The Wiener Schnitzel is the most popular meat dish known in other countries. Very interesting is its origin. Wiener Schnitzel comes originally from Austria and the name is protected by law and it has to be cooked with veal. In Germany we enjoy it a lot with pork instead of veal, and in this case [read more...]
This is a local Austrian-German specialty that has become very popular. Let’s look first at some definitions. The word “Kaiser” means “Emperor” and “Schmarrn” means “Mishmash” in Austrian-German. Nevertheless the translation of Kaiserschmarrn has generated some debate. “Kaiser” is literally translated as “emperor”, but not the word “Schmarrn” that has different definitions such as mishmash, [read more...]
This is a classic recipe from the home town of Mozart: Salzburg. The recipe goes back to the 17th century, and it is been said that it is featuring the hillside surrounding Salzburg: the Gaisberg, Moenchsberg and Nonnberg. True, if you make them right you have a mountain-like structure on your plate. And the dusting of powdered [read more...]
This cake is to be said to be the oldest-known in the world. For a long time a recipe from 1696 in the city library of Vienna was the oldest one known. But in 2005 the library director of the upper Austrian Museum found an older recipe from 1653 of Verona. There are numerous legands of how [read more...]
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