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This is about all that remains from our mini-Oktoberfest, so if you didn't get what you wanted, you're too late!
The official menu included homemade pretzels, german potato salad, lots and lots of grilled sausages, spaeztle casserole, and lots of deserts brought over by guests. And Oktoberfest beer by Sam Adams, as well as real german mustard. There might have been some real pear flavored schnapps available too.
The pretzels were a big hit...so to satisfy the requests, here's the recipe I used from "Good Eats", a TV show on the food network. We watch all of the episodes we can of Good Eats...the host is kinda kooky, but we like the food science he brings to the show. And great recipes too. This one is really easy and makes great tasting pretzels.
Word of warning: don't use an expensive pan when you dip the pretzels in boiling water/baking soda mixture in the recipe. One of our expensive, Calphalon pans that originally had a dark finish on the aluminum now has a bright shiny finish where the boiling baking soda stripped away the coating. We used a stainless steel finished pan on the second batch, with no problems. Still waiting to hear from Calphalon on whether our ugly pan is still safe to use! Any chemistry majors out there care to explain the reaction?
1 comment:
Looks like you had a great Oktoberfest! It looks yummy! I think I'm going to try the pretzel recipe.
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