[bluesman]

Germany, come on man, they dont have yellow mustard and they dont have neon green relish, they dont even have baseball !

But they are some of the greatest brewers in the world. 

[euge]

The "hamburger" as we know it is also an American invention. Arguably, inspired by a German dish...

[beerocd]

The "hamburger" as we know it is also an American invention. Arguably, inspired by a German dish...

The Origin of Hamburgers and Ketchup, by Prof. Giovanni Ballarini:

    The origin of the hamburger is not very clear, but the prevailing version is that at the end of 1800' s, European emigrants reached America on the ships of the Hamburg Lines and were served meat patties quickly cooked on the grill and placed between two pieces of bread.

But, anything "Americanized" into bigger, better, cheezier, spicier, deep fried - bears little resemblance to the original.

[capozzoli]

"Ich bin ein Berliner."

[Pawtucket Patriot]

Homemade salsas (chile de arbol salsa and salsa verde) and potato sopes.  Sopes are topped with goat cheese, the arbol salsa, and chiffonade of romaine, cilantro, and chives, tossed with fresh lime juice.  Garnished with salsa verde, lime wedges and chive blossoms.

[beerocd]

"Ich bin ein Berliner."

[capozzoli]

[capozzoli]

Sopes look awesome, still havent tried them yet.

Had to make some pazole for lunch today, what with all of the culinary anthropology talk.

[tubercle]

Isnt all cooking Ethnic?

Hamburgers, hotdogs, and pork steaks on the grill and a cooler full of bud light.  Name that ethnicity.....

 Redneck

[nicneufeld]

Last night did a pot of mostaccioli with a really nice sauce...3 large red peppers roasted until blackened over charcoal, peeled, then blended to a puree...a sweet onion and garlic sauteed in olive oil, mixed with the pepper puree, salted, spiced with oregano, crushed red pepper, and fennel, and then cut with heavy cream.  Made for a delightful sauce...served with cheese bread and smoke roasted italian sausage.  Paired this with Godfather III but had to stop it after 40 minutes.  My god, I couldn't take the bad acting.  It was like Star Wars prequels...decades after a directors brilliance they try to revisit it and fail absolutely miserably, both times particularly failing on godawful dialogue.

Still, the food was good.  Makes for a great tomato-less pasta, quite strongly flavored.

Did a sweep of the ethnic stores today too...restocked methi, black pepper, star anise, and basmati and the indian store, and Ukrainian paprika at a generally Russian store, with 2 liters of Polish blackcurrant nectar as well, with a freshly made chocolate puff pastry for the wife and daughter, who devoured it hastily.

[capozzoli]

I didnt think Godfather three was all that bad. Bad but tolerable. At least it was consistent. It would have been better if they demonstrated the fall of  the Corleone family and evaporation of the Italian mafia. Maybe have the Russians and the Chinese taking over. Lets just say that film would have been awesome if I made it.

Star Wars prequels were on the other hand awful on so many levels. No continuity what so ever. To name a couple (and there are many). In Empire Strikes back, the ghost of obi wan sends luke to the degaba system to learn from Yoda "The Jedi Master that taught me" In Phantom Menace Obi wan is under the tutelage of  Gui jon jin or what ever his name was. WTF. And why could R2D2 fly? That was ridiculous. Why couldnt Darth remember C3PO if he built him as a child. Just stupid. No redeemable qualities in those three films at all.

Just saw Avatar last night. What is the bid deal with that movie? It wasnt terrible but not much better than Godfather three IMO. More like a video game.

Anyways, starting the fire for Kotlik Goulash levesh. Pics to come.
 

[euge]

I always wondered about the DV not recognizing C3PO. Put it up to that his was a common model... As far as Avatar goes: visually stunning, but derivative, formulaic and predictable. I fell asleep near the end. I give it 5 stars for visual effects and 2 stars for plot and acting.

Nic that tomato-less pepper based sauce sounds just right. I'll have to remember that one. But on pasta...

[nicneufeld]

Perhaps I would have liked GFIII more if I watched the whole thing.  I was expecting it to be worse, just not the nosedive.  For some reason, Al Pacino seemed so much more "Al Pacino" than "Michael Corleone" and some of the dialogue just seemed bad.  I'll give it credit, it did not seem to be trending towards the absolute catastrophic drop in quality the SW prequels had, but it lost all the magic I thought the first two films had (and almost all of the cast, too!). 

I felt a similar pang of disappointment with each Peter Jackson installment of LotR, the first one I loved, second one I mostly loved, third one just deviated so wildly from the plot and consisted of the most ridiculously banal dialogue (of which J.R.R. would have gagged on his bitter) that the whole series seems a bit of a disappointment.

You'll like the tomato-less pepper sauce.  I stole the recipe from a blog my wife reads...skipping the pine nuts and adding some more spices:  http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/03/pasta-with-roasted-red-pepper-sauce-groan/

[capozzoli]

Hungarian

Kotlik Goulash





You will need some nice fresh beef and stock bones, ox tails or something. I used neck bones which yield a great flavor. Also some beef you can use just about any roast type cut into 1-2" cubes. I use heel or shin meat witch seems to holdup well.

The veg are: Lots of onions, carrots, taters,

The spices are lots of paprika, caraway seeds, marjoram, bay leaves, rosemary, black pepper, salt, and hot pepper if you like it that way.


First build  a good fire and make a pile of hot coals. Get the kotlik good and hot and then brown the bones in a little lard or oil.



Then after the onions have caramelized add the spices.



Toss that around a little then add some water and bring it to a boil.



When the meat is almost done add some potatoes and a fist full of fresh parsley.

Let the taters cook for a while and dont accidentally spill anything into the kotlik.  



Serve with some hearty Slovakian bread or rye bread. MM MM good.

Anyone know how to edit the videos together?

[nicneufeld]

All kinds of awesome!  This is going to be on my next month's grocery budget.

Do you fish out the bones before serving or just leave them in?