The December Octoberfest

So much for my big plan to blog about food. So we have had so much crazy stuff that trying to blog just has been set aside. So it goes.

Back in the late 60’s a bunch of Dale’s friends started having an annual party called the “annual”. Dale went to one or two of these parties then went on to L.A. and got involved with me and our life together.

In the 70’s we moved to the farm and since we loved to entertain started hosting what became the “Siemens Annual”. Then, and I’ll try to write more on this later, we turned the party into a wine tasting with a fundraiser.

Last Saturday we finally had our Siemens Annual for the year, usually we host the party earlier in the year. We decided to combine the party with our annual Oktoberfest that we celebrate normally with only close friends. So it was a beer tasting, wine tasting Oktoberfest.

This year our oven doesn’t work well so I didn’t want to use it for the dishes for the party. Instead I made dishes that were for the cooktop and one I’d revised years ago for my crockpot.

At 3p.m. on Saturday I started cooking; Hot German Potato Salad, Warm Cabbage Salad, Potatoes, Goulash, Choucroute Garnie, and Chicken Paprika. I’d made all of the dishes before except for the Chicken Paprika; omg that was my favorite dish.

Here is the recipe for the Chicken Paprika Gluten Free Style:

1 Roasting Chicken cut up or chicken pieces  

Lemon Juice

4 bacon slices diced

1 C. chicken stock

1 lg red bell pepper, chopped

1 lg green bell pepper, chopped

Salt

2 Tbsp. Paprika

1 small can tomato paste

While wine

½ C sour cream

Heat a little oil in the skillet; add the bacon slices and sauté. Put chicken pieces in skillet and sprinkle all pieces with lemon juice. Quickly turn the pieces over and sprinkle that side with lemon juice.  Sauté the chicken pieces lightly. In a bowl add the stock, salt and paprika and tomato paste mix with a wisk then add the peppers. Add the whole thing to the skillet and cook about 30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked thru. Add wine and sour cream, heat and serve.                         

This is a beautiful dish and tasty.