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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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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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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Zwetschgenmichel (plum casserole)

August 17, 2009

This week’s recipe was Zwetschgenmichel, or plum casserole, from the German state of Thuringen (Thuringia).  Thuringen is in central Germany and is home to the towns of Erfurt, Gera, Jena and Weimar. Zwetschgen are plums used to make prunes.  Zwetschgen trees are quite common here, almost everyone with a garden has one in it, including [...]

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