First of all:
Thank you all for your very kind, encouraging comments on last post!
It means a lot to me.
It means a lot that I can be honest. And that you´re still there. I will try and keep on fighting. Certainly. If slowly.
Slowly because... Corinna seems to make it slow!
I asked team Inga, twice. No answer. I asked the city´s counsil. Nothing.
My Brother called me yesterday, as if he felt I am down.
He, as you, helped.
Ingo understood, too.
It´s not "all good", but much better.
Those who know me in real life know how shy I am, how afraid of doing wrong, not good enough, a life-long problem that I will not overcome.
So the more: Thank you! Thank you for having taken your time to "listen" and for giving me hope, advice, for being there!
Now, I try to go for some fun, OK? I have another local cook-book to introduce you to.
One of the recipes is on pickled eggs, I usually use Ingo´s, though.
And with that here comes my art-contribution for today:
I also experimented with egg-colors:
The book is written in Plattdüütsch / Low German and Standard- or Hochdeutsch / Standard German, that´s what we speak.
When Ingo was in Southern Germany he was called an "arrogant As#hole! You speak like the news guy on TV! You think you´re better than we are?!".
No, that´s how we speak here, LOL.
My Grandma came from near Königsberg and spoke Platt, Ingo loves to follow radio shows in Platt, too.
One dish my Granma made often - we wasted no food - was:
Arme Ritter, or, as you know it French toast.
Here you see a Braunschweig icon:
The Altstadtrathaus.
It´s a fun book, the recipes are in Platt and German and it comes with vocabulary, too!
Just see how different it is!
First I give you Standard, then Lower German and then English, the first two are sometimes really different, don´t you think?
Was notwendig ist / Wat nödig is - What you need
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Zutaten (the following possibilities)
Taudaaten
Wat du brükest
Wat datä hört
For dit Eten bruket wi
Wat man so bruket
- ingredients
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Ich nehme dazu / Ik nehme datä - I take
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Zubereitung
Wie et emaket warf
Wie et emaket ward
- preparation
(I stick to Standard - Lower - English)
Erbsen - Arften - peas
Erdbeeren - Arbiern - strawberries
Tasse - Köppchen - cup
Röhrenklump - Backofen Kloß - dumpling
Zusammen - tähupe - together
To qualify for Elizabeth:
YAY, things open up! Jürgens Brauerei re-opened!!
Yes. We sit in a parking space.
These young blokes are a start-up-team and open only on Thursdays for public. But it is special and we certainly love to "help" getting the business up!
Even if it´s...
Taking part in Elizabeth and Bleubeard´s "T Stands For Tuesday".
Henry? He thinks he´s in a fairy tale, succeeding over Corinna a bit!
Slowly back to normal, huh?
17 comments:
I took German when I was in high school, but I don't remember even a single word, except I think I can still count to 10 if I'm lucky. One of the girls in the class said her grandmother spoke German and it was nothing like we were learning in school. The teacher explained we were speaking HIGH German and her grandmother was speaking LOW German. This is the first time I have heard a reference to the two languages since high school. It was a fond memory you resurrected, Iris. It was also fun to read about the different recipes for French Toast, too.
And the food art was incredible. That pink egg reminded me of something you would see in a horror movie. Sorry, Iris, but that's what came to mind.
So good to see that Ingo is enjoying a beer. I'm glad you two are venturing out, but I'm still afraid to be around other people, except when I went to get my driver's license on Monday.
Thanks for sharing the German recipes, the food art, Ingo and his beer, and Henry with us for T this Tuesday.
Zum Glück kann ich kochen ohne 'hilfreiche' Bücher. Happy T Day, Valerie
Elizabeth, I read in this your eye is OK?
Huhh, so glad to learn!
The best phrase I ever heard was "Ach oi, ach oi!!!" when my Grandmother on her push-bike ran over my little Brother, who´d hit a street lamp and had fallen. (Oh God, oh God). He was unhurt and I laughed my head off!
Will ask him if he remembers this!
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Valerie, naja, es ist ja auch mehr ein stolz-Sein auf seine Heimat. Wie gesagt, ich nutze Ingo´s Sol-Eier-Rezept. Aber ist es nicht schön, solche geschichtlichen Fundstücke zu haben? Lebendigr Geschichte, manche sprechen ja noch so.
BTW, Elizabeth! Why the heck did you learn German at school??? The most unnecessary language in the world???
...Iris, you will drive yourself crazy trying to imperfect in a unperfect world. Just be the best that you can be at the moment!!!
Tom, I´ll try. In both "languages", too ;-) Or three. All...
The egg reminded me of blood in veins, lol.
I've never coloured eggs.
I had no idea that the Germans also ate French toast, the Portuguese do too, with another name of course and it's typically served at Christmas but with a sugar syrup with Port wine over them. Much nicer :)
So nice that you are enjoying some time outdoors.
Eggs, Sami. LOL. It sounds a lille disgusting the way you put it. Now I see why Ingo doesn´t want them no more ;-)
Wine on toast? Well, my Grandma really did use old breadrolls. Ingo has no understanding but in my family we really did not waste food.
Or anything else.
Post-war-generation, are we... My Brother is the same.
I'm so happy that things are a little better for you today, Iris. Some days are just like that -- they feel so full and heavy. I'm glad this one is looking a little brighter. Is that a pickled egg? I love those!
Yupp, Jeanie, a pickled egg indeed! And, despite cloudy, a much more brighter day, also thanks to you.
Nice looking egg. Ingo and David would get along, loving beer.
I´d join in, also :-)
A cool egg.
:-) Pink rules.
Looks like the egg has some veins. :)
That beer looks refreshing and Henry looks ready to kill Corinna.
Have a fun evening, Iris.
Bill :-) Henry is more than ready to do that, as is the egg!
How did I miss your T day post this week? I thought I got to everyone's. So sorry. Wasn't my plan. And oh, your pink egg is beautiful. It would be fun to eat eggs of assorted colors, like easter eggs without the shells. Hope it was a great day and sorry again I missed this. hugs-Erika
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