(old post transferred to new website) When I first got here, in the late summer of 2009, I felt completely adrift. I was on a different planet, everything I was used to, food-wise, was not here. Grocery shopping was like watching your favorite movie in a foreign language. (there is a reason I am a…
Category: Austrian Food
Learning how to cook all of Peter’s favorites, and more.
Eiernockerl
(old post transferred to new website) Eiernockerl is one of the best comfort food dishes ever invented. It’s like a hug on a cold, grey day. Peter had been feeling bad for the past few days, and it is a chilly, grey, foggy day. So I made him some Eiernockerl, and I took pictures. Like…
Käseleberkäse with Jalapenos
(old post transferred to new website) Peter loves this stuff and buys it by the kilo, which surprises me, because he is so very Austrian about food. To use a very sweeping generality, they give spicy the stink eye. But this stuff is made in Austria, and is based off of Käseleberkäse (Leberkäse with bits…
Austrian Food=Comfort Food
(old post transferred to new website) There are, what feel like, very loose rules (but still rules) about food in Austria. Especially with Fridays. I’ve noticed this in the Cafeteria at work. This is a very Catholic country, who really love their sweets. On Fridays in our cafeteria, the main Lunch menu is Fish or…