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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Leipziger Allerlei (Leipziger Potpourri)

June 1, 2009

The 17th recipe in this cooking challenge was Leipziger Allerlei.  I think this is one of those tradition recipes where every family makes it different and everyone claims that their recipe is the proper recipe.  It calls for the freshest vegetables you can get, I managed to find everything needed fairly easily: white asparagus, carrots, [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Berliner Frikassee

May 25, 2009

This week’s challenge was Berliner Frikassee (Berliner Fricassee).  Normally, when I think of Berlin cuisine, I think, “I’m not really that hungry.”  The fricassee I encountered in Berlin was usually rubbery chicken and overcooked white asparagus in a bland cream sauce.  This recipe was different though, and quite expensive to make. Finely chopped vegetables First, [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Shrimp ragout

May 4, 2009

Sorry for the delay in getting this up. I was hit this morning with a killer cold, and Oliver has an ear infection, so our house is just a joy to be in right now. Anyways, this week I made the second of our four (it was three, but I just found another recipe that [...]

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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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It’s Spargelzeit!

April 20, 2009

It’s that time of year again: it’s Spargelzeit! Spargel is German for white asparagus (whereas green asparagus is grüner Spargel).  The restaurants all have special Spargel menus and the markets are full of Spargel stands.  It took me a couple years to truly appreciate Spargel.  I found it’s rich, buttery flavor a little overwhelming at [...]

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Dinners, birds, spargel and Landshut

May 27, 2008

Our busy weekend started with a walk through the forest and countryside near Laaber. On our walk, we met our landlord at his MIL’s place and they invited us in for coffee. As the men talked about the sale of the regional train routes to a private company, she told me she had something to [...]

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