Männerkochkurs

It's men's cooking course time.  Last Friday, I got to take part in the informal course at Elsa and Josef's.  The gathering started a couple years ago when several neighbors were chatting about some garden vegetables and the idea came up that several middle aged men could benefit from learning a little something about cooking from their friend and retired chef, Richard.
Richard came over with boxes full of groceries and the others arrived soon after.  We threw on our aprons and followed directions to get things started.  Five minutes later we sat down for some whiskey and lime drinks.

We then brewed up some fish soup and delicious pasta.  The fish soup contained three or four different kinds of fish, lots of veggies and the right combination of a bunch of spices.  Richard showed he knew what he was doing as he demonstrated cutting techniques and his expert pallet in tasting the soup.  The pasta was topped with a delicious tomato sauce, seasoned with lots of garlic onions.  We've been doing our fare share of cooking here in Austria, but I gotta say, I haven't made a pasta sauce as good as this.  Yumm!

The night was more about enjoying each other's company than cooking.  Sure, we ate some delicious food, but we had a blast listening to Richard make jokes left and right.  Hans Peter, below talking to Angela, told us about many of his amazing experiences around the world.   

We capped off the night with a traditional Austrian strudel and some schnapps to settle the stomach.

I can't wait until the next course and I'm curious what we'll cook next.