[Cz-L] Recipes

Hello Friends,

Whenever (and it happens very often) recipes are discussed between friends
when we meet here in Haifa or Europe, I automatically switch off. So I am
not going to interfere now and get you off that high recipe horse spell...
but

Miriam mentions Olga and Adolf Hess and their book about Wiener Kueche. My
mother left the 193x edition in a deplorable status and we had it rebound
sometime in the 1960th. All recipes including hand written additions,
sometimes in steno. I remember reading A and O's monthly received by mother
Abo from Vienna - of course not the recipes but the part about Heferl der
Kuechenzwerg (he was the cooks aide) to whom all sort of adventures were
adjudicated. The stories about him came in 4 or 5 pictures. All that at the
Court ( I presume to impress the readers with elitist gourmet taste) of some
undefined kingdom. Once the cook fished a big one from the royal pond, was
swept into the water by the fish, Heferl sprang into the water after the
cook, got hold of his foot, the fish still leading them forcefully around in
the water, the king came by and very democratically (consider it was in
1937), although he still had his crown on and scepter in his hand -
    
    Kurz entschlossen sprang er 'rein
    Um die Beiden zu befrein.

At the end - 4th picture, they were all led by the fish.

I still don't like fish, but to those of you who will be here next March I
can strongly recommend the best Gratar (grill) both in Israel and Romania
here at Joji's, the vinete coming only second best to my wife's, but still
worth the trip to Israel.

I loved to eat Schmettentorte although my preferred one was Rokokotorte. As
to recipes, sorry - may be scrambled eggs or coffee?

All the best, and welcome to the 2007 meeting.

Berti Glaubach.
Received on 2006-10-20 22:00:57