carguy123 wrote:RX Reven' wrote: I agree in terms of the Brits having the worst food but I’d put the Indians in second followed by the Germans.You hit the nail on the head, but it is a tough call as to whether Indian or British food is the worst. British food has no flavor and Indian food has this strange flavor. Which is worse? The after taste or no taste at all? Tough call.
mtn wrote: I have a bag of spaetzle that I should make tonight... How would you guys prepare it?
I would prepare to throw it in the garbage on the way to getting your own press 
Put gravy on it, make some goulash, and put that on it (see above pic), or just put some butter, salt, and pepper on and use it as a side dish like rice or potatoes. If it's the instant stuff you boil like noodles, let it sit for a bit before you serve. It dries up some,and holds the sauce better. You can lightly fry the leftovers and do the butter, slt and pepper thing the next day. I don't eat butter, but my wife does that and she likes it.
mtn wrote: I have a bag of spaetzle that I should make tonight... How would you guys prepare it?
Where did you find spaetzle?!? Biggest dish I have been craving since returning from Germany is kasespaetzle (basically German macaroni and cheese, with onion and bacon).
I think the above-mentioned press is probably the better idea for me.
I've also been doing a good job trying to recreate German bratkartoffeln (fried potatoes). I want to try my hand at maultaschen (basically giant raviolis).
carguy123 wrote:RX Reven' wrote: I agree in terms of the Brits having the worst food but I’d put the Indians in second followed by the Germans.You hit the nail on the head, but it is a tough call as to whether Indian or British food is the worst. British food has no flavor and Indian food has this strange flavor. Which is worse? The after taste or no taste at all? Tough call.
You're both berkeleying nuts. Even my "meat and potatoes" friends love Indian food. I think your tongues are broken.
Beer Baron wrote: Biggest dish I have been craving since returning from Germany is kasespaetzle (basically German macaroni and cheese, with onion and bacon). I've also been doing a good job trying to recreate German bratkartoffeln (fried potatoes). I want to try my hand at maultaschen (basically giant raviolis).
That reminds me of another good use for leftovers. Fry up some onions and bacon till almost done, then throw the spaetzle in and lightly fry. Mmmm good. Maultaschen is a lot of work. We have a good recipe if you can't find one.
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Zomby Woof wrote: That reminds me of another good use for leftovers. Fry up some onions and bacon till almost done, then throw the spaetzle in and lightly fry. Mmmm good.
This. Add cheese (grated Swiss) and you have kaesespaetzle.
I don't eat dairy, so I'll pass on the swiss. I think you'd use the same meat in the bratkartoffeln as the kaesespaetzle, speck. It also goes in Maultaschen, and (in abundance) in saurkraut. As soon as the fall hits, my wife goes into cooking mode, and we eat all this stuff. Surprised rouladen hasn't come up yet. Meat spread on meat, wrapped in meat, cooked in gravy. It's really good for you.
And I love Schnitzel. There was a great restaurant around the block from my flat in Berlin that had "Schnitzel Thursdays" ("Dorstag ist Schnitzeltag!"). My favorite was their schnitzel in pepper sauce (bell peppers, not spicy). A bunch of my classmates and I special-ordered a schnitzel dinner at a pub one time to celebrate the completion of our hardest exams. Giant berkeleying schnitzel; like... 8" across kind of things, plus mushroom sauce and pan-fried cauliflower. Oh man, did we gorge ourselves.
Contrary to popular belief "brat" is not sausage. "Wurst" is sausage. Brat is how they are made/cooked: pan fried or grilled (hence, brat-kartofeln are pan fried potatoes).
Beer Baron wrote:mtn wrote: I have a bag of spaetzle that I should make tonight... How would you guys prepare it?Where did you find spaetzle?!? Biggest dish I have been craving since returning from Germany is kasespaetzle (basically German macaroni and cheese, with onion and bacon).
World Market has pretty decent dried ones. IME they work fine for Kaesspaetzle.
I showed my wife this thread. She started thinking about food, and now we're having pork roast and kartoffelnudeln on the weekend 
Zomby Woof wrote: I showed my wife this thread. She started thinking about food, and now we're having pork roast and kartoffelnudeln on the weekend
Beer Baron wrote:mtn wrote: I have a bag of spaetzle that I should make tonight... How would you guys prepare it?Where did you find spaetzle?!? Biggest dish I have been craving since returning from Germany is kasespaetzle (basically German macaroni and cheese, with onion and bacon). I think the above-mentioned press is probably the better idea for me. I've also been doing a good job trying to recreate German bratkartoffeln (fried potatoes). I want to try my hand at maultaschen (basically giant raviolis).
I'm going to have to try the kasepaetzle. Any recipes out there?
As for the press, yes, it is better, and I have one at my parents house. I need to bring it back here.
Where to find it? Aldi! They're owned by German folks, some of it is pretty decent.
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