There is a time in Southern Germany that is the highlight of any two weeks in a true Bavarian’s calendar year. Oktoberfest, you say? The international celebration of all things oh-so-Bavarian: Beer in huge mugs, pretzels, lederhosen, and girls overflowing out of their lacy, aproned dirndls? Ah, no. Or possibly it is at Christmas time, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Germany’
Spargel Zeit!
Posted in Germany, tagged Bavaria, Food, Germany, Produce on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Egg Quest, Part I
Posted in Farm, tagged Bavaria, Eggs, Farm, Food, Germany on July 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I can probably trace my obsession with eggs back to my childhood summers spent deep in the heart of Bavarian farm country. Breakfasts there always included a soft boiled egg, scooped up warm right out of its shell. I was continually startled to find the bright orange yolks that tasted so different from the ones [...]
Butter Brezen
Posted in Germany, tagged Bavaria, Food, Germany, Pretzels on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When the homesickness grips me, I always find that it is triggered by food– the strange fermenting smell emanating from behind a bar that I could swear was sauerkraut, or the sound of a crusty bread being ripped apart. It is the latter that sparked today’s wave of memories, though it is not actually bread [...]
