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Whole bratwurst versus cut-up bratwurst
Am Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:51:12 +0100 schrieb Tim C.:
On 25 Feb 2010 10:04:45 GMT, Erick T. Barkhuis wrote in post : : But apart from eating curries, is there anything else worthwhile in Birmingham? Endless hours of fun trying to understand what everyone is saying? *g* I remember going to a butcher buying some bacon, and the butcher said something like "Aaar, de loovelay baicen!" :-) Regards, Frank |
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Birmingham (was: Whole bratwurst versus cut-up bratwurst)
Frank Hucklenbroich:
Am 25 Feb 2010 10:04:45 GMT schrieb Erick T. Barkhuis: Actually, I would consider visiting Birmingham, since I've never been there. But apart from eating curries, is there anything else worthwhile in Birmingham? Bull-Ring market .. shopping, as prices are consideraby lower than in London... lots of pubs ... Chinatown ... Then you have the Channels... try some nice Jamaican food ... For a long weekend it's well worth the visit. Go in spring or summer, though. Sounds like a nice list for a day or three. Enough destinies that either the Mrs. or I don't like, so plenty of food for disagreement. :-) Thanks, Frank! One more question: is everything closed on Sundays, or is Birmingham one of those places that keeps shops open 24/7? -- Erick |
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Whole bratwurst versus cut-up bratwurst
On Feb 25, 11:45*am, "Tim C." wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:56:44 -0800 (PST), george wrote in post : : On Feb 25, 10:02 am, "Tim C." wrote: -----snipped----------- Your being from Wisconsin, I can't believe your last statement. Good Wisconsin Bratwurst can't be beat, especially if it is chunky. Try finding a chunky Bratwurst in a restaurant in Germany, you'll starve trying! They're not supposed to be chunky. Doh! I doubt if in Germany that they would be, as from watching cooking programs it's interesting to see Germans homogenizing everything, taking what might be a good chunky soup and turning it into baby food. *The same for other things. *I did however see chunky bratwurst advertised in food stores in Th ringen when we were there this summer, but unfortunately, none of the restaurants served it. *So it appears to me that other people may also prefer a chunky-style. *And to me, chunky bratwurst is best, having grown up in the US eating and loving it, not that over-homogenized stuff. George The bratwurst I know isn't that pulp they make a lot of stuff out of, but I'd not describe it as chunky either. -- Tim C. * chunky....like puke ? |
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Whole bratwurst versus cut-up bratwurst
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:17:43 +0100, Frank Hucklenbroich wrote in post :
t : "Aaar, de loovelay baicen!" very convincing :-) -- Tim C. |
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Birmingham
Am 25 Feb 2010 12:28:23 GMT schrieb Erick T. Barkhuis:
Thanks, Frank! One more question: is everything closed on Sundays, or is Birmingham one of those places that keeps shops open 24/7? It's been a while since I've been there, but I remember that at least the small (usually Indian) corner shops open on Sundays. They sell anything for your daily needs (food, drinks, papers, cigarettes, and so on). I don't know about the big shops in the city, I think it depends on the time of year (they open the Sundays before Christmas some other Sundays in the year, but probably not every week). Regards, Frank |
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Birmingham
"Frank Hucklenbroich" wrote in message
... I don't know about the big shops in the city, I think it depends on the time of year (they open the Sundays before Christmas some other Sundays in the year, but probably not every week). I'm pretty sure you'll find that 99% of big stores in Birmingham (and everywhere else in the UK) are open for at least six hours on Sundays. See right-hand panel here http://www.bullring.co.uk/website/ Ian |
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Whole bratwurst versus cut-up bratwurst
"Erick T. Barkhuis" wrote in message ... William Black: "Erick T. Barkhuis" wrote in message ... By "Curry sauce", I don't usually think of the ketchup sauce that comes with currywurst immediately. Rather, I picture yellowish sauce (curry, coconut, pineapple) that comes with chicken. Consider spending a day on the Soho Road in Birmingham. It has the best Indian food, outside India, that I've ever tasted. [...and we're back on-topic again!] Actually, I would consider visiting Birmingham, since I've never been there. But apart from eating curries, is there anything else worthwhile in Birmingham? We like to visit towns and cities for the athmosphere, the shopping, the 'secret places' (back gardens, hidden pubs, quaint small town parks, small unknown churches, etc.). We're not running from one museum to the next and don't really care for night entertainment. Birmingham's not really a tourist centre but it has good shopping at much lower prices than London in the 'Markets area', a Jewellery Quarter that almost defies the imagination if you like jewellery. Like most UK provincial cities over a certain size it has a first class museums and art galleries. If you're into nightlife then an evening on Broad Street is a must. It was very safe the last time I was there and if you stay at somewhere like Jurys Inn on Broad Street (where I stayed last time I was there) you're right in the middle of the city and it has reasonably priced secure parking. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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Whole bratwurst versus cut-up bratwurst
"Frank Hucklenbroich" wrote in message .. . Am Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:26:01 +0530 schrieb William Black: "Erick T. Barkhuis" wrote in message ... By "Curry sauce", I don't usually think of the ketchup sauce that comes with currywurst immediately. Rather, I picture yellowish sauce (curry, coconut, pineapple) that comes with chicken. Consider spending a day on the Soho Road in Birmingham. It has the best Indian food, outside India, that I've ever tasted. Ist that the part where they have all the small mum-and-dad Indian-restaurants? I remember visiting one, somewhere near Handsworth (not exactly a nice area). It was funny looking in the kitchen, where they were actually cooking the food on some gas-cookers, the kind of like my grandmother would have used 50 years ago. I also remember that some of them where not licenced for alcohol, so guests would bring their own six-pack of beer in to have with the curry (they would probably charge a little bit extra for that). Very nice food, though. That sounds a bit like 'curry gulch' where the food is tailored for English tastes, which is usually 'too much meat, simple sauces with only a dozen spices in them (If you're lucky, if you're unlucky you'll get Pataks tinned sauce), they'll serve roti and rice together, samosa as a starter and Vindaloo with potato and tomato in it' all without laughing at you. I'm talking about the places the local Indian middle classes go to eat out. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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Whole bratwurst versus cut-up bratwurst
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, george wrote: On Feb 24, 6:32*pm, erilar wrote: In article -----snipped------- "Bratwurst = roasted sausage in Germany. It can be totally different between restaurants in the same city, and it's usually better than most "Bratwurst" in the US 8-)" Bratwurst means more than roasted sausage. It is a particular type of sausage that is usually roasted. If I go up to a sausage stand and order a Bratwurst I expect that type of sausage, and it will be what I'm served, not a Rot (red- like a very good American hotdog) or some other type that they may also have on the grill. I guess I assumed the OP could spot one of those as different 8-) Your being from Wisconsin, I can't believe your last statement. Good Wisconsin Bratwurst can't be beat, especially if it is chunky. Try finding a chunky Bratwurst in a restaurant in Germany, you'll starve trying! The trick is finding a small butcher shop that makes their own. I once taught in a town with an actual German butcher. I was in sausage heaven 8-) Then in a heavily Polish-ancestry town I found great sausage again. But what's in a grocery store, while some of it is decent, suffers by comparison 8-) If you are going to be in Stuttgart, drop me a line. Actually, I will be, but only between trains. Since my plane gets in somewhere around dawn and the first place I'm staying is on the Neckar, I'm wondering whether I could get together with some friends who live not all THAT far from there for a couple hours between trains. I really need to write. . . -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo |
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Whole bratwurst versus cut-up bratwurst
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, george wrote: On Feb 25, 9:36*am, george wrote: On Feb 24, 6:32*pm, erilar wrote: In article ----snipped---------- I'll add one more comment about Bratwurst. After Christmas we stayed in Hohenschwangau in Bavaria, and the wild boar Bratwurst was just excellent, some of the best Bratwurst I've ever had!!!!! oooooo sounds delicious! -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo |
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