Article: GATHERINGS Ham, too, benefits from a festive beer; You don't need a royal wedding to make herbed cheese biscuits

GATHERINGS

OKTOBERFEST MENUS

Ham, too, benefits from a festive beer

You don't need a royal wedding to make herbed cheese biscuits

Last week, we began a trio of Oktoberfest menus with the Black Forest Gateau. In this second installment, we take a gander at a hop- happy ham, while next week we feature beer-infused seafood.

I don't know exactly what was on the menu for the 1810 wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen that began the tradition of Oktoberfest, but I would bet my last deutsche mark that somewhere on the royal banquet table were pork and pickled vegetables, staples of German fare.

Brats and sauerkraut may do for an informal affair, but if you care ...

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