Spaetzle recipe

[chickflick]

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I still have lots of relatives in Germany. Wish I could go and visit with them. My mom was the only way we kept in contact, now with her gone, I don't know how to contact them any more. My brother also lost her address book.

 

[chickflick]

Moodlymoo... have you ever had Zerrissen Hosen?? Aka, torn pants?? It's a sweet dough that you fry. So good. One of my family's favorite. My Oma use to make it, and my mom and now me.

 

[KenK]

We ate at a German restaurant last night. The spaetzle were delicious. I need to make some.

 

[chickflick]

Huh...Georgia has German restraunts??

JK! I love the German sandwich meat, and it's so hard to find. Whenever I go to Crystal Lake, Il, I go and stock up. There's an awesome German deli there.

 

[KenK]

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Judging from the business they were doing last night; not for much longer. I hate it too, they have delicious food. We drove by several Applebee's, Chilis,Olive Gardens and they like to get there and they were all covered up with folks.

 

[chickflick]

That's too bad. People seem to be drawn to the chain restraurants and don't give the "different" ones a try.

 

[OnceAroundTheBlock]

I make spaetzle quite frequently (dad was of German heritage) and I make it basically using the same recipe as posted. But 2 things I make sure I do....when mixing the flour, eggs and water, I use a wooden spoon and beat it until the batter "bubbles" (you'll recognize it when you see it) and also I use the traditional way of cooking the spaetzle.

No need for expensive ricers or spaetzle makers, just take a wooden cutting board, rinse it with cold water, plop some batter on it, hold the board alongside your pot of boiling water, and with a butter knife slide off pieces of the batter into the water. When the noodles float, they are cooked and ready to take out of the water. I keep them in a warm skillet with lot's of melted butter until all the spaetzle is cooked.

 

[moodlymoo]

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exactly...silly americans who make a gadget for everything

 

[OnceAroundTheBlock]

exactly...silly americans who make a gadget for everything

That's only because I spent all my money on my new chicken coop.......

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[moodlymoo]

hahaha, I had a garage sale to fund my coop building experience and boy Im glad I did. That thing cost 27x what I budgeted. We are still eating ramen jk