One of my favourite meals as a child growing up is 'Schwabishe Maultaschen' in English translated to Swabian 'Pockets'.
As a young girl, when mom was making Maultaschen for dinner…we Hennig kids must of done something right that day…..at the end of the meal the platter would be nearly empty..well maybe 3 or 4 pieces left for mom and dad to have for lunch then next day.
These delicious little meat-filled pockets of dough are a speciality of Swabia (a region of Germany) and are the first cousins to the Italian ravioli, the Jewish kerplach and the Chinese won-ton. Maultaschen means 'mouth pockets' of dough that you pop into your mouth. Other parts of Germany they are known as Krapfen.
We would start the meal with a bowl of broth with a maultaschen, like you would get a bowl of won-ton soup. We could hardly wait to the next course. Mom would bring in a large platter filled with maultaschen and a huge bowl of potato salad…not the mayo style…a simple dressing of oil vinegar salt pepper tossed with diced celery, green onions and maybe a finely sliced cucumber.
How do you describe this meal….you just have to walk into the house!!
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| Day # 346 "Maultaschen for Dinner" |
It was a very good dinner. Brought back a lot of tasty memories. What was/is your favourite childhood meal?
See you tomorrow with Day # 347!
Jewels
Incredible.....
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