German-Polish-Italian-Irish-British-American

[fairy_girl25]

I've been really embracing my German side of the family over the last few days. I don't know if Nick is trying to tell me something telepathically...but I've just had the sudden urge to eat weiner schnitzel and bake springerle. I am not German in the slightest (my dad is from Ireland and my mum is from Italy), in fact my Grandpa always hated the Germans having fought in WWII. I wonder what he would have thought of me marrying a German-American? My Nana doesn't care as she was born and raised as a Polish-American (yes I have a very complex family) and she always thought my Grandpa was crazy with his anti-German rants.

To make it easier for you all to understand this, let me do this...

• My Grandpa was Irish. Born and raised and moved to the UK with my Nana.
• My Nana is technically a Polish-American, born and raised in Philly. She was a Nurse in WWII, where she met my Grandpa and emigrated to the UK as a war bride after the war.
• My Dad is Irish, but only lived there until he was three. My Grandpa and Nana couldn't find work in their area, and they uprooted the family to England.
• My Mum is Italian. She met my Dad backpacking in the '60's on a hill in the middle of the English countryside. She hadn't got any change for the payphone, my Dad leant her some and it was love-at-first-sight. She went back to Italy and told my grandparents (who I've never met) that she wanted to move to England to be with my dad and they let her go.
• Me and my brother Steve were born in England. I emigrated in 2004 to the US to marry Nick. Abby was born in 2005.
• Nick's Dad's side of the family is German (going all the way back to Ellis Island) and his Mom's side of the family is German-Polish (Grandma's side is Polish, Grandpa's side is German).

And that's my family history for you. Sorry if you're lost :p

Anyway...do i know anyone out there with a good authentic recipe for sauerbraten? I don't trust the Internet when it comes to recipes...:p