Sometimes when I get excited and talk to people who want to know about Oktoberfest, I have to catch myself from not talking like I have been there,....... because I haven't physically.
But after watching hundreds of video's, of the parades, music, dancing, food and other festivities,
I feel in many ways I have!
I also have benefited from many of you folks that HAVE been to the Oktoberfest in Munich, that email me and correct me here or fill me in on a subject that I write about.
If you think I mind being corrected, don't worry.
Let's Enter the Wiesn
(Wiesn is short for, "Theresens Wiese"
or Therese's Meadow where the Oktoberfest
was first held)
I wanted to go to the Keefer Tent first .......
The Käfer Weisn-Schänke Tent
Käfer= family of this tent (since 1972) Weisn =short for Oktoberfest, Schänke = Tavern
This is one of the Tents at the Oktoberfest that is not a tent but modeled after a Bavarian farmhouse.
I love all the wood walls and beams, with boughs of hops wrapped around them.
I enjoyed watching a video about the chef and his preparation of the food. I didn't realize that German's enjoy duck as much as they do.
Chef Andreas Schinharl,who runs the kitchen at one of the festival's tent fixtures
The Käfer Weisen-Schänke is known for it's cuisine specialties,
one of them being Käfer Duck which is stuffed with herbs, onions and apples. and roasted on a spit.
Apple- onion stuffing has always been one of my favorite's so I was attracted to this.
Here is a video put out by DW news in 2009. It gives a great flavor of being in a comfy Bavarian tavern,
Here is a little music played at the Käfer Bar
the song they are singing is a famous Fest song called
"Hulapualu"
Here is a video with the song by Andreas Gabalier
with the lyrics
Chef Andreas with his Käfer Duck, Red Cabbage and Dumplings.
Let's Make a Similar Dish
Here is a similar dish that you can do with chicken.
This is a Roast Chicken with
Apfel-Semmelknoedl
(Apple Onion Bread Dumplings)
that is done on a rottiserre
like real Wiesn Essen!
A Newbie Videos of First Timers at Oktoberfest
It's fun to laugh
at them discovering German words, traditions for the first time
like,
what a Weiswurst is
and how they eat it in Munich
This one is from 2018 before the madness
This cute couple's first time in Germany and discover the Oktoberfest food
and culture for the first time.
Our German Cookbook
A recipe book and short biography of my Grandmother Emma Block. Her recipes, culture and cooking styles that were brought over from Germany. How they evolved when she came to America in the early 1900s and settled in Portland, Oregon on the west coast of the United States. Over 100 recipes
Bonus Recipe CD with the Ebook and recipes with step by step pictures
Biography of my grandma
Emma Block From Germany with Love tells the story of my grandma, Emma Block, growing up in a little town in Baden/ Würtemberg, Germany near Heidelberg named Steinsfurt. Then at the age of 15 immigrating to the United States, taking a train with one of her sisters and brothers to Hamburg and sailing the Atlantic with other hope filled Germans wanting to make a life in the "New World". It was not easy but with good values learned in her German upbringing made a full life, had a wonderful family with lots of fun and celebration including the great German meals.
If you want to get a nice Happy going, here is some rockin
Oktoberfest music from the Wiesn in Munich!
Turn it on and it will get over an hour of great entertainment!
Dumpling Rolls
with Cabbage, Meat Filling
Also known as Kraut Crullers, Kraut Krapfen, Kraut Strudels
This is a great dish to take to a get together
and just a nice comfort food for Fall or Winter.
The meat filling is a combination of German and what I learned
from my Australian friends who are FAMOUS for their meat pies.
In Germany they call this
Kraut Krapfen
I just wanted to call this something different than
Kraut Krapfen,
because to many of my American friends,
it just doesn't have an
"appetizing ring" to it.
Here is a German lady do this German style
but speaking in the English language.
Kraut Krapfen
also called Sauerkraut Crullers, or Kraut Strudel
ApfelStrudel
(Apple Strudel)
In the same theme as the spiral rolled "Dumpling Rolls,"
I thought Strudel would be an appropriate dessert choice.
In fact the word "Strudel" in German means whirlpool.
Also Fall is the true apple season so why not go out and buy some local tart apples and make a strudel to celebrate your Oktoberfest get-together or just a crisp autumn evening.
The traditional way to make this is lots of fun and can involve the family. The recipe our grandma taught us requires a table cloth across the dining room table to stretch this dough to be skin thin that you can read a newspaper though.
So each person takes a side and stretches it with your knuckles. It is AMAZING how a ball of dough stretches out across a large table and you can get it so THIN!
By lifting the sheet using gravity you have a hands-free roller to get it ready for the oven.
Through modern technology we can enjoy music from Germany at the touch of your computer, there are many venues now, Pandora, Amazon music, and Youtube is free.
I love my noise canceling headphones that are completely wireless and give incredible sound!
This is a wonderful tool from Germany, that makes the longer Spaetzle noodles. My German friend brought one over from Germany for me.
Empty Table
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Our German Cookbook
A recipe book and short biography of my Grandmother Emma Block. Her recipes, culture and cooking styles that were brought over from Germany. How they evolved when she came to America in the early 1900s and settled in Portland, Oregon on the west coast of the United States. Over 100 recipes
Bonus Recipe CD with the Ebook and recipes with step by step pictures
Biography of my grandma
Emma Block From Germany with Love tells the story of my grandma, Emma Block, growing up in a little town in Baden/ Würtemberg, Germany near Heidelberg named Steinsfurt. Then at the age of 15 immigrating to the United States, taking a train with one of her sisters and brothers to Hamburg and sailing the Atlantic with other hope filled Germans wanting to make a life in the "New World". It was not easy but with good values learned in her German upbringing made a full life, had a wonderful family with lots of fun and celebration including the great German meals.
Karin Elliot born and raised in Germany
is a chef and wonderful friend giving me encouragement through the years here and donated her recipes for our newsletter. She also does wonderful volunteer work like providing meals for school children in need in Tuscon, Arizona.
Many German-Americans and German immigrants are interested in Native American items from books and movies to jewelry and arts and craft supplies. Karin will take care of you personally with her online store Native Rainbows
This is the newsletter you are reading now, called the German Goodies Recipe Newsletter. I have been publishing this for 20 years now and we have had a lot of fun doing it.
If you enjoy the history I talk about in this newsletter you will also love the history of other dishes and foods I like to do in my
Food History Newsletter