Good morning Lounge

[MissHoneychurch]

it is Wednesday, hump day :)
Today at work we will have a "Frankfurt Green Sauce" lunch with a bunch of colleagues. So I will be gone in between for an hour or so (around noon my time). Here is an explanation from Wiki.

German Grüne Soße
There are two traditional types of Hessian Green Sauce which are popular in the Frankfurt am Main and Kassel area. The Frankfurt-style is made from hard-boiled eggs, oil (but not olive oil), vinegar, salt, and generous amount of seven fresh herbs, namely borage, sorrel, cress, chervil, chives, parsley, and salad burnet. Variants, often due to seasonal availability include dill, lovage, lemon balm and even spinach or basil. In more frugal times, daisy leaves, broad plantain leaves, and dandelion leaves were also used. Since the sauce is mainly an emulsion of fat and egg yolk, it may be classified as a kind of mayonnaise (although common mayonnaise uses raw yolks). Today, buttermilk, sour cream ("Saure Sahne" with 10 per cent fat, or "Schmand" with 24 per cent fat), quark, or yogurt is often added in order to reduce the oil content of the sauce. The green sauce typical of the city of Kassel is made with a sour cream base.

The sauce is served with peeled boiled potatoes, accompanying either hard-boiled eggs or roasted beef brisket. Hard apple cider is a typical accompanying drink. This was supposedly Goethe's favorite meal; a legend that his mother invented it is likely apocryphal.

About the Goethe part. His mother did NOT invent it. The Green Sauce got invented when she was dead already. Since I work in the Goethe museum (his birthplace) and we just have an exhibition about her, the lady who did the exhibition invited those for the lunch, whom helped with the exhibition. And some of us bring our own Green Sauce, so we will have different styles. That will be fun :)

Picture of the day (a staircase in the Goethe house)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good morning, my dear MissHoneychurch!

And since it's just past midnight here, it is technically morning here too!

This is a fascinating post of yours!

The food sounds wonderful, and I love the picture...

Glad I was up to participate!

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

2. Good morning CP

thank you.

:hi:

[peruban]

3. Good morning

Again, it's almost bedtime for me.

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Good morning peruban

and good night. I hope you can sleep tonight :hug:

[Guava Jelly]

5. Happy Hump day MissH

And thank you.
Very interesting information.
I hope you are having a good week :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Good morning GoP

I am haveing a good week. Am busy at work, that makes the days pass faster. I am talking with my friends on DU ... what else can I ask for?

Hope you are doing good too!!

My threads seem to be about food a lot lately ... LOL

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

7. Good.

My week is slow and I don't want to do anything. Grr!! Can't they just pay me for being awesome? :eyes:
Apparently they cant :mad: :rofl:
No,I'm fine.
All is wonderful.
Oh..You can talk about food anytime :)
I still want a piece of your lemon pie. Yum!

[Callalily]

8. Good morning MissH!

Interesting reading about the green sauce. I'll have mine on brisket please! :rofl: And food is a great topic, never tire of it.

Also interesting coincidence, you working at the Goethe Museum, and me researching the Goethe Institute in NYC (work related). Ah, the world is full of coincidences. ;)

Oh, and great staircase pic. I love the lighting.

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

9. Good morning Simply

(a bit belated)

I sure am stuffed. Damn, that was yummy. 5 different sauces, each tasted other. All were good. And some eggs and potatoes with it, also a glass of wine ... or two :D

:loveya: :hi: :hug:

[Callalily]

12. Wow, feasting at work again!

And drinking wine! Sounds like a good day at the office. :rofl:

It's snowing here right now. Sure looks beautiful. I've got a great view from my office window.

[MissHoneychurch]

13. It is snowing in Germany too

well, except in Frankfurt. Here it is raining ....

Yes, it is a good day at the office ... except that working part :rofl:

[Callalily]

19. Yea, the working part - yuk!

I haven't done much today yet. Oh well. I'm usually working at 150% so I deserve some slack time. Sounds good, doesn't it? ;)

[MissHoneychurch]

22. Sounds wonderful

:)

You know we need mental health days too :)

[Callalily]

24. Speaking on mental

health days. I truly was going to take today off, but I'm waiting for some important information I need here at work, *sigh*. So I'm checking my work calendar and trying to fit a sick day in before the holidays!

[MissHoneychurch]

25. Good luck with that!!!

Next week? Not too close to Christmas.

My days are filling with meeting these days, I have no chance to take off a day. Also, my co-worker wants to take a day off or two. And since I don't have any vacation days left I am stuck here. But at the moment it is busy enough to keep me occupied. Also I have the Lounge :D

[Callalily]

29. What is it with meetings!

We've been having so many lately wasting our time (in my opinion) that it's difficult to get our real work done.

I agree, it's going to be hard to schedule a sick day off. Should have taken today off. Oh well, hindsight is a wonderful thing. ;)

[MissHoneychurch]

34. Sometimes I guess

it is anexcuse for people NOT to work, esp. bosses :rofl:

Just see how you feel in the mornings and then decide if you want to take the day off or not. :)

[Callalily]

36. I think you're right about

bosses . . . oh well.

Gotta get some work done, so wishing you a good day.

:hug:

[AirmensMom]

15. Hi SF!

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

Good to see you.

[Callalily]

18. So good to see you!

How are things in the big state of Tennessee?

I'm at work right now and don't feel just too ambitious. :evilgrin:

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

[AirmensMom]

21. ...

:hug:

Things are the same.

I know that feeling! I haven't done anything around here all week. Laundry is starting to pile up. :scared:

[Callalily]

23. Hope things improve soon!

Will keep positive thoughts going for you and Harleydad.

Yeah, I'd rather be outside playing in the snow. We've got a couple inches already, and should get some more.

Good luck with the laundry. :rofl:

[AirmensMom]

26. Thank you.

I can remember the days when we had to do laundry by hand in the bathtub and hang it in front of the heater. Took DAYS to dry the jeans. I swore I would never complain about doing laundry if I ever got a washing machine. OK, so I'm not complaining ... I'm just not DOING it. :rofl:

I'm not one to play in the snow. I don't like snow or cold, so I end up hibernating all winter long. One thing I miss about FL is warm wintertime.

[Callalily]

28. Really? You did laundry

in a bathtub! I'm truly impressed. That doesn't sound like fun.

In my old place during summer I'd hang laundry out on a wash line. Everything smelled so fresh.

But I never have done laundry in a bathtub. Trust me, I'd be wearing my stuff for multiple days if I'd have to do laundrey that way!

I'm not fond of the cold, but playing in the snow is fun.

[AirmensMom]

30. Yep.

No money for the laundromat. It's not fun, especially trying to wring out jeans. But we had no choice. I don't think we wore things until they stood up on their own, but we might have worn jeans twice.

We just started using the dryer again last month. I had a clothesline put in back in April and we were able to use it all summer long. It's just too cold now. I tried a few times in the cold, but nothing gets dry, even if it's not freezing.

I like to cross country ski, although I've only done it a few times. It was a LOT more fun than I expected it to be. I don't know if we get enough snow around here for that.

[Callalily]

32. I LOVE cross country

skiing. Hopefully we'll get enough snow to go, and hopefully it'll last until the weekend.

Okay, I've got to get serious and do some work. They just delivered a new filing cabinet to my office, so I'd best get organizing.

Wishing you a great day!

:hug:

[AirmensMom]

35. Have fun!

Organizing stuff in a filing cabinet is my favorite thing to do. :crazy:

You have a great day, too. It was nice seeing you. :hug:

[malta blue]

10. Good morning MissH.

:hug::loveya::hug:

That lunch sounds yummy - way better than the baked potato that I brought for lunch here at work :D

Today I am wearing contact lenses for the first time in 3 years! It feels weird and I keep reaching to readjust my glasses when I bend down, and there are no glasses there :rofl:

Have a great day!

[MissHoneychurch]

11. Good morning Malta

as long as your view stays focused :D

Baked potato is yummy too. Haven't had one in a while. What did you eat it with?

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

[malta blue]

17. I have "steam in the bag" microwaveable veggies

to pour over the potato once I heat it up again. Today it is white beans and spinach in a garlic sauce. :9

[MissHoneychurch]

20. Oh that sounds delicious

no problem with the garlic and co-workers? :9

[malta blue]

38. I am never close enough to a co-worker for it to affect them

and if so, then :shrug:

[AirmensMom]

14. Good morning, MissHC!

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

Very cool pic! And the lunch sounds totally yummy. :9

[MissHoneychurch]

16. Good morning AirmensMom

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

It was totally yummy. But now I am stuffed. :9

[AirmensMom]

27. So now

you should take a nap. BAD German company to treat you to such a lunch and then make you work afterwards. :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

31. Well, except that it wasn't the company

but my former boss who treated us .... and 4 co-workers and I made the green sauces.

I will survive it. Only working another half hour or so today :rofl:

[AirmensMom]

33. The company

simply CONDONED the behavior. It's getting clearer. :rofl:

Then you can sleep it off on the train, before you get your Glühwein. :D

[Tuesday Afternoon]

37. The staircase...that is where you work? Not on the staircase,silly

you know what I mean...Is the Goetthe House the actual Museum?

Good Morning :hug: :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

39. Good morning

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Yes, the Goethe House is the actual museum. I seperated it as we also have a gallery. And yes, it is where I work. Not in the old building though, as this is the museum :crazy:

Can't talk much today, I am about to leave and go to the Christmas Market with a friend.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

40. Enjoy your day...see you tomorrow--

:hug:

[Wapsie B]

41. Good morning / afternoon to you!

I hope the lunch was good.