People who study these things say that the average American eats 60 Hot Dogs each year….grilled, steamed, boiled… flung from peddlers in Ballparks, off a rolling cooker in a 7-11, or out of a vendor’s cart. But the BEST hot dogs are the German Hot Dogs. These snappy wonders, with their tight casings that burst with flavor when you bite…
Category: German Foods and Recipes
German Cherry Streusel Cake Recipe (with CHOCOLATE Streusel!)
Flour, Sugar, Butter, Eggs. The basic building blocks of most cakes and pastries. The infinite variations, combined with a few flavorful additions, never cease to amaze me. Try this recipe for a Kirsch Streusel Kuchen, a German Cherry Streusel Cake with both chocolate and vanilla Streusel. Those four basic ingredients, with the addition of a few tablespoons of cocoa, some sour…
German Tomato Salad Recipe with Variations
Don’t you love a fresh tomato in summertime? It tastes of sunshine. Even when I can’t get any other veggies in my garden to cooperate, I always seem to have success with tomatoes. This year, we got a bonus when a few “volunteer” plants came up in the garden before we started planting! Naturally, they all seem to want to…
Easy Pineapple Punch Recipe -Ananas Bowle for Parties!
This easy Pineapple Punch recipe comes together with minimal effort, but tastes like you went through a lot of trouble. Canned (or fresh) pineapple, wine, champagne and some juice come together to create a tasty mix… with a little bit of a punch. (And it’s a nice way to stretch out the wine budget a bit since generally, you use…
Raspberry Streusel Cheesecake Recipe- Himbeer Käse Streuselkuchen
After tasting an amazing Himbeer Käse Streuselkuchen in Berlin, I spent three years working on the exact recipe for this German Raspberry Cheesecake with Streusel Recipe. For a while, I felt like Captain Ahab, certain that the White Whale could be found in fresh berries and streusel. Why did it take so long? Well, I certainly wasn’t baking this cake…
German Celery Root Salad Recipe- Selleriesalat
The first time I went through the supermarket check out with a Celeriac knob (Celery root), the cashier looked at it in horror. WHAT IS THAT? To be fair, you won’t find Celery Root gracing the cover of “Beautiful Vegetable Monthly”. (Frankly, the thing looks like a Turnip’s ugly cousin.) Still, when prepared properly, like in this German Celery Root…
German Beer Day- Celebrating the Reinheitsgebot of 1516
April 23 is German Beer Day! (Isn’t every day German Beer Day?) This auspicious date celebrates the signing of the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot (Beer Purity Law) of 1516. Bavarian Duke William IV decreed that beer could only contain Barley, Hops, and Water (the importance of yeast still hadn’t been worked out). Now over 500 years old, it’s one of the oldest…
German Green Bean Salad Recipe – Grüner Bohnensalat
My mother must have prepared this German Green Bean Salad Recipe (Grüner Bohnensalat) at least a few times a month and maybe even weekly during the summer. Come to think of it, these green beans arrived on the table at Oma’s house quite often, too. Why? It’s a simple recipe that tastes good. Better yet, you can easily adjust depending…
German Beet Salad – Rote Beete Salat for your Salatteller
As a child, I considered beets to be incredibly deceptive. The color of my mother’s Rote Beete Salat looked like garnets, and edible jewels should taste of magic. But instead, German Beet Salad tasted like, well… beets. Still, like I always told my kids, when you grow up, your tongue changes, and things you once ran from now taste delicious.…