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I use this mix to make plum cake when the prune plums are in season. I just pit and quarter the prune plums and layer them on top of the bottom crust then sprinkle with a small amount of sugar add topping and bake. Tastes just like the plum cake I aate in Germany.

bread and butter jalapenos, picallili, and pickled okra.

Another way I reseason a cast iron pan, is to make a roux in it. If I'm not needing the roux right away I freeze it for later.

Warm cheese streudel with raspberry and cream sauce at an outdoor cafe in a small Austrian town. Can't remember the name of the town, but it's where they filmed the wedding from The Sound of Music.

While living in Germany, I learned how to make great sauerkraut with juniper berries, apples and potatoes.

I use Panko crumbs all the time when I make schnitzel, and have even used it on cubed steak, makes a very crispy crust. But then it's not traditional chicken fried steak.

This year I'll try canning tomatoes.

Last year I did the pickled jalapenos with carrots and onions. Also mixed up a bread & butter pickle brine but added jalapenos instead of cucumbers for a sweet heat. I have a lot of requests for more bread & butter jalapenos this year, they are great on sandwiches.

I'd stay in the US and make the rounds of the different regional styles of BBQ.

A good and strong sweet tea. Not that sweet colored water that you get in most restaurants.

Pesto, mozzarella and spicy capacolla.

Definitely dark.

Steel cut oats and barley. Slowly trying to introduce more whole grains.

Crispy, but not crunchy, crumbly.