Spaetzle Making

Drove to Vienna on Thursday with bf's aunt and uncle. His aunt calls me “Reechee” and his uncle calls me “Elisabet” (after my middle name) since they didn't understand how Samo was pronouncing “Rachel.” Samo has been having long conversations with them in Croatian, and I've been allowed to play ludicrous amounts of Word Mole (it's like Boggle?) during that time.


We made spaetzle the other day.

  1. Beat eggs, add flour until it is spaetzle-consistency batter (no measurements, prob 2/3 c. spaetzle flour per egg)

  2. Load spaetzle press with batter, squeeze briskly into boiling water

  3. Let spaetzle cook for 30-40 seconds, then use strainer to transfer to bowl of cold water

  4. Reheat spaetzle in microwave or pour hot gravy over it when ready to serve.



Bf's recipe (for me)

  1. Come to Europe, stay with bf's family

  2. Whine loudly for spaetzle

  3. Put flour and eggs in bowl

  4. Get strong man (bf) to whisk contents of bowl

  5. Get said man to make spaetzle

  6. Purposefully drop small amount of spaetzle batter on floor, so you can get sent out of kitchen

  7. Play 2 rounds of Word Mole

  8. Eat spaetzle when bf serves it to you.



Vienna is great-- post to come. After that, not sure how much wifi access I'll enjoy in Croatia.