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The Grass is Always Greener…

January 9, 2012

You can imagine my surprise when I spotted this in the dairy section of my nearby Real supermarket: Yep, that’s grated cheddar! Not only that, over Christmas, in the baking aisle, there was real, honest to goodness, vanilla extract (I’m still going to make my own though). Dr Pepper is now available at the same [...]

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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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Cheesy Beer Dip

January 4, 2009

It’s like fondue, only German, and it’s addictive. ingredients 1 round loaf of bread (wheat or rye) 2 cups Hefeweizen 2 T cornstarch 2 T water 4 cups Gouda, chopped into smallish pieces or grated 2 ounces cream cheese 2 ounces blue cheese (I suggest Bavarian Blu) 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce [...]

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Weekly Winners – 28 December 2008

December 28, 2008

December 21 – December 27, 2008 It’s the last Weekly Winners of 2008! We had a busy holiday week with a lot of traveling. On the way to see Oma and Opa, we stopped at Bad Dürkheim And just happened to drive through the town of Frankenstein Where we saw the ruins of Frankenstein’s castle [...]

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How We Became the United States of France?

September 22, 2008

I guess the author of the Time magazine article How We Became the United States of France is trying to be humorous, but the more I read of the article, the more I was insulted.  What is so wrong with France, anyway?  I don’t get this (yes, I know it’s supposed to be a joke, [...]

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Chocolate Withdrawal

March 26, 2008

We spent this weekend with my in-laws and I think I gained back all the weight I lost over the last 8 months.  My jeans were tight when we left and I spent today going through chocolate withdrawal.  In case you don’t have a German mother-in-law, visits to a GMIL could qualify as world class [...]

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A Kaffee und Kuchen Extravaganza!

March 16, 2008

I made it, 5 out of 5 cakes completed, and only 1 hour after the party started! LOL! I had a blast and gotta thank Cliff and Sarah for the delicious selection of coffees and Hezamarie and Alex for the great espresso.  I think the cakes actually turned out pretty well this time around.  Except [...]

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