Adalbert - you are now sounding ambiguous - is it you who doesn't like
cinnamon?
Don't forget many different nationalities moved into East Prussia -
including Scots,
Dutch, Austrian, Germans from Germany, not Prussia; you mean to tell
me none of
them used cinnamon?
Muriel
re:
Adalbert - you are now sounding ambiguous - is it you who doesn't like
cinnamon?
Adalbert Goertz responds >>>>>>>>>>>>
True. As a genuine East Prussiam I remember that cinnamon never was used
on Streuselkuchen, but only as an additive with sugar to rice, sparingly.
Remember that overseas foods were not used in East Prussia ( bananas etc.)
So, as I said, if you want East Prussian cakes, cinnamon wouldnt be
a part of it.
If you want American cakes, by all means, drown yourself in sugar and
cinnamon.
I have to agree with Adalbert here. The only Zimt I can
remember was on rice pudding.
Fred
4788 Corian Court
Naples, FL 34114
941-775-7838; 941-269-4781 (FL cell)
or 215-205-2841 (Philly cell)
FredRump@earthlink.net
Hi all,
Well, I'm finding this thread quite interesting. Not
to genealogically oriented, (sorry to those who mind).
In my case, the topic is one of my favorite interests,
culture and traditions. Sorry, I don't have any
answers to the mystery of the cinnamon cake recipe.
I do have memories of traditional german cakes I've
tried. Some my Oma baked, others through german
friends and family. In general zimt/cinnamon as a main
defining ingredient of a cake seems odd to me. Spice
cakes in general seem more likely. The spice cakes I
know had more of a bread consistancy then cake. Can't
help but wonder if the cake had flavors like
Speculatius or more of a white cake/bread, which is
what I know Streussel Kuchen to be.
The cake in question got hard and was then soaked in
milk, I remember this being done with Zwieback. Which
also leads me to think is was sort of a bread type
cake.
All of this talk over traditional food, is making me
long for my Oma's Koenigsberger Klops, or a really
good fish zuppe. My Oma was from Tolkemit, West
Preussen, am Frischen Haff, lots of fisher men!
My two cents or more,
Carmen
Ah, I too am still looking for the fischsuppe of my childhood in
Elbing and Kalberg. Never have been able to match it
anywhere. Taste is a very strong memory and it has to be
exact. 
I did have Königsberger Klopse made as a birthday present
by my cousin who was visiting from Berlin. She learned the
real thing from her Elbinger mother (my mom's sister). My
wife had been trying to make the same thing for years but
could never recreate the memory of the original taste.
I know the feeling when one longs for a long forgotten
favorite food. It's like living an old moment over again.
Fred
4788 Corian Court
Naples, FL 34114
941-775-7838; 941-269-4781 (FL cell)
or 215-205-2841 (Philly cell)
FredRump@earthlink.net
Ich würde euch mal www.maggi.de empfehlen. Dort ist bestimmt auch eine
Kochliste.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Andreas Pörschke
Der Verweis auf Maggi.de ist vielleicht niocht ganz passend. Aber wenn man
schon so hinter Origibnal ostpreussischen Rezepten her ist, dann kann man
auch hier nachschauen : http://www.ostpreussen-forum.de . �brigens ist bei
diesem Rezept keine Rede von Zimt ! - Andere Rezepte sind auch da! -
Mit freundlichen Gr��en
Hans-Christoph Surkau
-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
Hallo,
Familienforschung ist mehr als das Aufspie�en von Namen wie bei
Schmetterlingen, wie es neulich mal jemand so sch�n in einer Liste schrieb.
Seitdem ich in meiner Schulzeit Marcel Proust "Al la recherche du temps perdu "
gelesen habe, wo durch den Duft einer "Madeleine" (ein br�tchen�hnliches
Geb�ckst�ck)die Erinnerung an vergangene Situationen erwachte, habe ich diese
Erfahrung oft gemacht. Und ich denke, gerade wenn man im Ausland, in einer doch
anders gearteten Kultur-und Esslandschaft lebt, ist man besonders empf�nglich
f�r sinnliche Erinnerungen dieser Art.
Gute Familienforschung ist meiner Meinung nach nicht nur Kopfarbeit, sondern es
ist auch das Verarbeiten von "Bauch"-Erfahrungen, womit ich nicht nur das
Essen meine. Es ist das Gef�hl, das Herz oder wie immer man das nennen mag. Es
ist der ganze Mensch, der sich einbringt in eine Familienforschung, die auch
anderen Lesern Spa� macht.
Nichts f�r ungut. Mir hat diese Diskussion Spa� gemacht.
Viele Gr��e von der Elbe
Gaby
Andreas P�rschke schrieb:
Wunderbar gesagt!
Zur Erinnerung an die Vergangenheit, die wir ja alle
ersuchen, gehört eben alles was die Menschen damals
wichtig fanden und essen ist wohl schon immer wichtig
gewesen.
Fred
4788 Corian Court
Naples, FL 34114
941-775-7838; 941-269-4781 (FL cell)
or 215-205-2841 (Philly cell)
FredRump@earthlink.net
So......how about potato pancakes!!!!!!
Regards,
Robert Lipprandt
Robert Lipprandt wrote:
hmmmm........I wonder if our memories of food
can make us fat!
Regards,
Robert Lipprandt
Excuse me please, But, would this list happen to have an English section??
I have seen "Tiltz" mentioned, My great aunt Charlotte was from their.
Respectively,
Lory Schwager Sutherlin
Washington State
USA
Bi-lingual Lory.
Regards,
Robert Lipprandt
(South Florida, USA)