Monty House
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I was thinking sausages & rib chops in the WSM with warm potato salad, sauerkraut and sweet/sour red cabbage.
What's the ideal Oktoberfest menu?
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Bob Sample
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Spaetzle & schnitzel with the sausage, cabbage and sauerkraut
Monty House
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Yep, forgot spaetzle. good call
Brian Zimmerman
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You got to have potato pancakes.
Bob Miller
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If you're drinking the right beer you don't need food; but if you must you guys overlooked soft pretzels, liverwurst and onions and if you really want to stink lidacrantz (sp)
Patrick Sullivan
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Schweinebraten mit knodeln. That's Bavarian.
Ron G.
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We had a pretty good Oktoberfest meal of sorts, this weekend while on vacation:
-Smoked Porkchops (bought from / smoked by local butcher - Bunzel's)
-Baked IN Saurkraut (Sweet Bavarian Style)
-Spaetzel with sauteed cracker crumbs over the top
Washed it down with some Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier (my favorite of the German Oktoberfest beers)
Other German favorites:
-Jaegerschnitzel ("Hunter's Schnitzel") made with sauteed onions & fresh assorted mushrooms, in a brown gravy. I prefer it made with Pork Loin vs. veal.
-Assorted Sausages
-Pretzels, stuffed with Jalepenos & cheese
(Hey! Post #1000 - how 'bout that?!)
-Smoked Porkchops (bought from / smoked by local butcher - Bunzel's)
-Baked IN Saurkraut (Sweet Bavarian Style)
-Spaetzel with sauteed cracker crumbs over the top
Washed it down with some Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier (my favorite of the German Oktoberfest beers)
Other German favorites:
-Jaegerschnitzel ("Hunter's Schnitzel") made with sauteed onions & fresh assorted mushrooms, in a brown gravy. I prefer it made with Pork Loin vs. veal.
-Assorted Sausages
-Pretzels, stuffed with Jalepenos & cheese
(Hey! Post #1000 - how 'bout that?!)
timothy
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j biesinger
TVWBB Platinum Member
alton's pretzel recipe is awesome, I recommend giving it a go.
If you have time, brine and smoke a pork loin. The chops can be grilled later.
potato pancakes are always my favorite but are hard to do for a crowd.
If you have time, brine and smoke a pork loin. The chops can be grilled later.
potato pancakes are always my favorite but are hard to do for a crowd.
Ron G.
TVWBB Wizard
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by j biesinger:
If you have time, brine and smoke a pork loin. The chops can be grilled later.
potato pancakes are always my favorite but are hard to do for a crowd. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yup - I think that's what we had. Although they were store-bought (but, from a small butcher that does their own smoking) there was a smoke ring around the perimeter of the chop, and the top & bottom were "clean" (you can tell they had been sliced / band-saweed from a whole smoked loin). But - I will definitely have to give this a whirl myself sometime. (With a Currant chutney type sauce to go with it...)
I LOVES me some pork chops!
If you have time, brine and smoke a pork loin. The chops can be grilled later.
potato pancakes are always my favorite but are hard to do for a crowd. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yup - I think that's what we had. Although they were store-bought (but, from a small butcher that does their own smoking) there was a smoke ring around the perimeter of the chop, and the top & bottom were "clean" (you can tell they had been sliced / band-saweed from a whole smoked loin). But - I will definitely have to give this a whirl myself sometime. (With a Currant chutney type sauce to go with it...)
I LOVES me some pork chops!
Michael G. (Canada Mike)
TVWBB All-Star
When I was a grad student back a few years after the Flood, we used to go to a huge German pub/restaurant. The real thing in an area called Kitchener/ Waterloo - all German. This place specialized in rolled ribs. It was a small rack of baked ribs rolled up with a bread stuffing. With sauerkraut or coleslaw and a slice of buttered bred, it cost $4. We went there a lot.
That, for me, is the ultimate German meal. Btw, KW has the largest Oktoberfest in North America.
That, for me, is the ultimate German meal. Btw, KW has the largest Oktoberfest in North America.
Lou Tarnay
TVWBB Fan
Kraut braised pork shoulder or country style ribs. You can throw red potatoes, turnips, parsnips or any root veg in for the last half hour. I like lots of onions and caraway seeds in the kraut. Even people who hate kraut love this pork. Fork tender and full of flavor. And this is true German peasant food (actually all of central and eastern Europe)!
Ron G.
TVWBB Wizard
Did it again tonight:
Smoked country sausage simmerred in saurkraut.
The details:
-Sausage was sized like ring Bologna, but
was pork & turkey, nice and smokey!
-Browned it (crisped the skin) on the Grill
-Saurkraut = Usingers "Bavarian Festival"
includes / pre-cooked with bits of bacon and apple,
plus lots of caraway seed
Washed it all down with some New Glarus Apple Ale (their "un-plugged" series). A nice, hearty ale with a little hit of tart apple at the end.
Wife had left-over mac-n-cheese.... ;-P
Smoked country sausage simmerred in saurkraut.
The details:
-Sausage was sized like ring Bologna, but
was pork & turkey, nice and smokey!
-Browned it (crisped the skin) on the Grill
-Saurkraut = Usingers "Bavarian Festival"
includes / pre-cooked with bits of bacon and apple,
plus lots of caraway seed
Washed it all down with some New Glarus Apple Ale (their "un-plugged" series). A nice, hearty ale with a little hit of tart apple at the end.
Wife had left-over mac-n-cheese.... ;-P
Bob Sample
TVWBB Diamond Member
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Michael G. (Canada Mike):
When I was a grad student back a few years after the Flood, we used to go to a huge German pub/restaurant. The real thing in an area called Kitchener/ Waterloo - all German. This place specialized in rolled ribs. It was a small rack of baked ribs rolled up with a bread stuffing. With sauerkraut or coleslaw and a slice of buttered bred, it cost $4. We went there a lot.
That, for me, is the ultimate German meal. Btw, KW has the largest Oktoberfest in North America. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hey Mike I grew up in KW and I love rolled stuffed ribs. My Mom did them in a crock pot. I tried them on the kettle a while back and they turned out pretty good.
If your looking for great rolled ribs there is a restaurant in St Agatha that does a Sunday brunch with all you can eat. Don't know the name but I think it's the only restaurant in town. Haven't been in a couple years but I'm pretty sure it's still there. If you want the details I can get them from my sister.
When I was a grad student back a few years after the Flood, we used to go to a huge German pub/restaurant. The real thing in an area called Kitchener/ Waterloo - all German. This place specialized in rolled ribs. It was a small rack of baked ribs rolled up with a bread stuffing. With sauerkraut or coleslaw and a slice of buttered bred, it cost $4. We went there a lot.
That, for me, is the ultimate German meal. Btw, KW has the largest Oktoberfest in North America. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hey Mike I grew up in KW and I love rolled stuffed ribs. My Mom did them in a crock pot. I tried them on the kettle a while back and they turned out pretty good.
If your looking for great rolled ribs there is a restaurant in St Agatha that does a Sunday brunch with all you can eat. Don't know the name but I think it's the only restaurant in town. Haven't been in a couple years but I'm pretty sure it's still there. If you want the details I can get them from my sister.