3-D Paper Pumpkin

I needed something else for my mantle, so I whipped up this.  I just cut out a bunch of circles and then I cut out a brown pumpkin shape and some green leaves.  I wanted to make little curl-ques.  I wet some jute and wrapped it around a chopstick and stuck it in the microwave.  Apparantly I should have wet the chop stick or put it in for less time because it caught on fire.  Live and Learn. 

I declare it a success.  I spent 0$ and didn't burn the house down.

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My Stache-Coin jar

I was inspired by something I saw (http://www.etsy.com/listing/79435715/my-stache-jar-the-handlebar-mustache)  and thought it was funny.  I'm going to stick it in the laundry room to collect all the change I find in pockets. 

The jar is from IKEA.  I cut the mustache using my Cricut Paper Dolls Dress up cartridge and the letters using the Cutting Up cartridge.

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Oktober Fest Day 5- Sauerbraten

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Thanks so much for joining me for my last day of my virtual Oktoberfest. The blog will return next week to our regularly scheduled crafts, diy, and general merriment.

Above is a picture and link to traditional German meal-Sauerbraten.  While I've never tried this actual recipe, I've had many similar and they are yummy, but mine tastes better and doesn't take 3 days.  Sauerbraten and Chicken Lasagna are my husband's all time favorite meals.  I really like it too, but my heart belongs to Rouladen.  

4lb roast
1 T oil
1-2 chopped onions
6 T brown sugar
2 t salt
2 t pepper
2 t ginger
1/4t cloves
1/4 t allspice (optional)
12bay leaf
1 cup water
1 1 /3 cup red wine vinegar

Brown roast in oil in large dutch oven. Mix rest of ingredients and pour over roast. Cover and simmer for as long as possible (the longer the better), but at least 2 1/2 hours. It works great in a crock pot too.

Germans will eat it sliced up like you would roast beef. However, living south of the Mason-Dixon line I prefer it it cooked so long that it falls apart and you shred it like you do pulled BBQ pork.  Yummy! It may not be as pretty, but you're going to eat it, not take a picture of it.
Optional-mix 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup flour, stir into pan drippings to make gravy. Cook, stirring constantly, until gravy is smooth.

You must serve w/ Rotkohl (red cabbage) and Spaetzel . Gurken Salat is yummy, but not mandatory. You can also serve it w/ Knoedel (big potato balls), but since I am the only one in my family that likes them, I've never made them?



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Oktober fest Day 4- Gurken Salat

• 2 large cucumbers
• 1/2 red onion (finely chopped)
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• optional: you can also add a little dill or parsley but I'm not a fan and prefer it plain

Cut the cucumbers and thin as possible. Mix everything in a bowl except the sour cream.  Le marinate at least 30 minutes.  Right before serving, add the sour cream.

This is really good w/ garden fresh cucumbers (nice of me to say that now that it's November?-just pin it until next summer).

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Oktoberfest Day 3-Rotkohl

(does this picture look familiar-I forgot to take a picture of it by itself)

Rotkohl is the German equivalent of salsa.  It us sweet, sour and savory and just makes all German food taste better.  I used to just buy it, but as my kids of gotten older, we were eating 2 - $3 jars at a time and so I figured I better learn how to make my own.

1 Head of red cabbage
1 tart green apple (chopped)
1 large onion (chopped)
olive oil or butter
2/3 cup red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
3 T brown sugar
1/8 tsp cloves
salt and pepper

Saute onion and apple in oil until tender.  Add thinly sliced cabbage,  Add everything else and simmer until tender (1-2 hours),  If at all possible, it is really better the next day.

Eat hot with Rouladen, Spaetzle, Sauerbraten (recipe coming) or with any meat and potatoes type dish or cold with sausages or sandwiches.  One of my kids will eat it straight out of the fridge.
Mahlzeit!

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Linky #12-Will Craft for Fun

Another great week full of wonderful ideas. Last weeks' most viewed link was this fabric flower by Tousled Day.  I think that's her 3rd time!

She also posted the coolest no-sew cardigan I've ever seen. She just cut out arm holes in a piece of fabric and made this.  Genius!


 

I'm adding this sign to my laundry room from Artsy Vav Va.

I loved this baby shower including this diaper cake from Kissed by a Frog.





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Oktober Fest Day 2: Spaetlze-German Pancake Egg Noodles

My family went to a German restaurant last week.  For the most part the food was really good-except they didn't serve Spaetzle.  To me that's like going to a Mexican restaurant w/ out tortillas. 

Spaetzle is a homemade egg noodle and it's yummy!  Here's how I make it:

Mix :
1 2/3 cups flour
3 eggs
1 t salt


Slowly add 5 oz. warm water.  
This will form a really thick gooey dough.

 Traditionally, the noodles are formed with a small board and a scrapper.  (I've also seen people to use colanders to make the noodles) You can just use any small cutting board and a plastic scrapper like the green one in the picture.

Spread a layer of dough on the board and scrap small strips into a pot of salted boiling water. When they rise to the top, they are cooked.  Remove them and place into a colander. Repeat until all the noodles are cooked.

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(I always double the recipe-but we are pigs.)
We eat this with Rouladen, Saurbraten, and they make great noodles for chicken-noodle soup.

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