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baking soda

Baking soda gets big, well, bigger

December 20, 2008

I’m busy making Christmas cookies today, but wanted to drop all you expats in Germany a quick note.  Yesterday while shopping for ingredients at Laaber’s very small Edeka supermarket, I noticed 250g bags of Natron (baking soda) for sale in the spice section.  Sure, it’s about the size of the small Arm & Hammer boxes, [...]

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Christina’s Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

October 14, 2007

Mrs. Fields ain’t got nothin’ on me! Although I’ve heard expats complaining about the consistency of their cookies being off, I’ve never had that problem with this recipe. For flour, I use Gold Puder type 405 für feine Backwaren, for butter I use Meggle die Alpenbutter, and for chocolate I use Sarotti and/or Côte D’Or [...]

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Household and Personal Products

July 15, 2007

Here’s a list with some household and personal products that can be found in Germany. I had three goals in making this list: List American brands that are sold under a different name here List commonly searched for items by expats that may not be easily found And give Stiftung Warentest (a German “Consumer Reports”-type [...]

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American food and cooking substitutes

May 31, 2007

Finding product replacements for your favorite foods and snacks is always tough for new expats (and occasionally some of us more experienced expats as well)! Here’s my attempt to help out and I have to admit, I learned quite a bit in my research for this post. Baking Baking Powder – Most North American baking [...]

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