Szegediner Gulazsch

The year was 2009. My first taste was accompanied with slight trepidation. After all, we're talking sauerkraut here - a dish not exactly known for it's universal appeal. I say "slight" though, since it was a rainy winter's day, lunch time was nearing and my tummy was feeling decidedly empty. The other food on offer at the German festival looked pretty appealing if you're a big fan of sausages (boy do those Germans looooove their sausage!) or potatoes.

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Butternut, Red Onion and Olive Pizza

My mind is playing tricks on me, and I have the proof. I have to battle with suspiciously empty spaces in my mind where a nugget of information was supposed to reside and I um and ah my way through many a conversation these days. My concentration is absolutely shot and the other day I found myself wondering why a coffeeshop's sliding doors wouldn't open for me when it turns out they weren't sliding doors at all. It took TheHusband to nudge them open for me before I clicked. Oh the embarassment!

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Kielbasa, Purple Onion and Broccoli Pasta

Where did April go? It was like one of those magic shows we used to watch as kids - now you see it, now you don't. As a wee little one I was enthralled by the idea of magic. Being very curious by nature I wanted to figure out how the heck they did it, how did the lady end up whole and alive after being cut in half? How did they manage to piece the string together again after cutting it pieces? And how in the world did they know which card was picked every single time? 

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