Fathersday - arrr arr auhh

oh Yeah


So here is me contemplating a decent walk to - well- walk of the pounds from the lovely meal from last night when Mamabear says do you want quality time with the boys -or shall we go and pick up the few fence palings and some paint.
Well boys are typical teenagers and still listening to their own snoring in bed so - there was no real choice now was there . . . .

*grunt - grunt* orrrryeah

Imagine - fathers day and I am taken into a hardware store - AND am allowed to spend some. orrrrryeah !! Visited we did, the hardware store, bought we have - timber to repair the fence and some paint and brushes. From there we drove out to Sheffield and had some world famous pies for lunch - urr urrg - wroof wroof -- men's meal!!

Well we did come home eventually and the first thing we did was to take Max for a walk - several km to local park and once round the block. Fixed the fence - ready for painting, now just chilling out till tea time.
Good day all round orrrryerrah

Two days later - mamabear can be seen using the brush . . . .

Fathersday gift for a furry old bear

Well - it knocked me for six - my boys have decided to cook a meal for me - and I could choose what I wanted to eat. Yah - for once they have a decent fathers day gift for this old furry bear! Much better then the pair of socks! Anyhow - seems some things have rubbed of on my children - like the idea that for your birthday you can pick and choose "your" favorite meal!! So I hear you ask - what did this furry little old thing choose???

I chose Siebenburgen kraut and for dessert some Tiramisu.
www.Siebenburgen-kraut - pic
www.tiramisu

Should be yummy - so I got Jonno in the kitchen and with the help of Mamabear hes making the Siebenburgen Kraut and Micky made the Tiramisu last night.

Just need to find that bottle of red from Nelson and were in business of some serious eating and celebrating. Wohoooo

Hmmmm - must remember to take Max for a looooooong walk 2morow - and work of the extra kilos . . . . .

Siebenburgen kraut rezept

Ok - the power of the Internet!

Here is the link to the original website and the recipe.
I have included it here as well - and credit should go to Marga - the author.

http://www.siebenbuerger-kraut rezept

Siebenbürger Kraut

Ungewöhnliche Zusammenstellung,aber richtig gut an kalten Tagen!!!!!!

		Zutaten für Portionen 1 gr Zwiebel 1 Knoblauchzehe 2 EL Öl 400 g gem.Hackfleisch Salz,Pfeffer 1 EL Paprikapulver 1 EL Kümmelkörner 1/2 EL getr.Majoran 1/2 EL Schweine-oder Butterschmalz 500 g Sauerkraut 250 g Langkornreis 2 Lorbeerblätter 375 ml Fleischbrühe 250 g saure Sahne 1 Bd Petersilie

Zubereitung: Zwiebel und Knoblauch fein hacken und im Öl glasig braten.Hackfleisch zugeben und unter Rühren braten,bis es krümelig ist. Mit Salz,Pfeffer,Paprika,Kümmel und Majoran würzen.

Einen Schmortopf mit dem Schmalz ausstreichen. Sauerkraut abtropfen lassen.
Dann den Topf schichtweise mit Sauerkraut, (ungekochten) Reis und Hackfleisch füllen. Auf die letzte Fleischschicht die Lorbeerblätter legen und mit Sauerkraut bedecken. Die Brühe an der Seite zugießen und die Sahne auf dem Kraut verteilen.

Den Topf zugedeckt in den kalten Backofen auf die untere Schiene stellen. Auf 160° schalten und 1,5 Stunden schmoren.
Die Petersilie hacken und auf das fertige Gericht streuen.
Zum Servieren mit einem großen Löffel Portionen abstechen.

Mhmmmmm lecker
und etwas anders als unsers - but hey - its all good!!
Enjoy

Siebenburgen Kraut - another buerger??

Well wouldn't you know it - good old Adolf has a lot to answer for.

Yesterday I googled for a rezept of Siebenburgen kraut and afterwards wrote my blog (see below) and then went for a sleep - this morning I googled it again cause I wanted to check up on something (location mainly) only to find my blog entry the top of the list out from 4470 entries.

Wohoaaaa - how weird/ cool is that.

Well to cut a long story short - seems by heritage I am Austrian/Romanian/German - in that order. Really weird, my Opa and his wife left Liebling (now in Romania) just before the war finished and walked - yes walked - the near 1000 km to Austria - thats 5 children the youngest some 1 year old!! And now - well I am living in New Zealand, my Uncle in Stockholm and pretty much the rest of the gang in Austria!
However I understand that there are long distance cousins still in Romania.
There could even be a long distance relative in Chicago! Can the Blocher clan in Austria confirm that??
Meanwhile - my dearest wife also known as mamabear - has English bloodlines, but is born in New Zealand, as are our boys. Regular UN kids here!!! Wonder who - or should that be what nationality they will marry - eventually - plenty of time yet boys!! :)
Must go and urm wash something then take Max (the beagle) to the beach, another 30 plus degree day today.

To all Blochers out there - wohoooooo, nice to meat some of you via google - small world . . . . . . .

Siebenburgen kraut and Pavlova

Well, you learn something new every week - just as well - I think. Anyhow - my Mom has cooked from time to time a Siebenbuergen kraut - a dish she learned from her time post war in Austria. Originally from a lady who came from Poland if memory serves correct. Anyhow - this urm lets just say polish "lasangne" is delicious and my sis cooked it for us while we were over there. So now we were game and try it here in NZ - only to discover that

1; we cant get decent sauerkraut and
2; the sausage required here are not spicy enough.

Not to be outdone we did seem to manage. Anyhow you start by layering a hot sauerkraut followed by the fried sausage meat and then the cooked rice followed by the browned curry mince and lastly another layer of Kraut - topped with sour cream and sprinkled with ground paprika. Bake in mod. oven for around 30 min at 200 degrees Celsius. Serve with cold salad and a glass of medium wine - delicious!!!! oh I forgot the various spices and onion and garlic - well - season to taste.

The thing I learned - google siebenburgen kraut and you will come across a website that tells you all about historic settlements near Translyvania (yes Dracula Country) very very interesting reading that was. And of course - in my old age - clean forgotten my history lessons from school.

Anyhow it was a hot day again and Mamabear did fancy a Pavlova - a traditional New Zealand dessert. To hot to bake it, so we cheated and went to the supermarket and picked one up. In the fotos you can see the nearly finished product and then - well bon appetit.

Hmmm my see-food diet has not started - contrary to my boys opinion, who believe that a see-food diet for me entails see the food - ergo eat it!!!!








Mamabear about to finish the - as we call it affectionately- "Pav"