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„Möhrendurcheinander“ is a typical German-Westphalian stew. The basis is always a good broth, carrots, meat and potatoes. The meat is at its simplest way with some bacon, but can be richer with pork, fresh or cured. My wife's recipe (who comes from the Ruhr area) even uses black pudding instead of meat.
In the meantime I found out that the recipe found its way to the south of Germany, mostly under the name carrot and potato...
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Currywurst is one of the most popular snacks in Germany.
The invention was attributed to Herta Heuwer, Berlin 1949. In this time natural casings were rare, so her butcher experimented with a sausage without peel, which is still the most popular sausage for Currywurst in Berlin. In East Berlin the first snack bar was Konnopke, who made Currywurst in the GDR since 1960. This snack bar still exists.
There are two other regions in...
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The WDR (West German Broadcasting) recently broadcast what felt like the 500th repeat of the Vorkoster cooking show, the topic of meat on a stick, i.e. chops, ribs, etc. Among other pieces of meat there was also braised loin spare ribs. In Hesse, we liked to throw it into stews, I had never made it braised. But my sweetheart is from Westphalia, like Björn Freitag too, and so she asked, "Could you make that too? My mother used to...
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Salted herrings are a bit out of fashion these days, so herring salad or herring housewife style is made from Matjes fillets.
Salted herring is usually the whole fish, including the giblets, placed in a highly salty solution. The fish must first be soaked in clear water or you can work with disposable gloves to protect your hands. Then the fish is opened on the belly and the innards are removed. In the female fish you can find the...
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Attention, most of the text is from 2015/16. Now I'm retired and don't need to work inside or outside.
As is so often the case, the name Blauer Heinrich is unclear and either comes from the pearl barley, which is said to have a slight bluish cast, especially in combination with milk, or it is an allusion to the working clothes of miners with blue overalls.
Pearl barley were, boiled only in salt water with some vegetables, for a very...
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The rosary consists of either smoked or fresh bratwurst, usually in one piece, and is laid out in a circle in the pan. In the middle, the potatoes are fried in one go. This is usually a dish for a large family and it looks a lot better than the three measly sausages for the two person household in my picture.
As usual, there are several meanings for the origin of the name. One is the resemblance to the Catholic Rosary. The other is...