Review: Not so German as one might think.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
There's lots of "German" recipes where these came from -- Intenet site called food.com which has 1,525 German recipes there with better explanations and directions.This is a rework of the first book by this title and supposedly "authored" by "Earline Stevens" and now an exact copy of that one, ripped off recipe by a supposedly new person, "authored" by "Christine R. Krupa".  What a cheat!These are all ripoffs from that site. So you get a better bargain off the Inernet.There's a recipe for German Pumpkin Noodle Salad that calls for slicing some ribbons off the butternut squash but never says what you do with the rest of the squash.  I personally think the person who translated the German language recipe didn't understand what squash to use since in Germany, ALL squashes are "pumpkin".  This recipe is from  "Meine Familie & Ich" magazine which is owned and published by Herbert Berber Media.  The translation is "My Family and I" which covers the hospitality industry in Europe.  I think it would be more likely to use a non-seeded squash like zucchini or summer squash ribbons rather than butternut.  But that's just an opinion.Plus the directions are easier to understand. They are better than "First of all . . ." followed by "Then you add/blend/mix . . ." to try and make it seem as though these are original recipes when they're not."German Radish Salad with Bacon" doesn't even have the correct picture. It shows no Daikon radishes at all, just common garden variety red ones cut into chunks. Even when you see the original pictures on food.com it's not showing the Daikons cut into long spirals or coils 4" long.The "Bavarian Wurst Salad" doesn't have any directions because the original poster didn't give any. So it just says "Blend everything together" which is not what you do. It is usually made with frankfurters or German sausages that are cut into a fine dice.  Guess this means "Christine" doesn't really know what the recipe is all about.  Surprise, surprise.And on and on and on...  .  st of-