Christmas
Dinner in the Salzkammergut!
Some mouth wateringly mountainous
thoughts
by Nigel A JAMES
There is something very mouth
wateringly tempting about the thought of a fine Christmas meal.
Christmas meals are, after all, the climax of the best celebration of
all, and, just the fine smell of Christmas meals cooking is more than
enough to raise the fackles of our sensitive fickles! And things are
no different in the Salzkammergut, a mountainous region in Austria.
And,
this fine long awaited Christmas meal kicks off with one of the most
delicious traditional mountain soups that exists. It is a clear
soup with a most incredible bread dumpling. But, this is not just any
bread dumpling. For in it are woven the delicate threads of
tremendously fine tasting slices of delicious mature mountain cheese.
And, as the whole thing just pleasantly melts in your mouth, it
conjurers up the fresh taste of what farms in the mountains actually
smell like! But, this is nothing to that which comes next!
The
time has arrived, This is the crowning moment, this is the end of
the waiting, there is nothing to beat it!
The
main course is a pair of stunningly scrumptious fried veal sausages
accompanied with boiled potatoes and sauerkraut which is out of this
world! And, if you think that this is too simple, you would be
wrong.
This,
in its simplicity, is the finest Christmas meal that exists. In it
is a humbleness of spirit that leaves plenty of room for the more
serious side of this season of cheer. We are, and in contrary to all
we believe, not the most important of all. There is another more
meaningful side to Christmas as well.
And,
in any case, veal sausages are simply non-fillingly fine, meaning,
there's still plenty of room for the many traditional cookies that
conclude this fine festive feast of thanks and good will! nj
