International food blog: Western PA Ethnic Cooking - Part 1 GERMAN 2 & Part 2 The Harmonists AND STOLLEN RECIPE AND VIDEO!!

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Western PA Ethnic Cooking - Part 1 GERMAN 2 & Part 2 The Harmonists AND STOLLEN RECIPE AND VIDEO!!

Western PA Ethnic Cooking – Part 1 – German &

Part 2 The Harmonists and STOLLEN RECIPE & VIDEO!!

Link to Part I - http://internationalfoodblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/western-pa-ethnic-cooking-part-1-german.html#.USuiqh35ycs

Link below to earlier post on Western PA Ethnic Cooking: The Harmonists I - 18th & 19th century German cooking.

Recipes: Cabbage Soup, Apple Dumplings and Young Chickens with Currants

http://internationalfoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-harmonists-i-18th-19th-century.html#.USutdx35ycs

Part I continued - The Harmonists or merger of The Harmonists Part 2 and Western PA Ethnic Cooking – German

VEAL

Veal Meat Patty, A Special Way to Prepare Veal and Lemon Meat

DUMPLINGS

Dumplings were very popular and made from various ingredients:

Apples
Liver
Lard (yes, lard)
Egg
White Bread
Boiled
Franconian* (recipe below)
Milk
Swedish (bread, onions and milk)
Marrow
Veal
Chicken/Capon
Rice

As I referred to about recipes from the Harmonist cookbook in second link above: there aren’t really any measurements as we know them today: tsp, tbsn, cups, etc.

*Example: Here is a recipe for Franconian Dumplings:

Cut as much white bead, as you need, in cubes. Put them in a bowl. Roast half in lard; pour boiling milk over the other half. Dice one onion very fine. Several eggs are beaten with salt, now stir everything together. You may have to add a few spoonsful (modern day spelling is spoonfuls) of flour; watch that the dough does not get too stiff. Make several large dumplings and simmer them in water, but not too long. When you are serving, you may wish to add some broth, but first fry them in hot butter.

SO THERE YOU GO!!

CHICKEN

Chicken was prepared in many ways as the Harmonists raised chickens.

Baked Chicken
Young Chickens with Currants
A Chicken with Chestnuts and Oysters
Young Chickens in an Almond Broth
Chickens with Marjoram and Cream*
Young Chickens o Squabs with Gooseberries or Green Grapes
Chicken with Lettuce
Chicken with Gooseberries
Chicken with Bay Leaves and Raisins
Chicken with Strained Onion Broth

Recipe for Chickens with Marjoram and Cream*

Cook the chickens in salted water until half done; pour off the water and add a quart of cream and marjoram leaves, as well as fresh butter and some bread crumbs. Let it cook together and serve.

EASY!!

A brief interruption with photos I took at September Harmonist Festival in Western Pennsylvania in 2012. Economy (Ambridge) PA to demonstrate that the German influence in western PA is alive and well!!