• Ving Thor@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    I have something similar to this thing.

    With that I make spätzle quite often because it is fast enough to do it on a weeknight. I’ve seen people do it with a colander, but that seems a bit fiddly… And I don’t even want to imagine what you went through with the strainer.

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          Took about 2 hours just to make the spaetzle… I will say I took 3 10 minute breaks because of how sore my arm got. Bowl of batter, scoop 1-2 spoon fulls, then squeeze till no more came out. Had to be careful though, because by time about 3 squeezes worth were in the oil the first squeezer worth was already cooked so we then had to alternate squeezing and picking them out with a slotted spatula.

          The recipe I found on the internet was for 10 servings but there was only 3 of us so we I told my girlfriend to cut it in half. Somehow there was a miscommunication and instead of halving it, she doubled it.

          We both loved the final result but agreed to never make it again due to the effort it took.

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            2 days ago

            Well if you have too much, spätzle freeze really well. Just throw them into boiling water for a few seconds to heat them up again.