From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Real German Cuisine Challenge: Bickbeerpfannkuchen (Bilberry pancakes)

June 29, 2009

Bickbeerpfannkuchen are pancakes made with bilberries, known in Germany as Bickbeeren or Heidelbeeren, also known as blueberries.  Last week while buying mushrooms at the mushroom stand in Neupfarrplatz, I saw they were selling wild forest-grown Heidelbeeren.  We grabbed a container and made these that day. Wild heidelbeeren are much smaller than regular blueberries, I didn’t notice [...]

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Weekly Winners – 28 June 2009 – Beratzhausen

June 28, 2009

21 – 27 June 2009 Last Sunday, we took a little walking tour of a neighboring village here in Bavaria, Beratzhausen. Main street of Beratzhausen   Geraniums   Construction site   Window    House in Beratzhausen To see more of my photos, visit my FlickR page For more Weekly Winners visit SarcasticMom.com.

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Rote Grütze (Red Fruit Jelly)

June 22, 2009

This week’s recipe was Rote Grütze.  I had trouble figuring out how to translate this, the closest I could come up with was red fruit jelly, but I’m sure there’s a better way to describe it.  And it seems I have bad timing.  This recipe requires sour cherries, red currants (rote Johannisbeeren) and raspberries.  When [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Hollerküchle (Elder flower pancakes)

June 21, 2009

This is a surprise bonus challenge, really sorry for the last minute notification.  I know that’s really lame. Hollerküchle is battered and fried Holunder (elder, elderberry) flowers.  They can also be translated as elder flower pancakes.  I had no idea what an elder tree/bush looked like, and neither did Rainer, so I’d put this recipe aside and forgot [...]

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Weekly Winners

June 20, 2009

June 14-20, 2009 Elder blooms   Clouds lit by the sunset   Little tiger   Enjoying the festival Laaber’s Volunteer Fire Department turns 100 years old   Downtown Laaber   Laaber’s Church   Leaves   Old Elder   Elder bloom To see more of my photos, visit my FlickR page For more Weekly Winners visit [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Scheiterhaufen

June 15, 2009

This week’s recipe was Scheiterhaufen, an apple-bread casserole from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern section of the book.  It is just Brötchen (large German rolls), cut in half, soaked in an egg-milk mixture, then layered with grated apple and raisins.  Scheiterhaufen is German for the pile of wood used in burning people at the stake.  I have no [...]

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Weekly Winners – Daisies and a Picnic

June 13, 2009

May 24 – June 12, 2009 I’ve no excuse for not posting Weekly Winners the last three weeks, I just having been taking many photos and didn’t think the photos I had taken were all that noteworthy (also, I haven’t been on the computer much, due to being busy, having strep throat, and getting a [...]

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