gerd.muller

Rage

...oh yes, my best buddys brother! Mostly, when I close the restaurant round midnight, my buddy (he works for me) and me are just having a beer before going home, but, no matter where we go, 5 minutes after we order our drinks that guy appears there to, like he has some kind of GPS to find us. We just call him "die Kakerlake" (=The Cockroach, the Pest), and once he started talking, he won´t stop and all he´s talking about is how hard his work is ( ...he´s cash-teller at a bank!!! ...hard work!!! ...good joke!!!), how mean his boss and his co-workers are ( ...no wonder, working 9 hours every day next to him!!! What a pain!!!) and that he can´t understand he couldn´t find a girl ( ...ever had a look in the mirror, man?)! Did you ever throw a present into the waste-box even if you told the one, that gave it to you, how much you love it?

Hey, that made my day, I finally pepared something "Elissa-friendly", at least the bread!! Dear Elissa! Belive me, if you try that bread at home, enjoy it fresh out of the oven! You´ll love it! And you´re totally right! The "pre-Dinner-bread" is a sign how good a restaurant is for my wife and me, too! When they serve you good and fresh bread before the meal, there´s the danger I´m stuffed with bread before the dinner even´s started!

My wife and I have been invited to the pre-opening Party of the new "La Martina"-store in Munich where they doubled and donated every Cent you spend to a Foundation that gives education to kids in Argentina. So, we bought some random Polo-shirts and shirts and did some charity while spending money.

It´s even fantastic if you replace the salami with grilled vegies like zucchini and peppers or, no joke, grilled Hokaido-Pumpkin. When you grill the pumpkin, pour a marinade made from olive-oil, cinamon,salt and honey over it, that´s an awesome taste! It depends on so much factors, about how warm it is, the acctual Humidity, ... But I think it will take you 30-40 Minutes again, the longer you leave the bread, the better. Here´s the recipe, it will make you about 12 bread-rolls: 1 lbs Flour 1,5 ounces fresh yeast or 2 small packs of instant yeast 0,5 coffeespoon sea-salt 5-7 fl oz warm water (depends on the flour!) Gerd

Ride of Steel

The problem with your eyes running while cuting and chopping onions is the acid, that is in the onion´s inner skins. This acid is causing irritation in the nasal mucosa. Try to breathe trough your wide-opened Mouth while choping onions, that will help! Gerd.

Me again! Hy everybody! Do you know that feeling when all your stomach wants is a real awesome "snack", not such a convenience-stuff or Mc... - Burger-.... sh...!? Here´s a sandwich you can´t resist; ok, it takes a bit longer to prepare because you bake the bread by yourself, but the taste you will get is worth every minute of work! Here we go: Panini "Pugliese-style" with homemade fries Believe me, that taste will make your day! Gerd! ... and serve with the fries! Enjoy! Cut the sandwich into two pieces ... Top with the upper half of the bread-roll and fix it with two bamboo-sticks! ...and add another layer of fresh tomatos and the marinated mozzarella. Top with layers of thin slicced, hot italian garlic-salami and the grilled, marinated eggplants, ... ... and cover with Lollo-Rosso-Letuce-Leaves. Now, spread the grilled surface of the bread with salted butter, ... Fry the potato-sticks in hot peanut-oil meanwhile until they are gold-brown and crispy! ... and grill them in a griddle-pan. Now, cut the bread-rolls in the middle ... ... and mix with olive-oil. Flavor with "Old Bay"-seasoning (I really love that stuff, it´s the best thing you can treat your potatos with!) ... ... cut it into thin slices and give the slices into a bowl. To the fries: Peel a potato, ... .. until it get´s brown and crispy. Now bake the rolls at 200°C (=400°F) ... ... pour that marinade over the eggplants. ... and mix up well, ... Give some rosemary, some garlic (peel first and remove the inner green sprout), chili pepper and some salt in a mixing glas ... Back again to the eggplants: Grill them from both sides and lay them into a casserolle. Cover the baking-tray with a clean (!!!) kitchen towel and leave the rolls at a warm place again so that they can double their size again! If you want to, you can now top the rolls with some sesame-seeds or chopped rosemary or grounded pepper or whatever you want. I prefer sesame-seeds. Mix warm water with a little bit of salt and honey and spread the rolls surface. ... roll the dough out thin and then roll them in like shown in the picture. Lay the rolls on a backing-paper-covered backing-tray. Make the pieces ball-shaped with a plain surface .... Now we can carry on with the bread: When the dough´s size has doubled, knead it again and part it in equal-sized pieces, mine are 80 g (=0,2 lbs) each. ...give the slices into a strainer and salt them. leave them there for 30 minutes so they will loose some brown liquid. Next step: Cut an eggplant in thin slices... ... and mix all the things carefully. Pour some olive-oil over it ... Flavor the Mozzarella with salt and sugar and grate a little bit of lime-peel over it. Cut the piece of chili-pepper real small, but remove the seeds and the inner white skins first and please, wear gloves! Give the chilis to the Mozzarella. Cut the Mozzarella in slices and give the slices in a bowl. Meanwhile we can start to marinate the Mozzarella: You need: Buffalo-Mozzarella, Sea-salt, a little bit of sugar, Native Olive-oil, a piece of Chili-pepper and a untreated lime or lemon. ... and leave it covered at a warm place (I prefer putting it atop of the oven) until it has doubled its size. this will take about 30 minutes. Cover the bowl with the dough in it with a clean (!!!!!) kitchen-towel ... Keep on kneading until you get a compact piece of dough that doesn´t stick at the bowl´s side anymore, Mix all the dry ingredients and add warm water, while you knead the dough. That´s all you need for preparing awesome bread: Flour, Water, Salt and Yeast(instant or fresh, that doesnt matter!)

^ Grrrrreat Song!!!! Boogie 2Nite - Booty Luv

Sunny - The Boogie Pimps

Don´t look any further - M-people

Renegade

Together we cry - The Script

Feels like tonight - Daughtry

It´s my life - No Doubt

^ Californian < Bavarian v Hidden Alien

Caterpillar song - The Cure

Pride (In the name of love) - U2

Drops of jupiter - Train

Breathe - Midge Ure

... a Smurf´s PooPoo?

^^

Like a pill - Pink

Fever - Madonna