Schwäbische Rühreier

I love the name of this fairly simple but rewarding dish -- "Schwäbische" points to a regionality of food, much like "Southern Biscuits" means its biscuits done like the Southerners do it. Schwaben (Swabia auf Englisch) is a regional area with quite a fascinating history and culture. Technically, my Baden Baden ancestor falls in the area of Swabia but I don't know if we have any true roots with the Schwaben people. They originally started near the Baltic Sea and migrated during the times of the Romans to settle in present-day Baden-Württemburg and Schwaben. All I can say, is I love the dishes from this region - especially the Schwäbische Spätzle.

This is an egg/breakfast dish that translates as "Swabian Scrambled Eggs with Onions and Croutons." You dice up some bread into little cubes, then fry that slowly with onions in butter. Then on ultra low, pour on the eggs (with a dash of milk) and fold it around until the eggs are done. I like them a little drippy with this dish to be honest!



The recipe calls for salt and pepper to be added before the egg cooks, but I learned from Gordon Ramsey that it may cause the egg to go gray...so add it afterwards. Makes sense to me. And the salted butter helps make sure there is plenty of salt around anyway.



My serving style, which was to just put the pan on the table, was a bit rustic but you can't see the yummy pancakes, turkey bacon, and the rest of the spread.

Last night, we watched The Science of Sleep, which was a fantastic movie - a bit trippy - I loved the fact that part of the movie was in English, Spanish, French. See it all play out does make you think about identity. While I know I'm Utahn (even though I like to proudly say I wasn't born there) I really don't have an identity from there. No regional dishes (Funeral Potatoes?) that I cling to...I know a lot of our recipes come from my Mom and her family's days in Southern California. So is that the identity? Oh boy, too much to analyze with only 1/2 a cup of coffee in me.

We are off to Lockhart this afternoon to try a hand at beautiful BBQ -- and see a stop on the Chisholm Trail. This isn't a historically "german" town but was founded by some Anglo and is the site of the Texans' victory over the Commanches. Of course, the Germans instead made a treaty which has lasted to this day. Ah, love them.

Tschüß!!!!

Post-travel blues

It's been a long week -- 4 nights away and a total of 34 hours of training. Went from really sick, to losing my voice, to better. I'm mopey today which is kind of odd but I'm chalking it up to a confused and tired body. Even working on this week's food menu is a chore; and now I'm off to go shopping.

Deutsches Beefsteak is back on the menu for this week -- we received our shipment from Germandeli.com and we have some really cool stuff!

My grandma sent me some family history in the mail -- a genealogy sheet of my ancestor Daniel Shuster, my link to Germany... specifically Baden-Baden. So, I went searching and found some webcams at the Löwenbräu we ate at (and Ryan consequently smashed is finger at). I am up to a dozen webcams, showing instant pictures of our favorite places. I noticed that in Oberammergau it snowed!

Off to try and force a pleasant day upon myself. I'm sure I'll get back into it.

Tschüß!