I had never heard of Ostermontag before.

Growing up I heard about

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday,

but never Easter Monday.
It is celebrated for the "Resurection"
Makes sense.

I went searching and found this on German culture sites,
that Ostermontag is a public holiday

 

Eggs in Frankfurter Green Herb Sauce (Eier und Greuner Sauce)	Eggs ala Goldenrod
Hefekranz German braided Easter bread in a wreath (Kranz) shape	Arme Ritter German French toast made out of holiday style breads.
Nested Eggs (Shredded Potato Nests with Eggs)

 

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Eier und Grüner Sosse
Hard boiled Eggs and Boiled Potatoes
with Green Sauce

Go here for more about the history of Frankfurter Grünersosse

This is a very popular spring dish in the state of Hesse.
It is a very light and satisfying dish. I had it this week and couldn't wait
to have it again the next day. Very simple, and the flavors marry perfect.

Come into my kitchen and let's make
Eier und Grüner Sosse

If you can't find all the 7 herbs for this feel free to just
use a few if that is all you can find.

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Eggs Ala Goldenrod

This is a wonderful dish made with hard cooked eggs and a creamy white sauce poured over toast triangles.
You grate the hard cooked yolk over the top for a garnish. It is not especially a German dish, although
eggs on toast surely is. It has always been a special dish for me since my young adult life.

You can of course add asparagus or spinach to this simple dish.

Go here to my Food History website to read and make
Eggs ala Goldenrod.

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A beautiful Nested Egg Dish This isn't my dish but you can watch how to make it with this video.

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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 to order just the cookbook with the CD	Bonus Recipe CD with the Ebook and recipes with step by step pictures
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Arme Ritter

German Style French Toast

Interesting name for French Toast?

Armes = Arms and Ritter means Knight as in an Armed Knight.

How does this make sense?

Arme Ritter literally means "Poor Knight" in German and if you put into a translator "Armer Ritter" then it returns "French Toast".

This is adapted from an English dish that became known as
"Poor Knights of Windsor"

To learn more about the history of Armer Ritter For a complete history of French Toast go here.

Making Armer Ritter is not much different than making French Toast except this particular German recipe calls for breading it in bread crumbs. 2 things Old German house holds had was stale bread and bread crumbs. Nothing was wasted.
This recipe is adapted from the DDR museum website
They soak the bread in the milk first then dip it into the egg which you find this technique in a lot of German recipes to bring stale bread to life as a binder or for dumplings to mention a few. The other thing is that they used a bit of grated lemon peel in the dip.

Go Here to make Arme Ritter with Step by Step Pictures

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Hefekranz, Hefezopf (Easter Bread) Hefekranz Hefezopf Hefe =yeast     Kranz= wreath    Zopf = braided The Hefekranz traditon of braiding goes back many years. The braiding of bread was perhaps started as a symbolic tradition. Though it can not be fully coroborated, Max Höfer a bread researcher says that many years ago when a husband died the wife would sacrifice her life in his honor and follow him to in the grave. Later just a women's braid went into the grave and as time passed a braided loaf of bread went into the grave. There were many ways to make a "Hair Sacrifice" be it the shaved monks head or giving a braid as the hair was by some cultures considered the best part of you. It was also a way of honoring someone or giving a gift to give a braided loaf to honor the deceased. It some areas it was given as a proposal of marriage. Since then it also has been baked for many festivals, Christtmas, New Years and of course Easter. Easter the shape is often in a circular wreath and called Hefekranz. Some other historians claim that it was developed by the first bakers union in Switzerland started in 1256 in the middle ages. The first recorded braided loaf was in 1430. Regardless it is nice to carry on centuries old traditions and make a braided loaf for Easter. It is really fairly easy. There are many ways to decorate your loaf and you can also add different fruits or nuts.       Go here to make Hefezopf and Hefekranz.

 

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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