The Hindenburg

[RJNorton]

Over the years I've seen many Hindenburg photos, but this page has many that were new to me:

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2012/05...er/100292/

[Thomas Kearney]

I had seen the first one, but it looks like the Hindenburg had a nice dining room. I wonder how good the food was!

[Eva Elisabeth]

Fascinating photos, Roger - eerie and ominous, gives goosebumps to see!

(06-01-2016 04:30 PM)Thomas Kearney Wrote:  I had seen the first one, but it looks like the Hindenburg had a nice dining room. I wonder how good the food was!

Since it supposedly was German food - good isn't an attribute applicable to any degree.

[L Verge]

(06-01-2016 04:47 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Fascinating photos, Roger - eerie and ominous, gives goosebumps to see!

(06-01-2016 04:30 PM)Thomas Kearney Wrote:  I had seen the first one, but it looks like the Hindenburg had a nice dining room. I wonder how good the food was!

Since it supposedly was German food - good isn't an attribute applicable to any degree.

Now, Eva, I had some delicious wiener schnitzel while in Germany, learned to like sauerkraut because it was so different from the canned stuff my grandmother ate, and also enjoyed spaetzel (did I spell that correctly?). The strudels were wonderful and so were those beer gardens in the Black Forest.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Wiener (Vienna) Schnitzel is actually Austrian...Well, I agree on Strudel and anything bakery (and chocolate).

Spätzle are easy and quick to DIY - stir (with a muddler) or knead
4 eggs,
0.66 lbs of flour,
some salt and
~ 125ml (small teacup) of water (amount depending on egg size, also more for whole grain flour, which I'd prefer - whole grain spelt flour)
until the dough is smooth and blisters. Let it rest in a warm place for 20 min., then roll it out (just with a spoon, not as meticulously as for cookies!) on a chopping board and chop stripes of the dough into boiling water. The Spätzle are ready when they swim atop (takes two minutes...).

[LincolnMan]

Just can't imagine that people felt safe in those things-all those explosive gas waiting to be ignited.

[Gene C]

Just sit in the non smoking section

[LincolnMan]

Interesting actually. Was smoking allowed?

[RJNorton]

Yes, there was a smoking room. Here's a page with photos:

http://www.airships.net/hindenburg-smoking-room

[LincolnMan]

Ha! I thought there might be.