by No Ordinary Homestead | May 29, 2017 | Food, German Specialties
Germans are big fans of the dumplings. Some are made from bread, others from potatoes, and all of them taste pretty fantastic. Of the two, bread dumplings are a bit easier to make and there’s really very few ingredients or steps involved. It’s really a matter of...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Oct 8, 2015 | Food, German Specialties
There are many, many different ways to make potato salad and most of them taste great. One common way of making potato salad in Germany is with what seems like a pound of mayonnaise in it. If that is what you’re looking for, this is definitely not it. Mostly because I...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Jun 13, 2012 | Featured, Food, German Specialties, Mains, Side Dishes
There’s a specialty here in Germany which is extremely simple to make but that I somehow never tried to create myself. The German restaurant down the street from us makes wurst käse salat, which basically is a sausage and cheese salad with onions, vinegar, pickles and...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Apr 2, 2012 | Featured, Food, German Specialties
Last week, I decided to try something never before done in my house — make fresh roast beef. I was looking around for recipes to make for the upcoming week, and the roast been just smiled at me from the page. Now I got a bit apprehensive when the recipe indicated that...
by Tiffany | Mar 16, 2012 | Expat Life, Featured, Food, German Specialties, Travel
When I started trying to learn German, the first things I focused on were food and beer. I knew what was important in life — and these things were extremely important it turned out, because you also don’t want to end up eating something made entirely of...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Nov 24, 2011 | Food, German Specialties, Thanksgiving
To me, Thanksgiving is not officially Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie. There were several years here in Germany that we just let Thanksgiving day slip by, cooking something traditionally American for the day, but not really going to all the trouble. And a few times,...