One of our fond family memories of my maternal grandmother and mealtimes in Germany is how she would always say to to us, "Es doch, Kinder, es doch!"--hope I've spelled that right. (Eat, children, eat!") She always said it with great emphasis and feeling. We repeat it even now, nearly 40 years later, at family meals. Dorie ----- Original Message ----- From: <lumby@air.on.ca> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 6:08 AM Subject: RE: [GERMAN-LIFE] Eels, snails, and other yummy things > My experience with living in Germany during the sixties was that, in some > circles, if a man was thin, his wife was blamed for not feeding him > properly. The death rate from obesity was quite high. Not so much today. > > When I went on my occasional diet over there to reduce the blubber from > eating all that rich food, my motherinlaw would ask my wife why she was > allowing me to do that, I looked sickly. I needed good food. > Even today, whenever you visit someone, out comes the innumerable Torts, > all with sahne, and it is an insult if you do not eat at least two huge > pieces. If you visit two or three different people in one day, out they > come again, and tradition says you must. > > Ralf > > > > > At 05:45 AM 6/15/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Dorie, > >You are right that the Germans do a lot more walking than we do. I have > >often wondered if that might be one of the reasons their heart disease rates > >are lower than ours. Also, I don't think they eat as much junk food as we > >do and they don't snack on it all the time the way Americans do. Most of > >their food is prepared fresh from "scratch" every day. Not many prepackaged > >mixes are used. > >Chris > > > > > > > > > > > >Isn't it true that Germans, and most Europeans, get much more exercise than > >we do in the US?? Maybe that's why heart disease rates are lower there. It > >seemed to me that they did a lot more walking than we do here. > > > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > >Check the German Food list out at: > >GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > >GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com and add the word SUBSCRIBE in the > message and send. > > > >============================== > >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Complaints: > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Friends of ours from Germany who came to visit a few years ago, were shocked at how much red meat we eat here, and they were very particular about their diet--this was on older couple. At the same time, they would down a whole big bottle of wine at every meal, and my mother kept having to run to the store for more! And I was amazed to see that the wife cut her husband's meat for him at every meal. I'm not sure if he expected it, or she was babying him and he just accepted it! Dorie ----- Original Message ----- From: <lumby@air.on.ca> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 6:08 AM Subject: RE: [GERMAN-LIFE] Eels, snails, and other yummy things > My experience with living in Germany during the sixties was that, in some > circles, if a man was thin, his wife was blamed for not feeding him > properly. The death rate from obesity was quite high. Not so much today. > > When I went on my occasional diet over there to reduce the blubber from > eating all that rich food, my motherinlaw would ask my wife why she was > allowing me to do that, I looked sickly. I needed good food. > Even today, whenever you visit someone, out comes the innumerable Torts, > all with sahne, and it is an insult if you do not eat at least two huge > pieces. If you visit two or three different people in one day, out they > come again, and tradition says you must. > > Ralf > > > > > At 05:45 AM 6/15/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Dorie, > >You are right that the Germans do a lot more walking than we do. I have > >often wondered if that might be one of the reasons their heart disease rates > >are lower than ours. Also, I don't think they eat as much junk food as we > >do and they don't snack on it all the time the way Americans do. Most of > >their food is prepared fresh from "scratch" every day. Not many prepackaged > >mixes are used. > >Chris > > > > > > > > > > > >Isn't it true that Germans, and most Europeans, get much more exercise than > >we do in the US?? Maybe that's why heart disease rates are lower there. It > >seemed to me that they did a lot more walking than we do here. > > > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > >Check the German Food list out at: > >GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > >GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com and add the word SUBSCRIBE in the > message and send. > > > >============================== > >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Complaints: > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Dorie, You are right that the Germans do a lot more walking than we do. I have often wondered if that might be one of the reasons their heart disease rates are lower than ours. Also, I don't think they eat as much junk food as we do and they don't snack on it all the time the way Americans do. Most of their food is prepared fresh from "scratch" every day. Not many prepackaged mixes are used. Chris Isn't it true that Germans, and most Europeans, get much more exercise than we do in the US?? Maybe that's why heart disease rates are lower there. It seemed to me that they did a lot more walking than we do here.

On 14 Jun 2001, at 21:30, Christine Bailey wrote: > Isn't all the protien hard on your kidneys? I think that is a rumor the diet industry is propagating. We know lots of people on the diet. It's especially helpful for diabetics. So far no one has complained about their kidneys. I think excercise is what makes it work. Fred

Tongue is delicious. You boil it for a while. I forget, but I think it's an hour or more. Before it cools much, skin it. There are a couple of small bones at the back that have to be removed but are easy to just pull out. Marge Green

<<Other than the "alcohol kick", does the mixture serve any purpose in/after a meal? I kind of remember reading somewhere that certain herbal drinks were used to help with the digestion of certain foods. Is Jägermeister one of them?>> Yes, Mark. At least the company claims that it would. I have to confess that it dosn't do very much for my own digestion though. But different individuals may react differently. Another well-known German herbal digestif is "Underberg". <<And would there be a popular non-alcoholic version of a digestive herbal drink in Germany?>> Not that i know. Heinz _________________________ Heinz L. Zulauf Flotowstrasse 9 D-64287 Darmstadt Germany zulauf@bigfoot.de _______________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Overlock" <markme59@mindspring.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:12 PM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] Jägermeister Thank you Heinz for the information. Other than the "alcohol kick", does the mixture serve any purpose in/after a meal? I kind of remember reading somewhere that certain herbal drinks were used to help with the digestion of certain foods. Is Jägermeister one of them? And would there be a popular non-alcoholic version of a digestive herbal drink in Germany? Any information would be helpful. I have been trying to learn more about my German heritage since my parents passed away. Take care, Mark Unfortunately, Mark, it's store bought. "Jägermeister" is the brand name for a herbal spirit. Heinz _________________________ Heinz L. Zulauf Flotowstrasse 9 D-64287 Darmstadt Germany zulauf@bigfoot.de _______________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "_Mark" <markme59@mindspring.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Re: Fish Hi Katharina, Just what is Jägermeister? Is it a drink that can be made at home? Or is it store bought? Just curious. Does anyone have a Jägermeister story to tell? Mark Overlock ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katharina Hines" <hines60@hotmail.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, 14 June, 2001 02:01 AM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] Re: Fish > Hi, > Last fall when I went to Germany,. My brother-in-law got some smoked eel. > I first passed on it, but they talked me in to try a piece of eel. > I could not skin it or cut the head off. ( I am a chicken, when I se any > thing cooked with the head still on. > I was surprised how good the meat of the eel was. It is not some thing I > would eat every day. But the best thing after the meal was the > "Jägermeister", that is a drink, that you digest the fat meat better. > The eel has a lot of fat. > I was told in Germany if you go out some were to party eel or sardines > will coat your stomach. You body will not take the alcohol very much and you > can drink all night long, and not even get drank. > now sails is the worsted thing for me to eat, or when I watch some one who > eats them. > > Katharina > > > >I have to agree with you Katharina, if I see a recipe that calls for > >sardines, I just walk on by. > > > >My family at Christmas time used to open that small wooden keg with all > >that > >smelly, or I will call it rotten fish and eat away....and my Dad used to > >sit > >and eat cans and cans of sardines and you couldn't even stand to be in the > >same room.... needless to say, I am not much of a fish eater...and what > >about in Germany eating those eel, and smoked eel that look gross...me > >thinks me passes..... > > > >g > > > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > >To UNSUBSCRIBE from digest mode send a message to: > >GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com and add the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the > >message and send. > > > >============================== > >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Complaints: > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== Check the German Food list out at: GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com and add the word SUBSCRIBE in the message and send. ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE from digest mode send a message to: GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com and add the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message and send. ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE from this mail list send a message to: GERMAN-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com and in the message add the word UNSUBSCRIBE and send. ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Unfortunately, Mark, it's store bought. "Jägermeister" is the brand name for a herbal spirit. Heinz _________________________ Heinz L. Zulauf Flotowstrasse 9 D-64287 Darmstadt Germany zulauf@bigfoot.de _______________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "_Mark" <markme59@mindspring.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Re: Fish Hi Katharina, Just what is Jägermeister? Is it a drink that can be made at home? Or is it store bought? Just curious. Does anyone have a Jägermeister story to tell? Mark Overlock ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katharina Hines" <hines60@hotmail.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, 14 June, 2001 02:01 AM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] Re: Fish > Hi, > Last fall when I went to Germany,. My brother-in-law got some smoked eel. > I first passed on it, but they talked me in to try a piece of eel. > I could not skin it or cut the head off. ( I am a chicken, when I se any > thing cooked with the head still on. > I was surprised how good the meat of the eel was. It is not some thing I > would eat every day. But the best thing after the meal was the > "Jägermeister", that is a drink, that you digest the fat meat better. > The eel has a lot of fat. > I was told in Germany if you go out some were to party eel or sardines > will coat your stomach. You body will not take the alcohol very much and you > can drink all night long, and not even get drank. > now sails is the worsted thing for me to eat, or when I watch some one who > eats them. > > Katharina > > > >I have to agree with you Katharina, if I see a recipe that calls for > >sardines, I just walk on by. > > > >My family at Christmas time used to open that small wooden keg with all > >that > >smelly, or I will call it rotten fish and eat away....and my Dad used to > >sit > >and eat cans and cans of sardines and you couldn't even stand to be in the > >same room.... needless to say, I am not much of a fish eater...and what > >about in Germany eating those eel, and smoked eel that look gross...me > >thinks me passes..... > > > >g > > > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > >To UNSUBSCRIBE from digest mode send a message to: > >GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com and add the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the > >message and send. > > > >============================== > >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Complaints: > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== Check the German Food list out at: GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com and add the word SUBSCRIBE in the message and send. ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Does anyone know how to prepare baked tongue? I love it, just boiled, then eaten warm after peeling. Can get them at the local slaughtering plant sometimes. Got 2 a couple weeks ago, and have already fixed one-the other is in the freezer, waiting. Would love to know how to bake it--sounds really delicious. Like some of you, I can practically gag my poor non-German hubby when I fix tongue. Judy <<My mother served baked tongue sandwiches or baked tongue with dressing for lunch, also baked heart and dressing in her cafe in Indiana in the 50-60's....I think she par boiled the tongue and maybe peeled it before baking it, not too sure on that last step though. >>

I believe there is no better broth , than that made from Ox tail. I pressure cook, then put in refrigator to cool and lift off the grease. Home made egg noodles, or drop dumplings, even potatoes, carrots and cabbage,are so delicious in this broth Have you noticed the price of Ox tail in the meat markets lately? It used to be so cheap! Lorna June ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karin Book" <karin4467@yahoo.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 12:41 PM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] Eels, snails, and other yummy things > Katharina, I had to laugh when I read your post about > eels. I love smoked eel. I spent my childhood in a > tiny town in remote Bavaria and I ate with relish > things even worse than eel: cow tongue, ox tail soup > (my FAVORITE), fried udder, calf's head....my brother > Stefan and I fought over the last liver dumplings in > the pot. I can make my husband gag just talking about > it. When I was in highschool, my friends loved to eat > at my house, but they were careful not to ask what > they were eating. > > Karin Book > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. > http://buzz.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Complaints: > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

On 14 Jun 2001, at 20:05, Tina McGarry wrote: > I have to ask . . . why don't Germans seem to suffer from heart > disease as much as Americans? Don't they eat meat at almost every > meal? My brother-in-law says that his Mom served 3 kinds of sausage > every morning at breakfast. Tina, ever hear of the Atkins diet? When we stick to it religiously and eat only sausages and ham and eggs and steak and anything but carbohydrates, we lose weight. My wife had been on high blood pressur medication for about 15 years and trying every diet in tarnation without losing weight. Since we think low carbs all the time, she's off the medication and her blood pressure is normal or even lower then normal. She's also lost 30 pounds. We now eat lots of pork and never did before. I know Germans don't skip the carbs but the point I'm making, it's not the sausages. I think we are basically carniverous and with proper excercise would not have a weight problem. It's all that processed food out of a can that does us in. Fred

Rainy Carolina greetings: Just plain Mountain Oysters come from the opposite end the brain is on, either cow or pig, wherever I have lived. Saw some smoked in a local country store here in NC couple months ago. As for brains, I can't clean them (soak in salt water then remove the membrane), the same day I flour and fry them. Great in sandwiches, just brains, nothing else. My mother served baked tongue sandwiches or baked tongue with dressing for lunch, also baked heart and dressing in her cafe in Indiana in the 50-60's....I think she par boiled the tongue and maybe peeled it before baking it, not too sure on that last step though. Does anyone like fried green tomatoe's.....I had a fried cucumber sandwich for supper, if you like fried tomatoes you will like the fried cucumbers also.----- Here's to good food and good friends Lorna June Original Message ----- From: <Newtross@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Re: brains > Karin: Up here in God's country (the Rockies of Colorado) they're called > "Rocky Mountain Oysters", and they're a delicacy !! > > Dave Ross, Denver > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >

Isn't it true that Germans, and most Europeans, get much more exercise than we do in the US?? Maybe that's why heart disease rates are lower there. It seemed to me that they did a lot more walking than we do here. That was in the 70's though, so maybe things have changed. Dorie ----- Original Message ----- From: Elsa Kahler <ekahler@sympatico.ca> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Eels, snails, and other yummy things > > > > They do indeed have brain in Canada. My mother cooked it occasionally. She would lightly > bread the delicacy and fry it in lard. The brain itself was quite tasty, but the texture of > the vein surrounding the grey matter was unpleasant and continually reminded one what was > actually being consumed. > > As for heart disease -- I would tend to think that quite a few Germans who practise the "old" > eating habits have succumbed to it. My father had two heart attacks and still refused to give > up his favourite foods. If it was fried -- it was fried in lard. Pork was not pork unless it > had a good piece of fat surrounding it. Sauerkraut had no flavour unless a nice piece of > smoked meat (75% fat, 25% meat) was cooked with it and then consumed. Speckwurst was his > favourite. And what was a sandwich without butter 1/4 inch thick on it. Interestingly enough, > despite this "unhealthy" diet, he survived his second heart attack for almost a year and died > at 82 years of age. > > Elsa Kahler > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this mail list send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com and in the message add the word UNSUBSCRIBE and send. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

> They do indeed have brain in Canada. My mother cooked it occasionally. She would lightly bread the delicacy and fry it in lard. The brain itself was quite tasty, but the texture of the vein surrounding the grey matter was unpleasant and continually reminded one what was actually being consumed. As for heart disease -- I would tend to think that quite a few Germans who practise the "old" eating habits have succumbed to it. My father had two heart attacks and still refused to give up his favourite foods. If it was fried -- it was fried in lard. Pork was not pork unless it had a good piece of fat surrounding it. Sauerkraut had no flavour unless a nice piece of smoked meat (75% fat, 25% meat) was cooked with it and then consumed. Speckwurst was his favourite. And what was a sandwich without butter 1/4 inch thick on it. Interestingly enough, despite this "unhealthy" diet, he survived his second heart attack for almost a year and died at 82 years of age. Elsa Kahler

I feel for your brother, Karin! Funny story. Of course most brothers probably deserve it. I don't have any brothers, but I assume it works on sisters, too?? ;-) Dorie ----- Original Message ----- From: Karin Book <karin4467@yahoo.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 5:00 PM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] More fun with animal entrails > We didn't just eat everything that came from the > animal. We also made toys. You can blow up the > bladder of a pig, tie a string to it, and tie the > string to a stick. It makes a kind of balloon, > perfect for bopping your brother. It can stay inflated > for a long time. Im not sure how long; it was usually > confiscated by a parent or dog by the end of the > afternoon. > > Karin > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. > http://buzz.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Complaints: > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Maybe this description of Jaegermeister will help--it comes from the male members of my sister's wedding party 20-odd years ago: "rocket fuel". ;-) Dorie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Newtross@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Re: Fish > Mark: Jägermeister is a liqueur, very strong, like hyper-gin. It's a > "Schnapps" and a great after-dinner shot !! I don't know if it can be made > at home, so I'll be as interested as you to see what others have to say about > it. > > Dave Ross > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Complaints: > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Reminds me of 2 weeks I spent in Atlanta, Georgia, where everyone encouraged me to try grits. Not being an early-morning breakfast eater, I put it off, saying that's what we feed our cattle up in Iowa! :-) Dorie ----- Original Message ----- From: <lumby@air.on.ca> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Eels, snails, and other yummy things > Dave and Karin: > > Again, my 4 cents worth. > > I love Tongue. Dave, my mother cooked it the same way yours did and served > it the same, and she was born and brought up in Canada of two very British > parents who immigrated here from Cambridge and Exeter, in the late 1800s. > > Speaking of immigrating. I was posted to Munich Germany 1964-1967 with the > Kanadische Auswanderungs Bureau, then on Josefspitalstr, in the middle of > the Red light district.. This latter is beside the point, but thought you > would be interested. > > One day a German male, who had immigrated to Canada some years previously, > came to the office with his brother. He was trying to convince his brother > to immigrate to Canada as well. His brother had reservations because he > would miss his favourite dish, brains from cows and pigs. > > His brother told him that he must put up with that, because in Canada they > didn't eat things like that they fed them to the dogs. > > I cannot comment on that sentiment because I have never eaten brains. > > Anyone out there care to comment on the edibility and desirability of this > delicacy. > > At 01:05 PM 6/14/01 -0400, you wrote: > >Karin: when you're talking tongue, you're talking what my grandma fixed so > >VERY well, and the oxtail soup is a delicacy in my book -- SO GOOD !! > >Tongue was served boiled and hot, then later sliced cold for sandwiches. > >Golly, how the memories flood back !! > > > >Dave Ross > > > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > >Complaints: > >Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > > >============================== > >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this mail list send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com and in the message add the word UNSUBSCRIBE and send. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

Isn't all the protien hard on your kidneys? Chris Calgary, Ab ----- Original Message ----- From: "W. Fred Rump" <FredRump@earthlink.net> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] German diet > On 14 Jun 2001, at 20:05, Tina McGarry wrote: > > > I have to ask . . . why don't Germans seem to suffer from heart > > disease as much as Americans? Don't they eat meat at almost every > > meal? My brother-in-law says that his Mom served 3 kinds of sausage > > every morning at breakfast. > > Tina, > ever hear of the Atkins diet? When we stick to it religiously and eat > only sausages and ham and eggs and steak and anything but > carbohydrates, we lose weight. My wife had been on high blood > pressur medication for about 15 years and trying every diet in > tarnation without losing weight. Since we think low carbs all the > time, she's off the medication and her blood pressure is normal or > even lower then normal. She's also lost 30 pounds. We now eat > lots of pork and never did before. > > I know Germans don't skip the carbs but the point I'm making, it's > not the sausages. I think we are basically carniverous and with > proper excercise would not have a weight problem. It's all that > processed food out of a can that does us in. > > Fred > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from digest mode send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com and add the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message and send. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

You are all bringing back lots of memories. Dad would buy herring out of the wooden keg at Christmas time, so gooooood. Mom always fixed brains with egg, crackers and salt and pepper and fry in patties. We still do this after butchering time. This has really been great, enjoying everyones stories on thier trips. Ruth Ann

I have to ask . . . why don't Germans seem to suffer from heart disease as much as Americans? Don't they eat meat at almost every meal? My brother-in-law says that his Mom served 3 kinds of sausage every morning at breakfast. Tina

In Saskatchewan, Canada their call Prairie Oysters. : -). When I was little we visited Oma one summer and she had prepaired calf brains for breakfast. I ate it all, tasted fine, and then was told what they were and couldn't touch them again! : -) Chris Calgary, Ab ----- Original Message ----- From: <Newtross@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Re: brains > Karin: Up here in God's country (the Rockies of Colorado) they're called > "Rocky Mountain Oysters", and they're a delicacy !! > > Dave Ross, Denver > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >