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Unfortunately I don’t know that tradition but I know very good German candy: Haribo. I grew up with it. It was always special eating it because I’d only have it at my grandparent’s house. My grandpa came to the US during World War II and Haribo had always been his favorite. So every time I visited them he’d have a different kind to share with me.
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My husband and I have always enjoyed the very traditional German foods, sausages, Sauerkraut, and the like, as we are both 3rd generation Germans and have met in a German restaurant 12 years ago. Now, we want to introduce our 6-year-old daughter to her German roots, but she does not seem to like the hearty German food.
Does anyone have any ideas on special German foods that kids would like? Any advice is welcome, thank you so much!
My mother, who was German, always made the Red Berry Pudding in the summer, using the fresh berries from our garden. Instead of the vanilla sauce, we ate it with ice cream and whipped cream on top. I can recommend anyone to try this! It is nothing but great.
This is my favorite German recipe. You don’t have to stick too closely to the amount of vegetables. Oh and Anne, your daughter might also like this, as she won’t be able to tell which vegetables are in the soup, so she can’t be picky. Enjoy!
Potato Soup:
about 2 pounds of mealy potatoes
two bundles of greens, consisting of 2 carrots, 1 or 2 leeks, ¼ celery, and parsley
about 1 pound of carrots
about 1 liter of vegetable broth
1 onion
about 6 tablespoons of oil
about 4 pieces of smoked pork chop
3 sausages, sliced
salt and pepper
sour cream
mustard
Preparation
dice all potatoes, vegetables and the pork chop
pre-heat the vegetable broth
add the oil into a big pot and heat it on high heat
add onions and pork chop and sauté for about three minutes, stir occasionally
add all vegetables including the potatoes and sauté for 5 minutes, stir occasionally
add the broth and cook it until the vegetables are done
sort out the pork chop from the rest of the soup
purée the soup, add more broth if it gets too thick
re-add the pork chop
add the sausages
Taste for salt and pepper
add as much sour cream or mustard as you like
A big hit with americans is “Pflaumenkuchen” (plum cake) with Streusel and fresh whipping cream.
But the right plums or prunes are hard to find in our area (Austin, TX).
So, come autuum (fall), all of my friend look out for those prunes when going to the grocery store and buy a few pounds if they happen to see them. The plums are usually only available for maybe 2 weeks a year.
Then is is up to me to bake enough to feed all of my friends.
can you please tell me how to spell pork and sauerkarut in german thank u!