“Mamis Gulasch” translates to “Mommy’s Goulash” and is THE speciality of the house, so to speak. 🧑‍🍳

Harry has cooked this dish for various friends and, so far, everybody has loved it, our 🐸 daughter Nici and myself included. 😋

Of course, we are not talking about the classic Hungarian goulash that you might know.

In fact, it is a recipe from my mother-in-law, hence the name of the dish.

Unfortunately, I never got to meet my mom-in-law as she passed away 20 years ago. 😢

Luckily, she had already given her goulash recipe to her son who would later become my loving husband. Continue reading →

Germany is the land of roasted pork. 🐖

This goes so far that some morons seem to feel personally offended if someone gives up meat because of their lifestyle and won’t be silent about it. 😄

Even worse, of course, are those intellectual low-flyers who claim their patridiotic (pun intended) feelings are hurt and the “Christian Occident” is doomed by people who won’t eat pork for religious reasons. 🤦‍♀️

But let’s not go there. I, for one, am neither religious nor averse to a nice roast pork. My husband and I have tried many a variation, including today’s “Teufelsbraten”. Continue reading →

Harry and I love to cook and eat delicious food. Admittedly, Harry does most of the cooking (and eating). Still, my newest category will be named “My Kitchen”. 😉

Let’s start out with a very simple recipe for our favourite pasta dish. 🍝😋

“Spicy shrimp pasta” describes this dish correctly but we thought, an Italian name might sound a tad more glamorous, hence the title. 🤣 (Thanks for helping out, Ludovica. 😘)

It is not a typical Italian pasta dish, of course, because Harry kind of invented it himself many years ago. He used to like “Brunch Paprika & Peperoni” sandwich spread and, being a North Sea enthusiast, he loves “Granat” as brown shrimp is called up in East Frisia. Continue reading →