I have met many wind-bags in my time, most of them not worthy of mentioning – but this dear reader, is the exception to the rule. Behold, the most beautiful wind-bag in the world… A Windbeutel (basically translated as wind bag or pouch in Deutsch), is a huge choux pastry filled with whipped cream and […]
Food
Zwetschgendatschi (Bavarian Plum Cake – My Version!)
I first tried this a couple of weeks ago on a Sunny Munich morning. The cafe’s shelves were heaving with trays and trays of this stuff, either plain or with streusen (crumbs! The waiter was grateful for my help with the translation of this word to aid his tourist cake pushing prowess!) so I figured […]
Harvest – Blackberry and Apple Cobbler
Harvest time has been and gone in our house, and I am sorry to report that it hasn’t been a successful year. I know I am not much good at gardening anyway, but the odds have been well and truly stacked against us. Our organic pest control turned out to be quite a costly affair, […]
Pick Your Own…
Pick Your Own. A favourite summer holiday activity in our house, once certain minors had got over their disappointment that there are no longer strawberries ripe for the plucking in these here parts. Luckily the novelty of blueberries won them over and kept everyone happy for a while, until strawberries were soon forgotten, and the […]
Back to Berries – Red Currant Jelly…
If I tell you that we have a red currant bush in our garden that I didn’t even know existed (until it’s heavily laden branches were almost touching the ground), you might be able to tell what kind of gardener I am! I’m not one to look a gift horse in the mouth but it […]