Ulla is a fantastic cook. Here she has prepared a pork dinner with
potato and broccolli, along with a tasty gravy
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She's also great with pasta and sauces
I also cook. I'm in charge of steaks, burgers, omelettes and sandwiches. It's a good division of labor
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Now and then we do go out to eat things like an omelete at Johnny D's
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Or pomme frites with mayonnaise and ketchup from Dutch vendors in Germany.
You have to pay extra for the condiments. I will never understand french fries with mayonnaise. Bleccch...
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My meal at a brauhause on Birkenstrasse in Düsseldorf during the
World Cup Final match in 2002, which Germany lost. But, the food was great and here we did not have to pay extra for
ketchup and mustard
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A sandwich like this one, which I concocted, is a foreign concept in Germany. I like to
think that I introduced the sandwich concept to Germany, but, at least I know I introduced the sandwich concept to Ulla
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Then again, a lot of the things I cook are a foreign concepts to me
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But I have been known to serve up a tasty omelet once in awhile
This baby has ham, swiss cheese, fresh tomato, 4 eggs, no milk, strips of goude pikantje cheese and fresh chives across the top
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And I love inventing sandwiches. This is a multi-grain rye bread
with Remoulade on one side, German scharfe (sharp) mustard on the other, ham, tomato and swiss cheese. Flop one side on top of
the other and call it a meal
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Guinness is good food too
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Especially with a burger, fries and salad
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Then there are the things you cook up at 2:00am after a long night on the town
Fresh sausage slices, fresh tomato, Remoulade, whole grain bread and swiss cheese, all fried until the cheese melts
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Airplane food is another concept entirely. It is in the airline's interest
to keep you happy, healthy and fed for the duration of your journey, but, sometimes that is not very evident. A few shrimp, and
something chickeny doesn't do me for 7 or 8 hours. I bring my own food
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However, once you get where you're going, exploring the food there can be
an incredible experience. This is a seafood platter outdoors in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Everything on that platter was
beginning a really bad day for itself that morning
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Then there are the things you try that you've never eaten before. Here it
was octopus, also on Lanzarote. Chewy and meaty on the outside and fatty on the inside, but, tasty
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"It's only a burger..."Damn... When you're on the go and can't cook or take the
time for a leisurely bite to eat, there is usually a fast food place around the corner, like this Burger King at the
airport in Arrecife on Lanzarote
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