Retro Party

Why did I think that a German style retro party would impress the English audience? But at least the Austrian in me and my Austrian friends were deeply impressed by our efforts. We had all the glory from the 70s and 80s, directly imported in the suitcase of Baerbl, an Austrian friend who arrived just in time for the party preparations: Dreh & Drink, Baerenwurst (Purzelwurst) and Dickmanns.

Plus we spent ages in the kitchen to re-create the Kaeseigel from our childhood days. Take a cabbage or melon, wrap it in foil and now have hundreds, if not thousands of toothpicks at hand: believe me, it is harder and longer work then what it looks like.
Firstly, cut the cheese, preferrably Emmenthal, into cubes. Then stick the cubed cheese, salami, grapes and/or olives on to toothpicks. Finally, stick the toothpicks into the foil wrapped cabbage/melon and take a moment to adore this little piece of art.

Artistic approach is also needed for the Fliegenpilze.
I am not a big fan of hard boiled eggs. But the Fliegenpilze are a definate eye catcher! I could have tried to be a little bit more precise with the dots/spots on the cap, but hey, the whole menu was more fun that haute cuisine anyway!