Teasing the Korean Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 I bought Ms. TTK a Valentine's Day present on Etsy. It was shipped from Germany. The package arrived today. The item was packed in a box of Bratkartoffeln mit Speck & Zwiebeln. Fortunately, or unfortunately, there were no bratkartoffeln, speck, or zwiebeln left in the package. https://wiglo-shop.de/product/bratkartoffeln-mit-speck-zwiebeln-400g/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 20 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: Fortunately, or unfortunately, there were no bratkartoffeln, speck, or zwiebeln left in the package. Someone on the transport vehicle was hungry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2023 2 hours ago, mikeweil said: Someone on the transport vehicle was hungry? Haha! It was an article of jewelry packaged in the empty box. I'll make sure there's no grease on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) @Teasing the Korean Why not prepare it yourself, it´s the most simple dish I have heard about ever. Never ever would I buy "alimente semipreparate" . Just cook potatoes, cut them to smaller pieces, frie onions and ham together with the potato pieces We call this "cartofi țărănești” (potatoes farmer´s style, Kartoffeln nach Bauern Art). But if I eat it as a garnitura for meals with meat, I leave the ham (" "slănină” "Șpeck”) out. And otherwise too on many occasions since the "șpeck" somehow predominates the aroma of the cartofi. I think the Germans use more "șpeck". But they have other tastes. For example, once when I traveled thru Germania I saw to my surprise that they serve the famous „șnițel vienez” with some mushroom sos . But I also heard that the younger generation of Germans mostly eat "Doner kebab" or "curryvurst" where doner kebab is originally from Turkey and Curry must be from India...... Edited February 16, 2023 by Gheorghe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) On 2/14/2023 at 2:16 AM, Teasing the Korean said: I bought Ms. TTK a Valentine's Day present on Etsy. It was shipped from Germany. The package arrived today. The item was packed in a box of Bratkartoffeln mit Speck & Zwiebeln. Fortunately, or unfortunately, there were no bratkartoffeln, speck, or zwiebeln left in the package. https://wiglo-shop.de/product/bratkartoffeln-mit-speck-zwiebeln-400g/ See my posting 4 hours earlier. Best regards . Gh. Edited February 16, 2023 by Gheorghe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 5 hours ago, Gheorghe said: @Teasing the Korean Why not prepare it yourself, it´s the most simple dish I have heard about ever. Never ever would I buy "alimente semipreparate" . Just cook potatoes, cut them to smaller pieces, frie onions and ham together with the potato pieces My grandmother was German, and she used to make a variation on this dish with potatoes, onion, and a hot dog cut into small pieces. It was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 17 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: My grandmother was German, and she used to make a variation on this dish with potatoes, onion, and a hot dog cut into small pieces. It was great. Yes, using hot dog cut into small pieces might be a typical German food combination. The potatoes with onion and maybe a bit of bacon as my wife and me know it, also can be slightly influenced by the former german-speaking minority in Transsilvania. Only that there is no hot dog pieces in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Is this anything like what my mom used to make, called "German Potato Salad"? It was served warm and there was a bit of vinegar in it, but otherwise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 The combination of patatoes, bacon and onions is excellent. But you should never buy those instant meals. Yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 19 hours ago, JSngry said: Is this anything like what my mom used to make, called "German Potato Salad"? It was served warm and there was a bit of vinegar in it, but otherwise... No, 'Bratkartoffeln' are potatoes boiled, sliced and fried in a pan. 'Kartoffelsalat" are potatoes boiled and sliced, served warm or cold with vinegar and oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 And bacon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 Wiener sausages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 I'm amused to read about "Bratkartoffeln" here! In November 1992 Marion Brown and I visited "Mutter Jütte" (Mother Jütte) in Bremke, an old inn in a village near Göttingen, famous for fried potatoes! Marion wrote in the guest book: ""THANKS FOR THE BEST 'FRIED' POTATOES IN THE WORLD: BREMKE!" Marion Brown Jan 24, 1992 Mutter Jütte" I visited "Mutter Jütte" for the first time in November 1960. A 'must' for Göttingen students to hike through mud and snow in winter to eat "Bratkartoffeln" with "Grünkohl" (curly kale) and 'Bregenwurst' (German sausage made from brains). Too bad the inn was closed last year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 56 minutes ago, optatio said: Wiener sausages! Mom used bacon, but hey. America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 3 hours ago, JSngry said: Mom used bacon, but hey. America. I'd consider bacon within a potato salad a somewhat quirky but entirely valid variation... It may be served as a side dish to (among others) Wiener sausage but that's fairly independent from the decision to add bacon to the salad. (Wiener sausage within the salad would be fairly outrageous though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 Dad was of German heritage, Mom was of German/Irish/Native American. He was from Illinois, she fron Louisiana. They started married life in Illinois, then moved to Texas He hated rice and loved potatoes, she loved rice and made that adjustment. Just saying, I learned to take the world "traditional" with a grain or two of salt. But never pepper. Dad thought that pepper was spicy. I know, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 29 minutes ago, JSngry said: Just saying, I learned to take the world "traditional" with a grain or two of salt. And "authentic." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 5 hours ago, optatio said: I'm amused to read about "Bratkartoffeln" here! In November 1992 Marion Brown and I visited "Mutter Jütte" (Mother Jütte) in Bremke, an old inn in a village near Göttingen, famous for fried potatoes! Marion wrote in the guest book: ""THANKS FOR THE BEST 'FRIED' POTATOES IN THE WORLD: BREMKE!" Marion Brown Jan 24, 1992 Mutter Jütte" I visited "Mutter Jütte" for the first time in November 1960. A 'must' for Göttingen students to hike through mud and snow in winter to eat "Bratkartoffeln" with "Grünkohl" (curly kale) and 'Bregenwurst' (German sausage made from brains). Too bad the inn was closed last year... That's a great story thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 No matter if they're fried or cooked and sliced as a salad, the recipe works, although I dislike bacon and leve it off or replace it with small cubes of smoked tofu. Fine cut spicey pickle cucumber work in the salad, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 2/17/2023 at 3:13 PM, JSngry said: Is this anything like what my mom used to make, called "German Potato Salad"? It was served warm and there was a bit of vinegar in it, but otherwise... The potato salad I like most is boiled and sliced potatoes, young onion with the green long leaves that grow out of them, also cut in small pieces, boiled eggs in slices, and then a house made maioneză hand mixed with the yellow from the egg and sunflower oil, then all the stuff mixed and served together with Wiener Schnizel 7 hours ago, mikeweil said: No matter if they're fried or cooked and sliced as a salad, the recipe works, although I dislike bacon and leve it off or replace it with small cubes of smoked tofu. Fine cut spicey pickle cucumber work in the salad, too. I have eaten some to fu at some chinez restaurant, I think it was from the dinner bufet, nice. But I never heard that it is combined with German or European dishes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Gheorghe said: I have eaten some to fu at some chinez restaurant, I think it was from the dinner bufet, nice. But I never heard that it is combined with German or European dishes.... My personal invention, as l rarely eat meat. But the tofu restaurants use is very different from the stuff you can buy in organic food stores, which is of much higher quality and tastes better. Edited February 19, 2023 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 23 hours ago, mikeweil said: My personal invention, as l rarely eat meat. But the tofu restaurants use is very different from the stuff you can buy in organic food stores, which is of much higher quality and tastes better. Ok, personal invention sounds good. I also don´t cook exactly like my grandma did, but I had to make investigations to learn what an organic shop is. I agree with you that too much people eat too much meat. This is not necessary and can destroy sharp looking (șnițel-belly or cementry of șnițel) and especially in summer there can be weeks when I don´t eat meat or only seldom very little of it (gastgarten mit grill) But I couldn´t definite my reduced meat consumption as "rarely" since let´s say if I cook gulaș I dont make it only for one day, you can eat it 3 days and it get´s even better, or the famous "sarmale" (kraut-rulade) you make a big pot of it and if you only 2 persons you have 3 days food. That´s "winter dish" , or a self made bean soup, it has to have onions and it has to have some little pieces of smoked pork in it to have that good taste. At least that´s how I grew up. But all that stuff , if you eat just one portion and not 2 or 3 until you can´t move anymore, it doesn´t do no harm , you remain in good shape and look handsome. Well I don´t know if there is those organic shops over here. I have enough problems with gettin good white bread , many bakers have tons of black bread, and no sendviș and those french baquettes, it gets hard too soon and can not be compared with a good, big, white bread........, especially the good round one. We have one bakery called "The Mann" in our quarter (very nice outer district not far from the park and castle Schonbrunn, but if they close for renovation like they did last summer, I have to get in the not so quiet areas near Vestbahnhof, where there are some "balcan bakeries"...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 Getting good bread is really becoming harder every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, mikeweil said: Getting good bread is really becoming harder every year. Strange - availability of good and varied bread has rarely been better here. Not cheap though and prices have gone up significantly thanks to that nonentity out East. Plenty of garbage bread out there as well. On 2/18/2023 at 11:25 AM, optatio said: 'Bregenwurst' (German sausage made from brains). 🤮 I’ll pass ! Edited February 20, 2023 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 44 minutes ago, sidewinder said: 🤮 I’ll pass ! Since the BSE crisis, the 'Bregenwurst' no longer contains brain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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