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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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Real German Cuisine Challenge: White Asparagus with Pancakes

April 27, 2009

After a break last week, we’re back with Spargel mit Kratzete (white asparagus with pancakes).  Spargel is pretty delicious and it’s everywhere in Germany this time of year.  Normally I have Spargel with Hollandaise sauce, but this recipe served it with butter. We had a big block of French butter we bought over Easter in [...]

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Weekly Winners – Ulm, Wies, Graswangtal and Garmisch-Partenkirchen – 5 April 2009

April 5, 2009

March 29 – April 4, 2009 I have a lot of photos from our travels this week to share with you.  On Friday, Rainer was speaking at a conference in Ulm.  I’ve never been, so I decided to tag along and tour the city.  It is a really beautiful city and I highly recommend a [...]

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Real German Cuisine: Käsespätzle (Spaetzle with Cheese)

March 2, 2009

This was the third week of the Real German Cuisine challenge and this week’s recipe was Käsespätzle, or Spaetzle with Cheese. I decided to do this recipe up old school, using a knife and board to make the Spätzle, rather than using a  Spätzle maker (which I don’t have and would have either had to [...]

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