Kartoffelpuffer!

Hallo! Guten Tag!

So today I am doing something a little different. Instead of visiting a German restaurant in the Seattle area, I will attempt to make a nice German meal on my own and share with you my experience! For today I decided to make a delicious dinner for my roommates and I!

I don't know if you have heard of Potato Pancakes or Kartoffelpuffer, but it is a great and easy meal that is very filling too! So for a long time my mom would make me Perfect Potato pancakes, however, I'm up in college now and I have to conquer it on my own! I decided to google a Potato Pancake recipe and see if it would turn out ok! I used this website for my cooking: http://germanfood.about.com/od/potatoesandnoodles/r/potatopancakes.htm

This recipe called for
-1lb of potatoes
-1/2 an Onion
-1 tsp. of Salt
-Ground Pepper
-Freshly Ground Nutmeg
-1 Egg
-Oil for Frying

If you follow the link it will give a detailed account of how to cook it! So I followed the directions and I thought it turned out pretty good! I also added sour cream and applesauce on top of my finished Potato Pancakes! I really enjoyed it! And the roommates said it was much better then they were expecting! Overall, it was a great and easy recipe that turned out much more tasty then I thought I could ever cook!

Like I have mentioned in previous blogs, this blog is about the connection between Germany and Seattle. Through this blog I bring wonderful ideas for anyone to experience German culture right here in Seattle. It is about opening gates between Germany and America and bringing our cultures closer together. I hope through this blog it can open some minds and give some experience of delicious German food right in the comfort of your home!

Now, in class we have been discussing immigration and the world wide impact of immigration. I would say that it is because of immigration that we have such a variety of great delicious food in America! And I would also say that because of the large Turkish immigration in Germany, Germany now has delicious Donners that are very popular! I believe that immigration brings many great things to a country, including awesome food!


Delicous Kartoffelpuffer!

Randy