German for “best pancake ever.” When you go to order this at the Magnolia Haus in San Antonio, the friendly wait staff are trained to spot you trying to say “Munk-nih–” and they finish pronouncing it for you, so quickly you want them to say it three more times. It’s really German for “Munich Apple Pancake” and it claims to be “an authentic taste of Bavaria” translated from Oma’s cookbook. I believe it. If you don’t feel like waiting in line for an hour to get a seat in one of MH’s hard little wooden gingerbread booths (is this authentic German too?) to eat this, you can make it at home, in your pajamas, with a pot of coffee. This place was featured last…
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Tucked among the endless rows of late summer melon, onions, peppers, zucchini, I found these. For a moment I thought they might start talking to me like the little flowers in Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. If you find French Radishes, also called breakfast radishes– eat them. And their greens are tasty too. Traditionally eaten with salt and butter, these crunchy little roots are great sliced and sprinkled on a salty sopressa sandwich, or with any kind of salty cheese. Not as spicy as the standard radish, they are mild and refreshing. Last week we partook of the German heritage at the Beethoven Maennerchor. This place is a cultural preservation society, which throws biergarten parties every weekend, exactly two blocks from our house. Presently they are working on raising money to restore the…
