Time for a little payback for Algeria 32 years in the making?
I lived in Germany for three years and my favorite dish remains Sauerbraten:
2 cups water
1 cup red wine
1 cup cider vinegar
1 lemon, sliced
1/2 large onion, diced
1 clove garlic, diced
10 whole cloves
2 bay leaves
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon juniper berries, crushed (optional)
1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
1 (4 pound) boneless beef chuck roast
2 cups chopped onions
2 cups chopped carrots
1 cup diced celery
8 gingersnap cookies, crushed
Heat water, red wine, cider vinegar, lemon, 1/2 onion, garlic, cloves, bay leaves, white sugar, salt, juniper berries, and peppercorns in a saucepan over medium heat until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Allow marinade to cool and pour into a resealable plastic bag. Add beef roast, coat with marinade, squeeze out excess air, and seal bag. Marinate in the refrigerator 2 to 3 days, turning the roast twice a day.
Place onions, carrots, and celery in a slow cooker. Remove roast from marinade and place atop vegetables. Strain marinade and pour 2 1/2 cups over roast; reserve remaining marinade.
Cover and cook roast on Low for 8 hours. Turn slow cooker off. Transfer roast to a cutting board and cover with aluminum foil. Strain cooking liquid into a large bowl and return vegetables to slow cooker to rest.
Heat about 3 cups cooking liquid and gingersnaps in a saucepan over medium-high heat, adding reserved marinade as needed, until gravy is thickened, about 10 minutes.
Slice roast and serve with vegetables and gravy.
I’m not surprised that Algerian food, like Moroccan food has couscous as a staple. This one sounds great:
Saffron and Raisin Couscous with Fresh Mint
Ingredients
2 cups water
½ teaspoon saffron
1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups couscous
¼ cup raisins
3 Tablespoons fresh mint, chopped
Procedure
In a saucepan, bring the 2 cups of water to a boil and add the saffron.
Remove from the heat, cover, and let stand for 30 minutes.
Return the pan to the heat, return to a boil, and mix in the olive oil, salt, couscous, and raisins.
Remove from the heat, cover, and let stand for 30 minutes.
Top with the fresh mint.
Makes 8 servings.
SRW1
Much of how this game goes probably depends on whether Germany take Algeria seriously enough. If they do, they should have enough to beat them. If they don’t, this could get interesting.
ETA: Schweinsteiger for Khedira to strengthen the singing of the national anthem.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
1982!!!!
Just sayin’…
am
The recipes are a really cool idea! Thanks for that and the futbol updates!
Anoniminous
If “the Ukraine” should be called Ukraine shouldn’t Algeria be called Geria?
raven
I’m starting to worry that watching every frickin game may be a bad idea. Another couple like the last two days and I may be kaput.
Alex S.
Algeria’s score against West Germany 2:0, Algeria’s score against East Germany 0:3 (and a draw)
Alex S.
@Anoniminous:
That reminds me…. Costa Rica and Ame Rica?
Roger Moore
@Anoniminous:
Only if the people who live there prefer it that way.
Violet
@raven: Yeah, the last couple of days have been exciting. I missed France-Nigeria today.
raven
@Violet: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
? Martin
Whatever the problem in the game today, the solution is that Germany should pass more.
Amir Khalid
Interestingly, this only the third competitive match ever between Germany and Algeria. Algeria won both the previous ones, including the match before die Schande von Gijon.
Violet
@? Martin: Where has the football in your name gone?
raven
Could he have drilled the goalie?
Gin & Tonic
In other news, current reports out of Ukraine are that the government has declared martial law and an end to the (unilateral) cease-fire in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
⚽️ Martin
@Violet: Ah, thank you. Switched browsers.
pat
geez, are they going to do that annoying whistling for the whole match?
Violet
@⚽️ Martin: You’re welcome! Glad to see the appropriate symbol for this thread.
Amir Khalid
Germany has two Muslim players in its starting XI: Mesut Özil and Shkodran Mustafi. Özil has said he is skipping the fast during the World Cup, as he can choose to do. Algeria manager Vahid Halilhodzic was asked at the pre-match news conference which of his players weren’t fasting, and he (very rightly) told the reporter to mind his own business.
⚽️ Martin
@Violet: Indeed. Didn’t even notice.
raven
@⚽️ Martin: Huh, I just get two squares on Chrome on the Mac but FF does them right.
Amir Khalid
Germany are not dominating Algeria as the form book would lead you to expect. And that Algeria goal that was ruled offside wasn’t offside by much.
⚽️ Martin
@raven: Yeah, Chrome doesn’t do it natively. Just about everything else does, so I don’t know what Google’s problem here is.
raven
@⚽️ Martin: Buncha knuckleheads!
Punchy
Just wait until SCOTUS declares that futbol clubs can have a religion, and it’s a mortal sin for Germany to lose. Seems like that would ensure an immediate Big Dub for the Krauts.
Violet
@Amir Khalid:
What? You mean players’ religious obligations and observances are their personal business? What kind of soshulist outfit is that?
SRW1
Lahm and maybe Mertesacker are the only German players looking their usual self. The rest is phlegma. Might get punished.
ETA: Oh, and Neuer might make for a better defender than Boateng.
Morfydd
Germany is looking… Not on form.
mali muso
Wow, Algeria looking energetic and dangerous. And they are the only African side left, so I guess I will have to cheer for them. Would be fascinating to see them play France. Talk about a grudge match…
⚽️ Martin
Germany is going to lose this match. They better send that other German team out in the 2nd half.
Morfydd
Götze, get off the field, with your “I’m only twelve, how could I foul anyone?” act…
Amir Khalid
It’s crazy to have your goalkeeper play as a last-ditch outfield defender. Was ist los mit euch, Deutschland?
raven
@mali muso: Ever see “Days of Glory” about Algerian infantry in the French Army in WWII? Interesting flick. A number of the Algerians stayed in France and, when Algeria gained independence, the fucking cheese eaters revoked their pensions.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@mali muso:
A lot of the Algerian players either grew up in France or have played there professionally. I’m not sure if the war is as much a motivating factor as is the German-Austrian World Cup conspiracy of 1982 is in this game.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@⚽️ Martin:
Weren’t people saying that about the Dutch in the first half of yesterday’s game?
I’m thinking rope-a-dope.
raven
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): 130 years of occupation was a bit more than a war.
raven
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Yea but it was so hot in that one.
Amir Khalid
Algeria have been coming on strong. But you really don’t want them to run out of gas in the second half and concede a silly goal.
raven
Right in the family jewels!
SRW1
I guess the M’Bolhi has now made up for the rebound he had dropped invitingly in front of Mueller.
Violet
What happened to that Algerian player’s head? The one wearing the bandage?
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@raven:
Sure, but there are still a lot of Algerian ties to France, just as there are American ties to Blighty, African-American ties to Dixie, etc..
SRW1
@Violet:
IIRC he got a knock from one of his team mates in a previous game.
raven
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): yep
raven
@SRW1: Wasn’t he wearing the hair net after he got cut?
raven
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): And French-Vietnamese.
mali muso
@raven: Yes, it was a really good film. My husband (Malian) watched it with me and had some strong reactions as Malian soldiers were also part of the fighting for France and veterans treated quite similarly.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@raven:
And an addendum before I go to work: Arguably the greatest French international player of all time, Zinedine Zidane, is of Algerian heritage.
raven
@mali muso: The troops they would not give tomatos!
Anoniminous
huh
0 – 0 is not what I expected at halftime.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): This.
Violet
It looks miserable in Berlin. Fans look like they’re having fun, though.
I’m in love with Steve McManaman’s accent.
Violet
Apparently Suarez has apologized for biting the Italian player and has promised never to do it again.
SRW1
@raven:
I only remember that he had to come off to be treated because his bandage was leaking blood.
SRW1
Lively up and down this.
Amir Khalid
@Violet:
I could be wrong about this, but I think he said that the last time too.
Trollhattan
O/T uh-oh.
–BBC
The next chapter won’t go well.
Roger Moore
@Violet:
If only soccer had a tea interval, like some more civilized sports, he never would have been that hungry.
Trollhattan
@Amir Khalid:
By “never do it again” he means won’t bite that particular player again.
Roger Moore
@Trollhattan:
Shorter Bibi: Evidence, schmevidence; we know Hamas is responsible.
raven
@Roger Moore: Twarnt Mormons.
Violet
@Amir Khalid: He sounds like a toddler promising he’ll “never do it again”.
@Roger Moore: Indeed. Football could do with a proper tea break.
catclub
In a World Cup Final group stage match. In Brazil.
Amir Khalid
@Trollhattan:
Bibi figures: if you can win all the shooting matches, why settle for peace?
Roger Moore
@raven:
But it could have been random criminals. If Hamas were responsible, I would have expected them to take the kids hostage and very publicly use them for political leverage, not kill them and dump the bodies.
raven
@Roger Moore: Jeremiah Johnson joke.
Roger Moore
@raven:
Completely over my head, as if you hadn’t noticed.
japa21
@Roger Moore: Bibi would tell you that Hamas is sneaky enough to do this because they would expect you to expect them to do what you said Therefore, since they didn’t do what you would expect them to do, they must be responsible.
raven
@Roger Moore: You wouldn’t have an extra hat?
raven
@Roger Moore: Plus, you are having a serious conversation and I’m foolin around!
Roger Moore
@japa21:
Sounds like a typical conspiracy theorist: the absence of evidence is proof of the power of the conspiracy to cover stuff up.
Violet
Algeria seems to be waking up. Finding opportunities.
Amir Khalid
Algeria have done everything today except put the round thing inside the rectangular thing.
SRW1
@Amir Khalid:
That may prove to be fatal, though.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Amir Khalid: I am hoping they will and soon. I am not really a huge fan of the Germans (I was living there when they won in 1990).
Amir Khalid
It might come down to who has the good luck to finally put the round thing where it needs to go.
raven
what the fuck was that
SRW1
That prostration by Mueller in the execution of the free kick certainly was a novelty.
ETA: Maybe he wanted to persuade the Algerians that it was prayer time?
khead
It’s the 89 minute mark. Time for the teams to score 5 goals.
raven
@SRW1: Reminded me of the fumblerooski
Amir Khalid
More extra time. Yippee!
Anoniminous
So now what?
stickler
@Amir Khalid: Das Runde muß ins Eckige. Which it hasn’t managed to do yet. What a show.
Anoniminous
@Anoniminous:
Never mind:
Violet
Dammit.
SRW1
Of course, it had to be a misskicked ball that finally makes it past M’Bolhi. The normal stuff wouldn’t do.
Amir Khalid
Tor! Endlich geht das Runde ins Eckige!
stickler
Aaaaand, I take that back.
beltane
That’s too bad. France vs. Algeria would have been a great match.
Violet
@beltane: There’s still time. They have to play the whole 30 minutes.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@beltane: Well, if Algeria can’t win this game, I hope they run the Germans into the ground and leave them wiped out for Friday’s game against France.
Amir Khalid
Even if Algeria lose today, nobody’s going to say they didn’t do themselves proud.
beltane
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): That’s how I felt about the Costa Rica/Greece game because a Netherlands win promotes domestic tranquility in my home.
Mike E
That was no miss-kick but an adroit “hockey” deflection. Nice presence of mind to get a heel on a ball that was behind him.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
OT: Torrential downpours here; I think I’ll take out the garbage later.
pete
@Amir Khalid: Algeria is clearly suffering from insufficient supplications to the almighty. Bribes might have been useful. Fasting, however, would be de trop under the circumstances.
burnspbesq
Come on everybody
Do the latest dance
In Germany they call it
the Survive and Advance
burnspbesq
Mesut Ozil looks more like Chucky than Chucky does.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Amir Khalid: Dude, if you are holding back from allowing Algeria to score a couple of goals to avoid allegations of favoritism on religious grounds, I will be most disappointed. If you are trying to raise the dramatic tension, well done.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)
I haven’t been able to watch this game but the stats make it look like Germany has dominated but just wasn’t able to score. Is that an accurate assessment?
Amir Khalid
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):
Dude, I’m all about raising the dramatic tension.
Violet
Aww…poor Algeria. They deserved much better than the result will indicate. Fought hard for sure.
Violet
Yes! Algeria! Wish that had happened earlier!
burnspbesq
Another match with a back-story from 1982 coming up. Where is Patrick Battiston?
Amir Khalid
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN):
Germany did score, early in extra time. That’s how come they’re leading 1-0.
⚽️ Martin
Aw, man, that’s just cruel.
Amir Khalid
And one goal apiece, late in extra time. How’s that for raising dramatic tension?
burnspbesq
@⚽️ Martin:
Quality goal. Shame it was too little, too late.
Violet
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): I’m not very knowledgeable but Algeria really fought hard and had a lot of opportunities but just didn’t get the goal. Germany didn’t play all that well at times, but did better toward the end.
SRW1
M’Bolhi man of the match.
⚽️ Martin
@burnspbesq: Yep. But they really blew it giving up that 2nd goal. That was just a mess.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)
@Amir Khalid: Well, I was really looking for some commentary on the parts I couldn’t tell just looking at the score.
Morfydd
Öziiiiil!!!
burnspbesq
You’ll see this at least 1,000 times between now and Friday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPTOnClKCJc
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Amir Khalid: Perhaps if you’d let Algeria tie….
Morfydd
Goddammit, I hit pause on the live feed during the news break and it never caught up to you guys…
Arclite
I’m diggin’ all the recipes.
burnspbesq
Anyone caught drinking a Stella Artois over the next 24 hours will be hanged. You’ve been warned.
Schlemizel
@Anoniminous:
The reason people are sensitive to “the Ukraine” is because Russia refused to recognize Ukraine as a country and instead refered to the as merely a province of Russia, the Ukraine. If the US took over Canada and pretended it was always just part of the nation and refered to it as “the Canada” they might be a bit particular about it also.
Randinho
@burnspbesq: No moules frites or Godiva chocolates either.
If Neuer keeps making those forays in which he thinks he’s a sweeper, he’s going to get burned.
Tripod
So… none of the group winners has lost in the knockouts?
Ruth the Truth
Sauerbraten, potato pancakes, sweet-kraut, and apple sause on the side with a pint of Löwenbräu to wash it all down. *belch*
The Lodger
@Roger Moore: Shouldn’t the people who live in Geria be called Geriatrics?