I seem to have a number of friends who grew up outside of the US. I know them from college and from my home church as we have had a few missionary families stay in Creston during their furlough. Susie (Susanna) is one of those. She's a great friend and we've had loads of fun times together! She grew up in Germany and came back to the US in high school. We were college suitemates my freshman year at FBBC and fellow music majors so we spent a lot of time together. Now she teaches in Honduras and comes back in the summer to visit friends and family.
I've been paying attention to the World Cup this summer and it's been fun to follow. Because the USA was out of the World Cup, I had to choose a different team to cheer on for the win. So, to support the home country of my German friend(s), I went with Deutschland and I'm glad I did!
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| Germany won and we celebrated! |
I finished up reading Ezra today and I was impressed with his character. "The gracious hand of his God was on him, because Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel." Ezra 7:9b-10
God showed his faithfulness to Ezra by protecting him as he and many Israelites traveled. Ezra also pleaded for Israel before God because of their sin of intermarriage with unbelievers. He was so ashamed of their sin. God convicted hearts and the people made a covenant to marry only those who followed God and dismiss the foreign wives.
It's a reminder to me of how terrible it is of us to sin against God after all He has done for us. Erza was right to take sin seriously. But we can be so grateful for the endless grace of God to forgive and guide us away from sin.
It's a reminder to me of how terrible it is of us to sin against God after all He has done for us. Erza was right to take sin seriously. But we can be so grateful for the endless grace of God to forgive and guide us away from sin.
To celebrate the German win, we decided to make a German meal for supper. We stopped at Aldi to grab a few things. Susie suggested the following for the menu.
spätzle (noodles and cheese)
rotkohl (red cabbage w/apples)
bratwurst
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| The spatula just couldn't handle the dough for the noodles. |
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| Tonya began the noodle creating. |
Spätzle is a cheese and noodle dish but not exactly not mac and cheese. I don't have the full recipe here because we didn't actually measure anything other than the noodle dough.
This was quite the process. Definitely not a one-man job. We placed the dough in a ziploc bag and poked holes in it. Then we squeezed the dough out into boiling water. Trouble was that the dough was pretty thick and the holes grew too big. We had some noodles of diverse sizes.
Once the noodles float to the surface, you scoop them out and layer a casserole dish (9x9) with noodles and swiss cheese. You can also include onion if desired.
Brats are nothing new but we did not eat them with a bun. These were simply smoked and all we had to do was saute them with some onion. I don't usually like brats but these were really good! Not the nasty tough skin and low on the grease!
Ok, so here is where we cheated. Aldi only had green cabbage and we didn't want to make another stop just for red cabbage. This was rotkohl in a jar.
Rotkohl would be pretty easy to make though. It includes red cabbage, apples, vinegar, cloves, and salt. Not something I had ever had before but I really liked it.
We were able to whip this up in under an hour and we had a great time making everything! German food is quite filling and tasty, you should give it a try.
Here is a good recipe for the Spätzle. She has a handy little tool for the noodles that would be way better than a ziploc but requires that stuff called money. From there, grab some shredded Swiss cheese (2 cups) and layer or mix it with the noodles and bake for 20-25 minutes at 375° F. You can top it with sauteed onions for some extra flavor!
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