Margaret Suran > wrote:

> Backhendl! Wiener Backhendl, what could be more typical, even if it
> is Austrian.

Yes, Münchner Brathendl is very similar, if not actually a borrowing.

> With lots of wine.

Feh! It is Oktoberfest, woman!

> O.K. you can have your beer.

Indeed, except I will no longer consider anything Bavarian in the way of
beer - give me some Düsseldorfer Alt, preferrably Uerige, Schumacher or
Füchschen, or Schlüssel, in that order - or, failing that, a good
pilsener, such as the iconic Pilsner Urquell, or Jever, or König.

> Oktoberfest was celebrated here
> yesterday, with a big beer party in Central Park, after the Steubenday
> Parade.

What is a "Steubenday Parade"?

Bubba