is a typical food from the area of Germany I come from and happens to be my favorite meal, which I can eat anywhere anytime. Since I like food, especially eating, and have never tried to do anything with regard to food photography, so I thought I give it a try. :)

I discovered that cooking and photographing at the same time is quite challenging, luckily I did not throw my camera into the frying pan :))

It is not the Food Network, which I love but can not get on TV here. So I thought I give it a try and do one of the few precipice I know on top of my head. Her we go with what you need for one person:

• two potatoes

• one onion

• garlic (to your liking)

• bacon (a must)

• some salt

• some pepper

• olive oil

As a side dish I usually make a Tomato-Goat cheese-Olive salad which goes very well with the dish.

• Two tomatoes

• two finger slice of goat cheese (or as much as you like) cut up in cubes

• as many olives as you like

I spare you the talk about slicing any of the stuff up, just do it as you prefer it and as you like it, well except for how you have to cut the potatoes. Cutting potatoes for 'Bratkartoffeln' is a science and if I think of it, this is were I could do a PhD in. In those days when my mom was still alive and my grandfather, our family had three ways we wanted the potatoes: My Grandfather liked it in disks (Scheiben), my dad likes them in thin long slices and I like them in cubes. Actually all three ways are good, just I do prefer cubes.

Normally I throw the bacon, onion and garlic first in the frying pan to brown them a bit. I then take them out, to be added later when the potatoes are nearly ready. I fry the potatoes for about 15 minutes on a smaller flame with a cover on top. As I like them 'cross', i.e. a little black on one side this works for me. I won't go into detail on how to fry the eggs, as I said this, is not the food network :), I put them on top and cut them up as I eat. As this is food for the hard working man in the country side or in the steel mills or coal mines (in those days) the only drink that goes with it, is beer and only beer, preferably from the tap. Don't try this with wine. This is working mans food, nothing else. If you have Frankfurter sausages or Bratwurst, you can eat it with the dish. The Frankfurter's are good to cut up in small slices and throw in with the potatoes towards the end. If you like, as I do, Ketchup is allowed:)

Give it a try and enjoy!!

Ok, some of the potatoes are a bit 'cross', never mind, it gives the whole dish more character :)

This is fresh Goat cheese, organic tomatoes and Olives from South Lebanon, delicious.

MAHLZEIT!!