I haven’t had a real good authentic German Food fest in a while, but I found one – in New Ulm Minnesota.
Ok – you’ll appreciate this once you see what I am talking about. Greg, Matt and I had to overnight in New Ulm – they also had a Schell Brewery Birdies, Bogeys and Beers Radio Broadcast that evening. [Chris from New York, a.k.a. me – got a hole in one, a Schell tee shirt, and is one of 4 finalist for the big event 4/29…ummm. Worth a return trip? – We’ll see. Too bad I did not realize that I was on the radio – maybe would have been a little less infuriated by that crooked shaft and deformed mallet head they called a putter – you can only imagine]. So, here we go.
This platter is designed for 3-5 people– so that is where we began. What’s on it?
- Bratwurst
- Smoked Bratwurst
- Some other typically German sausage
- Hassenpfeffer (roasted rabbit with gravy)
- Hagemeister (I have no idea what this was)
- Some other non-descript meisters
- Weiner Schnitzel
- A couple of other hunks of schnitzle
- German Potato Salad
- Red Cabbage
- Sauerkraut
- Spaetzle with caramelized onions
- Deviled eggs, I think too
You would think this is enough – Oh, but no…we added two smoked pork chops; they were so good, we added two more [hence the origin of the dessert – see blog post on this]. There was nothing left but a few lonely spaetzles, lazing about the platter without a care in the world. There was plenty of cold beer and three dessert schnitzles to complete our gluttony.
I was so full, I could hard step out of my lederhosen and pull the cowbell from around my neck. I dreamt that evening of edelweiss and Black Forest hams.
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