Comments on: Real German Cuisine Challenge: Bickbeerpfannkuchen (Bilberry pancakes)

By: Christina Geyer

Christina Geyer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:51:04 +0000

@stephanie: I’ve learned that if you want something that might be rarer, get it if you see it cause it might not be there later!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:03:55 +0000

I found the sorrel in some prepackaged herbs at Whole Foods - and I am sooo glad I got them at that time - when I stopped by there today, they didn't have any more! Stephanies last blog post..Bickbeerpfannkuchen (Bilberry pancakes)

By: Christina Geyer

Christina Geyer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:04:39 +0000

@hip chick: Blueberries are for sure easier to use in the US. If you can get wild blueberries though, I’d give them a try.

@ruth: Good info. The recipe called them Bickbeeren, and looking that up, Bilberries was the translation. I see now that I was just using wild blueberries. I was thinking maybe the smaller ones I had were the typical European blueberries. I never had wild blueberries in the US.

@dwayne: Thanks for commenting. We’ve got a couple black currant bushes in our garden here and I’ve been thinking of recipes I can make.

@cn heidelberg: It grows wild, but unless I had a good idea of what it looked like, I’d be nervous about going out to pick it.

@stephanie: Did you pick the sorrel or buy it somewhere?

@greg: Thanks!

@cathy: Glad you liked it!

By: Dwayne T.

Dwayne T. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:01:40 +0000

@Ruth P. – you are absolutely correct on the Johannisbeeren thing – guess that’s what I get for being away too long. After all, the Heidelbeeren LOOK a lot like them but the taste is totally different! Thanks for setting me straight … now I’m even hungrier!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:03:43 +0000

http://arashi-kishu-world.blogspot.com/2009/06/auf-die-mischung-kommt-es-amiexpats.html

Thanks! Great recipe!

By: GregR

GregR — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:03:41 +0000

These Bickbeerpfannkuchen look very yummy.... I love pancakes, pikelets, crepes....... GregRs last blog post..Guest Post: Moon Over Martinborough

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:22:05 +0000

Made them and liked the eggier (not sure if that is a word) version of them vs. American pancakes. I did make the sorrel soup already - will share the results next Monday! Stephanies last blog post..Bickbeerpfannkuchen (Bilberry pancakes)

By: CN Heidelberg

CN Heidelberg — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:06:39 +0000

http://cndrnh.blogspot.com/2009/06/amiexpats-bickbeerpfannkuchen-challenge.html – Here’s ours!

I don’t think we’re going to snag any Sorrel for next weekend, unfortunately!

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By: Ruth P.

Ruth P. — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:11:50 +0000

I just had to write again. Black currants are ‘Schwarze Johannisbeeren’, and have absolutely nothing to do with Heidelbeeren, or blueberries, at all, except the look. They don’t taste the same, smell the same….
By the way, most people in the US know the blueberries which grow on bushes. These are bred from the small bushes one finds in the woods, which are the ‘true’ blueberries. The cultivated blueberries are white on the inside, while the wild ones are blue all the way through.
Gotta be old enough to know that stuff.

By: Dwayne T.

Dwayne T. — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:40:46 +0000

Heidelbeeren are fairly well known throughout the English speaking world as Black Currants. They aren’t used as prominently in American recipes but I remember snacking on them as a child in West Virginia and making homemade jams from them. I had a couple currant bushes in my yard in Ansbach and they kept the kids faces reddish/purple for many years!