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"Sema" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

Hello, Sema! Welcome to the neighborhood.

nancy

Sema <[email hidden]> news:[email hidden]:

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Hello!

I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

Some here may know me from alt.mothers, and thnaks to Ranger I have
already found your irc chat, and by that this group.

I look forward to discussing cooking with you, though I will probably
lurk more than write actively.

Gruß,
Sema,
otherwise known as Diana ;-)

Welcome aboard Diana 😉 I can't wait to see some of your German recipes.
<patting sofa> Come sit by me. I've just made some cocoa and it's
freezing cold outside.

Michael
--
“The age of your children is a key factor in how quickly you are served in
a restaurant. We once had a waiter in Canada who said, "Could I get you
your check?" and we answered, "How about the menu first?"”
~Erma Bombeck

Sema said:

Hello!

I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

Some here may know me from alt.mothers, and thnaks to Ranger I have
already found your irc chat, and by that this group.

I look forward to discussing cooking with you, though I will probably
lurk more than write actively.

Gruß,
Sema,
otherwise known as Diana ;-)

Hi, Sema. Good to have met you, and welcome aboard.

--
"So long, so long, and thanks for all the fish!"
Dave
www.davebbq.com

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Hello!

I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

Some here may know me from alt.mothers, and thnaks to Ranger I have
already found your irc chat, and by that this group.

I look forward to discussing cooking with you, though I will probably
lurk more than write actively.

Gruß,
Sema,
otherwise known as Diana ;-)

Diana! I did not connect you with Sema. Welcome. Put on your asbestos
undies and learn to ignore the troublesome folks; arguing with them only
makes them happy and encourages them.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://jamlady.eboard.com - Comfort Food for Bob Pastorio, updated
3-16-2007
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller - blahblahblog - Orange Honey
Garlic Chicken, 3-29-2007
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor

Sema said:

Hello!

I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

Some here may know me from alt.mothers, and thnaks to Ranger I have
already found your irc chat, and by that this group.

I look forward to discussing cooking with you, though I will probably
lurk more than write actively.

We've already met in the chat room, glad to see you finally pop in
here!

--
See return address to reply by email

Moin, Barb!

Melba's Jammin' schrieb:

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Diana! I did not connect you with Sema. Welcome. Put on your asbestos
undies and learn to ignore the troublesome folks; arguing with them only
makes them happy and encourages them.

*g* You probably missed my rejoin post in a.m., which was about the only
one where I used both my name and my nick.
Thanks for the welcome, to sf, Dave and Nancy too!

And thanks for that troll warning, I'll keep that in mind.

Gruß,
Sema

Hi, Michael!

Michael "Dog3" Lonergan schrieb:

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Welcome aboard Diana 😉 I can't wait to see some of your German recipes.
<patting sofa> Come sit by me. I've just made some cocoa and it's
freezing cold outside.
Michael

Thanks for the welcome and as the cocoa is a virtual one, I can safely
assume it's lactosefree, so thanks, too, for that. ;-)

I don't use too many recipes for my day to day cooking, as I tend to
throw together what's there and needs to be eaten, but I'll be glad to
share the few recipes of my collection that I have actually tested
myself. :-)

Todays dinner will probably contain some carrots and leek, as that has
been a part of my last veggie box, but I am not yet sure what that will
result in when it's ready - maybe roasted potatoes with speck and leek,
and the carrots and the apples as a salad on the side? I'll see... ;-)

Gruß,
Sema

Sema said:

Hello!

I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

Hi Sema

Welcome! (Sorry I missed you in chat last night).

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"Sema" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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Hello!

I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

Some here may know me from alt.mothers, and thnaks to Ranger I have
already found your irc chat, and by that this group.

I look forward to discussing cooking with you, though I will probably lurk
more than write actively.

Gruß,
Sema,
otherwise known as Diana ;-)

Wilkommen! I spent 6 years in Germany and seriously miss the cheeses.
Especially the Rum Cheese. And shopping in our tiny town market. We live in
the American West desert now and farmers' markets are few and far between.
I never could reproduce the weinerschnitzel. And I'll never eat mayo with
my french fries ever again! Germany was a great place for a midwestern girl
to stretch her taste buds.
Edrena

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Hello!

I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

Ein freundliches Servus aus New York. Herzlich willkommen!

margaret suran said:

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I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

Ein freundliches Servus aus New York. Herzlich willkommen!

Hey, they don't say "Servus" in Hamburg; they say "Moin" {{{shudder}}}.

Bubba

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margaret suran said:

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"Sema" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
> I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

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Ein freundliches Servus aus New York. Herzlich willkommen!

Hey, they don't say "Servus" in Hamburg; they say "Moin" {{{shudder}}}.

Bubba

Bubba, If Sema does not know what "servus" means, it is high time she
learns. :o)

margaret suran said:

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margaret suran said:

> "Sema" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>> I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

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Ein freundliches Servus aus New York. Herzlich willkommen!

Hey, they don't say "Servus" in Hamburg; they say "Moin"
{{{shudder}}}.

Bubba

Bubba, If Sema does not know what "servus" means, it is high time she
learns. :o)

I understood you, Margaret. :~)

kili

Moin, Moin! 😄

kilikini schrieb:

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margaret suran said:

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margaret suran <[email hidden]> wrote:

>> "Sema" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>>> I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)
> Ein freundliches Servus aus New York. Herzlich willkommen!
Hey, they don't say "Servus" in Hamburg; they say "Moin"
{{{shudder}}}.

Bubba

Bubba, If Sema does not know what "servus" means, it is high time she
learns. :o)

I understood you, Margaret. :~)

Lol! Of course I understand Servus, even if I would never use it. ;-)
And thanks a lot for the warm welcome! I enjoy reading here a lot.

The dish Hamburg is most famous for is Labskaus, by the way, closely
followed by Birnen, Bohnen, Speck. (For Labskaus ask en.wikipedia.org,
the second one translates to pears, beans and speck, which is also an
apt desciption.) It's served with potatoes and something I do every late
summer at least once.

Gruß,
Sema

Sema said:

Moin, Moin! 😄

kilikini schrieb:

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margaret suran said:

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>>>> I am Sema, living in Hamburg, Germany, and new here. ;-)

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>> Ein freundliches Servus aus New York. Herzlich willkommen!

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> Hey, they don't say "Servus" in Hamburg; they say "Moin"
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> Bubba
Bubba, If Sema does not know what "servus" means, it is high
time she learns. :o)

I understood you, Margaret. :~)

Lol! Of course I understand Servus, even if I would never use it. ;-)
And thanks a lot for the warm welcome! I enjoy reading here a lot.

Sema, I am sorry if welcoming you with "servus" hurt you in any way. In
Vienna, where I spent my childhood, it was the greeting of choice
between contemporaries. I still remember being taught at home, as to
how and whom to greet. It was shaking hands and saying Servus to
another child. It was waiting to see whether the other wanted to offer
his/her hand and saying Gruess Gott or Guten Tag to an adult who was
not someone to whom you needed to show respect, a high school or
university level youngster, someone who worked for the family or the
grocer, butcher, etc. To all others, parents and other grown up family
members, teachers, doctors, dentists, grown up family friends, etc, you
curtsied, took a hand if offered and said "Kuess die Hand", mentioning
the person's name and/or title, if you knew it. For example, if you met
your teacher on the street, you curtsied and said Kuess die Hand, Frau
Lehrerin Klinger, or Frau Professor Klinger if in high school, which
started with fifth grade.

Boys were taught to bow, instead of to curtsy.

I remember an older cousin reminiscing about her high school graduation
(Matura). The one thing she remembered many, many years later was that
the head mistress (Direktorin) said that from that day on, the girls did
not have to curtsy, as she shook hands with all the Gymnasium graduates.

I assume you did not have to go through all this.

I have never heard the word Moin before, but Tschuess has been said to
me on several occasions. Every time I hear it, I wonder whether it has
something to do with shooting. :o(

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The dish Hamburg is most famous for is Labskaus, by the way, closely
followed by Birnen, Bohnen, Speck. (For Labskaus ask
en.wikipedia.org, the second one translates to pears, beans and
speck, which is also an apt desciption.) It's served with potatoes
and something I do every late summer at least once.

I have never heard of either of these Hamburg specialties. There is
little in either list of ingredients which I just googled, that would
give me the incentive to cook it. But, never say never. Who knows?

Again, Welcome, this time without the Servus. What is unpleasant about
this word, as you said you would never use it? Did you ever hear that
lovely Schlager of the 1930's, "Sag Beim Abschied Leise Servus"?

MS

Sema said:

Todays dinner will probably contain some carrots and leek, as that has
been a part of my last veggie box, but I am not yet sure what that will
result in when it's ready - maybe roasted potatoes with speck and leek,
and the carrots and the apples as a salad on the side? I'll see... ;-)

Hi and welcome. What is the veggie box? Do you get veggies delivered?
I subscribe to Organic Express.com and get vegetables in a box once a
week. Currently, I also have leeks and am thinking leek and potato
something. What is speck?

Karen

Sema said:

The dish Hamburg is most famous for is Labskaus, by the way, closely
followed by Birnen, Bohnen, Speck. (For Labskaus ask en.wikipedia.org,
the second one translates to pears, beans and speck, which is also an
apt desciption.) It's served with potatoes and something I do every late
summer at least once.

It is interesting to me that Norway has a dish similarly named
lapskaus and is a little different recipe-wise than your Labskaus. I
guess the recipe orginated with the sailors of the long ships of long
ago, and now varies between Norway and Germany in recent days.

Karen

Moin, Margret!

margaret suran schrieb:

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I have never heard of either of these Hamburg specialties. There is
little in either list of ingredients which I just googled, that would
give me the incentive to cook it. But, never say never. Who knows?

*g* Labskaus really looks strange, and a lot of people don't even want
to taste it. But it tastes very good, as does Birnen, Bohnen, Speck,
though I have not yet made Labskaus myself. But that's a regional thing,
I believe, like with Grünkohl (what is that in English? Sorry, don't
know), which is served different in each region of Northern Germany, and
is looked down upon by many people from southern parts that I have
spoken to.

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Again, Welcome, this time without the Servus. What is unpleasant about
this word, as you said you would never use it? Did you ever hear that
lovely Schlager of the 1930's, "Sag Beim Abschied Leise Servus"?

I am very, very sorry, you misunderstood me. I do not have any problem
with this greeting per se, I have often been greeted by it all over the
internet when I happenend to come across people from southern parts of
Germany or from Austria.
The reason is very simply that I believe in using the greeting that is
natural to me, and as a Heidjer (someone born in the Lüneburger Heide),
who lives in Hamburg for over ten years now I am used to the regular
greetings like Guten Tag and Guten Abend, and since I live here also
Moin or Moin Moin. Would I have reason to move to, let's say, Munich, I
would very likely start using Servus or Grüß Gott after a while, but as
I live here in Hamburg, I use the local ways of greeting, even here
around. I am used to them, I say them often enough in day to day live,
and they are insignificant enough that I don't have to translate them
when I write in English. This holds true even more for the "Gruß" I use,
which has in an English language forum I read become my trademark
because I use it constantly and everywhere: The meaning should be clear
by the position of the phrase directly above my nickname, and it is
something I write without thinking about it. I am not comfortable with
English language complimentary closes, as I never learnt their usage for
different kinds of letters properly, so I don't like using them. I can
and I do use them if I feel I need to, or if the content of what I wrote
requests that, but for day to day posts, especially those here in usenet
I prefer the phrase I am used to.
Besides, that is my very own way of expressing patriotism. I know I use
a very German kind of English sometimes, so everyone who reads more than
two sentences from me can guess anyhow where I am from. I have been
forced to explain my origin more than once in the eight years I use
English language newsgroups now, and I am sick and tired of the silly
comments that invariably follow. I am proud to be what I am, a German,
and I will never hide that or play that down anymore, neither to
foreigners nor to fellow Germans, but I don't want to discuss certain
parts of German history except in newsgroups dedicated to such topics
(which I don't read atm).
Yes, I will adapt to formal requirements or to the style used in a
certain newsgroup or forum or whatever, if existent, but that excludes
my way of greeting, both at the beginning and the end of my posts.

Sorry again for worrying you, Margret, and sorry for this long post.

Gruß,
Sema

Moin, Karen!

Karen schrieb:

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Hi and welcome. What is the veggie box? Do you get veggies delivered?
I subscribe to Organic Express.com and get vegetables in a box once a
week. Currently, I also have leeks and am thinking leek and potato
something. What is speck?

dict.leo.org says it's an English term also. I'll look it up again and
look for alternative terms.

Yes, my veggie box gets delivered a similar way than yours, it is also
organically grown vegetables only. Only because of financial reasons I
get mine once every four weeks.

Gruß,
Sema

PS: Another term for Speck is bacon. Completely forgot that one, sorry.