Comments on: Market Report – Wittenbergplatz – Thursday, 2 August 2007 http://www.hungryinberlin.com/2007/08/02/market-report-%e2%80%93-wittenbergplatz-%e2%80%93-thursday-2-august-2007/ for foodies in the Hauptstadt... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:04:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ed Ward http://www.hungryinberlin.com/2007/08/02/market-report-%e2%80%93-wittenbergplatz-%e2%80%93-thursday-2-august-2007/#comment-50 Ed Ward Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:04:51 +0000 http://johnborland.com/hungryinberlin/?p=14#comment-50 What days is that market going? (We really should have a list of the more prominent ones somewhere on this blog...) What days is that market going? (We really should have a list of the more prominent ones somewhere on this blog…)

]]> By: Elisabeth Whitehead http://www.hungryinberlin.com/2007/08/02/market-report-%e2%80%93-wittenbergplatz-%e2%80%93-thursday-2-august-2007/#comment-49 Elisabeth Whitehead Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:37:12 +0000 http://johnborland.com/hungryinberlin/?p=14#comment-49 Hi Josh! You have to visit the Market at Winterfeldplatz on Saturdays - close to Nollendorfplatz. That is my favorite once. It is the biggest market I know and still has got the athmosphere of the former West-Berlin. The hole area is interesting: many gay bars, turkish folks - living there for over 30 years, a big children playground with contruktions of iron and rubber. There is a schoolbuilding that looks like a ship. And to get the old progressiv athmosphere of the 70th and 80the oft West Berlin you can have a walk up the Akazienstraße with many very nice relaxed cafés, little food shops and so on. It really is a counter part of the now sooo hip Prenzlauer Berg. Get there and enjoy! EW Hi Josh!
You have to visit the Market at Winterfeldplatz on Saturdays - close to Nollendorfplatz. That is my favorite once. It is the biggest market I know and still has got the athmosphere of the former West-Berlin. The hole area is interesting: many gay bars, turkish folks - living there for over 30 years, a big children playground with contruktions of iron and rubber. There is a schoolbuilding that looks like a ship. And to get the old progressiv athmosphere of the 70th and 80the oft West Berlin you can have a walk up the Akazienstraße with many very nice relaxed cafés, little food shops and so on. It really is a counter part of the now sooo hip Prenzlauer Berg. Get there and enjoy!
EW

]]> By: Ed Ward http://www.hungryinberlin.com/2007/08/02/market-report-%e2%80%93-wittenbergplatz-%e2%80%93-thursday-2-august-2007/#comment-48 Ed Ward Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:27:57 +0000 http://johnborland.com/hungryinberlin/?p=14#comment-48 Keep reading us, kaird; that's what we're all about! Keep reading us, kaird; that’s what we’re all about!

]]> By: kaird http://www.hungryinberlin.com/2007/08/02/market-report-%e2%80%93-wittenbergplatz-%e2%80%93-thursday-2-august-2007/#comment-47 kaird Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:12:29 +0000 http://johnborland.com/hungryinberlin/?p=14#comment-47 Mirabelle are known as Grengages in the UK, they're one of my favouite fruits but they are only in season for a short time. Thee BBC site has some info if you're interested. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/in_season/august.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/in_season/august.shtml</a> I eat them raw like plums, when they have a little bit of give but haven't gone too sqishy. You can use them in pretty much any plum recipe though. Not sure about the beans, but they may be a type of Borlotti? kaird PS I'm moving to Berlin next week, any top tips for a foody/keen chef? Mirabelle are known as Grengages in the UK, they’re one of my favouite fruits but they are only in season for a short time. Thee BBC site has some info if you’re interested.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/in_season/august.shtml
I eat them raw like plums, when they have a little bit of give but haven’t gone too sqishy. You can use them in pretty much any plum recipe though.
Not sure about the beans, but they may be a type of Borlotti?
kaird
PS I’m moving to Berlin next week, any top tips for a foody/keen chef?

]]> By: aimee m. http://www.hungryinberlin.com/2007/08/02/market-report-%e2%80%93-wittenbergplatz-%e2%80%93-thursday-2-august-2007/#comment-46 aimee m. Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:19:14 +0000 http://johnborland.com/hungryinberlin/?p=14#comment-46 Do get your hands on the Mirabelle plums - they disappear quickly. They are quite lovely eaten raw; lightly plummy with a just-ripe apricot finish. And they are super-yum when cooked, too. Grab yourself some frozen blatterteig, slice in half and pit said Mirabellen and place cut side up on said teig, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, and bake. Easy-peasy. Do get your hands on the Mirabelle plums - they disappear quickly. They are quite lovely eaten raw; lightly plummy with a just-ripe apricot finish. And they are super-yum when cooked, too. Grab yourself some frozen blatterteig, slice in half and pit said Mirabellen and place cut side up on said teig, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, and bake. Easy-peasy.

]]> By: Ed Ward http://www.hungryinberlin.com/2007/08/02/market-report-%e2%80%93-wittenbergplatz-%e2%80%93-thursday-2-august-2007/#comment-45 Ed Ward Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:21:57 +0000 http://johnborland.com/hungryinberlin/?p=14#comment-45 I can't tell from the photo, but those would appear to be purple runner beans. I also can't tell the condition of the pods. If they're young and tender, you can use them just like green beans, although the flavor's different. If the pods have become older and fibrous, the beans have to be shelled, at which point you have pea beans or, as they're called in Tennessee, cream peas. And congratulations for noticing one of the big differences between east and west Berlin: the wider variety of food available over there. But that's another story, and another post. I can’t tell from the photo, but those would appear to be purple runner beans. I also can’t tell the condition of the pods. If they’re young and tender, you can use them just like green beans, although the flavor’s different. If the pods have become older and fibrous, the beans have to be shelled, at which point you have pea beans or, as they’re called in Tennessee, cream peas.

And congratulations for noticing one of the big differences between east and west Berlin: the wider variety of food available over there. But that’s another story, and another post.

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