Giving German cooking a try

Greece
February 24, 2016 2:57pm CST
I attend a Home Group every week and we start with a meal. The hostess loves to cook and she loves to give a theme to the food. We all bring something and tomorrow the theme is German food. I have frequently taken the easy route of a familiar dessert or the drinks but tomorrow I am going to try to make some German biscuits. I've found a recipe that looks foolproof but whether it is going to taste authentic or not remains to be seen. We are an International Group and I have enjoyed some very tasty meals with unpronounceable names. The British menu seemed very boring in comparison with Asian, Indian and Chinese ones. I shall make my German Spice biscuits with a feeling of some trepidation.
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@LadyDuck (459122)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 16
There are several German cakes and desserts that I like, the Gugelhupf is one of my favorite, together with the Black Forest cake.
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• Greece
27 Feb 16
I love Black Forest Cake but I am no cake maker and mine rarely rise, so I did not take a chance on that.
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@LadyDuck (459122)
• Switzerland
27 Feb 16
@41CombedaleRoad This is a cake that I make often because it's pretty easy to make and everybody likes it.
@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Feb 16
I'm sure your biscuits will be lovely. I can imagine some of the ladies would relish the chance to cook dishes from their own cultures.
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• Greece
27 Feb 16
The dough was very sticky so I had to add more flour. They were OK, they could have been better. Half of them got eaten and I shall finish off the rest!
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Feb 16
@41CombedaleRoad I'm glad they were edible even if they didn't all get eaten.
• United Kingdom
24 Feb 16
Sounds lovely, I'd like to try some of those
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
24 Feb 16
Good for you for trying something new. Will they be biscuits in the British or American sense?
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• Greece
27 Feb 16
I called them biscuits my the American hostess called them cookies. Is there a difference?
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
27 Feb 16
@41CombedaleRoad No difference - the Americans call them cookies. The things they call biscuits are quite different.
@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
27 Feb 16
Spiced biscuit..sounds new.but i know it will taste good ;)
• Japan
25 Feb 16
I love trying food from different cultures.
@celticeagle (159474)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Feb 16
Is there some reason why you didn't make them some time before to see if they were what you thought they would turn out to be?
• United States
24 Feb 16
oh, i bet they'll be jest delightful, hon. what'n interestin' thingy, this gatherin' 'round 'n tryin' all those foods from diff'rent countries. what a blessin' to be able to try 'em all :)
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
24 Feb 16
I'd much prefer a nice piece of Streuselkuchen, the spiced biscuits are a seasonal thing... A savoury dish that is traditionally served in the Schwabenland region of Germany , Käsespätzle, is yummy!
@RaineyR (213)
24 Feb 16
Sounds like great fun, I wish we had a similar group in my area! German spice biscuits sound amazing!