Multicultural Cookbook

Our first contribution is a recipe from Fred Thomsen, who was born in Denmark.

Fred moved to Canada in 1951 and met his wife Kathleen there. They came to Eugene in

1960 to visit their friends and ended up staying. You will find Fred’s favorite recipe at

the popular Junction City Scandinavian Festival:

The Active Bethel Community is comprised of the Bethel & Danebo Neighborhoods of Eugene. It has a rich history.

The Kalapuya people lived here until most were displaced by treaties in the 1850s. Their foot trails were followed to create the Hudson’s Bay Trappers Siskiyou Trail in the 1820s, and the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1880s which was followed by Hwy 99, in the 1920s. Hwy 99 was the main west coast highway from Mexico to Canada until Interstate 5 was completed in the 1960s. These paths and highways eventually brought us all to our Bethel/Danebo neighborhood.

The Danish came to farm and started a farmers market at Four Corners (Hwy 99 & Roosevelt), named many of the streets and parks here (including Bertelsen, Barger, Bertzen, Petersen and more) and founded Bethesda Lutheran Church in 1900.

Bethesda’s first Pastor, the Rev. P.L.C. Hansen, acquired an option to buy 1280…