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Summer on the Road – Part Two: Canada

Summer on the Road – Part Two: Canada

Ridiculous amounts of fun in Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper, and Vancouver!

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Ten Refreshing Cocktails

I’m not sure if the heat is finally getting to us or what, but for the past year we’ve been totally cocktail obsessed.

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Summer on the Road – Part One: Dallas & Kansas City

Summer on the Road – Part One: Dallas & Kansas City

In order to escape the Texas heat we start on a month long road trip up to Canada.

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Gorditas and Pig Skin

Gorditas and Pig Skin

Gorditas stuffed with a tomatillo salsa and sticky pig skin

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Houston: Anvil Bar, T’Afia, Stella Sola and more

Houston: Anvil Bar, T’Afia, Stella Sola and more

We’ve been in Texas for two years now, but this was oddly only our second time in Houston.

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Making Bacon and Mayonnaise for a BLT

Making Bacon and Mayonnaise for a BLT

I am honestly completely weirded out that we haven’t made bacon until now. It’s so ridiculously easy!

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Making Pastrami

Making Pastrami

Homemade Pastrami is one of our favourite things we’ve cooked to date! It’s 3 week process of brining, smoking and braising was worth it.

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Homemade Mozzarella and Duck Breast Prosciutto

Homemade Mozzarella and Duck Breast Prosciutto

Our fun first time making Mozza and Prosciutto from Duck Breasts.

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Goetta: Our Cincinnati Breakfast Favourite

Goetta: Our Cincinnati Breakfast Favourite

Every city has special dishes to call it’s own; in Cincinnati Goetta and Cincinnati Chili top the list.

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New Orleans: Beignets, Turtles, Gators and More

New Orleans: Beignets, Turtles, Gators and More

We have been wanting to try Cajun and Creole food for a long time and now we finally got our chance!

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Menudo: Giving Tripe Another Try

Menudo: Giving Tripe Another Try

A traditional Mexican tripe and beef feet soup that is very popular down here in Laredo Texas.

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Nominated in Saveur’s 1st Annual Food Blog Awards

We were thrilled to find that Foodtease had been nominated for “Most Innovative Video Content”…

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Weisswurst, Pretzels and Beer for Breakfast

Videos — By David on October 6, 2009

As a little Oktoberfest celebration, we decided to try and re-create one of our favourite meals from our trip to Germany this past summer.

8 Comments

  1. Dede says:

    Totally loved this one. You two are SO Top Chef (I am secretly nominating you for their 1st season of Top Chef “Couples Edition”). Now, what does the ice do again? Does it help soften the meat? Trying the pretzels tomorrow for dinner with a Lean Cuisine :)

  2. David says:

    I think the Ice is mainly added to keep the temperature down so the fat doesn’t start to separate while you’re food processing the meat. It takes a while to get it as smooth as Weisswurst should be, so it can start to get a little warm. We should have processed ours for quite a bit longer, but it was our first try so we’re still learning.

  3. Barr says:

    This is one of my faves! I’ve made deer sausage many times and know exactly what goes into it, lots of sweat and time. I’ve never made an uncured sausage before but now I may have to try it. Thanks for inspiration!

    Barr from St. Peters, MO

    ps, have to agree with Dede, Top Chef couples edition for sure!

  4. Kathleen says:

    Nice weisse breakfast.

  5. Eleanor says:

    Amazing! This is a really nice tribute to the trip in Germany.

  6. Lisa says:

    Amazing! I am delighted that you guys made weisswurst, and at the same time, secretly terribly ashamed to have been married to a Bavarian for 23 years and not done the same. Ohhh, perhaps a weissbier will help wash away my pain!
    BTW–the ice is to create little air pockets (similar to the chunky butter in pie pastry) that melt when you cook the weisswurst to give the sausage a lighter, fluffier consistency.

  7. Bryan says:

    Brought back great memories. Where did you get the beer steins?

  8. Nicole says:

    Haha the we picked them up when we were wasting 8 hours in the Munich airport. It was a 5 am decision I don’t regret.

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