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German Food Portland-area German Restaurants and Delicatessens German Bakeries and Delicatessens in the U.S. German, Austrian, and Swiss Food Companies German Food Recipes Entrees - Hauptgerichte Desserts - Nachtische Play-Dough Recipe Portland-area German Restaurants and Delicatessens Amadeus at the Fernwood 2122 SE Sparrow Street Milwaukie, OR 97222 Tel: 503-659-1735 Original Bavarian Sausage 8705 SW Locust Street Tigard, OR 97223 Tel: 503-892-5152 Berlin Inn Restaurant 3131 SE 12th Street and Powell Blvd. Portland, OR 97202 Tel: 503-236-6761 Edelweiss Sausage Company 3119 SE 12th Street and Powell Blvd. Portland, OR 97202 Tel: 503-238-4411 The German Bakery (Look at the bottom, left side on the O.B.S. site for the bakery link.) 10528 NE Sandy Blvd. Portland, OR 97220 Tel: 503-252-1881 Gustav's German Pub and Grill Lincoln Center 10350 SW Greenburg Road Portland, OR 97223 Tel: 503-639-4544 Otto & Anita's 3025 SW Canby Street Portland, OR 97219 Tel: 503-452-1411 Rheinländer German Restaurant 5035 NE Sandy Boulevard Portland, OR 97213 Tel: 503-288-5503 German Bakeries and Delicatessens in the U.S. (E): Hofer's Bakery of Helen, Georgia makes wonderful breads. Check them out! (E): Bavaria Sausage, Inc. Madison, Wisconsin. Produces many German goods. You should see       what they have! (E): The last time I ordered bread from Renaissance Bakery, it was super. German, Austrian, and Swiss Food Companies Gummi Bears were created in Germany. If you like Gummi Bears, look at Haribo's website. They are the German company that produces millions of Gummi Bears every year. (G/E): Haribo Did you know that the chocolate candy Riesen and Werther's Original were created and are produced by the German company Storck, which is over 100 years old? Preview the Storck website to find out more about this company which produces many brands of sweets. Storck (G/E) My favorite German chocolate is Milka (G). It is not the best, but tastes great and is within my limited budget. The founder of Milka chose to have a lilac Milka cow be a symbol for his chocolate. Today, the lilac Milka cow has become so interwoven into the popular culture that when German school children are asked to draw a farm scene, they often color the cows lilac. The Swiss are famous for their chocolate and Toblerone chocolate is just as famous. At Toblerone (G/E) you can read about Jean Tobler, who started his chocolate company in Switzerland's capital, Bern. Milka and Toblerone are now owned by the same American company, Kraft Foods. Many of the Kraft company's founding fathers were of German descent. German Recipes (G): Backalarm (G): Backentotal (G): Backmitmir (E): Bitsy's Kitchen (G): Käsekuchen (G): Kochtraum (G): Kuchen-Online (G): Marions-Kochbuch A great site with pictures. (E): Recipe Source (E): Recipes by Cindy (E): Recipezaar (G): Webkoch Entrees - Hauptgerichte Recipes for Asparagus (G): Spargelseiten: A big event every year in Germany is the harvest of white asparagus in the Spring. White asparagus is condsidered to be a special treat and is known as the royal vegetable (Königliches Gemuse), edible ivory (essbares Elfenbein), and Spring air in sticks (Frühlingsluft in Stangen). A meal of white asparagus might also include: melted butter or some kind of sauce such as Hollandaise sauce; white potatoes; and ham. Spargelseiten has a lot of information on everything you could want to know about asparagus, how to prepare it, recipes, and side dishes that would go well with it. Recipes for Leberkäse (G): Rezepte.li Recipes for Leberkäse (G): Bavarian Online Turkish Dörner Kebaps There are many Turks who have immigrated to Germany for a better way of life. As with any group, they have brought with them their customs and food recipes. One of the most popular Turkish dishes in Germany is the Dörner Kebap. It is similar to a Gyros which comes frorm Greece. Here is a site about Dörner Kabaps. Check out these delicious treats! Here is a super site that gives reviews of places in Germany that sell Dörners. (G): Dörner 365 Desserts - Nachtische Apfelkuchen This is an original German recipe handed down from several generations of the Schifferer family. It basically calls for sweet dough, apples, and a streusel topping. It tastes wonderful! German Yeast Bread 16 cups flour 1-quart lukewarm milk 2 cups sugar 3 packages yeast, mixed with 1-cup lukewarm water Lemon peel from 1 lemon 1 pound margarine, melted 6 pounds of baking apples such as Golden Delicious 4 eggs salt to taste Combine milk, sugar, margarine, and salt. Add about 6 cups of the flour, beat well, and add yeast and eggs. Gradually add the rest of the milk to form a soft dough. You may have to use a little more milk or add a little more flour. Place dough in a greased bowl, turning once to keep the other side soft. Let it rise until it has doubled, about 1½ - 2 hours. Punch dough down once. Roll dough out to one-fourth inch thickness and place into jellyroll pan or cookie sheet. Peel and cut apples into thin slices, lay onto the dough. Use as many apples as you wish, but lay them fairly close together on the dough. Make streusel topping and sprinkle on top of the apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Streusel Topping 1 cup of margarine 1 cup of sugar 2 cups of flour Play-Dough Recipe Here is the Play-Dough recipe that I use for activities in German I and German II. Make sure to follow the directions closely. I suggest that you make a batch or two a couple of days before you will need to bring it to class. Then, if there are any problems, you can redo it. Most grocery stores sell packages of food coloring that have the colors: red, blue, and green. If you want to have more variety, such as black, brown, pink, orange, purple, etc., I suggest you go to a bakery (Albertson's, Safeway, Costco). They might give you some for free. Since you only need two teaspoons per batch, it should not cost very much. Make sure to take a small, CLEAN jar with a lid, so that all the baker has to do is pour the coloring into the container. Dry Ingredients 1 cup white flour 1/4 cup table salt 2 tablespoons cream of tartar *(this is extremely important) Wet Ingredients 1 cup water 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 teaspoons food coloring Instructions 1. Whisk all of the dry ingredients together in a cooking pot. 2. Pour in all of the wet ingredients into the pot. 3. On MEDIUM heat, stir all of the ingredients until the dough thickens. Do not worry if the dough     looks sticky in the beginning. It will eventually start to form into a ball. 4. Spread a little flour on your counter and start to knead your doughball into the flour. Add more flour     if the dough is still not soft enough after absorbing the flour on your counter. 5. Once your dough has cooled, store it in an air-tight, plastic container. Keep in a cool place, so the     dough does not dry out.