Now is the perfect time to start practicing your Kaiserschmarren to be ready for the Kaiser’s birthday celebration on August 18th. Kaiserschmarren – literally, “Kaiser’s nonsense”, is famously argued over in terms of its origin. One story tells that it was dinnertime at the palace and there wasn’t much left in the way of food supplies in the kitchen. An ingenious chef threw together what there was – milk, eggs,, flour, raisins, and rum to create this omelette pancake hybrid. Another legend, is that the dish was created for Empress Elisabeth, the Kaiser’s wife. Elisabeth, known as “Sisi”, had eating disorders. There are two camps – one claims this was something she would actually consume while the other maintains she refused to eat it and so the Kaiser said “Let’s see what Schmarren (nonsense) the chef has cooked up” and devoured it all himself. Regardless of historical exactitude, fact is…
