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They have many names: in Bavaria, they are known as undressed or undressed. In Franconia they are called Küchle or Kiachla. In Austria they are called Bauernkrapfen. In the Franconian-Swabian and Tyrolean regions they are also known as Knieküchle or Knieküchle. What is meant is the same. They are lard pastries.
Mühlviertel wasp nests are a specialty from the border regions of Upper Austria. You can feel the influence of the Bohemian cuisine with its pastries. There are several versions of how to prepare the wasp nests. You can find the recipes here.
Let yourself be kidnapped in three monasteries in Austria. We visit St. Lambrecht Abbey in Styria, the Sisters of Mary of Karmel in Bad Mühllacken and Bad Kreuzen in Upper Austria.
A trip to Aigen Schlägl to the Schlägl Abbey is not only worthwhile because of the brewery and the beer that is produced there. In the Stiftskeller you can eat well in beautiful surroundings and in the themed gardens of the State Horticultural Show of 2019 a walk through the grounds is worthwhile.
Freistadt Austria You can discover restaurants where you can eat well here. Our trip to the Mühlviertel showed that innkeepers in the Mühlviertel have ideas. We started our trip with a tour of Freistadt Austria restaurants.
In summer, we find berries fresh from the field in farm shops nearby. In winter they offer jams, spreads or liqueurs and syrups that the farmers make themselves. For connoisseurs like us, this is a real paradise. So what could be more obvious than taking a tour to see farmers on one of our pleasure trips?
Smart hosts in the Mühlviertel have shown us that these inns in the Mühlviertel are everything but boring. With ideas and imagination, they offer their guests a pub experience that is impressive. It is worth discovering the pub culture in the Mühlviertel.
The St. Martin's goose is a feast in Austria and Bavaria. The feast of St. Martin is celebrated on November 11th. Numerous customs are associated with his memorial day. One of them is eating a St. Martin's goose on the feast day of the saint. By the way, a goose is also a good Christmas dinner.
The hike through the Pesenbachtal beckons us. Witches and devils are supposed to be up to mischief there. There are also stories of shamans and healers. On a sunny midsummer day, we set out in cool morning temperatures. From the Kurhaus in Bad Mühllacken we start our hike through the Pesenbachtal.
Two days of detox in the monastery - that's what we wanted to try out during our stay at the Kneipp Kurhaus in Bad Mühllacken. In Bad Mühllacken this is done with the methods of Traditional European Medicine (TEM). Hildegard von Bingen and Pastor Kneipp are just some of the founders of these healing methods.
