How strawberry are you?

Bon Appetit,
Katleen

 

Strawberry Part II

Above all my excitement, I totally forgot the actual article I wanted to use for strawberries. Then now, you receive some more know-how.

Delicious and healthy

• The berries don’t mellow after being picked – only pick the mellow ones
• Big fruit = Lot’s of flavor? Mistaken! Small berries are usually more intensive
• Wash strawberries right before you eat them, otherwise they would rot
• They consist to 90% of water, 100g have 37 calories and they have more vitamin C than a lemon

Species of Strawberries

1. Senga Sengana Dark red & sweet. Taste fresh, also deep frozen.
2. Cosima Cone shaped, with mild flavor. Late crop
3. Julietta Middle red, big fruits. Perfect for juice and jelly.
4. Woodland strawberry Small, but delicious.

So how far are you into the strawberry season?? Did you already inspire somebody with your newest strawberry creation?
I will bake this weekend a strawberry cake with a pudding filling inside. And surly I let you know how it catches on.

Bon Appetit,
Katleen

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All facts and pictures are taken from: “Maxi” magazine

 

It’s Strawberry time!

Since weeks I am yawning after strawberries. There are already everywhere some, you would say. But there are not German. I want the German ones. Not the fruits which are shipped around the globe to give me a reddish looking something without any taste. No, thanks. Then I wait. And today at the supermarket, the responsible fruit employee told us that TOMORROW German strawberries will be delivered for the supermarket. That means that finally my favorite season begins, the one of reddish fruits.

But what’s all about the hype ?

First look at  Germany’s own crop of strawberries and of the imported number of strawberries.

market supply of strawberries in Germany	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Crop in tons	110.000	105.000	95.000	119.000	146.00	169.000	154.000
Imports in tons	149.000	118.000	118.000	118.000	104.000	97.000	81.000

As you can see, German’s crop of strawberries is increasing whereas the imports are decreasing. So why not trust and wait for our own regional products. Anyway it is better for our economic and for the fruits as well. Actually there is only a time period of 3 days between the crop and the actual sale (Fruitlife 2002). So I don’t think that the Spanish strawberries like we see them at the grocery store are just picked the day before I ate them. Of course not. They are treated with chemical means to extend the freshness up to ten days.

Let’s get to the real interesting things:  How to eat them??

You can find hundreds of delicious recipes out there at the web or at cooking books. My general suggestions are to keep it plain. Just wash them gently and add some sugar to receive some more juice and an extensive taste.Then eat them with

1. milk
2. vanilla sauce
3. pudding
4. whipped cream
5. curd cheese

These are the easiest, fastest and freshest types you can prepare.

But of course I also have some good recipes for strawberry cakes. I just found them at another blog page, called  get off your butt and bake.

1. a strawberry cream pie
2. chocolate strawberry shortcakes
3. creamy no bake strawberry cheesecakes
4. chocolate strawberry streuselbars

Hm mm, can’t wait to try one of these. I still found some good pages in German about this red fruit and of course more recipes to reproduce.

• erdbeeren.de
• beerenstark.de
• marions-kochbuch.de
• fruitlife.de

Therefore enjoy the strawberry season before all fruits are eaten!

Bon Appetit,
Katleen

 

Italian restaurant for students budget

Pizza Pizza Pizza

Italia!

Mama Mia!

And if I just add the little words of Pizza and Pasta, everybody can guess that I am writing about Italian Cuisine. In particular, I got the chance to go out with my mom and my grandma. We were at the cinema and after the movie we saw by chance a nice little restaurant at the subway station “Südstern”, called Lume di Candela! It provided Italian food, although afterwards I read about some dubious claims that nobody there is Italian.

Good old Pasta

But actually I don’t care. I was hungry and my mom and grandma, too. The menu had a diverse variety  and the ambiance was also of warmness, despite the huge screen at one of the walls. But additionally we sat at a cozy corner where nobody could disturb us from eating and talking.

The food we ate was delicious and the prices please to students. Additionally I have to state that  my criteria are not such of a classy restaurant with a high reputation in Berlin. I am a student, therefore I care about the prizes and the taste of my food.

To conclude I can warmly recommend this nice little restaurant in Kreuzberg.

Last but not least, I also met some guys out of our IBMAN course of the 4th semester. First they glanced a little fretfully at our table, because that was actually their regular corner.

Bon Appetit,
Katleen

 

Do you eat “canteenish”?

Canteen! Hm mm, does that sound delicious?? Be honest! No! Not at all! It has a taste of everyday-grab-something- to-eat in a bleak side by side table setting.

lounge area

Well that was my ancient picture of a student’s canteen.  But then I started to go to university and got a look at our canteen at the business school of economics and law. And I was impressed. Neatly decorated, small sized tables, some lounge like areas and a cool terrace. Besides that you can also eat one of the diverse offers of salads, meals, sandwiches or sweets.

Compared to other canteens of universities ours seems to be tiny. But that’s the flair about. It is more familiar and cozy. That’s what the Berliner Morgenpost found out last week. This newspaper tested Berlin’s canteens and published some great results for our Business School. Out of the nine recommended canteens at Berlin the HWR was placed fourth. They especially pointed out the  roof situated location with Sweden ambiance, as well as bright wooden chairs with colorful walls. You should also enjoy the view outside the terrace.

Here are the categories they used and the contributed points for the HWR.

canteen at the HWR

Taste	♥♥♥
Choice	♥♥♥
Quality	♥♥♥♥
Ambiance	♥♥♥♥
Location	♥♥♥
Total	♥♥♥

But so far I didn’t marked what I really love about the canteens in Berlin. They all have the same card systems. This means that you basically can eat at every canteen or cafeteria in Berlin with one single card. Additionally I have to admit that so far I did not try out others then mine. Actually a pity since then I can do my own ranking. And maybe the business school of economics and law will move up at my personal ranking.

Just check out what is going on next weeks at your canteen. At least you are then culinary prepared for school.

Bon Appetit,
Katleen

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This post was inspired by the rubric “Berlins Tops” of  Berliner Morgenpost on April 25th/26th 2009

 

Leftovers – save your day

What a great happy ending. Today I was prepared to have just a normal monotonous German supper.
But what happened?
My boyfriend, who is indeed a good experimental disposition, made a delicious leftover meal. It’s not only that you use all kinds of remains you find in your kitchen. It’s also a widget of creativity. There you can analyze how abstract or imaginative your fellows are. I mean it shows you that the person can handle unusual situations. By plugging in some ingredients it will turn out something new.

After the slogan: “let the leftovers inspire you.”

You think it is mindless what I think. Well try this way:

Around a third of all the food we buy ends up being thrown in the bin and most of this could have been eaten.

(lovefood-hatewaste.com)

And this is so very true. I can not understand anybody who could through his leftovers of his meal into the bin. What is so hard about to create something new with the remaining food? It’s so simple. So if you have some leftovers or ingredients which have to be used rapidly, try out this webpage. It definitely will give you some great advice what you can reuse.

If you are interested what special leftover we had this evening, just leave me a little comment and I will disclose the secret.

Bon Appetit,
Katleen

 

Welcome at my yummy blog

Hey guys,
nice to see you at my blog. This is my very first blog entry. Actually at this point my favorite blog should be presented by me. But the one I founded mymuesli.com/blog is not a pure blog. It’s also a webpage about creating your own personal muesli package. Anywhere this brought me to the fantastic idea to wirte myself about food and recipes. The onces I really loved and the onces I’d never eat again.

But surley I also have other interesting topics around cooking and enjoing food.
More later on,

Bon Appetit,
Katleen