal.
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When Knute and I were courting,
I wanted to impress him
with my cooking abilities. After
all, I was watching all those
fancy cooking shows on the
television and also often read
the church recipe books.
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We had wonderful neighbors in Snoose Hollow. Olga was a
country gal who married Sven, a 'town boy' that hardly knew
how to buckle an overshoe.
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Several spring times ago, my niece Gina, and her 12-yearold
son Lars came for an overnight visit. Gina was eight and a half months
in the family way and as big as a house. She was a great prankster
and Knute was always one of her favorite targets. This
was good because the next day was April 1st and Knute was
always an easy one to get an "April fools" joke on.
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Ole and Lena came to see Auntie Kreamsaugen for counseling.
"Vat is it dat I can help you vith today?" says Kreamsaugen.
Ole speaks up and says "She is alvays blamink me for everyting
dat happens to her. Yest de odder day she comes home from de
store and she is crying and says "Ole come and see vat has happened
to my beautiful new car!"
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Many years ago, several couples from the Snoose Hollow church
decided to get together on a regular basis, have a home cooked
meal, socialize and play games. I wanted to outdo all of the other
ladies so I planned mushroom smothered steak. When Knute
heard that he said, "mushrooms are too expensive Kreamsaugen,
we can't afford that!"
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