Postcard from Serbin - “Noodles in a New Nation”

The village of Serbin sits about an hour east of Austin. The last time it was included in the census was more than twenty years ago when its population hovered around thirty-seven. Yet the sign on County Road 2239 announces it as “Home of the Texas Wends,” and it reawakens on the last Sunday in September when descendants of this Slavic culture that ranked amongst the smallest of Texas’s European ethnic minorities convene for the annual Wendish Fest. Join us in this episode as we visit Serbin on this momentous occasion where we’ll meet a few who are working hard to maintain the history and traditions of this proud people through the seemingly simple act of noodle making.