Gastrochurch Does Oktoberfest

First Course: Pretzels with Beer Cheese Dip In 1810, the Bavarian crown prince Louis married princess Therese, and they invited the citizens of Munich to attend their wedding celebration. They had horse races, food, music, and a lot of beer, and everyone had a grand time. The next year, they decided that they’d had so much fun the last year, they wanted to do it again. And so, for no particular reason, they had another big party. And so was born Oktoberfest—the largest folk festival in the

Old Time Oktoberfest

On October 6, we celebrated an Old Time Oktoberfest in a lovely old home near Rice in Houston. The menu was inspired by traditional German food, but was served with condiments and sides the way they used to be prepared--fermented. Fermentation is an ancient technology that uses bacteria to preserve food. It was the standard way of making sauerkraut, mustard, ketchup, etc. before canning came about. And even though nobody at the time knew it, fermented foods are very good for our bodies. They