Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, October 13, 1993 TAG: 9401130005
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Publisher Penfield Press (215 Brown St., Iowa City, Iowa 52245) contends that there aren't many cookbooks devoted to German cuisine or to the 52 million Americans of German descent. It publishes a newsletter, "German Cooking With Penfield Press," featuring recipes from Eastern Iowa's Amana Colonies; the book, "German-American Life: Recipes and Traditions," and other German-American titles.
From the following recipes from Penfield for a rich potato soup and black walnut pie, it's easy to see how German cuisine got its reputation as weighty fare. But it doesn't necessarily have to be, as shown in the savory sausage and green bean melanges from HarperCollins' cq no space "The New German Cookbook: More than 230 Contemporary and Traditional Recipes." Authors Jean Anderson and Hedy Wurz say the new, lighter interpretations reflect international influences. They also reflect the Germans' traditional love of layering meats and vegetables in a pot and allowing them to slow-cook.
Sauerkraut, a main ingredient in the pork chops recipe from "News About Sauerkraut" and in the ribs dish from the Pork Information Bureau - which also provided the two salad recipes - is rich and vitamin C and fiber and contains only 33 calories per cup.
Calorie-counting is not an Oktoberfest tradition, but beer is. During Germany's 16-day celebration, total beer consumption is said to exceed 1,175,000 gallons. No word on whether we top that locally, but Reginald Kinman at the International Gourmet in Cave Spring Corners is carrying Spaten, a special heavier, full-bodied Oktoberfest brew from the Spaten brewery in Munich, which was built in 1397 and is believed to be the oldest brewery in the world still functioning. Kinman also has in stock various German wursts and yeasts for your Oktoberfest dining pleasure. And the best part is that you don't have to be German to enjoy it. Guten Appetit!
Oktoberfest recipes ...
OKTOBERFEST RIBS
KRAUT CHOPS UND APPLES
BAVARIAN SAUSAGE HOT POT
POTATO SOUP
GERMAN POTATO SALAD
(see microfilm for recipies.)
by CNB