Does your mom have some German lineage? Cause Rum Balls are very common in Germany, called "Rumkugeln" - literally the exact same word. They are not that popular nowadays, though. But until the 80's they used to be a staple in many German families around Christmas time.
On Christmas Eve we have potatosalad (with onions, apples, pickels and Mayonnaise) and Wienersausage. On the first and second Christmasday we have badisches Schäufele (smoked porkshoulder with a bone which looks like a shovel) and potatoes.
So, I heard you're into those rum balls, eh?😉 Here’s my family’s traditional rum ball recipe!🎄 - 250 g (2 1/2 cups) fine oats (or oat flour for a smoother texture) - 125 g (1/2 cup (1 stick)) soft butter - 100 g (1/2 cup) fine sugar - 60 ml (1/4 cup) heavy cream - 50 g (1/2 cup) ground hazelnuts - 50 g (1/4 cup) melted couverture chocolate - 40 g (1/3 cup) cocoa powder - 40 ml (3 tbsp) Austrian Inländer Rum (or any dark spiced or amber rum, like Captain Morgan or Havana Club) Mix everything, roll into small 1-inch balls (about the size of a walnut), and coat them in a sugar-vanilla mix. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour until firm, then enjoy! Perfect for Christmas!🎅🏻✨
On christmas eve (the 24th) its usually something quick and simple, because the focus is on the presents and the kids. Then on the 25th its the big christmas dinner, with a number of traditional foods. Many have Turkey just like you do, but others have Goose or Carp, or Deere. It depends a bit on the region of Germany, I guess.
I often have venison at Christmas. Like deer, or wild boar. This year I planned deer goulash with sprouts and potato dumplings. Knowing a vegetable farmer with a hunting license helps a lot: all the ingredients fresh from one source, delivered right to my doorstep 😊
schmalzkuchen usually is fried in hot lard (hence the name). It has an impact on the flavor. So fried in oil they are not the real thing. Oil is easier to handle, fewer people dislike the taste and it does not conflict with some dietary restrictions.
We do leaf dough pockets with spinach and feta/ ham, gouda and onions andd mushrooms for Christmas Eve (it's my sis' birthday, so we already had a big breakfast and cake before dinner comes around) and Raclette/ "Pfännchenessen" for the other two days 😊
That's the thing I like about Canada. By expecting immigrants to maintain ties to their mother culture (a mosaic, not a melting pot), the rest of us eventually get access to new flavours, new ingredients, and new dishes. When my family started market gardening, we were discovered by a number of immigrant families: they introduced my mother to new cultivars which she grew after that and of which they bought pretty much everything. Sadly, my mom was a better business person than a cook. That is, until she had to make a borscht that her mother-in-law approved of. Then there was at least one dish we could count on. She's the reason I learned how to cook--it was self defence. Then I learned that women look twice at a guy who likes to cook for them (been married over 4 decades to the same woman now). Mother's shite cooking got me laid.
Swiss here. I've been saying for years that our country and culture has been enriched tremendously by immigrants ( ≈ 30% of the people living in Switzerland were not born here and don't have Swiss nationality). Yes, all these 'foreigners' have changed the country, but far less than the introduction of mobile phones, hyper mobility and the internet (social media)!
@@alexandergutfeldt1144 Well said. Perhaps we'd be better off if we kicked mobile phones, hyper mobility and the internet/social media out of the country instead.
These arent schmalzkuchen well they peobaply are butbin east germany we know them as Kräppelchen (or similar regionsl dialect chsnges it) and in france and louisiana they are known as bingets😅 Maybe i am biest becouse my partner is a cajun and i am from saxony wich was former east germany but i think schmalzkuchen is the worst you csn csll these things 😅
@@DieFarbeLila88You call it 'racist', somebody else might call it a 'memorial' .. Why do you insist on erasing the memory of a black independence leader and politician from the Republic of Congo? It is only racism when you believe talking about the existance of other ethnicities is racist, if *you* immediately think it must be derogatory! Background( Wikipedia): Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as the Republic of the Congo) from June until September 1960, following the May 1960 election.
Does your mom have some German lineage? Cause Rum Balls are very common in Germany, called "Rumkugeln" - literally the exact same word. They are not that popular nowadays, though. But until the 80's they used to be a staple in many German families around Christmas time.
I make and eat rum balls almost every year at Christmas.🎄😋
🤤 Rumkugeln beste!
On Christmas Eve we have potatosalad (with onions, apples, pickels and Mayonnaise) and Wienersausage. On the first and second Christmasday we have badisches Schäufele (smoked porkshoulder with a bone which looks like a shovel) and potatoes.
So, I heard you're into those rum balls, eh?😉
Here’s my family’s traditional rum ball recipe!🎄
- 250 g (2 1/2 cups) fine oats (or oat flour for a smoother texture)
- 125 g (1/2 cup (1 stick)) soft butter
- 100 g (1/2 cup) fine sugar
- 60 ml (1/4 cup) heavy cream
- 50 g (1/2 cup) ground hazelnuts
- 50 g (1/4 cup) melted couverture chocolate
- 40 g (1/3 cup) cocoa powder
- 40 ml (3 tbsp) Austrian Inländer Rum (or any dark spiced or amber rum, like Captain Morgan or Havana Club)
Mix everything, roll into small 1-inch balls (about the size of a walnut), and coat them in a sugar-vanilla mix. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour until firm, then enjoy! Perfect for Christmas!🎅🏻✨
On christmas eve (the 24th) its usually something quick and simple, because the focus is on the presents and the kids. Then on the 25th its the big christmas dinner, with a number of traditional foods. Many have Turkey just like you do, but others have Goose or Carp, or Deere. It depends a bit on the region of Germany, I guess.
I often have venison at Christmas. Like deer, or wild boar. This year I planned deer goulash with sprouts and potato dumplings. Knowing a vegetable farmer with a hunting license helps a lot: all the ingredients fresh from one source, delivered right to my doorstep 😊
schmalzkuchen usually is fried in hot lard (hence the name). It has an impact on the flavor. So fried in oil they are not the real thing. Oil is easier to handle, fewer people dislike the taste and it does not conflict with some dietary restrictions.
Rum balls or Rumkugeln also belong to the german speaking area here. They came from Austria and were first selled as a medicine against cough 😜
Moin, Mace! The rum-balls are well known in Germany!!! 😋 I don`t eat them anymore, but I like them.
We do leaf dough pockets with spinach and feta/ ham, gouda and onions andd mushrooms for Christmas Eve (it's my sis' birthday, so we already had a big breakfast and cake before dinner comes around) and Raclette/ "Pfännchenessen" for the other two days 😊
What really gets popular now in Germany is the Polish Langosch.
Rumkugeln are great but got nothing to do with Marzipankartoffeln.
That's the thing I like about Canada. By expecting immigrants to maintain ties to their mother culture (a mosaic, not a melting pot), the rest of us eventually get access to new flavours, new ingredients, and new dishes. When my family started market gardening, we were discovered by a number of immigrant families: they introduced my mother to new cultivars which she grew after that and of which they bought pretty much everything. Sadly, my mom was a better business person than a cook. That is, until she had to make a borscht that her mother-in-law approved of. Then there was at least one dish we could count on. She's the reason I learned how to cook--it was self defence. Then I learned that women look twice at a guy who likes to cook for them (been married over 4 decades to the same woman now). Mother's shite cooking got me laid.
Swiss here. I've been saying for years that our country and culture has been enriched tremendously by immigrants ( ≈ 30% of the people living in Switzerland were not born here and don't have Swiss nationality).
Yes, all these 'foreigners' have changed the country, but far less than the introduction of mobile phones, hyper mobility and the internet (social media)!
@@alexandergutfeldt1144 Well said. Perhaps we'd be better off if we kicked mobile phones, hyper mobility and the internet/social media out of the country instead.
Mulled wine has spices in it and has been around since the middle ages.
Not only since the medieval times..... as far as I know there has been sort of a mulled wine at Ancient Rome!
5:13 You mean „Rumkugeln“ in German.
24th: pork knuckle with potatoes and Sauerkraut; 25th turkey with potato dumplings and red cabbage; 26th Restaurant; 31th: Raclette feast 😅
yes nice react. Bremen my federal state country. But we have here in Bremerhaven the exclave of Bremen the same christmas market.
These arent schmalzkuchen well they peobaply are butbin east germany we know them as Kräppelchen (or similar regionsl dialect chsnges it) and in france and louisiana they are known as bingets😅
Maybe i am biest becouse my partner is a cajun and i am from saxony wich was former east germany but i think schmalzkuchen is the worst you csn csll these things 😅
And now they cancel the name "Lumumba" because of rasicsm. This cancelculture is absolutly insane.
You think it’s insane to cancel a racist term? Ok…
@@DieFarbeLila88You call it 'racist', somebody else might call it a 'memorial' ..
Why do you insist on erasing the memory of a black independence leader and politician from the Republic of Congo?
It is only racism when you believe talking about the existance of other ethnicities is racist, if *you* immediately think it must be derogatory!
Background( Wikipedia): Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as the Republic of the Congo) from June until September 1960, following the May 1960 election.
@@DieFarbeLila88 It´s not a racist term. It´s to honor the freedom fighter. Has absolutly nothing to do with racism.