Mar 152012
 
Curry Ketchup and Currywurst

Currywurst (curry sausage) is very popular in Germany and it started when a German lady named Herta Heuwer served it on September 4, 1949 at her street booth in Berlin, corner Kant/Kaiser Friedrich Strasse in Charlottenburg.  It was not the sausages that made her famous, it was her special curry ketchup. In 1959 the given [read more...]

Jan 192012
 
Obatzter - Bavarian Cheese Specialty

Oabatzter, Obatzda or Obazda, which means squeeze or mashed, is a popular snack together with some beer. Every beer garden in Bavaria serves this dish and now you can make it yourself and enjoy it with a bottle or glass of German beer. The recipe got known in the 1920s when host Katharina Eisenreich started [read more...]

Dec 292011
 
Goulash Soup Silvester Soup

Goulash soup is a traditional soup for New years Eve, the night where people everywhere are celebrating the last hours of the old year. In Germany this evening is called “Silvesterabend”, and everyone throws a party with firework and a “midnight soup”.  The tradition is to serve a soup shortly after midnight, and in many cases [read more...]

Oct 022011
 
Southern German Cheese Spaetzle

Cheese Spaetzle are one of my favorites when it comes to local food from the South of Germany. This recipes comes from a region named “Allgaeu” but it is popular all around in Swabia. It’s the area before Bavaria which is famous for its cheese, the milk and milk products, and it is a very [read more...]