Posts Tagged "Bavaria"

Kirsten’s Bavarian Dinner

Posted by on Nov 20, 2010 in Culinary Journeys | Comments Off on Kirsten’s Bavarian Dinner

Kirsten’s Bavarian Dinner

Kartoffelpuffer’-a preparation with potato patties, topped with a dump of vinegar soaked red cabbage. German potato pancakes are a real treat and something Germans miss when they move away from home. Eating freshly made potato pancakes with applesauce in the out-of-doors at a weekly market or carnival is a wonderful way to indulge. I saw several stalls lined up as street carts in India are, at a local Bavarian fair I was taken to. Interesting what the Bavarian consider as street-food! Even shaved coconut slices are one of them, and priced at a princely sum of EUR 2! Kirsten makes these...

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Bravarian Bytes!

Posted by on Nov 17, 2010 in Travel Tales | Comments Off on Bravarian Bytes!

Bravarian Bytes!

Yeah,sure! I have reasons to call it Bravaria! Let me start my story from some years back. Matthias and Kirsten are my closest “new-age” friends. Matthias, I met at sun-down gathering in the white pristine beach of Sarasota(FL). He was witnessing along with several others a Sunday sun-down ritual that takes place on the beach. A group of very very spiritual (and totally crazy!) people offer their prayers and offerings to the powerful sun-god, while he is on his way to his own abode, leaving us earthlings behind! There are people who mostly dance,people who indulge in a drum-jam,...

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