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Entry: Federweißer - a German must - A13647486
Author: B'Elana -ACE - Minister of Abbrev. - U230913

Another seasonal and regional entry, it's all about good food and alcoholic drinks here
Please tell me what you think, ideas for more links are welcome

Well , I'm thirsty now

On first scan and enjoyment read, looks good. I like these kinds of Entries on the little things that make other cultures fun

I'm glad you like it I intended to submit it near the time the season starts, then had nearly forgotten about it. Thanks to Sho for reminding me

Aha! So this is what has been keeping your quiet all afternoon.. Most interesting!

lil xx

Guilty as charged
You'll have to come over next month

Would you believe, I don't have a passport ??

Besides, pennies will be short after the Wedding of the Year!

you called?


excellent - any chance of a link to a recipe for Zwiebelkuchen, or are they all in German?

The only thing I spotted is that you need a space after your 4th footnote

Yes, I do believe the passport thing. Seems as if Germans are the only ones who have them

I'll go and have a look for a recipe, do you think there are some in English ? And is onion tart the correct word anyway ?

I'll get to give us one, how about that? I think 'flan' might be more appropriate, but I'm not so up on culinary terms

I've always thought a flan was a sort of 'Pudding'

I think tart is fine, although in England we do have savoury flans as well.

Will read the entry now and get back if there is anything to comment on

ah,you're thinking of the proper French definiton of Flan.

To a Brit it's a pie without a top, with egg as it's basis.

I haven't had it in yonks,but isn't Zwiebelkuchen more like a Quiche?

Yes, it's not so far from a quiche. I've found a recipe here: http://pie.allrecipes.com/az/OnionTart.asp

I think that sounds like something I'd ake for an onion tart

magwitch

A flan and a tart are open casings (without a lid)

A pie is with a lid

A pudding is something that is served hot

if I remember rightly Zwiebelkuchen is a sort of raised pastry dough with lots of onions. But is an expert at those so I'll check when he gets home.

everybody. To be honest, I don't recall what the last Zwiebelkuchen i had looked like, it's been three years now that we last made such a tour as described

Just one or two typos in an excellent entry, B'Elana

('White Feathers', also known as Sauser or Sturm1( tempest) amongst other names)--> maybe a hyphen or two would be better to accentate tempest than a further set of brackets

they are pressed ,--> lose the space after pressed

if you are lucky,some --> add a space after comma

That's it!

"Federweißen stimulates the digestion and in combination with the consumed onion tart may result in a 'tempest' in your bowels" this line made me laugh out loud

Thanks, have amended the spaces ( even found another one , and have changed the first sentence slightly, tell me if that looks better now