I
don't know about the rest of Germany, but in the area of Stuttgart most of the
villages have a public bake house (Bäckhaus). The bake house is rented
to citizens and clubs so they can make delicious breads and cakes. They seem to
be very popular!I
don't know about the rest of Germany, but in the area of Stuttgart most of the
villages have a public bake house (Bäckhaus). The bake house is rented
to citizens and clubs so they can make delicious breads and cakes. They seem to
be very popular!
Barbara joined the Tea Group in celebrating the tradition. This narrative is from her viewpoint.
A
woman, Frau Ruth Mohr, in Dachtel hosted about 10 of us in her tiny kitchen. She warmed us with a
glass of homemade schnapps on a cold March morning. With her homemade butter,
eggs from her chickens and home-ground flour, we were taught how to measure
and mix the ingredients. Two women worked together kneading and mixing according
to our mentor's orders.
Our goal was to make farm bread, onion cake, rolls, and other similar items.
Everything was prepared in the kitchen, then we packed up and paraded down the
hill to the community bake house. Frau Mohr had previously collected kindling
for the fire.
She
built a fire in the brick oven. After the fire burned out, we cleaned out the
ashes which left the oven at perfect temperature for our baking.
The results were fabulous! We divided everything up among us and feasted on bread for the week following our adventure.
Comments to Steve and Barbara Hall
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