Oh, it is a beautiful day
@GardenGerty (169568)
United States
March 3, 2018 10:22am CST
We slept in, and then prepared brunch, as we plan to go do some shopping this morning. We will be home for the nicest part of the day and will not need to eat out.
We will go to a town that has an Aldi store and a Hobby Lobby.
Because we had to mail that FedEx box last night and I cannot skip meals, we did eat out last night. It was well worth it.
We went to a small bakery/restaurant that has a German Buffet. This is likely not the type of German food you would expect. Our German population in Kansas is Mennonite German. Many of their foods are similar to things served in Russia, and definitely not the Bavarian German you would find in Texas and Oklahoma and Minnesota. No schnitzels and rouladen, but very good foods.
I had nice portions of many things. Included were Verenika and Bohne Bierogi. Both of those are a type of stuffed bread. Verinika has cottage cheese or egg inside. BohneBierogi has sweetened pinto beans.
The German Sausage, Kraut and Ham, and other things are more typical. I thought of @JolietJake as they had green beans, potatoes and ham.
So, here we go, out the door again. It will reach near 70 degrees F today, which is about 21 degrees C.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
3 Mar 18
The verenikas look like pierogis. Were they boiled or baked?
My grandma was German, but from Pennsylvania Dutch heritage. She made a lot of things that I now recognize as traditional German/Pennsylvania Dutch dishes, like "veals" (which were schnitzel), homemade noodles, and raisin pie.
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 Mar 18
I saw them putting the verinika on a flat top grill to warm and brown. I think they were probably boiled first. I like raisin pie. I had a friend who made a Mennonite German dish called Plumamoos which smelled like raisin pie to me. Often in the restaurants they have Cherry Moos.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
3 Mar 18
@GardenGerty I've heard of moos made with plum before, but it's probably better with cherry (besides, cherry is traditional).
@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 Mar 18
When we visit @Webieishere we eat different places and went to a Bavarian German restaurant. A snitzel is much like a breaded cutlet or even a chicken fry steak without the gravy. The restaurant we went to last night had several ham dishes and German sausage.
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 Mar 18
It was very good. Since we had to go to that town I was glad to remember the Breadbasket Bakery for our meal.
@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
4 Mar 18
It was a very nice day. I know we are trending to an upward average, but those cold days are awful.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Mar 18
Enjoy a nice shopping day with the sun shining.
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 Mar 18
Seems as if we are always shopping. We are at home now. Hubby watched part of a game and now he is using his chain saw.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
3 Mar 18
70 degrees? That sounds wonderful! My mother's family was German, they ate homemade noodles and sauerkraut, sausage and sauerkraut, all variations of pork and chicken dishes. Raisin pie was a specialty!
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 Mar 18
I had not realized until recently that raisin pie was German.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
4 Mar 18
@GardenGerty Yup, it sure is! :)
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 Mar 18
Yes, even when it is cold a little bit of sunshine lifts the spirits.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54730)
• United States
3 Mar 18
I have never heard of sweetened pinto beans. 
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 Mar 18
It is like sweet refries. Not to everyone's taste. Even their horseradish sauce was sweetened somewhat.
