I think I understand most food behaviors that I have been exposed to. But there is one I just don’t seem to get. When people do not eat breakfast. I wake up starving and have to hold myself not to eat 2 portions of my scrambled eggs or birchermüsli (I have even googled what a normal breakfast size is, since … Read More
Haferschleim to die for
I might be on of the few not British citizens who 2 out of 7 nights have the following last thought the minute before I fall asleep: Now it is only 8 hours until I get to eat porridge**. Most of the time it is only 5-6 hours until I will actually eat my porridge since I tend to wake … Read More
HELP and Trade for a good cause
On sunday is our Local Christmas Market, “TOR DAY” in Berlin Mitte. My friend Gonca is impressing me again. Last year she collected money and toys that she brought to support a project called Aktion Friedensdorf. This is a project where children from war areas were brought to German Hospitals in December and January last year. When the rest of … Read More
Baking in the Bunker
Last week Freunde von Freunden came out with their first book. If you do not know their Berlin based lifestyle observations you should definitely have a look at their site. Here is my old post on the book. Tomorrow there will be a small release dinner at the publishers home. Yes, Christian and Karen Boros lives on top of this … Read More
München, I have Bread for you on Sunday
On my way into the mountains I will stop by in München tomorrow. With me I will have one Rye Bread and 2 wheat sourdough. The Bread is baked with all through Bavarian flour (some from Dinkelsbühl and some from south of Fischbachau). Please let me know if you are able to meet up tomorrow in Glockenbachviertel around 5pm! All … Read More
May I introduce you to Robin Kranz
A German food blogger that I got to know through Bread Exchange is Robin. Robins blog “The Daily Bread Diaries” is what the title describes; a diary about what she is eating. I want to eat what she is eating. Please follow her. It is very inspirational, even if you don’t know German. Think about it as a picture book. … Read More
Serve your friends Möpse
If you followed me at Usedom ealier this week you now have some tasty Herrings waiting in the fridge to be rolled up into a Mops. I suggest you serve your Rollmops with your favorite Snaps. Actually, I never manage to eat a Rollmops without drinking a snaps with it. But that is another story. When I serve Rollmops I … Read More
Your Rollmops is soon ready to be eaten.
A “Rollmops” is a dish invented in the first half of the 19th century. It was named after the dog rase “Pug” since its form reminds of the interesting little dog body. I always thought that the dish came from Hamburg, but it is actually invented in Berlin. Here is the recipe. —————————— Picture of Mücke, here wearing a classic … Read More
Bread Exchange in London Tomorrow!
I bring you fresh goods for anything that you have that could inspire me somehow. Let me know if you like to trade with me in Shorditch/Clerkenwell/Hoxton area on Wednesday. I can’t wait! —————————- The closest I get to a London image right now is this is a picture of my Mother that one of her girlfriends shot back in … Read More
Time for Mops
How to make a classic north German Rollmops 60g salt 6 large herrings, descaled, gutted, filleted and pin-boned For the marinade: 750ml cider vinegar 12 allspice berries 12 black peppercorns 6 bay leaves 1 tbsp light brown sugar Zest of 1 large orange, pared in strips with no white pith 1 small onion, very thinly sliced 200ml medium cider 1. Dissolve … Read More