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[Gay Gilmore]

I'm pretty sure I just said I love German Cakes, not "good morning, German cooking lovers" as attempted

I wanted to welcome folks to the German Cooking forum. Obviously I am not the expert here. HeatherFeather will be the host of this forum, but she is pretty busy moving (again, poor thing) and a bunch of other stuff. I'm sure she'll stop in soon and have a lot more wisdom to share.

In the meantime, I thought I'd get the ball rolling...

We have 780 German recipes.

Here are some of my favorite photos of German recipes

Traditional East Frisian New Years Cakes (Cones) - Ostfriesische recipe #108109 -- very amazing story behind these too
Farmer Salad (Farmersalat) recipe #104239
Chicken Schnitzel recipe #100005 -- like the chicken version mmmm
Savory Sausage Salad (aka Wurstsalat) recipe #91472
Pfaffenglueck ("Parson's Luck") German Cold Pizza recipe #62336
German Style Eiskaffee (Iced Coffee Drink) recipe #62156
Sauerbraten Meatballs recipe #35421

Yours?

[HeatherFeather]

Thanks Gay! Hi everyone - I just moved into our new home on Monday and we got our broadband internet access hooked up last night. Sorry for the delay in popping in to say hi and introduce myself. I am back online again, although still unpacking my house so I will not be on too often just yet. However, I will try to check on once a day as time permits.

[Anke R]

Hi Gay, I just came here by accident. I know you were planning to do it, and I noticed the new titel of heather and evelyn in other threads and assumed it was on the way. I usually go from one forum to another with the scroll box, where I didn't see it. Am I assuming correctly ,that you are working on changing this? I often don't enter by homepage, but by the topic reply info on my mail, so I wouldn't notice unless I specifically go there to look at new pics etc.

Just a thought.

I will be checking in here regularly and see whether there are any queries I can answer and check out the others for things I'd love to learn. Thanks.

edited to add: I am amazed that there is no French specialty thread. I am sure the French would be very hurt in their pride since they are so proud of their chefs, cooking etc. and consider themself as the birthplace of modern cooking

[glitter]

I don't have pictures on these yet...but I will add these recipes in hopes it helps this section to get going...

Bavarian Pulled Apple Strudel recipe #84737

Nut Cake (Nussen Kuchen) recipe #82316

Helen"s Creamy Garlic String Beans recipe #82212 (a Schwabian dish)

Sauerkraut Pie recipe #82165

German Creamed Spinach recipe #79558

Walnut Cake recipe #79423 .....enjoy....glitter

[Mysterygirl]

Anke R wrote:
Hi Gay, I just came here by accident. I know you were planning to do it, and I noticed the new titel of heather and evelyn in other threads and assumed it was on the way. I usually go from one forum to another with the scroll box, where I didn't see it. Am I assuming correctly ,that you are working on changing this? I often don't enter by homepage, but by the topic reply info on my mail, so I wouldn't notice unless I specifically go there to look at new pics etc.

Just a thought.

I will be checking in here regularly and see whether there are any queries I can answer and check out the others for things I'd love to learn. Thanks.

edited to add: I am amazed that there is no French specialty thread. I am sure the French would be very hurt in their pride since they are so proud of their chefs, cooking etc. and consider themself as the birthplace of modern cooking

The threads were determined, I believe, by which categories members offered to moderate. If you would like to do French just send Gay an email.

[Polar Bear]

Anke R wrote:
edited to add: I am amazed that there is no French specialty thread. I am sure the French would be very hurt in their pride since they are so proud of their chefs, cooking etc. and consider themself as the birthplace of modern cooking

I think the French are too busy to join a recipe website ?
But you´re right - by the end of the 18th century, the French have invented every recipe
Someone from France has to volunteer for French cooking and be ready for the deluge of questions on French techniques. The website wont be complete without French recipes unless it should be renamed ``American Recipezaar Only´´ But whoever moderates the French line is in a for a tough job

Okay Anke, gotta go back to work and school..... see you around

[Chef #173456]

Gay,thank you for starting the German recipe thread.There are many wonderful recipes on there. I will try to find a recipe,which you have not posted.

[Koechin (Chef)]

Here is one of my favorite German Breakfast Recipes. My mother often made this on Sundays, because during the week we only had hard rolls (Broetchen), or heavy dark bread (Vollkorn Brot) with butter and cold cuts!
Kaiser Schmarren!
(Emperor's Pancake,Kaiser Franz Joseph of Austria)
1 c flour
3 T sugar
1 c milk
2 eggs
5 T melted butter, or oil
dash of vanilla
dash of salt
Buzz in blender or whisk until well combined and frothy. Let stan 15-20 min. to allow the flour to swell.
! Large tart apple,peeled and cored. (Granny Smith, Courtland, Winesap), slivered.
1/2 c raisins, I like to plump the raisins, sprinkled with a little apple juice or water. Let them stand for 15 mim. or buzz them in the microwave until they are all happy and fat.
sliced almonds aprox. 1/4 c or more if desired.

Heat 2-3 T oil in a large (12") heavy skillet over med. heat. Pour in the batter and sprinkle with the apples, raisins, and almonds. cook until the underside is brown, and the top is no longer runny. Now this needs to be flipped over! I find it easyer if you cut it into quarters first. Now take 2 forks and star to tear it all int bite size pieces. Cook a few more min..
Sprinkle with fresh lemon juice and lots of powdered sugar! Now enjoy!!!My mother also srinkled it with some "Kirschwasser" and sometimes plumped the raisins also in the "Kirsch"
I hope you enjoy this as much as we do. Ingrid/Koechin

[glitter]

Oh my goodness...we ate Kaiser Schmarren all the time as kids made from Brotchen...or homemade bread that was sweetened. They had so many wonderful recipes...knew them all by feel too.

[Chef #173456]

We ate Kaiserschmarrn as children,but for dinner. But I only know it with Cherries .The recipe with the apples and raisins sounds delicious .
We had several sweet dishes for lunch( we had our main meal at lunch time) ,since meat sprices were very high.
All the German recipes are sounding great. I will add some,when I have time.

[glitter]

I have had it with cherries too...and I like it with both. But we had apple trees outside so we had alot of apple everything and plum everything... apple strudle, plum dumplings oh my ... weight watchers would not approve... but we did not care it was so good... and funny as it sounds... I was thin and ate all that stuff. So it makes me wonder about these high carbo diets.

[tigerduck]

Gay Gilmore wrote: I'm pretty sure I just said I love German Cakes, not "good morning, German cooking lovers" as attempted

Well Gay Gilmore, to be honest, what you wrote was: good morning German cake lovers... I assume you love cakes, don't you