Me again…the one NOT going and wishing she was… I want details…DETAILS ladies, and/or Colin (I know you have a sweet tooth). Wondering what to eat?
- Austrian Apple Strudel with vanilla sauce, Sacher Torte, rich chocolate cake with thin layer of raspberry or apricot jam served with whip cream.
- Linzer Torte, the famouse fruit tarte but not like we make.
- Damf Nudeln with plum filling and Vanille sauce—this big lump of steamed dough with a filling, usually plum or mohn (poppy seed) sometimes displayed in a tiny oven (if they have that up there)
- Mohn Kuchen, Kase (cheese) Mohn, anything Mohn is so good. I used to LOVE this danish thing cut from a big twisty loaf with nuts cinnamon and sugar…mouth is watering now.
- Nuss Torte, layer light nut cake, Marzipan, Schoko or Nuss Croissant (I think these could for starters).
- Breads…(Brot)…Brotchen (rolls) vollkorn is whole grain. Weiss brot-white bread. If I were there I would eat…Vollkorn Brotchen mit kurbis (with pumpkin seed), Laugen Brotchen (roll made of pretzel dough—YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)…und Bretzeln the pretzels!! my favorite with roasted sunflower seeds.
As far as I am concerned food words are most important to know!! So here is a little “sweet lesson”
- Kirsch-cherry
- erdbeer-strawberry
- Schokolade-chocolate
- Nuss-nut
- Himbeer-raspberry
- marmalade-jam
- heidelbeer/blaubeer-blueberry
- Vanille Sauce! you can guess
- Sahne-whip cream…not the kind from the can, folks, freshly whipped, and it is SOoooooo very heavenly with sacher torte, so if they say Moeschten Sie Sahne? or Mit Sahne? say Ja, Bitte.
Sometimes the most tasty things you can get from a regular chain store/walk up bakery; especially the danish. Even a cake and coffee to go can be cheap and delicious. Vienna may still be traditional old fashion…the coffee to go (zumitnehmen-literally “to take away”) thing is still fairly new, so do not be surprised if you get an incredulous look!! Of course there are probably Starbucks there (non smoking for sure) but I prefer Kaffee Einstein myself.
Lastly…you do not need to go to expensive specialty shops for good chocolate. Even the “lowest quality,” cheaper chocolate is better than here—Ritter Sport brand is always good and there are others even cheaper. A regular grocery store will do: Aldi (caffee sahne, nuss und obst) Penny, Extra, A & P—yes, really…that’s “AH und Peh.” I know there was a red colored store in Switzerland I used to frequent but I cannot remember the name now.
Well, I think I need to go eat something sweet now…or I’ll cry!
Have a simply DELICIOUS time.
All my best, Patricia
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April 9th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Thank you for all the suggestions, Patricia–we’ll miss you, too!
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:01 am
I had a cheese strudel of sorts in a thick vanilla sauce one morning with Margaret and John Tyler, along with coffee in Vienna. While the tour we missed might have been wonderful, the gastronomic tour was phenomenal. And yes, nut rolls, and apple strudel with vanilla ice cream, chocolate anything, a nut torte with cream frosting, sharing desserts in Baden with Colin, Kelly and Jen…what a trip! I also had some kind of strawberry cream roll with whipped cream…the other one I looked at was a cheescake looking deal but the waitress could only say it was filled with what sounded like ‘butter’; could have been and the guy next to me was very large and eating it and I thought that my coronaries and belt would have busted! Thanks Patricia…good choices that made the trip even better!
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:21 am
I really really tried to keep your suggestions in mind, Patricia (and I loved reading about them!). But when I was in Vienna, especially, and they had everything on display, and it all looked so good, and it was good, and all I had to do was point, and they handed it to me…oh, that was sooo much easier.
Two things struck me:
Thanks again for the tips, Patricia…looking forward to a gathering that includes your recipes!