I think I have to rename our blog to “Steve and Mary-Anne’s Culinary Weblog”. We drove from Pittsburgh to Hagerstown, Maryland, and the main event today was eating in the Schmankerl-Stube. Mary-Anne spotted the advert in the local guide in our hotel room, and we decided we had to try it. It is a real piece of Bavaria on the east coast of the USA! The whole place is true Bavarian style, including the waitress. The food was excellent; they import their bread from a German baker in Toronto, and sausages from a butcher near Chicago. I ate Münchner Geschnetzeltes, and Mary-Anne chose the restaurant’s specialty, Schmankerltopf, both with excellent Spätzle! Dessert was a home-made Apple Strudel, which tasted good, but the pastry was a little soft from being warmed in the microwave.
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