It is always sad to see the Oktoberfest in Munich come to an end.
But there are others around that go all through October.
Like at Big Bear Lake in California, one of my favorite.
We are not down there and I will miss it.
I sure appreciate all the wonderful emails you send me telling
me you enjoy the music and all your ideas and links to great stuff to share here.
I have learned so much through this newsletter and in this issue almost everything is
goodies that I have recieved from nice folks.
Through modern technology we can enjoy music from Germany at the touch of your computer, there are many venues now, Pandora, Amazon music, and Youtube is free.
I love my noise canceling headphones that are completely wireless and give incredible sound!
over 2500 perfect reviews, it is a bit of an investment but worth every penny.
Closing Night at the Hacker Pschorr Festzelt (beer ten
the Most Popular Closing Song of Munich Oktoberfest
Sierra Madre
My Oktoberfest experience wouldn't be complete withouth listening to and watching Sierra Madre on closing night with the sparklers.
Unfortunately I couldn't find a video from 2919 but this one will give you the experience as if it was yesterday.
I LOVE this song that was introduced to me by Gert Reitner in 2009. He lived very close to the Weisen and went many times.
At first I wondered what a Mountain Range in Mexico had to do with Oktoberfest....
The song is about a field worker that starts work at sunrise and is greeted by the mountains, works all day and then reflects on the mountains again at sunset as he is going home. As Oktoberfest closes we reflect on the good times we had.
Gert replied to me and said, wait till your in a beer tent at Munich and experience 10,000 people singing this with sparklers.
So since then I have been hooked!
The song caught on in 1987 when this band did a remake of the 1970's hit.
Lyics Sierra Madre
When the morning comes
Wenn der Morgen kommt
And the last shadows pass
Und die letzten Schatten vergehen
Looking up at the people of the Sierra
Schauen die Menschen der Sierra hinauf
To the sunny heights
Zu den sonnigen Höhen
Look up
Schauen hinauf
Where the white condor pulls so lonely
Wo der weiße Kondor so einsam zieht
Like a greeting to the sun
Wie ein Gruß an die Sonne
Do you sound an old song?
Erklingt ihr altes Lied
Sierra, Sierra Madre del Sur
Sierra, Sierra Madre del Sur
Sierra, Sierra Madre, oh, oh
Sierra, Sierra Madre, oh, oh
Sierra, Sierra Madre del Sur
Sierra, Sierra Madre del Sur
Sierra, Sierra Madre
Sierra, Sierra Madre
When the work is done
Wenn die Arbeit getan
And the evening peace begins
Und der Abendfrieden beginnt
Look at the people
Schauen die Menschen hinauf
Where the Sierra burns in the evening red
Wo die Sierra im Abendrot brennt
Like this newsletter kind of thing so far? We have more free ones. German Goodies is my heritage cooking passion, but as a chef of 35 years and a new farmer, I love all kinds of foods and their histories. Also techniques, tools that I think can make your cooking experience in the kitchen and your garden inspirational.
Karen Kinnane my friend just got back from Germany and she emailed me and said you ought to do a pumpkin soup!
In her words ....
The lounges in Munich and Leipzig both had big slow cookers full of creamy pumpkin soup. I went to an outdoor student block party on the Thierbacher Strasse and the main course was a big tureen of pumpkin soup. It was a party where you paid 1.35 euros to attend and you got entertained by three bands, one hour each, and you got a bowl of pumpkin soup and an open face sandwich with your choice of sliced cold meats or cheeses. There were free cookies and fruit on sticks dipped in chocolate for the children. Being Germany and environmentally conscious students, the soup was served in real bowls, none of which matched, and you returned the bowl when you were done eating. At the local German restaurant pumpkin soup was on the menu. Pumpkins were everywhere for decoration (not Jack O' Lanterns!), just pumpkins.
This is a fun soup to make and I will show you how to do it like this in the actual pumpkin.
It is great for a Fall Party or Oktoberfest
This Recipe also uses Butternut squash. This is the first year that we grew some
at our new home Twisting Roots Farm. The fall has frozen the plants but our squash remains good.
Closing Night at the Augustiner Tent
This is a fun video of closing night in the Augustiner Festzelt. These folks are having too much fun .....
Some of the highlights of this video by Phoenixnixe
First is a nice Schuplatter from some good looking guys in Lederhosen
On closing night many of the songs they dim the lights and light sparklers, I absolutely love this tradition.
I guess it is a tradition here for the Kellnerin (waitresses) to go up to the balcony and take off their aprons and wave them in the air to the music and then throw them off after the song. \
If Brathendl (Roast Chicken) is the queen of Oktoberfest dishes then Schweineshaxe is the king
and ever popular even with healthy gourmet cooking every where in our lives.
Schweinshaxe is so much fun to make and it will take a few for you to master the crispy crackly skin and
the buttery fall apart tender meat inside
but
no matter what all your trials will be delicious.
This is a wonderful tool from Germany, that makes the longer Spaetzle noodles. My German friend brought one over from Germany for me.
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A recipe book and short biography of my Grandmother Emma Block. Her recipes, culture and cooking styles that were brought over from Germany. How they evolved when she came to America in the early 1900s and settled in Portland, Oregon on the west coast of the United States. Over 100 recipes
Bonus Recipe CD with the Ebook and recipes with step by step pictures
Biography of my grandma
Emma Block From Germany with Love tells the story of my grandma, Emma Block, growing up in a little town in Baden/ Würtemberg, Germany near Heidelberg named Steinsfurt. Then at the age of 15 immigrating to the United States, taking a train with one of her sisters and brothers to Hamburg and sailing the Atlantic with other hope filled Germans wanting to make a life in the "New World". It was not easy but with good values learned in her German upbringing made a full life, had a wonderful family with lots of fun and celebration including the great German meals.
Karin Elliot born and raised in Germany
is a chef and wonderful friend giving me encouragement through the years here and donated her recipes for our newsletter. She also does wonderful volunteer work like providing meals for school children in need in Tuscon, Arizona.
Many German-Americans and German immigrants are interested in Native American items from books and movies to jewelry and arts and craft supplies. Karin will take care of you personally with her online store Native Rainbows
This is the newsletter you are reading now, called the German Goodies Recipe Newsletter. I have been publishing this for 20 years now and we have had a lot of fun doing it.
If you enjoy the history I talk about in this newsletter you will also love the history of other dishes and foods I like to do in my
Food History Newsletter
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