 Poster: A snowHead
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@Steilhang, now a proper (veal) schnitzel is something I like, but I've not had once in an Austrian ski resort. My favourite is Escalope Holstein.
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If they have it on the menu, a Fleischkrapfen. Every hut has its own recipie, but basically its like a big finely chopped meat pasty served with sauerkraut, absolutely delicious! Sometimes its like a pastry, sometimes more like a giant batter, either way are both really tasty and filling. The best one to be had is at the Moosalm, Eben or the Holzwurm at bottom of Neuberg lift, Filzmoos.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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First time I have ever read a good thread and felt full! Austrian food is hefty and delicious 
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@Nadenoodlee, tell me about it! Thank God for elasticated waistbands! 
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@Mr.Egg, what is that?
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This thread is making me soooo hungry and even more looking forward to Kitzbuhel in four weeks. I love Austrian food, but it doesnt do my cholesterol levels any good
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if you are on a budget, Leberkase (which is like spam, if you remember that) in a Semmel with Senf. It costs about 3 euros and is perfect for elevenses with a hangover. Suspect you should not do it too often though. For supper, Schweinhacksen as mentioned above with Saurkraut is fantastic and cheap - you may have to pre-order. Because it is usually such good value, when the bill comes you can say to your friends "I'll get this" - it is a rare win win situation.
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@brandegg, yep, also good is a schmaltzbrot, which is basically a slice of dark bread and dripping with tiny crunchy bits of crackling, with lots of wafer thin sliced raw onions, costs about €2.80, or if you are in Styria, then try a steirekasbrot, powdery stilton type crumbly cheese on buttered farmhouse bread, again about €3 euros and a really tasty snack.
Im not going to lie, they will both give you breath that could kill a bear at 20 meters tho!
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@holidayloverxx,
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| Knieküchle is a traditional German fried dough pastry that is very popular in Old Bavaria, Franconia, Western Austria and Thuringia. Depending on region it has several other names, including Auszogne, Krapfen, Küchl, or Rottnudel. In Austria its name is Bauernkrapfen or Kiachl. |
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Germknoedl for me. When we first saw it years ago we had to ask the diner what it was so we could get some. Does slow you down a bit after though!
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dark bread and dripping with tiny crunchy bits of crackling, with lots of wafer thin sliced raw onions
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That sounds great. Best thing I ever ate in Austria was dark rye bread with spek - served in a genuine high mountain Heidi kind of place by a Heidi's grandfather type - an Austrian friend had taken us walking. I was very hungry - only about 14 - had never eaten anything like it. It was high summer above the Wolfgangsee. My mother said, in her best and not-quite-forgotten German "Ich bin heiss". The subsequent correction was one I will never forget! That's the way to learn a language... 
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Dripping, crackling and raw onion, eh?... think I might give that one a miss. 
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You know it makes sense.
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@Hurtle, it's luverly
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yes, mir ist es heiss might have been better. If the OP is self catering, for breakfast, Vollkorn bread with butter, honey, and a coffee is a nice start. Thank you Kooky re Schmalzbrot, I have not come across this in Tyrol, will have a go; the bread here is so much better than the bland stuff in the UK. And healthy.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@pam w, oh yes, the girls at work always laugh at me for making that mistake too 
@brandegg, its really good, try it!
I still think of of the best things on any huts menu is a Brettljause. Usually a large selection of home produced cheeses, meats, cold roast cuts often served with pickled veg, grated fresh horseradish (kren) spreads, sausages, basically anything the chef fancies plonking on your platter. They are great value, good for sharing too as they are always huge. They do vary vastly in price here though, from the fancy ones in Lisa Alm where they are served on a very artistic fancy washing line type board, seriously has to be seen to be believed, down to the ones where there is so much food I have to wrap it in serviettes and take it home for later
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Really dark rye bread - yum!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Kooky wrote: |
| @brandegg, yep, also good is a schmaltzbrot, which is basically a slice of dark bread and dripping with tiny crunchy bits of crackling, with lots of wafer thin sliced raw onions... ! |
Another vote for this delicacy. My Dad used to love a variation on this dish, with the dripping coming from cooking well-cured speck, with the addition of a few caraway seeds. Totally “schmeckt wunderbar”, but you can feel your arteries protest.
Love just about everything that has been mentioned above. Comfort food.
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| pam w wrote: |
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dark bread and dripping with tiny crunchy bits of crackling, with lots of wafer thin sliced raw onions
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That sounds great. Best thing I ever ate in Austria was dark rye bread with spek - served in a genuine high mountain Heidi kind of place by a Heidi's grandfather type - an Austrian friend had taken us walking. I was very hungry - only about 14 - had never eaten anything like it. It was high summer above the Wolfgangsee. My mother said, in her best and not-quite-forgotten German "Ich bin heiss". The subsequent correction was one I will never forget! That's the way to learn a language... |
Ha ha! Biggest mistake I ever made in German was during an altercation with another guy which was getting a bit heated ( I was young ). I said "wenn du nicht sofort die Schnauze hältst dann hol ich dir eine runter". The argument was over...
I'll leave it to Kooky to translate.
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I can't remember what it was called, but my wife once ordered a dish in Obergurgl that turned out to be three glass jars, each full of a different kind of lard. With bread to spread it on.
She figured it couldn't be as gross as it sounded.
She was wrong.
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Tafelspitz mit Meerrettichsoße
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| An astonishingly appetite-curbing thread. Almost the only one of these dishes I like is a well-made Gulaschsuppe. |
Ditto, I do love a nice gulaschsuppe, but a well cooked schweinaxe, and a good apfelkuchen, are nice too, for those of us who don`t like lots of fat or sugar. Much of the rest however well cooked is not to my taste, too full of fat and/or sugar. But we are all different in our likes and dislikes!
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I can't remember what it was called, but my wife once ordered a dish in Obergurgl that turned out to be three glass jars, each full of a different kind of lard. With bread to spread it on.
She figured it couldn't be as gross as it sounded.
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Hmmm, different tastes for different folks. We got served that at Gasthaus Zu den 3 Hacken in Wien. Delicious. BTW: that restaurant still gets great reviews and thus well-worth a visit.
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| @Mr.Egg, what is that? |
Its donut like
Either cranbeery like the pic or sauerkraut
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All of it is nice. You can’t go wrong.
I had some delicious sausages the other day in Zell am See. They were called Berner Wuerstel (no umlaut on my keyboard).
Goodness me they were so yummy.
They are sausages wrapped in bacon with cheese in the middle of the sausages (but only a bit).
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@stanton, YES!!! Forgot that one but don't see it up on the huts too much.
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You know it makes sense.
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@pam w, oh yes, the girls at work always laugh at me for making that mistake too
@brandegg, its really good, try it!
I still think of of the best things on any huts menu is a Brettljause. Usually a large selection of home produced cheeses, meats, cold roast cuts often served with pickled veg, grated fresh horseradish (kren) spreads, sausages, basically anything the chef fancies plonking on your platter. They are great value, good for sharing too as they are always huge. They do vary vastly in price here though, from the fancy ones in Lisa Alm where they are served on a very artistic fancy washing line type board, seriously has to be seen to be believed, down to the ones where there is so much food I have to wrap it in serviettes and take it home for later |
+1 on the Brettljause. Always entertaining watching peopls's faces when they think the horseradish is grated cheese, load it on bread and then take a bite...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I am not a cheese eater but there are excellent sausages with cheese in the middle so I have to mention the wurst kase scenario. (not an original joke I know).
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Mr.Egg wrote: |
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| @Mr.Egg, what is that? |
Its donut like
Either cranbeery like the pic or sauerkraut
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Ah yes...I have had one. It was lovely
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Steilhang, How did that work out for you?
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All of it, one of the beauties of skiing in Austria.
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Mmmmmmm grostl mmmmmmmmmm - just yummy!
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| @Steilhang, How did that work out for you? |
Everyone fell about laughing. Good result, albeit unintentional
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I’ve had a fair few Groestls in the 4 weeks I’ve been here, but so far no Germknoedel and no Kaiserschmarrn.
I’m not sure if congratulations or commiserations should be in order.
I think this week could be the week though!
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Hirsch or Wildragout too - depending on the variety a stew of venison, wild boar, or other hunted game meat.
Surprised to see so much love of Fleischkäs! It's basically just a slice of the churned up 'meat' you find inside a cheap frankfurter! Better option for a quick semmel filling from the super market is Schweinebauch - roast pork belly (with the crackling still on).
Käspressknödel is to die for too. A jausl is always good. Pumpkin soup - especially with Steirische Kurbiskernöl (Styria's famous for pumpkin seed oil). Marillenknödel (apricot dumplings) are delicious for desert too.
You'll never find it in a ski resort (mostly because it's only eaten for a few weeks in November), but Martinigansl is one of my favourite Austrian meals - roast goose, with chestnut stuffing, dumplings and rotkraut (red cabbage, served like sauerkraut).
@Kooky, are you far enough east to get Heurigen? So good during the summer, and one of the few things I miss from summers in Niederösterreich.
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As has already been mentioned, Gulashsuppe is a must,
but I'll second roast goose with chestnut stuffing, rotkohl and klose, Oh mate, delish!
But then again I love some of the salad platers too, particularly the celeriac salad.
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@gixxerniknik, Roast goose! Now you're talking. Is Austrian celeriac salad like French celeriac remoulade? I love that and often make it.
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