forwarded -------- Original Message -------- Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:08:53 -0800 (PST) From: Stefan Probst <stefan.probst@opticom.v-nam.net> At 16:04 19.12.99 -0700, you wrote: ------------------------- > Forwarded > > -------- Original Message -------- > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 11:15:42 -0800 (PST) > From: Arthur H Laube <zurlauben@mindspring.com> > > > ~~~~~~ > > Marcella Dawson reports My ancestors from Bavaria took leftover > Pfannkuchen(pancakes), > > cut them into slices and served them in soup at lunch. > Stefan replies > In my area ("Unterallgäu" - in Regierungsbezirk Schwaben) we call > this soup "Flädlesupp' " (it tastes marvellous! - actually you > pour the hot broth over the slices with some spices - if the > slices are too long in the liquid they get mashy and don't taste > that good anymore). > The name indicates Suebian origin, but could also be from Allgäu > (mountains). > Try it! > Stefan > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Stefan - were the Pfannkuchen(pancakes) sour - that is made with a > setback starter that made them more sour each day? > Any Neimans/Neumans in your area I thought they might have brought > the sour tasting buckwheat with them to the American Colonies. > But I am beginning to think that possibly there were no sour > Pfannkuchen(pancakes) in Europe? Your comment on the "Flädlesupp'" > was most interesting. Regards Hal Sorry, Hal, but the thought about your sour pancakes makes me shivering :-)) We used to fill the pancakes with "Mus" (fruit puree), "Kompott" (stewed fruit), Marmelade or sweetened "Quark" (curd cheese) (i.e. usually mixed with marmelade). Means: Spread the filling, roll the pancake and cut the roll into slices to eat. The other version would be called "Kaiserschmarrn", i.e. cut or tear the pancake into small pieces of a few cm, then pour sugar over it and eat it. Besides the "Flädlesupp' " which was usually made from the left-overs, all other dishes were sweet! Rather impossible with sour pancakes. I am afraid, our Pancake discussion is getting off-topic :-( To bring it to an end: Maybe you should do some empirical research: Prepare the different versions of pancake dishes, invite friends of different known German origin and look who likes which dish the most. Maybe you know then in which area of Germany to look for :=)) You could invent the new science of "Culinary Genealogy" :=)) I would volunteer for the "Unterallgäu" area. Just send me the invitation for the first test-eating, together with the ticket.... Dig in! Stefan ;-)