The Food of Bavaria

Posted on by December 30, 2011

Schnitzel and Potatosalad

The biggest misconception about Bavaria is that the food choices are very limited. Yes, we like our Schnitzel, Bratwurst and Sauerkraut, but we also like Fish, Beef, Lamb, Venison, Poultry and Pork.

Many types of excellent cheeses originate in Bavaria and it also offers a wide variety of tempting cakes and tortes, like the exquisite Prince Regent Torte.

In this section, we would like to introduce you to some common Bavarian foods, some you might find strange and some which are very popular here in the USA.

A collection of these recipes can be found at our Inge’s Kitchen website.  We will highlight some of these recipes  and will let you know here which one’s are just added.

We naturally will also add our favorites given to us by family, friends and customers during our time in the meat business.

Some of the recipes come from old sources, from a time when you burned off the fat and calories without a health club membership, so cook, serve and eat at your own risk.

Some of the recipe are sinfully good – definitely not DIET FOOD!!!

We hope you enjoy our endeavor.

Facts and fiction about meat?

Posted on by December 29, 2011

Thousands of blogs and webpages are written about food and the preparation thereof, but trying to find information about meat seems to be scarce. We often see recipes published with cuts of meat, whose quality well overshoot the cooking method used, like using expensive cuts, which only require a short time on the BBQ for braising and stewing or in the example of “Steak Tartar” using beef tenderloin if a nicely trimmed Sirloin tip will give the same results for about 1/3 the price.

Do you know when buying boneless skinless chicken breasts, the little byline “enhanced with broth” can actually mean that you are paying for up to 15% of added water. Please, if we want to spend our money for 100% of the meat and get only 85% with the rest added from the water faucet let’s go for it but hey it is a lot juicier. Looking up enhance at dictionary.com they list 2 meanings

  1. to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candelight enhanced her beauty.
  2. to raise the value or price of: Rarity enhances the worth of old coins.

so enhancing in this case would mean, that it increases the profits for the manufacturer.

We will blog about saving money in every day life with a smidgen more work, spending less time doing it and possibly even eat healthier. We will discuss the basics of making luncheon meats and where to get the supplies you cannot buy at the local grocery store.