Introduce Yourselves

[Barbara in Holland]

Thanks, HeatherFeather...I love your ename. Heather is a favorite flower here in Holland, along with tulips and narcissus, of course. It is nice to have a place to chat, isn't it?

[-Sylvie-]

Yes, there is some great people on here, but watch it you'll be addicted soon!

[txzuckerbaeckerin]

Hi everybody, my name is Ann, I live in the DFW area in Texas.
I'm 40 y. and immigrated from Germany to the US in 1998. We had bakers, chefs, cooks and Konditoren in our family and I continue to follow everyone of them. If You have questions, need advice or a translation, don't hesitate to contact me! Wonderfull to be a member of Zaar, by the way!

[HeatherFeather]

txzuckerbaeckerin wrote:
Hi everybody, my name is Ann, I live in the DFW area in Texas.
I'm 40 y. and immigrated from Germany to the US in 1998. We had bakers, chefs, cooks and Konditoren in our family and I continue to follow everyone of them. If You have questions, need advice or a translation, don't hesitate to contact me! Wonderfull to be a member of Zaar, by the way!

Welcome! I love to bake and will certainly be on the lookout for some yummy new reicpes from you. Hope you'll be able to share some of that rich family baking history.

[CarrolJ]

Hello! Although I have german ancestry from my maternal side of the family, our family never really tasted German food until my DH was stationed in Germany from 1975-1978. We fell in love with everything we ate there...except the pastries which were a disappointment because they weren't sweet enough for our taste.

Our family's favorite is all the various snitzel dishes. Our favorites are snitzel cordon bleu, regular breaded snitzel with lemon slices, and of course Jagersnitzel which of course means it is covered with tons of mushrooms in a rich gravy.

We also love brochen (those wonderful crisp crust rolls with soft light centers) Oh how we loved them!

I will look forward to many seeing more German recipes here at Zaar. Heather are you the moderator of these forums?

[HeatherFeather]

CarrolJ wrote:
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We also love brochen (those wonderful crisp crust rolls with soft light centers) Oh how we loved them!

I will look forward to many seeing more German recipes here at Zaar. Heather are you the moderator of these forums?

I loved the bread too - all of the different types.

Yes - moderator reporting for duty.

[CarrolJ]

HeatherFeather wrote:

CarrolJ wrote:
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We also love brochen (those wonderful crisp crust rolls with soft light centers) Oh how we loved them!

I will look forward to many seeing more German recipes here at Zaar. Heather are you the moderator of these forums?

I loved the bread too - all of the different types.

Yes - moderator reporting for duty.

Hip Hip Hurray for HeatherFeather! Always a good encourager and great cook!

[HeatherFeather]

Thanks (making me blush)

[Hausfrau]

Hi everybody! My name is Cara and I've been living in Darmstadt, just south of Frankfurt, for 2 years. DH is in the military. I absolutely love it here! I have a couple of dear German friends who have taught me how to read menus and recipes, among other Deutsch lessons. I love to use the Maggi & Knorr fixes, Maggi wuerze, remoulade, and, of course, the wonderful German kaese und brot. I'm going to have to stock up on fixes before we head back to the states next year!
BTW, I'm originally from Tennessee, and I have no German ancestry that I know of. I've just fallen in love with Deutschland, it's people, and especially, it's food!

[Clara12]

Hi! My name is Camilla and I am a native German, living near Frankfurt.

I love cooking but instead of the traditional German food I prefer the lighter Italian cooking. Nevertheless I love our regional food - that's what I grew up with.

I am glad to see that so many of you like German food and I hope I can be of any help and answer your questions.

See you! Tschüß!

[-Sylvie-]

Cara,

welcome to Zaar, you'll love it here! If you like all the Knorr fixes look out for a fantastic cookbook. I think it's called something like 'Kochen with Knorr' and gives you loads of alternative ways of cooking with the mixes. You can get it in 'Weltbild Verlag' shops if there are any where you live for about Euro 15.

May I also do a shameless recipe plug here?!

Have a look at my Spicy Midnight Soup recipe #108157, it's using the Knorr Lauchcremesuppe mix and it's so good (If I may say so).

[Hausfrau]

Vielen Dank, Silvie!

[joan in CNY]

Just came to this thread to-night for the first time. DH is Irish and I am English/Irish/French. DH has a very cosmopolitan appetite and we both enjoy German cooking. Our city had a large German population when it was first settled and we still have a few fairly "authentic" German restaurants, a couple of which have a fairly decent sauerbrauten. Looking forward to finding some great recipes here!

[joan in CNY]

Ducky, Where are you?

[HeatherFeather]

Welcome to you all. If you have any recipe requests, please feel free to make separate new posts in the forum so that your recipe requests are easier to find. Hope you all will find lots of good recipes here and look forward to seeing your own German recipes.