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Yodeling plus other fun German Music you can play at any
Oktoberfest.
Some interesting little Oktoberfest Stuff The lady that overlooks the Oktoberfest
In the United States we have our Lady liberty statue, and in Bavaria they have their statue called "The Bavaria" and it is also a lady.
This is outside the Shutzen Tent...where you can easily walk inside her and go up the spiral staircase to the top
and look out over the Oktoberfest.
Here is a view from the top of Lady Bavaria, where you can see the whole Oktoberest grounds.
The Lady is a statue that was commissioned by King Ludwig the 1st, that married Theresa at the first Oktoberfest.
This 60 foot tall Bronze statue has a stairway to the top where you can look out the helmet over the Oktoberfest grounds also has the Ruhmshalle the Bavaria hall of fame with busts of famous people in the history of Bavaria behind the structure.
The statue of a Greek Amazon woman represents the strength of Bavaria like the Colossus of Rhodes. Why Greek?
King Ludwig (Louie) was a Greek history enthusiast and even his son Otto became the king of Greece.
So in this Greek tradition a huge bronze statue of an Amazon lady with her lion was chosen.
The Germanic symbols are the lady in a long dress wrapped with a bearskin with an oak wreath on her head and one in her hand showing that she is awarding this to the famous Bavarian heroes in that are behind her in the hall of fame. Oak is probably Bavaria's most popular tree. Read more about the Bavaria statue here.
This is a painting of the 1850 Oktoberfest when the statue was erected over the Oktoberfest grounds.
Oktoberfest Festival Tents
(called "Festzelts")
When you think of going to the Oktoberfest you will need to make reservations at a Beer Tent
or
Festzelt
There are 16 or so in the main area and 3 more in the "Oide Wiesn" of the Old Vintage Oktoberfest.
The different tents all have different themes and food specialties, though there are many common items.
The Schottenhammel
The Schottenhammel is the oldest tent and the largest holding up to 10,000 people.
It is where the Oktoberfest always kicks off with the Mayor tapping the first keg.
This is one of the oldest tents starting out as a shack in 1867 that could only hold 50 farmers it now holds 9,000.
It is a fun tent that is popular with a lot of young folks also.
This definitely is a first choice of tents for me to be in, because of the ceiling and wall mural depicting old Munich, and a beautiful sky.
It is nicknamed Himmel und Bayern.
Or The Heaven of Bavaria.
It serves a wonderful Hacker-Pschorr Beer, the brewery has been in business since the 15th century.
The Muchner Knodelie
The Muchner Knodelie features dumplings in any way you can imagine.
You will find it by seeing statue of Dumplings on the top of the roof. It is one of the smaller tents but lots of fun.
The Armbrustschützenzelt (crossbow firing tent) has been around since 1895. It has 5,830 indoor and 1,620 outdoor seats. Festwirt (tent operator) is Peter Inselkammer,[2] brother of the owner of the Ayinger Brewery. What is poured however, come from the Paulaner Brewery, since only beer from Munich breweries is served at the Oktoberfest. The German Championship for crossbow, 30m national discipline, takes place traditionally every year in the Armbrustschützenzelt.
The Ochsenbrateri
the Oxen Tent
The Oxen tent, Ochsenbrateri, that speciales in all kinds of Beef dishes from the 100 oxes that are spit roasted.
It was started about 1881 by a butcher that invented a machine that would roast a whole ox on a spit. It was loud and had billows of smoke rising, and attracted many amazed folks that drank beer and watched.
almost 150 years later it is still going strong.
Bräurosl Tent
This tent was named after the brewers daughter named Rosi. She was stunningly beautiful, drank beer every day on horseback and was an expert yodeler.
As you may guess yodeling is featured in this tent.
Also you can recognize this tent with the 2 huge Maypoles 20 meters high on display outside the entrance.
Oktoberfest In Munich: Tents & History!
This is a wonderful video that gives a good look at the different tents and their uniqueness.
This person who is obviously of German decent as he looks like my best friend in Sinsheim,
but he is from Australia. When I visited there I found all kinds of wonderful German heritage.
Feel free to skip around. He talks a little about Lady Bavaria at the 7 minute point and then
walks around and talks about the different tents.
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While there are many unique specialties to each tent there are some classics.
Beef Rouladen
Is it the pickle?
Beef Rouladen has been around in Germany at least since the 1700's where they have found a written recipe. It was mainly for nobility and royalty as beef was very expensive. As it became more affordable, it made it's way into house holds for a nice Sunday dinner or celebration.
It is now on menus across the world and can be enjoyed by every one any day of the week.
The idea of rolling up a tasty filling in a cutlet was a creative idea from the French who viewed cusine as an art form, but Roulade was a 2 fold concept in that you could extend a small amount of meat to feed a large party or family.
The Germans using what they had, bacon and onions is the national seasoning for most everything and the pickle seems very appropriately German. Who ever thought of it came hit the jackpot. Maybe that's why we put pickles on our hamburgers.
This is not a singular recipe that started out on the plains with the Hungarian herdsman
to
a style of cooking that can be a soup,
a stew, just one item, say beef cubes, or addition of vegetables, and noodles.
The one constant
is good quality Paprika.
The short story of how it became a German dish, is that the Hungarian herdsman
called Gulyas took their herds up to Nuremberg for sale, and shared the dish that
was made along the way from the cattle that didn't make it.
Gulyás (The Hungarian Herdsman with their Grey Cattle) by Sterio Károly (1821–1862)
Growing up in mid-centruy America Goulash looked something like this
It was a casserole type hamburger noodle combination that was good but Goulash became
sort of a term for everything but the kitchen sink left in your fridge mixed with hamburger and
tomato sauce. Ughhh
My German Grandma on the other hand I found out made a very different Goulash that
Was simple tasty and you could probably have it once a week and never get tired of it.
She made it for the Strudelfests for German-Americans that were once a month in Portland Oregon until
WW2 broke out.
My friend and new partner Ingo Grammel in this venture made it for their Oktoberfest in Florida
this year and did the casserole thing in an perfect honorable German way I thought.
They put the Goulash over the Spaetzle instead of mixing it in. They could take it as a one dish meal.
My grandma would have been proud!
This is an easy dessert to make, and always a winner with all my guests at the hotel.
it is a batter cake with the apples layed on top and sprinkled with Streusal.
A perfect dessert to take to an Oktoberfest celebration.
This technique of whipped eggs, to make a light batter
cake with fruit or just Streusel
is called a Biskuitkuchen,
It's interesting that the first part of the word Biskuit
almost sounds like Bisquick when you pronounce it.
You can certainly Whip some eggs and add some sugar to Bisquick
and make this cake easy.
Our German Cookbook
with
Package of Goulasch Spice and
10 different Recipes
CD
with Step by Step Pictures
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
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.
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The first song, Johann Jodeler, is about the famous Austrian General Johann that was beloved.
Zillertaler is a word based on the Ziller Valley in the Tyrol area of Austria in the area of the Alps.
Yodeling originated centuries ago it is believed so families could comunicate from mountain to mountain and call to the cows.
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Melanie Oesch die Dritten
Jodel Medley
The die Dritten refers to the 3rd generation of the Oesch family that
is making music.
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Ku-Ku-Jodler
Oesch's die Dritten
This has always been a favorite of mine, and such a fun song.
Ku-Ku basically means Cukoo.
This is one of my favorite songs of the Oktoberfest list.
It is often sang at closing of the Oktoberfest,
and folks will hold up the lights on their phones but sometimes
sparklers. That may be a thing of the past now
but below is a video of how it is done at Oktoberfest.
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