Wiener Schnitzel

Saturday started with, me, simply dog's mother, making homemade southern-style buttermilk biscuits for breakfast. After breakfast I made a quick run to the local food shops to buy items for preparing the Wiener schnitzel. In Moncalvo there is an excellent butcher: Madama La Piemonteisa (The Lady of Piedmont); this butcher shop has the best quality meat for making the Wiener schnitzel or any other meat dish I wish to prepare. I don't like to buy meat at the supermarket, but only at the local butcher shops where the quality is of a much higher standard. I remember the days when I grew up in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and how my mother and I would go shop for the meat and sausage at the local German amd Polish butcher shops. I grew up in a rich multicultural envionment as a girl and, I was already at a young age exposed to eating foods from different cultures: Austrian, German, Italian, Greek etc (this was in the 60's and 70's). All this old experience from my Sheboygan days has followed me through my life and to this very day I am insistent on eating the best food I can, and that means buying from local producers and butchers and cooking at home the old-fashioned way (no processed foods please). My dog Leif watches me every time I cook, unfortunately he cannot eat the way I do because the food is not suited to canines.

After grocery shopping, when I arrived back at the house, I was greeted by a dog whose nose and mouth were covered with flour. Leif had rumaged through the garbage bag and pulled out the empty flour bag. I was teasing him saying: "Were you wanting to make buttermilk biscuits?" Leif had such a cute embarrassing expression on his face.
That afternoon I started to prepare the Wiener schnitzel. Wiener schnitzel with cooked potatoes sprinkled with fresh parsely is one of my favorite Austrian meals. And, of course a good tasting Austrian beer has to accompany it.

Leif was eyeing me intently the entire time I was preparing the schnitzel, so as not to miss anything important (that something edible might drop on the floor accidently). Not far from me, Leif would lay on the floor in his typical way, with his front paws crossed and having such a sophisticated aura about him.

The Wiener schnitzel tasted delicious and I am very proud of making them; I have made them many times and it just gets better as time goes on. Leif tasted a few pieces of schnitzel and, of course, was not satisfied and wanted more. Yes, I make an excellent schnitzel. The desert was delicious too: Apfellaibchen with Italian panne icecream. I learned to make laibchen while living in Austria. Wow, what a mix of culinary cultures--the Austrian with the Italian. This of course is 'human being' food and not recommended for canines.

In the photos one can see the Wiener schnitzel, the apfellaibchen and Leif who is looking at and dreaming of eating schnitzel.

copyright Karin S. Fester (c) 2009