Salsiccia pasta

If you are anywhere near italy or france, you`ll definately find fresh saussages in the supermarkets or at the butcher stall. They could be filled with herbs, or traditionally made according to the country you are in. Choose any to your choice, just make sure that it`s not one of those which is dried (air dried) , but raw.

Pasta with vongole (venus) mussels

If you’re all tired from the usual pasta with just red plain sauce, try this treat for a change. If you’re anywhere in the southern part of europe, you’ll usually find a stand with fresh fish in most of the bigger supermarkets. So buy those seafood according to your hearts desire and make it a fine yummy dish to treat yourself with!

Chicken sweetsour

Have you ever had one of these days when nothing seem to turn out right for you? Sun ray is something holy for me. Funny. It’s been weeks and months since we’ve been blessed with rain, bad weather and no chance for climbing outside. You feel how the cobwebs are growing on your arms making them heavy, your butt’s all sore from surfing the weekend thru in the internet (looking for sun - yeah!) And suddenly when the sun comes out for a couple of hours, you hurry down your cellar, grab your rucksack and equipment and drive 2 hours to a favourite climbing spot…. only to find out that the crag with over 140 routes were all soaking wet?

Beef Bourguignon with marons

It was quiet, terribly quiet and the day was just awesome. I sat outside enjoying every single ray the sun had to offer on a cold autumn afternoon. As a slight breeze came across my face, I watched the golden leaves falling to the grounds…the previous nights were frosty cold and winter was coming in big steps . And I thought, we’re going to have a strong winter this year, one thats white, fluffy and cold….not like the winter’s we’ve been having in the past. I could be wrong, but who knows whats happening to mother earth. Nothing’s predictable. I watched how the marons fall from the trees, and remembered how these marons destroyed my car years back…and everybody thought it must’ve been a big hail storm. Damned! It was a new car, and I was shocked when I saw what happened. And just as those angry memories were about to disappear, I had just the perfect idea for dinner that evening. I was going to get my revenge on those little marons!

Green asparagus with tuna Couscous

You know, it’s actually not the season for aspargus as it’s summer right now. But there are still times when you can find asparagus in the supermarket…and this wee world does have differant climates on it’s differant parts. So I thought yeah, why not add this right now into the blog. It doesn’t have to be spring time.

We were in France at this time of the year when you could find asparugus abundently. Infact I found some wild asparagus,

Spanish garlic bread

I remembered sitting in Todi’s rifugio near Montgrony waiting for dinner to be served. Todi was the mountain guide of the area, he offered guided tours to the nearby mountain regions, climbing courses, he offered beds and also it was possible to camp at his site. A few guys from New Zealand took the rooms upstairs, busy writing sms on their mobile phones hoping that the rain would stop soon. They had a nice kitchen to use for themselves, a dining table in the community room, electricity and showers. The rifugio had a rustic atmosphere,  it was built out of stone,
the fireplace was lighted,
warm and cosy, wind protected….

Drunken King Prawns

“It was a hot autumn in the 9-ties when we decided to bulldoze our way to southern Spain. Our flight landed in Malaga. We checked out of the airport, got in to our rental car and were looking very much forward to exploring this part of the world. It was my first time in spain, the culture, food was something really new for me. Andalusia was blessed with warm temperatures, hidden secret spots that only the locals would know of, awesome crags with fantastic 35m routes and everyone was just so friendly! We headed off for Granada after staying a few days climbing in Anteqeura and El Chorro,

 

 

Avocadopaste

Seid Ihr in mediteranen Ländern beim Klettern unterwegs so habt Ihr eine bessere Chance an reife speziell dunkle Avocados ranzukommen. Ebenso gibt es da meistens auch Baguette in besserer Qualität als bei uns in Deutschland. Diese beiden harmonieren hervorragend an warmen Tagen zu kühlem (im Fluss, Bach, oder Leitungswasser, Schnee???) gehaltvollen Weisswein.

Knoblauchnudeln

hier ein einfaches und für den schnellen hunger schmackhaftes nudelrezept das bei der richtigen menge knoblauch vielleicht auch deine projektierte route am nächsten tag freihält.

Reiberdatschi, raiberdachi, rub a ducky?

No matter how you say it, it’s a delicious something to make. Originally, this dish is supposedly a german or austrian food. My dad told me once that it comes from switzerland, better known as Rösti.  You could make it in many differant variants, with speck, with compott, eat it as a side dish, or as your breakfast, eat it sweet, salty of solid. The americans would call this hash browns… I remember only seeing them in McDonalds, but never tried…no way..

We were in south tirol one cold sunny autumn morning when we were just finishing our breakfast with the usual bowl of cerials,