Sadly premade spätzle is not available near me. We can get egg noodles which taste very similar, but have a completely different texture and mouth feel. Fortunately spätzle is fairly easy to make.

Kartoffel kloesse on the other hand is such a major all day process that I don't make them nearly as often as I'd like to. There is a good Polish market near me. I wonder if they have anything similar. I know the kielbasa there is out of this world.

Speaking of sausage. I used to have a butcher shop, I wouldn't say NEAR me, it was a 50 mile ride but the 100 mile round trip was WELL worth it. I was run by an old German guy by the name of Gerhard who started his butchering apprenticeship in Germany in the 1950's He retired back in 2019 and sadly passed away a couple years later.

Oh the bierwurst, and landjäger, and even the beef bacon he used to make. I miss it terribly.. Although I once bought a beef heart from him and told him I was going to make sauerbraten with it and even he turned his nose up a little bit at the thought of it.