Comments on: Speck, Nectarines, and Quark

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:33:41 +0000

Thanks Jen, it is one of my favorite things to do!

By: knifethrower

knifethrower — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:19:22 +0000

I love that you have taken a few gorgeous ingredients and made them into numerous outstanding dishes with their own textures, contexts and styles. In school, I took inspiration from a dish or two from the restaurant’s menu and turned out pizza, pastas and even baked goods with a similar flavor profile, but a different delivery system. Bravo! You have shattered my “Taco Equation” theory that three same ingredients rearranged roughly resembles American Mexican food! You ROCK!

By: admin

admin — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:48:48 +0000

Fantastic! Thank you so much for the link Carla.

By: CarlaH

CarlaH — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:17:43 +0000

Hi, I was just about to sit down and translate the recipe when I had the brilliant (???) idea of doing a search on the web. Lo and behold I found this http://www.amiexpat.com/resources/recipes/real-german-cuisine/thuringer-klose-thuringian-dumplings/ it is virtually the same as mine but does into more detail . I do have to warn you that I have never personally made these dumplings – very time consuming and my husband is not crazy about them. My dear mother, however, made them for all special occasions (grating the potatoes by hand as we did not have a food processor) and I remember them fondly. If you do make them be sure to have lots of gravy! If you want to cheat you can buy a mix made by Pfanni (or Panni depending where you are) which isn’t bad.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:26:50 +0000

Debbie, I can take a piece of fabric two feet long, send it through a machine and somehow come out with a mangled mess compressed to two inches. I have great aspirations toward sewing eventually, and even have a container full of gorgeous fabrics I pickup here and there for the day I am worthy to sew with them. That day still has yet to come. I am slightly better by hand, but not much.

Bordeaux, Thank you! Fear of failure? You are a wonderful cook! Besides, you seem fearless to me when it comes to your recent ventures. So glad to see you back!

Carla, Thank you! We will eagerly await your recipe.

By: Carla H

Carla H — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:18:44 +0000

Hi Everyone, as soon as I have a chance I’ll post the recipe – will have to translate it first. Debbie, I too am a self taught sewer – learned some things from watching my mother’s dressmaker when I was very young. Since I took early retirement last year I’ve become hooked on quilting to the detriment of housekeeping and gardening (well not always lol).

By: Bordeaux

Bordeaux — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:21:32 +0000

Love the way you deconstruct recipes. I should get over my fear of failures and start experimenting more like you. Thanks for the inspiration!

By: Jen (Modern Beet)

Jen (Modern Beet) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:58:15 +0000

oh yum! three ingredients I love! Stone fruit isn’t really in season yet here, but I will definitely try this (or some version of it:) ) later in the summer… cherries and strawberries are easy to find right now though — perhaps that would be tasty!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:48:34 +0000

Funny you say that about sewing. I tried to learn as a teenager….. massive failure.

Then I found myself as a young 20something unable to afford to buy clothes for work, and taught myself to sew on a friends machine. I do everything completely wrong (have had a professional seamstress turn white and nearly cry watching me), but it always works out and the end product looks the same as a properly made one.

It got to the point where I could whip up a skirt in under an hour and some days would make a new outfit in the morning before going to work….lol

The thing I had to do was throw out the patterns and just unroll calico onto the floor and cut out around myself, then pin the material to my bra/knickers and then draw the shape I wanted in teh finished outfit. It works amazingly and I even made my wedding dress using this same method.

Do not be afraid to try a different approach and you will find yourself sewing in no time.

Yes, Carla hopefully will get a strange compulsion to check the comments and see our plea for her recipe….

By: admin

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:19:23 +0000

Debbie, Now that is a talent I would love to possess. My grandmother tried in vain to teach me to sew, poor woman didn’t know what she was getting into. Your Aunt sounds like a wonderful lady.
I feel the same way about potatoes. From roasted potatoes to pommes anna, I really love them and so have to ration myself. I do think trying these dumplings is in order. Let’s cross our fingers Carla checks the comments again!