Category Archives: German

Patio Onions

Posted on November 3, 2012 by

Have you ever heard the term”patio onions”?  That term refers to onions so potent that, if you don’t intend to cook them immediately after slicing them, you need to put them out on the patio.  The term first came into the cooking vocabulary in … Continue reading →

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Every Part of the Cow

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Last night my mom made Oxtail Soup.  This is one of those dishes from my childhood that got forgotten along the way.  Oxtail soup is an old German dish, or so I’ve been told.  One of those stick to the ribs kind of … Continue reading →

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Something New

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

Last week as I was making up the menu for our dinners for the upcoming week when I decided it was time to try a new dish.  But I wasn’t sure what to have; pork, chicken, beef, fish?  So I let … Continue reading →

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A Spring Meal?

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

Today is May 1st, our son Sean’s birthday.  On the day of his actual birth in the Chicago suburbs, it was in the 80′s and with thunderstorms that night. I vividly remember standing outside the hospital watching the lightning while … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Beat a Brat

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

I’m not talking snotty kids here – I ‘m talking about the great German sausage  – Bratwurst.  One of life’s great pleasures is a truly good bratwurst.  The kind that is made from an old family recipe.  When we lived in Wisconsin and … Continue reading →

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