German Side Dishes...???

George said:

Steve Pope wrote:

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Red Cabbage #1 -- from Helen Brown

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Red Cabbage and Apples -- from Helen Brown

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No pork fat? Bacon would add a lot of flavor and would be more
traditional.

This absence reflects probably that this isn't a German recipe, but
I'm sure if Helen Brown were here she'd say "go for it" on the
pork fat.

Steve

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Dee Dee said:

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[ red cabbage and apples ]

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I've used Helen Brown's recipes (there are two, I think) for this
dish and I like it. Not sure how well it goes over with a crowd.

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Yes, I'd like to try a recipe that is liked.

She has three red cabbage recipes total, but I'll just type in two,
one without apples and one with.

Red Cabbage #1 -- from Helen Brown

1 onion
1/4 cup butter
1 small red cabbage
1 cup red wine
1 t sugar
1/4 t ground allspice
salt and pepper

Cook the sliced onion in butter until wilted. Add shredded
red cabbage, wine, sugar, salt, pepper, allspice. Mix, then
cover and cook until cabbage is tender.

Red Cabbage and Apples -- from Helen Brown

1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup butter
1 medium red cabbage
1/2 cup red wine
1 T brown sugar
2 sour apples
salt and pepper

Cook the chopped onion in butter with the brown sugar. When
brown, add shredded red cabbage, wine, sliced apples, salt, pepper.
Cook until cabbage is tender.

The first of the above recipes is said to go with pork,
the second with goose.

For the wine, I think it's pretty clear you want something like
a gamay or pinot noir.

Steve

Thank you very, VERY much. I'll try both.

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Dee Dee
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort."

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George said:

Steve Pope wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Red Cabbage #1 -- from Helen Brown

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Red Cabbage and Apples -- from Helen Brown

snip

Quoted message said:

No pork fat? Bacon would add a lot of flavor and would be more
traditional.

This absence reflects probably that this isn't a German recipe, but
I'm sure if Helen Brown were here she'd say "go for it" on the
pork fat.

Steve

I like the idea of making it without the pork fat. I'm not partial to that
taste. So I'm happy with them.
Dee Dee

kilikini said:

Christine Dabney said:

Gregory Morrow said:

We're having an Oktoberfest cook - out next weekend...

Since I am The Official Provider Of Side Dishes For Cook - Outs I'm
looking for idears for this cook - out. I'm making red cabbage and
apples and will bring some sauerkraut, but I'm looking for other
stuff, too. Anyone have any brilliant suggestions...???

We are grilling various wursts and such...

German Potato salad!!!

Christine

Absolutely! My Grandmother's recipe is the best.

-= Exported from BigOven =-

Grandma C's German Potato Salad

<what looks like a good recipe snipped>

i've been having german potato salad cravings recently, but usually
cook for only one or two. do you suppose leftovers could be
microwaved successfully?

your pal,
blake

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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Sort of a sweet side dish......

Rainbow Fruit Salad (Regenbogen-Fruchtsalat)

5 oz. white grapes
5 oz. black grapes
9 oz. plums
2 small aromatic apples
2 small aromatic pears
4 Tbsp cranberry jam
4 oz. dry sherry
2 oz. chopped walnuts

Wash fruit, cut grapes and plums in halves and remove pits and kernels. Cut
plums into wedges. Peel apples and pears, half, core and cut halves
lengthwise into slices. Combine fruits in large bowl. Strain cranberry jam
through a sieve and stir in sherry. Add to fruit and marinade for approx.
30 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped nuts before serving.

Note: Recipe says it serves four. But with those measurements, I think I
could eat it alone....If you want to try it, up the ingredients. Sounds
good. I found it in a German cookbook Called "His Tradition Lives
On.......Sweet Temptations of a la Ludwig II" (this was crazy Ludwig of
Barvaria)....he may have been nuts but his recipe collection seems pretty
good.

How likely is it that he would have had access to cranberries (which are
a new world fruit)?

Miche

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In the monastery office --
Before enlightenment: fetch mail, shuffle paper
After enlightenment: fetch mail, shuffle paper

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Gregory Morrow said:

We're having an Oktoberfest cook - out next weekend...

Since I am The Official Provider Of Side Dishes For Cook - Outs I'm
looking
for idears for this cook - out. I'm making red cabbage and apples and
will
bring some sauerkraut, but I'm looking for other stuff, too. Anyone have
any brilliant suggestions...???

We are grilling various wursts and such...

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Best
Greg

I can't spell it, but what about spaetzle (sp??)?????? Then, how about
some german sausage of some sort, with assorted mustards??
weinersnitzle? Once past sauerkraut, I get lost. Oh, and don't forget
the beer 😉

Sky, the various wursts Morrow mentioned *are* German sausage of some sort.
Wiener schnitzel is NOT a side dish - it's a main. Seems you are indeed
lost.

Yep, I'm not familiar with German foods at all as was obvious 😉 At
least I know about spaetzle. Oh, and beer too <G>.

Sky, who never buys sauerkraut

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Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice

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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:31:01 -0400, "kilikini"
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i've been having german potato salad cravings recently, but usually
cook for only one or two. do you suppose leftovers could be
microwaved successfully?

your pal,
blake

Why not? German potato salad can be heated successfully other ways. You
just want to heat slowly.
Janet

blake murphy said:

kilikini said:

Christine Dabney said:

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:45:46 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

> We're having an Oktoberfest cook - out next weekend...
>
> Since I am The Official Provider Of Side Dishes For Cook - Outs I'm
> looking for idears for this cook - out. I'm making red cabbage and
> apples and will bring some sauerkraut, but I'm looking for other
> stuff, too. Anyone have any brilliant suggestions...???
>
> We are grilling various wursts and such...

German Potato salad!!!

Christine

Absolutely! My Grandmother's recipe is the best.

-= Exported from BigOven =-

Grandma C's German Potato Salad

<what looks like a good recipe snipped>

i've been having german potato salad cravings recently, but usually
cook for only one or two. do you suppose leftovers could be
microwaved successfully?

your pal,
blake

Oh heck yes! I nuke it all the time. :~)

kili

kilikini said:

blake murphy said:

kilikini said:

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:45:46 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
> <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>> We're having an Oktoberfest cook - out next weekend...
>>
>> Since I am The Official Provider Of Side Dishes For Cook - Outs I'm
>> looking for idears for this cook - out. I'm making red cabbage and
>> apples and will bring some sauerkraut, but I'm looking for other
>> stuff, too. Anyone have any brilliant suggestions...???
>>
>> We are grilling various wursts and such...
>
> German Potato salad!!!
>
> Christine

Absolutely! My Grandmother's recipe is the best.

-= Exported from BigOven =-

Grandma C's German Potato Salad

<what looks like a good recipe snipped>

i've been having german potato salad cravings recently, but usually
cook for only one or two. do you suppose leftovers could be
microwaved successfully?

your pal,
blake

Oh heck yes! I nuke it all the time. :~)

kili

o.k., thanks kili and janet. i knew it sounded good in theory, just
wondered if people did it.

your pal,
blake

Gregory Morrow said:

We're having an Oktoberfest cook - out next weekend...

Since I am The Official Provider Of Side Dishes For Cook - Outs I'm looking
for idears for this cook - out. I'm making red cabbage and apples and will
bring some sauerkraut, but I'm looking for other stuff, too. Anyone have
any brilliant suggestions...???

Sour cream beetroot salad. Cooked beetroots, peeled, sliced, mixed
with sour cream, salt, pepper and lots of chopped green onions.
Semmelknödel - stewed bread balls.
Kartoffelknödel - stewed potato balls.

Nathalie in Switzerland

Christine Dabney said:

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:45:46 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"

Quoted message said:

We're having an Oktoberfest cook - out next weekend...

Quoted message said:

Since I am The Official Provider Of Side Dishes For Cook - Outs I'm looking
for idears for this cook - out. I'm making red cabbage and apples and will
bring some sauerkraut, but I'm looking for other stuff, too. Anyone have
any brilliant suggestions...???

Quoted message said:

We are grilling various wursts and such...

German Potato salad!!!

It was TOO HOT for an "Oktoberfest" sorta cook - out, at least for me
anyways...

Yesterday (Oct. 7th) was SUFFOCATING hot in Chicago, with temps and
humidity around 90, and a dew point that was 70+. I decided to stay
home in the air conditioning instead of sweltering around a grill in a
backyard with no discernible breeze...had an ice cold chicken - veg
salad and a yogurt smoothie here at home.

I have today off so will check with the gang over drinks later to see
how it went...I know they had a lot of stuff planned, including IIRC
sauerbraten. Hope the beer was cold at least (they have a large
"party fridge" in the garage for beverages)...

As some of you may have seen on the nooze, the Chicago Marathon was a
fiasco yesterday, with people literally dropping (in one case, flat
dead) to the pavement because of the heat. The marathon was cancelled
half - way through...even experienced and very fit runners were
aghast, saying it was the worst marathon they'd ever run because of
the heat. They guy that died, BTW, was a very fit 35 year - old cop
from Michigan...

The East Coast was torrid too, I heard that a runner in DC died from
the heat...

In any case, thanks to one and all for the suggestions, when it COOLS
off I'll be considering all of them for autumn/winter...

:-)

--
Best
Greg

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Gregory Morrow said:

We're having an Oktoberfest cook - out next weekend...

Since I am The Official Provider Of Side Dishes For Cook - Outs I'm looking
for idears for this cook - out. I'm making red cabbage and apples and will
bring some sauerkraut, but I'm looking for other stuff, too. Anyone have
any brilliant suggestions...???

We are grilling various wursts and such...

How do you define German? Mix some pineapple chunks and a little juice
with that sauerkraut -- pretty tasty.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our first three meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-11-2007

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Gregory Morrow said:

We're having an Oktoberfest cook - out next weekend...

Quoted message said:

Since I am The Official Provider Of Side Dishes For Cook - Outs I'm looking
for idears for this cook - out. I'm making red cabbage and apples and will
bring some sauerkraut, but I'm looking for other stuff, too. Anyone have
any brilliant suggestions...???

Quoted message said:

We are grilling various wursts and such...

How do you define German? Mix some pineapple chunks and a little juice
with that sauerkraut -- pretty tasty.

Ah, now *that's* interesting...thanks Barb...!!!

--
Best
Greg