~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beef on a Weck This is a unique sandwich that is a real German-American special. To those around the Buffalo, New York area it is as famous as Buffalo Wings, both dishes originated from this famous city. A Weck or Wecken is a Southern German word for roll. In the north they would call it a Brötchen. Actually the "Weck" in this dish is short for Kümmelweck which is like a kaiser roll topped with salt and caraway seeds. Then the sandwich is piled high with roast that is not overcooked, The top bun is dipped in a bit of beef au jus before you top this marvel. Serve it with some french fries a side of hot horseradish, a cup of au jus for dipping, and a dill pickle spear. If you are around the Buffalo, New York area you can get the real deal, unfortunately it doesn't appear much anywhere else. If you are like me you will likely have to do your own. It is nice that I know Barb Rokitka from Buffalo and she has helped me to learn the art of eating a Beef on a Weck. I thought this would be a wonderful "outdoor" food for those of us this summer, but equally a good lunch or dinner indoors for those of you that are in winter right now. The legend has it that in the 1800's an immigrant from the Black Forest had a bar on the waterfront in Buffalo. He wanted to feed his hungry drinking customers so he thought if he put some roast beef on a roll that he remembered from the old world that was topped with coarse salt and caraway seed, that it would make them thirstier and buy more beer! The sandwich for sure took off and is still popular. If there was a German counterpart to the French Dip this would be it. Barb says that her favorite well known restaurant to go for Beef on a Weck is Schwabl's. She says the critical part is three things. 1...The bun must be fresh so it is chewy and crusty on the outside and soft on the inside. 2. .Some places put a nice beautiful salt and caraway seed crust, but it ends up being TOOO salty. At schwabl's you get your choice of how you want your meat cooked, from rare to done. Unless you get the bun right it is just another roast beef sandwich. There are lots of recipes for this caraway roll but I wanted to give you an interesting one that starts as a potato roll. It is the original recipe from a nearby restaurant in the area, Eckl's Restaurant in Orchard Park, N. Y that has been serving Beef on a Weck's for decades. This recipe is dated 1934. Barb also recommends this place. If you want to do a simple shortcut for the Kümmelweck you can follow this recipe from Charlie the Butcher Restaurant in Buffalo NY. which is to make a glaze and brush it on a store bought Kaiser bun and top with the salt , caraway seed and bake it. Bobby Flay featured this recipe on his show, Boy meets grill. Go here for the both of these Kümmelweck recipes.     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flattened Dumplings Don Wiseman wrote me recently and said that he had cooked some nice dumplings for a German friend. She said that her mother use to flatten them and fry them up for breakfast! He tried it and said it was excellent. My grandmother fryed up leftover Gefülte noodles for breakfast also. Since the noodles were a bit wet from the stock she would dip them in flour first then fry them. Make Gefulte Noodles in my kitchen with me here (this may take a minute to load) printer friendly recipe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Horseradish Soup Meerrettichsuppe Horseradish adds a bite, but sweetens a bit as you cook it. Arthur Hayes requested last week a horseradish soup recipe, so Barb and Einzi sent some along. Einzi Johnson grew up eating this often in Germany and she gave us her recipe. I don't remember my grandmother making horseradish soup but she grew horseradish root and cooked it for a vegetable. fresh horseradish The fresh horseradish mellows as it cooks, similar to the way garlic does when you roast it. My grandmother just added it to a cream sauce and simmered it. Einzi made a sauce like this also and would serve it over noodles when she cooks a roast. Fresh horseradish root is available now in a lot of produce sections of the grocery store. So if you don't have a garden to grow your own then pick some up and give it a try. Go here to get the recipe for Horseradish Soup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bauernbrot German Farmer's Bread This would go great with the Horseradish Soup Elaine Bryan asked about a rustic German bread. Gerry Cole wrote me about a bread and she said lived in Germany for 9 years. This bread is as close to real German bread as anything I have found in the U.S. Go here to get the recipe for Bauernbrot, German Farmer's Bread Gerry has said if you have any questions on this recipe go ahead and email her Gerry Cole gcole22@comcast.net   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Schnecken This is a fun recipe, much like a cinnamon roll that has this beautiful schnecken (snail) shape when it is baked.   Go here for the recipe to make Schnecken donated by Barb Rokitka   Spätzle tools Sliding Spätzle Maker Spätzle Press I order from the German Deli more frequently than ever. I try to get in bulk to make the shipping dollars count. Also there are sales all the time I like to take advantage of. They are nice folks. If you don't believe me call them. and tell them Stephen Block sent you from the German Goodies Newsletter. Our Retail Store has moved! Our new and improved retail store is now open in Colleyville!  The address: 5100 State Hwy 121 Colleyville, TX 76034 (817) 354-8101 Hours of operation: Mon - Sat:  9am - 9pm Sundays:   10am - 6pm   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you don't have a German keyboard for your computer you can still make those nice German Umlaut letters and the Eszett or double s letter ß Einzi sent me this keypad stroke combinations to make the umlauts and ß. Just hold down the ALT key and then go to your number pad on the right usually and type in the number as you hold down the alt key at the same time. After awhile you get pretty fast at it. Alt +129=ü Alt +154=Ü Alt +148=ö Alt + 153=Ö Alt + 132=ä Alt + 142=Ä Alt + 225=ß ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Family Cookbook Recipes from a German Grandma Browse Through Our Book Here Comes with 28 Bonus Step by Step Recipes with color pictures. 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