From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Real German Cuisine Challenge: Pumpernickeleis (Pumpernickel ice cream)

August 31, 2009

This week’s recipe was Pumpernickeleis (Pumpernickel ice cream).  I’d always thought you needed an ice cream maker to make ice cream, so I was very much looking forward to trying this freezer/stirring once an hour method.  I let the pumpernickel dry out, but it still doesn’t grate well, I just broke it up into as small pieces [...]

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Weekly Winners – Cham

August 30, 2009

23-29 August 2009 Last weekend we went to see Cham, a city in the Bavarian Forest. Market square Oliver A Cham Kanonenkugel (canonball), a portion of pork roast in a bread dumpling in a potato dumpling Market square Outside St Jacob’s Church The Beer Gate Abbey of Mariahilf Abbey of Mariahilf To see more of [...]

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Universal health care: Taking on the myths

August 27, 2009

This is the fifth and last post in my series on universal health care. The first was a description of the health care system in Germany, the second was my experiences in the German and the US systems, the third was reader submitted experienced with universal health care in Germany, and the fourth gave experiences [...]

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The Takeaway’s Healthcare Roundtables

August 26, 2009

As I announced yesterday evening on the AmiExpat Facebook page, all this week, national radio morning news show The Takeaway is doing Healthcare Roundtables and I’m going to be taking part in a discussion with other Americans living abroad on Friday.  “The Takeaway… is a co-production of PRI (Public Radio International) and WNYC Radio in [...]

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New AmiExpat.com Facebook page

August 25, 2009

If you’re on Facebook and enjoy this blog, you might want to head over to the new AmiExpat.com Facebook page.  I’ll be posting links to news articles, videos, and other stuff that doesn’t make it to the blog that I think fans of AmiExpat will enjoy.  There are also discussion boards for you to join [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Grumbeersupp mit Quetschekuche

August 24, 2009

This week’s challenge was to make Grumbeersupp mit Quetschekuche, or potato soup with plum cake.  Rainer says this is one of the meals he grew up with, well actually, potato soup with pancakes is how his mom made it, and plum cake was something they had for coffee & cake.  Rainer says Grumbeersupp is how it’s called [...]

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Weekly Winners – St Emmeram’s Basilica, Regensburg

August 23, 2009

16-22 August 2009 This week we took some colleagues of Rainer’s to see St. Emmeram’s Basilica in Regensburg.  The basilica was founded as an abbey in 739.  It was refurbished in the Baroque style between 1731 and 1733 by the Asam brothers. Public breastfeeding, even the Virgin Mary did it To see more of my [...]

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