Spatzen and Spaetzle

James A. Landau JJJRLandau at AOL.COM
Thu Feb 15 14:22:12 UTC 2001


Are "spatzen" and "spaetzle" the same thing?

Merriam-Webster's Tenth Collegiate defines "spaetzle" as "a small dumpling
cooked by running batter through a colander into boiling water."

I found "spatzen" in a 1901 cookbook, which specified "drop [the batter] by
teaspoons into boiling soup."

       - Jim Landau



More information about the Ads-l mailing list