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  Austria - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Hitler throughout his lifetime claimed to be an Austrian, especially to gain influence among the rich kangaroo tribes based in Vienna and the capital of Austria Salzburg.
A genetic test however revealed that Hitler was the son of a Nigarian football player, Jack Schwarzenegger, uncle to Arnold Schwarzenegger and a Polish nun of the name of Britney Spears.
From 1945 to 1986 Frank Sinatra was the religious leader and spiritoual sumpreme kangaroo cleric of Austria.
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  Austrian Food & Cuisine :: Soccerphile
Austrian food has a lot of common with German food, but is also influenced by Hungarian and Slav cooking, remnants of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.
Traditional Austrian cooking is based around meat and potatoes, goulash, pastries, sausages, and dumpling after dumpling after dumpling, but in recent years there as also emerged a 'New Austrian' school of cooking which uses less salt and butter, and tries to create lighter, healthier organic dishes.
Austrians are generally very liberal and tolerant of other cultures, so there are only a few points to remember at mealtimes.
www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/euro2008/culture/austrian-food.html   (743 words)

  
 austrian cooking potato knoedel
It is not surprising therefore that Austrian cuisine is the culinary expression of a people who for many centuries have exchanged culinary knowledge and experience with almost everyone in Europe and the East.
Austrian food resembles today a small federation where nine regions, or Bundeslander, are influenced in a different way by their geography and the proximity with border countries.
Austrian cuisine has sometimes German similarities while other areas reflects ties with the eastern cooking or may have a Mediterranean tone with herbs and vegetables.
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 Food and -processing
Austria has a relative high degree of self sufficiency within the food sector, and Austrian food and drink import is mainly concentrated within specialities, convenience, ready and ethnic food including spices, sauces and seasonings as well as fish and fish products, fresh, chilled and frozen products, whisky and wine.
The annual consumption of food and drinks in Austria per capita is distributed as follows: Vegetables: 98.5 kg, fresh fruits: 91.6 kg, bread: 76.5 kg, meat: 68.3 kg, coffee and tea: 265 litres, mineral water: 80 litres, wine: 31.8 litres and beer 114.1 litres.
The Austrian food retail market is highly concentrated as the top 5 chains account for 86% of the total market, which is the highest trade concentration in Europe.
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 Austria / Austrian Food, Travel and Culture
Small wonder that the Austrian is said to be preoccupied with the subject of food.
If this claim of absorption with food seems unjustified, one should consider that although Austria is a predominantly scenic and mountainous country, its manicured farms, pastures, vineyards, and orchards produce all the necessities of the diet and do so relatively inexpensively.
Though most Austrian immigrants to America speak German and are German in spirit, they have — with the exception of the groups mentioned above – melded into North American society, caring little for Austrian newspapers or Austrian organizations, yet their ties and justifiable pride in Austrian cuisine remain.
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 Culture of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austrian literature can be divided into two main divisions, namely the period up until the mid 20th century, and the period subsequent, in which both the Austro-Hungarian and German empires were gone.
Austrian cuisine, which is often incorrectly equated with Viennese cuisine, is derived from the cuisine of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Austrian cuisine is known primarily in the rest of the world for its pastries and sweets.
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 Julia Sevenich - Austrian Wine Glossary
This rank of quality for Austrian wine requires that the grapes be frozen at the time of harvesting and vinification.
Austrian wine cellars are often built into mountainsides with small tasting rooms near the entrance.
This rank of quality for Austrian wine requires that the grapes Grape harvest is restricted to a maximum of 9,000 kg per hectare.
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 AUSTRIANTRADE.ORG: Austrian Food Industry Expected to Continue Growth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
 Analysts predict that 2006 will be a successful year for the Austrian food industry.
A 4% growth in sales is expected, which would bring total revenue to EUR 12.6 billion.
Between January and May 2006 food exports have increased by 12% and beverage exports by 20%.
www.austriantrade.org /austriantrade/news/article/7341/448/hash/e4e43a36a7/pl   (75 words)

  
 Vienna Online - Austrian Insights - Let's eat Gourmet style
Now, "good food" is a very relative term which I learned from traveling the world.
Austrians like to start dinner with a soup.
Roland's food is just tastier than anything else I've ever had.
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 Austria travel guide - Wikitravel
Austrians are generally a very law-abiding bunch, but when behind a wheel they seem to make an exception to their considerate attitude.
Austrian food is distinctive and delicious, and is traditionally of the stodgy, hearty "meat and dumplings" variety.
Austrians use generally European table manners, that is, they hold the knife in the right hand and the fork in the left hand, eating with both utensils.
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 Welcome to Julius Meinl
Think of Austrian food and you're bound to awaken memories of potbellied waiters in lederhosen serving plates heaped with meat and softball-size dumplings.
A new breed of Austrian chef has rediscovered the country's traditional cuisine and the results are lighter, tastier and more creative.
The food itself is recognizable to anyone familiar with Austrian cuisine and yet it's fresher, less fatty and easier to digest.
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 Food | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal
Austrian wines also are not rated in categories of ripeness, the level of sugar is noted on each bottle and the great majority are bone dry.
There was also the 1985 scandal when some Austrian illegally sweetened their wines, which produced a fl eye in the wine trade and reforms that created the toughest wine laws in Europe.
Austrian wines are not a complete rarity; exports to the United States have grown fourfold and range from everyday quaffers to finer stuff.
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 Austrian Food   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Austria Food Exploring Austria Travel Guide
Austrians are not only famous for their sweet wines; they are also known for their taste for sweets.
The ideal Austrian dessert is accompanied with coffee in a relaxing Austrian coffee house.
An extraordinary Austrian dessert that is a famous and original recipe from Vienna is the so-called Cheese danish.
www.exploring-austria.com /category/austria-food   (1083 words)

  
 Austrian Food
Austrian cuisine incorporates a variety of components closely linked with the country’s history.
Regional cooking, one of the mainstays of Austrian cuisine in general, is a sector in which predominantly local ingredients are used.
Another factor responsible for the distinctive features of regional food were the sources of heat and cooking techniques used locally.
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 Cuisine of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coffee is served in a variety of styles, particularly in the coffeehouses of Vienna.
There are also other common delicacies, which may not be cordon bleu, but which are typical of Austrian food, for example the Bosna or Bosner (a spiced bratwurst in a hot dog roll) which is an integral part of the menu at Austria's typical fast-food joint, the sausage stand (Würstelstand).
Various types of dumpling are an important part of Upper Austrian cuisine, as they are in neighbouring Bavaria and Bohemia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austrian_cuisine   (1320 words)

  
 Food & Wine Trails Custom Food & Wine Group Programs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The result: The Food and Wine Trails campaign sold over 100 cruise berths in less than 60 days, generated over $100,000 of free magazine advertising for Simi, and earned free travel for the four winners of the Savor advertiser and reader contest.
Food and Wine Trails designed an international travel program that took top customers to hard-to-access Italian wineries and food producers.
The program was designed to communicate the value of Austrian food and wine while tying together the elongated elements of their distribution chain.
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 Austrian recipes - the original taste of Austria
Typical Austrian side dishes are: Lettuce - potato - cucumber - or mixed salad.
For the filling: To make the coarse bread crumbs, toast slices of white bread in the oven until crisp, about 10 minutes.
Break into pieces and place in a food processor.
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 Austrian cooking - Austrian food - Austrian recipes, description, photos
Austrian dishes vary from region to region, one might say they vary from kitchen to kitchen.
Fact is that Austrian culinary is not to be seen without considering coffees but also the many Kipferl varieties.
Austrians eat it as accompaniment side dish with roast pork, grilled sausages, boiled smoked meat, various stuffed dumplings and Bauernschmaus, a dish of sauerkraut, sausages, pieces of meat such as roast pork and boiled smoked meat, plus potatoes and a bread dumpling.
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 Food in Upper Austria
Whereas the classic potato dumpling is a side dish, all the others mentioned are served as main dishes with sauerkraut, a warm white cabbage salad, or some other kind of salad.
To the east, Upper Austria borders on the Waldviertel and the Lower Austrian part of the Mostviertel.
The Upper Austrian doughnut is round in shape and thicker at the edge than in the middle.
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 Roadfood.com Forums - German Food
I've been to a few really good german restaurants in Milwaukee and Cincinnati, and we apparently have one here in Knoxville, The Linderhoff, but in 12 years I have not been there.
There used to be a place called Old Vienna on S. 13th Street in Omaha that had really good German food too.
I liked the food but have yet to find a stateside place that does it like they do it there.
www.roadfood.com /Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6449   (769 words)

  
 Austrian pets hunger for quality U.S. pet foods. | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting from AllBusiness.com
Together, these facts should alert U.S. pet food exporters to the opportunity for increased pet food sales in the Austrian marketplace, where 43 percent of households already have at least one pet.
Current pet food sales meet only 34 percent of the dietary needs of Austria's 1.5 million dogs and 38 percent of its half-a-million cats.Trade experts believe the market could increase another 80 percent, considering the trend toward buying more pet food for existing pets and the expected gradual increase in the number of pets.
The Austrian pet owner spends an average of about $12 per month on dog food and $11 per month on cat food, totaling just over $250 million per year for the country.
www.allbusiness.com /agriculture-forestry-fishing-hunting/652234-1.html   (604 words)

  
 Delicious Austrian Cuisine: Have food with Karin's Personal Chef Service
Austrian cuisine is similar to German cuisine, but with other, even exotic countries' culinary elements lingering from the days of the old Empire and therefore even more delicious!
"An der schönen blauen Donau" by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss Sr.
There is even an Austrian author (Adelheid Dahimène) who calls her soul a snow-white Meringue, which is a beautiful analogy to this wonderful pastry: pristine, fragile, volatile.
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Traditional Austrian food is stodgy, hearty fare of the meat-and-dumpling variety.
Advisory services for Austrian food and beverage exporters and the agricultural sector...
Austrian food is similar to German food, but with Hungarian and Slav elements lingering from the days of the Empire.
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 Austrian Restaurant Guide
Austrian food is similar to German food, but with Hungarian and Slav elements lingering from the days of the Empire.
Most food is simple meat and potatoes fare, but when you begin to tire of it, you can always liven things up with a spicy gulasch or a dish prepared Zigeuner-style.
Austrian wines have a reputation for sweetness, but that's probably because the dry wines preferred by most Austrians are best enjoyed young and don't travel very well.
www2.lib.uchicago.edu /~keith/austria/restaurants.html   (1117 words)

  
 Austrian food, Austrian drink, Austrian cuisine
While traditional food is one of the highlights of visiting Austria, those in the know look for backstube platter — medallions of pork in garlic, with rosti (grated and cooked) potato, or kaiserschmarren — a sort of omelette with raisins and plum compote.
Traditionally renowned for its hearty fare, Austrian cuisine can be surprisingly delicate with Italian influences in the south and Hungarian to the north, and a range of mouth-wateringly good local cheeses.
And it’s not just Austrian cuisine for which visitors have developed a taste, while the best-known Austrian drink may be beer, Austrian wine is fast developing its own fine reputation.
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 EATING AND DRINKING, Austria Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
Austrian cuisine revolves around a solid pork- and veal-based repertoire, of which Wiener Schnitzel is the most famous example.
Main meals tend to be meat-heavy affairs, however, and don't reflect the variety offered by Austria's main contribution to global gastronomic culture - the consumption of endless varieties of coffee, cakes and sweets.
Partaking of the calorific delights in the cake-filled cafés and coffeehouses is an essential part of the Austrian experience - whatever consequences this might have for your waistline.
www.infohub.com /destinations/Europe%2D%26%2DRussia/Austria/84685.htm   (366 words)

  
 Vienna: Europe's Hottest Wine Scene | Food & Wine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Each of the 33 handsome, high-ceilinged rooms, decked out with dark wood and drapes in earth colors like burnt-orange, is dedicated to a different Austrian vintner, with minibars that are stocked with the appropriate bottles—at a markup of just a few euros.
The well-priced, exclusively Austrian wine list represents a range of regions and styles, from old-school Wachau Rieslings to new-wave Cabernets and Pinot Noirs from Kamptal and Burgenland, near the Hungarian border.
Heurigen, the taverns serving young wines and food made from home-grown ingredients, have been fixtures on the outskirts of Vienna for hundreds of years.
www.foodandwine.com /articles/invoke.cfm?label=vienna-europes-hottest-wine-scene&printer=1   (1481 words)

  
 The Austrian Presidency's Health Priorities and Progress in 2006 - European Public Health Alliance
This resulted in the Austrian Presidency drafting a second compromise paper in June in conjunction with its successor, Finland.
Furthermore, Austria contributed to measuring the degree of implementation of the Beijing Platform of Action which was agreed upon at the 4th UN World Conference for Women ten years ago.
Austrian Presidency 2006 highlighted prevention of type 2 diabetes, through the exchange of expertise and the discussion of potential steps at Community level.
www.epha.org /a/1956   (1024 words)

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