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two teams that have great defenses. carolina with the second ranked rushing offense in the league. denver’s passing offense ranked only 14th in the league.
so you can win with defense and running.
so three of the past four super bowl winners will have been based primarily around defense and the run game.
that makes me smile.
However, I was born and raised in central Pennsylvania and what New Englanders don’t know about is pan haus, schnitz un kepp or fasnacht.
They don’t even know you’re supposed to eat pork and sauerkraut with mashed potatoes on New Year’s day?!
One standard that I try to maintain is to at least be able to pronounce what it is that I’m eating… 😉
Pan haus, schnitz un kepp or fasnacht, ok, I’ll admit that I needed to consult the Oracle of Google.
So it would appear that Pan Haus is basically boiling a hogs head, straining off the inedible parts, and then mixing with corn meal and then frying it. I did find this version online, from an individual named Zack, coincidentally from West Virginia. Had to chuckle as I thought to myself “I bet I know a guy from WV that doesn’t boil hogs heads…”
Jan 16, 2015
Pon Haus
by: Zack FlemingWhen we butchered our hogs in Eastern WV, we would always put the scraps, some of hide trimmings, and many organs in the cast iron pots under an open fire and cook until done. Nothing was wasted. This was then strained out and ground into pudding. The broth was then thickened with lots of corn meal and some flour, seasoned with salt and pepper and we added several “scoops” of the pudding meat, and cooked to reduce to an almost mush, then poured into loaf pans and cooled. Sliced and served fried as a breakfast meat usually with King syrup. The pudding was served on top of corn meal pancakes. Many local farmers still make pon haus to this day and at least 2 butcher shops in the Hagerstown, MD area sell to local stores.
Schnitz un kepp – Boiled ham with apples, in a dumpling? Ok, not bad. Forget the pronunciation qualification, I’d take a bite or 2.
Fasnacht – A German Donut? Automatically gets a free pass through the critics turnstile. Donuts are just generally good.
And as far as pork, sauerkraut and mashed potatoes? One of my favorite meals. Didn’t know there was a special day of consumption, but will keep it in mind.
New Years Day, you say. OK, perhaps a special meal celebrating next years NFC West title.
pan haus. that sounds delicious.
i love beef liver pate. are they pretty similar?
No not really. I can’t think of anything that’s similar to tell you the truth. I love pan haus but I was brought up eating it. I’m Pa Dutch (but not Amish) on my father’s side and my grandmother made all that German stuff. Most people I know don’t care for it.
Speaking of liver pate, I like liverwurst a lot, especially braunschweiger. It’s really good on bread with a spicy mustard.
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