Germany, Cukes and Picks

 Hallo 

Heißen Sie willkommen nach Deutschland

(Hello, welcome to Germany)

 The ideal pretzel, as served in Germany, has a dark brown, crispy, salty crust, and inside a soft dough. It has a plump "body", and thin, crispy (not dry) crossed "arms."

 I don't know how they taste in Germany,

but they're pretty awesome at home in America.

 We were all looking forward to this German meal, 

since German food just happens to be one of our favorites.

James' turn to dress the part.

 

 Don't remember what this German Chocolate cake was called,

but I know for sure is was delectable!!

 This game was hilarious. 

Rules: Use one die. Pass the die around and everyone rolls once. When you roll a 6,

you are given the "Game Clothes" (consisting of a hat and mitts) that you are to put on.

Everyone keeps passing and rolling while you're dressing.  You are to try to untie the ribbon and open the gift only by using a spoon. When someone rolls a 6, you're turn is over and you pass everything to them. It keeps going until someone opens the gift,  that they get to keep. 

Go, go, you've almost got it!!!

The winner :)

Hide and Seek, German style. (Blindfolded you have to crawl and search for the German hat with a present hiding underneath, by tapping a spoon on the floor. (No hands.)

 

 

Matt is the winner!!

Dank für Anschließen uns in Deutschland

(Thanks for joining us in Germany.)

 

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CUKES and PICKS

 

We were blessed to be able to pick as many cukes as we wanted for one day,

 for FREE!! 

Who can say no to that offer?!
Not us.

So we collected about 7 different recipes and started our "Experiment".

After 6 weeks, we'll do a taste test and the winning pickles will be made again :)

This handy dandy machine is a huge time saver.

And it just brings a smile to your face, ha ha. Actually she wasn't so happy

to see the camera, but she did muster up a smile. Thanks Liv.

The WORST part of canning is washing the jars. Always looking for volunteers, ha ha.
Anybody, anybody???

So many pickles, so little sleep ahead. 
:) 

Some of these picks are quite spicy...

And some are just plain HOT!!

 We'll let you know how the taste testing goes in 6 weeks ;)