Comments on: Real German Cuisine Challenge: Berliner Frikassee

By: Christina Geyer

Christina Geyer — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:54:56 +0000

@ed and Jientje: That’s what the book says. 50 g of the dried morels did seem excessive, but I used 50 g of the wood ear and the mushroom/rest-of-the-stuff ratio was fine.

@yelli: Good luck with the guest marathon!

@cn heidelberg: I wasn’t expecting a lot of people to join in this week, given the glands and such. The Leipziger Allerlei does look pretty complicated with cooking everything separately. I’m leaving out the crawfish cause there’s no chance of getting them fresh here though, that saves me a couple steps.

By: Jientje

Jientje — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:22:04 +0000

I agree, 50g dried morels would have been FAR too much, they probably meant 50g of FRESH morels, that would be right, because they don't weigh much! The recipe looks delicious! Jientjes last blog post..A Thousand Words In Idioms, I and J

By: CN Heidelberg

CN Heidelberg — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:48:36 +0000

Hehehe, "gland eating friends"...love it. Sorry to miss this week; we were away and so I never got around to ordering any thyroids. I'm not sure about next week, it looks excessively complicated, so it will depend on how dedicated to food I'm feeling this weekend! I am already so far behind on my blog! CN Heidelbergs last blog post..Intermission

By: Yelli

Yelli — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:25:14 +0000

I really wanted to do this recipe this week! However, I have been so busy I didn’t even have time to get to the butcher and now we have “guest marathon June.” The pics look beautiful.

By: Ed Ward

Ed Ward — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:24:49 +0000

50g of dried morels would make this recipe morels with sweetbreads sauce! Gotta be a typo! Ed Wards last blog post..Books In The 'Hood

By: Christina Geyer

Christina Geyer — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:30:46 +0000

@janda: It was lovely having you over, thanks for making the trip! And I think scallop-like is an accurate description of the texture of the cooked sweetbread.

@ed: No, the recipe called for 50g of *dried* morels. I’d never used them before, but I’m sure they would have been much better than the wood ear (Rainer suggested the substitution, and he’s had morels, so I blame him). Next time I might use just a couple packs of the morels. I saw a stand downtown selling fresh ones, but didn’t look at the price since I thought they’d be more expensive than dried. But next week’s Leipziger Allerlei calls for fresh morels so I’ll find out about it.

@tammy: It was pretty tasty, so Matthias totally missed out. I would agree about things coming in certain sizes, but like with the lamb leg, I was in a butcher shop downtown and saw smaller ones for sale (still big, but smaller than what she got us).

By: Tammy

Tammy — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:23:09 +0000

I'm glad it turned out well (sorry Matthias chickened out). I think your butcher problem may be a small town butcher thing. Matthias' mom has had similar issues with her butcher, which is why we had a 20 pound turkey for six people over Christmas. She had ordered a 12 pound one. With a turkey, she couldn't just take part of it. Tammys last blog post..Bavarian Make Over

By: Ed Ward

Ed Ward — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:22:59 +0000

About the morels, you should realize that dried ones absorb loads of moisture, which makes them heavy by the time they're ready to use. Thus, I bet two of those packs, three at most, of dried ones would have provided enough mushrooms for the recipe. And the flavor would have been far superior, too! Ah, well, next time. Ed Wards last blog post..Today's Tension-Filled Adventure

By: Janda

Janda — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:59:21 +0000

Hi Christina,
First, congrats again! It was an honour to spend the day with you. Thank you again for inviting us. We had a really fun time and a great meal.
I have never had sweetbread before, but as I said, I am game to try anything. Thinking back, I think the texture was possibly a little like Scallops.
I am so glad we managed at last to visit you at home! Although EP couldn’t make it this time, we would certainly try to visit you another time.