Hello from Germany!

Hello Forum!

Yesterday in the evening the german TV channel RBB presented a documentary about Jane and Michael Stern in german language.

Link: http://www.rbb-online.de/..._2009/ID137616387.html

A very entertaining 60 minutes for me here in Germany, never heard of the couple before, as a fan of the american diner culture, the trad. food served in these diners, I was very pleased with this good documentary.

Please excuse my bad english, I was born in the year 1956 here in Germany, my father was an american officer, serving with the Air-Force in Korea and Vietnam, I only met Bob one time here in Germany, in the year 2001.

Nice Forum, kind regards from Germany!

Michael

P.S. I used "Alabama", there was no option for Germany in the list, sorry...

Hallo!
Willkommen in Roadfood.
Haben Sie gute Rezepte für semmelknodel?
MFL

Hello MFL!

I did a short search for "Knödelrezepte/Knoedelrezepte" in german language, and came across this site in german language: http://www.onkelheinz.de/knoedel.htm

Hope you can read german language, otherwise it will be my pleasure, to help you out, to translate...

Kind regards


Michael

Another link, with many photos...  http://www.chefkoch.de/re...ung/94211/Knoedel.html

Michael

Hello Michael,

Welcome to the forum. We do have a few other members from overseas who are interested in the American diner culture. In the miscelleaneous forum, we also discuss topics on the American food scene, that is, food mostly purchased for eating at home. Then in the 'Fast Food Franchises and non-Roadfood Chains' section, we discuss the "usual suspects":

McDonalds
Kentucky Fried Chicken (now only called KFC here)
Pizza Hut
Burger King
(you get the idea)

Also, you may be interested in the associated web site:
http://www.roadfooddigest.com/

This long-running thread may be of interest:
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/Where-Have-All-the-German-Restaurants-Gone-m36470.aspx

Many of these restaurants are 'stuck in time'.

We have thousands of posts in the archives.

Welcome to the forum.  I have driven about 10K miles in Germany and many other countries in your area.  Germany is one of my favorite places to visit.  Perhaps it is because many folks speak English.
 
I hope you enjoy Roadfood.
 
Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Moin David, Sundancer!

I never consume fastfood, and the few "Diners" here in Germany, these are just fakes, not the real thing, just very bad copies, to rip off some money from customers for lousy food and service, sorry

Remembering my time as a Soldier in the german BUNDESWEHR in the late 1970s, there were no Diners in Canada, just stupid Pizza, Burgers, and "Foot-Long-Sandwiches", what a mess...

Even in Winnipeg, we were not able to buy a good meal, for big money..., and the service was horrible.

Regards


Michael

Michael,
Thanks so much! Thanks to Google translate and you, I think I see my grandmothers Bavarian dumplings. She called them Kläce (sp?) but I think in Germany they are semmelknodel. Anyway they were light fluffy dumplings made using stale hard rolls, milk, onion and a little parsley. Here they are:
 

Moin Milw!

In german language we call them "Kaesekloesse", they are somewhat hard to perpare, but a lust to eat...

Kaesekloesse: http://www.kochmix.de/rez...e-kloesse-22272-2.html

I prefer the trad. "Kartoffelknoedel" / "Semmelknoedel", as a "Beilage" for a "Beef-Gulasch", somewhat heavy, but I die for it...


Michael

Welcome!

I love potato dumplings!

Hope you stay awhile.  This place is fun.

Can you get good pizza in Germany?

Welcome to roadfood.

Hello PizzaNut!

Yes, there are Pizza-Services everywhere, even in local villages, also Pizza-Hut in many towns, but I dont like the pizza from Pizza-Hut.

Pizza: http://www.pizzatest.de/

I prefer the turkish Doener-Kebab, or the trad. german Currywurst, kebab-shops and Currywurst-snackbars you can find everywhere all over Germany, millions of them!

Doener-Kebab: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6ner_kebab

Currywurst: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currywurst

Currywurst Eating Contest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2kJcZl96vY

Kind regards

Michael

Michael_Germany


Hello PizzaNut!

Yes, there are Pizza-Services everywhere, even in local villages, also Pizza-Hut in many towns, but I dont like the pizza from Pizza-Hut.

Pizza: http://www.pizzatest.de/

I prefer the turkish Doener-Kebab, or the trad. german Currywurst, kebab-shops and Currywurst-snackbars you can find everywhere all over Germany, millions of them!

Doener-Kebab: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6ner_kebab

Currywurst: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currywurst

Currywurst Eating Contest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2kJcZl96vY

Kind regards

Michael

Man that looks good!
I note we have a thread here on currywurst:

http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/Currywurst-m448098.aspx

The Winner of the contest gorged down 17! Currywurst, more than 2 Kilograms of sausage!!!

If you like good food and the best beer in the world, germany is your country...

Regards

Michel

Welcome, Michael - thanks for giving us an insight on food in Germany - where are you located?  I ask this because I lived in Germany for a while back in the sixties.

Moin Bailey!

I live in a small village Helle, somewhat north of Bad Zwischenahn. In the 1970s, and the early 1980s, we had many contacts to the DJs of AFN-Bremerhaven, our Harley-Buddy, Mr. Mike Jungk, used to be a moderator at the Bremerhaven-AFN.

We had a good time back then, it was my first chance, to get in contact to americans, to talk and read american-english, there were very good, and also very bad experiences, I do not like to recall them, they are history...

CU in Germany!

Michael

I lived in Schweinfurt and Wurzburg - every weekend we would travel to different places around Germany and just take in the history of the cities.  It's an amazing country - and the food is incredible - my favorties were the schnitzel and the brochen.

Moin!

"my favorties were the schnitzel and the brochen. "

Aha, was it perhaps a "Broetchen", a crosty bread-bun, as we call it here in Germany?

Did you serve your time as a GI in Germany, like so many soldiers, and YES, I like our german Schnitzel as well...

http://www.chefkoch.de/rs.0/schnitzel/Rezepte.html

Take Care!

Michael

Brochen or broetchen - it was very tasty- it came from the bakery in mesh bags -  it was some good stuff.  Crusty on the outside and the inside was tender - a little butter on it and it was heaven--

This summer our local restaurant Karl Ratzsch's had a luncheon special of currywurst and it rocked!    http://www.karlratzsch.com/index.htm
I hope they serve it again.
I'd be interested in hearing how you find their menu.

Michael_Germany


Moin Bailey!

I live in a small village Helle, somewhat north of Bad Zwischenahn. In the 1970s, and the early 1980s, we had many contacts to the DJs of AFN-Bremerhaven, our Harley-Buddy, Mr. Mike Jungk, used to be a moderator at the Bremerhaven-AFN. 

The close down of AFN Bremerhaven, a sound (MP3) file as recorded by Radio Bremen: 
http://www.charlieflight.org/blog/_archives/2006/3/15/1822858.html
 
Click on 'final signoff' 
 
Col. Zack Fowler now works at WVOP radio  in Georgia:
http://www.southeastgeorgiatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=161&Itemid=112

 

Michale, was ist Moin? Ich weiss es nicht.

So my high school German is bad, sorry about that.

Welcome to RF.

Moin is a greeting used mostly in Northern Germany. It is often used to say Good Morning or Hi. Most of the times that Michael used it, he was posting early in the morning German time.

Hello David!

Thank you for the mp3 file, here in northern germany the AFN-Bremerhaven radio station is missed by many fans, who grew up in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s...
I earlier years AFN Bremerhaven broadcastet the legendary "Wolfman Jack" latenight radio shows, pure fun for us young listeners!

Moin!  http://www.dict.cc/?s=moin

Moin! is a plattdeutsch (low german) salutation, we use this 24/7, at every time of the day, even late in the evening.

Moin-Moin!

Michael

Wolfman Jack (January 21, 1938 – July 1, 1995), originally from Brooklyn, New York was on New York radio station WNBC for about a year back in 1973:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNa9v9d5v4

There is a site with information and audio clips of Wolfman Jack:
http://www.wolfmanjack.org/wolfman1.htm
http://www.wolfmanjack.org/audio/

Some streaming radio stations now have a Wolfman Jack show, such as Canadian radio station CKOC:
http://www.oldies1150.com/shows/506165

Moin David!

In the middle 1980s, our AFN-Bremerhaven DJ, Army Sergeant Mike Jungk used to respond, we had the direct telefon-number up to his studio at the AFN in Bremerhaven...

We called for a song, Mike broacasted it 15 Minutes later over the AFN, with best  whishes, "for the german friends, down under over there".

You will love this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QSA_ofvAnw

Kind regards!


Michael


,

Clap for the Wolfman by the Guess Who!

Moin David!

I still have some of the AFN-Bremerhaven "Wolfman Jack" radio shows recorded on tape, broadcasted in the early 1970s, a real treasure!

Wolfman Jack Tribute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA2m7KYqG5s

R.I.P. Wolfman 

Michael

There are many people around the world who heard Wolfman Jack on AFN near where the Americans had military bases, but had no idea what he looked like. The first time anyone saw moving pictures of Wolfman was in the film "American Graffiti. He also was the announcer of the television show "Midnight Special" from sometime in the mid 70's to 1981. There are few clips giving glimpses on Youtube, since few people had VCR's back then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXTENLjqEVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pr5GJ7nU30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhQvsG-4CcQ
A later interview with Wolfman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOasL9PqK_M

Moin David!

Thanks for the links, were you stationed over here in Germany, as a member of the american forces? You even were able to answer the "Moin!" question, so I think, you spent some time over here...

Kind regards from Germany!

Michael