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[BrewerMom]

Hi
I'm fairly new to zaar and am absolutely thrilled there is a German topic. My husband was born in Augsburg. His mother was a native German and his father was in the military. His mother died several years ago and I have held on to recipes that she taught me. My ancestry is German and I grew up in Pennsylvania Dutch country. I would love to have recipes that may be native to the Augsburg area.
(Of course I'll take any German recipes as that is just "good food").
Hello to everyone and I look forward to some great communication!

[Thorsten]

Hello BrewerMom,

welcome to the German & Benelux Cooking Forum. I'm happy that you join us. Have fun and meet new friends here. I'm one of the co-hosts of this forum, born, raised and living in Germany for now 42 years I live with my DW in Bonn (about 30k south of Cologne) in the lovely Rhine Valley.

You will find me very frequently in the
Active Lifestyles: healthy cooking and information Forum and in the
Cooking Photo and Information Forum


Have a great time
Thorsten

[PanNan]

Welcome BrewerMom. Glad you found this forum.

I'm not German. I grew up in Holland and now live in the U.S. I visit this forum quite a bit, and look forward to reading your posts.

I don't know about foods from Augsburg, and can't help you there. I hope someone can help you.

[BecR]

Hi there, BrewerMom---and welcome! My mother & grandmother are German (although not originally from Augsburg). I spent some years in Augsburg as a child, and again later as a newlywed. Here is an interesting link for you to take a look at some typical Augsburg foods (scroll down and click on the highlighted words "Schnitzel, Spaetzle, Bavarian White Sausage")---there is a recipe for Schnitzel.

http://www.gonomad.com/destinations/0405/augsburg_germany.html

Here are several German-style recipes that are not necessarily authentic to Augsburg, but close enough (and delicious!):

German Farmer's Breakfast (Bauernfruhstuck) recipe #120363
Braised Red Cabbage recipe #108449
Nan's Classic Potato Salad recipe #63017
Beef Rouladen recipe #22507

Hope this helps.

Becky

[-Sylvie-]

Hi there, nice to meet you.

I was born and raised in Germany, not too far from where Thorsten lives, in North Rhine Westphalia, near Münster. I have been living in the Uk for the last eight years though, but since all my family and a lot of old friens are still in Germany, I visit regularly.
The longer I'm away the more I start missing German foods, especially my mum's cooking, which is usually a lot of traditional country type fare, such as Grünkohl, Erbsensuppe and all kinds of Eintöpfe. I've just spent the last two weeks at my parent's house and have bought a couple of German cookbooks, so look out for some recipes I'll be posting soon, you might find something you like!

[Thorsten]

Maybe asked your DH which food he can remember. I'm sure we will find a recipe for you. My DW and I are owning too many cookbooks So, give it a try.

[BrewerMom]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.
My husband has told me he misses something he calls
rice auflauf (sp?). Is there a recipe out there for this dish? I know what he means, but can't find a recipe.

[Thorsten]

BrewerMom wrote:
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.
My husband has told me he misses something he calls
rice auflauf (sp?). Is there a recipe out there for this dish? I know what he means, but can't find a recipe.

Reisauflauf (= rice casserole) is a very general term. Does he probably mean Milchreis, which is a sweet dessert kind of rice cooked in milk with sugar and cinnamon. Some use also a little lemon zest. This is a dessert, which is made very often and many kids like it (not only kids I have to admit - I love it)

[PanNan]

The article posted by BecR is very interesting. I have a couple of schnitzel recipes.

Wiener Schnitzel recipe #39703 (made with veal)
Chicken Schnitzel recipe #100005

[HeatherFeather]

Thorsten wrote:
Hello BrewerMom,

welcome to the German & Benelux Cooking Forum. I'm happy that you join us. Have fun and meet new friends here. I'm one of the co-hosts of this forum, born, raised and living in Germany for now 42 years I live with my DW in Bonn (about 30k south of Cologne) in the lovely Rhine Valley.

You will find me very frequently in the
Active Lifestyles: healthy cooking and information Forum and in the
Cooking Photo and Information Forum


Have a great time
Thorsten

Wow Thorsten...I used to live in Bonn as well. I was in Plittersdorf. I absolutely loved Bonn and there are so many things I miss about living there. Especially Steinhaus..a favorite restaurant we used to eat at frequently.

[HeatherFeather]

BrewerMom wrote:
Hi
I'm fairly new to zaar and am absolutely thrilled there is a German topic. My husband was born in Augsburg. His mother was a native German and his father was in the military. His mother died several years ago and I have held on to recipes that she taught me. My ancestry is German and I grew up in Pennsylvania Dutch country. I would love to have recipes that may be native to the Augsburg area.
(Of course I'll take any German recipes as that is just "good food").
Hello to everyone and I look forward to some great communication!

Welcome! I am also of German descent (partly, on my mother's side) . I lived in Germany when my husband was assigned to Bonn. My husband speaks fluent German, my spoken German is rather poor, although I can read it much better.

[Thorsten]

HeatherFeather wrote:

Thorsten wrote:
Hello BrewerMom,

welcome to the German & Benelux Cooking Forum. I'm happy that you join us. Have fun and meet new friends here. I'm one of the co-hosts of this forum, born, raised and living in Germany for now 42 years I live with my DW in Bonn (about 30k south of Cologne) in the lovely Rhine Valley.

You will find me very frequently in the
Active Lifestyles: healthy cooking and information Forum and in the
Cooking Photo and Information Forum


Have a great time
Thorsten

Wow Thorsten...I used to live in Bonn as well. I was in Plittersdorf. I absolutely loved Bonn and there are so many things I miss about living there. Especially Steinhaus..a favorite restaurant we used to eat at frequently.

WOW, WOW, we live in Endenich and I'm quite frequently running through Plittersdorf, because the Bonn Marathon is partly going through Plittersdorf. But I never was in the "Steinhaus". Our favs are "Zum Alten Treppchen" in Endenich and "Zum Ännchen" (that's not the official name, but most know it under this name) in Bad Godesberg

[HeatherFeather]

The marathons used to go right past my window.

There is a wonderful restaurant as well along the Rhine very near the Dreesen hotel..I can't remember the name at the moment..but I used to bike down there and eat potato pancakes with salmon and sour cream.

Oh how I miss the food! Bonn is such a great city to live in as a person who loves good food and cooking. The wonderful ingredients I could get at the city farmer's market ..oh how I miss that.

[BrewerMom]

Reisauflauf (SP?) as he knows it was a dessert-type dish. It is not wet at all. He said he remembers it was baked in the oven and served with peaches on top. It comes out of the oven firm, almost like a cake. Do you have a recipe?

[BrewerMom]

I make a liver spaetzle soup that my husband's mom used to make. She also made a soup out of beef broth and sliced crepe-type pancakes. Does anyone have a recipe for these pancakes?