About

Hi!

My name is Helga and as you might have guessed I have a German and Austrian background.  During the 50’s, my parents emigrated from Europe to hopefully earn a little money in Canada and return home when job opportunities improved. As it turned out they met in Toronto, got married and never moved back. With several siblings emigrating with them, we grew up surrounded by cousins, aunts and uncles.We had many get togethers with lots of food, cake and more cake. Did I mention we had a lot of cake. Being surrounded by accomplished bakers, of course rubs off a little (at least the desire to eat cake anyway).  I would like to think some skills have been passed on through the genes.  I love baking and cooking and seeing my appreciative family’s face when a favourite meal or dessert is placed in front of them.  My goal this year is to preserve some of these memories with a collection of traditional recipes that I grew up with. That being said, there are many recipes I still need to try and some to discover. Strudelnoodle will hopefully bring together some old and new recipes for friends, family and anyone else who enjoys traditional European  cooking.

Thanks for stopping by and feel free to let me know what you think.

p.s. The inspiration for this blog comes from (of course) my mom’s famous apple strudel. Cheers!

This picture was taken at a restaurant near the highest mountain in Austria called the Grossglockener, where incidentally I had one of the best apple strudels ever.