What else the grandmother knew

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What the grandmother still knew was a cooking show produced by SWR , previously by SWF , which was broadcast almost weekly from 1982 to 2006 and comprises a good 350 episodes.

The aim of the broadcast concept developed by Werner O. Feißt , as the title suggests, was not to let traditional everyday culture fall into oblivion or to bring it back to mind. The focus was on the culinary specialties, methods and cooking techniques of the Alemannic region. Typical recipes from a sub-region were presented in many episodes. The dishes were prepared for television on earthenware and stoneware from the Alsatian villages of Soufflenheim and Betschdorf . Werner O. Feißt from Breisgau was able to win over Kathrin Rüegg from Graubünden and Ticino by choice as his “grandmother” , with whom he moderated the program with dialectic coloring. Kathrin Ruegg played a skilled and experienced housewife in the style of a picture book grandma. Her texts were limited to the technically correct and conscientious description and explanation of her work in simple words that were generally understandable despite the regional look. In contrast, Werner O. Feißt gave a pot-gazer who usually stood next to her and sometimes in the way, chatting in dialect, in the style of a dear, retired, domestic grandpa. Occasionally he cooked recipes he loved and Kathrin Rüegg “assisted”. Otherwise, he was responsible for age-appropriate, subtle comedy, anecdotes, historical background, moderation, presentation, transitions and discussions with guests.

In the first season, singers such as René Egles or Joana also appeared, who played traditional songs or their own dialect compositions. In the programs, first the ecotrophologist Nicolai Worm , who presented nutritional aspects of the program, and the doctor Ina Ilkhanipur, who gave health tips, regularly participated in discussions with Feißt .

In contrast to the original broadcast concept, the focus in the second season was also on Mediterranean cuisine. Kathrin Rüegg brought more and more recipes from her adopted home Ticino, Nicolai Worm showed the advantages of a Mediterranean diet, which he later wrote a book about, and Werner O. Feißt visited some Mediterranean countries and showed their cooking and everyday culture in short films. Increasingly, the show was no longer about a region, but about a cooking ingredient. In special programs, the strikingly sober studio (stove, kitchen cupboard and dining table against a black background) was left for on-site broadcasts. The destination was more often the “grandmother's” homestead in the Valle Verzasca , which she ran traditionally and ecologically in the spirit of the program and where she was able to demonstrate certain traditional everyday practices, such as dyeing wool naturally, better than in the studio. Many broadcasts were being prepared in their “ Rustico ” after the millennium.

Both the opening and closing credits were unusual: In the early years, the show began with a cartoon. The last episodes of the series each ended with a puppet show in which the Stuttgart grandmother ( Albrecht Roser ) “chatted” with her dog Fidole, adding the Swabian dialect to the dialect of the show.

After Feitt's death, the show was discontinued - he had become too much the indispensable “grandfather” of the series. The show and its two presenters were the first to be named "Favorite of the Month" on the Harald Schmidt Show in September 1997 with the new satire section there.

With What my grandmother still knew , the television pioneer Werner O. Feißt created a new format that became the model for the numerous later cookery programs. The program achieved cult status in the Alemannic-speaking area. To mark the 20th anniversary of the show, well-known chefs came to Baden-Baden in 2002 to personally congratulate them, including the star chefs Vincent Klink from Stuttgart and Johann Lafer from Stromberg .

literature

  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: healthy and natural household methods and wisdom (Volume 1). Müller Rüschlikon, Zurich, Stuttgart, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-275-00838-2
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: When the grandmother was still young (Volume 2). Müller Rüschlikon, Zurich, Stuttgart, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-275-00868-4
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: From apples to onions (Volume 3). Müller Rüschlikon, Zurich, Stuttgart, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-275-00912-5
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: Eating like it was back then (Volume 4). Müller Rüschlikon, Zurich, Stuttgart, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-275-00947-8
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: No day like the other: adventures in television work. Müller Rüschlikon, Zurich, Stuttgart, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-275-00996-6
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: winter recipes and stories (Volume 5). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 1993, ISBN 3-275-01072-7
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: Grandmother-style vegetables: recipes and stories (Volume 6). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 1994, ISBN 3-275-01104-9
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What grandmother still knew: Grandmother's kitchen between Alsace and Engadin (Volume 7). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 1996, ISBN 3-275-01190-1
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: The best stories and recipes from grandmother's kitchen (anniversary edition). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 1996, ISBN 3-275-01219-3
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: Grandmother's Mediterranean cuisine: cooking like you're on vacation (Volume 8). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 1997, ISBN 3-275-01218-5
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What grandmother still knew: Grandmother's herb kitchen (Volume 9). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 1997, ISBN 3-275-01248-7
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: Grandmother's perpetual calendar. Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 1997, ISBN 3-275-01234-7
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: Spices from anise to cinnamon (Volume 10). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 1998, ISBN 3-275-01283-5
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: Good cuisine without meat (Volume 11). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 1999, ISBN 3-275-01320-3
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: As guests of Kathrin and Werner (Volume 12). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 2000, ISBN 3-275-01349-1
  • Werner O. Feißt, Ina Ilkhanipur: What the grandmother still knew: Grandmother's home remedies when it hurts where (special volume). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 2001, ISBN 3-275-01378-5
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: simple kitchen by Kathrin and Werner (Volume 13). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 2001, ISBN 3-275-01402-1
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: The best of Kathrin and Werner: their favorite recipes and stories from 20 years “What the grandmother still knew” (anniversary edition 2). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 2002, ISBN 3-275-01418-8
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: Kathrin, Werner and Swiss cuisine (Volume 14). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 2002, ISBN 3-275-01448-X
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: Kathrin, Werner and the country kitchen (Volume 15). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 2003, ISBN 3-275-01483-8
  • Kathrin Rüegg, Werner O. Feißt: What the grandmother still knew: baking (volume 16). Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 2004, ISBN 3-275-01512-5

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Opening credits What the grandmother still knew February 20, 2001 .
  2. ↑ The SWR's recipe and advice program has become a TV classic with a cult following ( Memento from June 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) . In: bad-bad.de. Without a date. Retrieved May 28, 2012