German cuisine is very diverse and tasty. Meat dishes are very popular in Germany: wursts, sausages, small sausages (Bratwurst), which are well-known around the world. One of the world-famous dishes in Germany is sausages and sour cabbage (Sauerkraut). Pork – is the most common and favorite food in Germany. Pork wursts and sausages are cooked in many ways, in Germany there are at least 1,500 different types of sausages. For example, smoked sausage (Wienerwurst) made of beef and pork, seasoned with garlic and coriander. This dish is considered to be the progenitor of the American hot dogs.
Each region
in Germany is characterized by its special dishes, and is divided into
regional. Also such neighbor countries as Switzerland, Belgium and France
contributed their taste qualities into German cuisine. Among famous
Bavarian cuisine, we would like to point out such dishes as: roast pork with
sauerkraut, Bavarian meatballs (Knodel), the famous Bavarian white sausages
(Weisswurst) and delicious pretzels. On the cost of the North Sea and the
Baltic Sea, the traditional dish is a fish, cooked in different ways — boiled,
smoked, fried, stewed and served up with different dressings. The traditional
dish in the Northern Germany is a thick soup, which ingredients are fish, meat,
potatoes and pickles (Labskaus). If we will go to the east along the coast, we
may find a large number of dishes with a great variety of fruits and berries:
apples with beans, plums with dumplings, black pudding with raisins, goose with
prunes. Another interesting fact is that some dishes in Germany are named after
geographical locations, such as the Westphalian Ham, Schwarzian ham, Nuremberg
gingerbread, Schwarzian cake; these dishes are also very tasty.
Classic
German lunch usually begins at 12:00-13:00 and is considered to be the main
meal of the day, which consists of several courses, starting with a soup
(Suppe), for example: Cream Soup of Asparagus (Spargel-Creme Suppe), potato soup
with sausages, soup with cheese, (Käsesuppe) pea soup with sausages, and a
popular Berlin soup — "Eintopf". After the first course, the second or main
course (Hauptspeise) is served. The menu is very rich, for example: chop
(Kotelett), steak, meatballs (Klops), boiled pork knuckle (Eisbein), brisket on
ribs (Rippchen), black pudding with raisins, Hamburg’s beefsteak, etc. Not less
will pleased you garnish dishes, which are served with boiled or stewed
vegetables, rice, beans, potatoes, traditional potato dishes are —
"Kartoffelpuffer" (fried potato pancakes) and bratkartolffen (fried potatoes with
onion and bacon). This delicious meal completes the dessert – Nachspeise, or
any dish, which is served after the main course. Germans adore beer and very
often drink this beverage during dinner meal. This liking for beer testifies
the large number of regional varieties of beer: light beer (Helles), the
Cologne beer (Kölsch), aged beer (Altbier), unfiltered sorts (Weißbier or
Berliner Weiße). Mixture of beer and lemonade in the south of Germany is called
– «Radler» or «Gespritztes», and in the north – "Alsterwasser". Mixture of beer
and cola is called – "Drecksack", "Schmutz", "Diesel" or "Krefelder". There is
a great varieties of popular German beer, and we may judge about Germans
attitude towards beer according to the world-famous beer festival –
"Oktoberfest", which takes place in Munich in mid-September or early October,
and is considered to be the biggest festivals in Germany, which to the last
statistics, attracts about 6 million guests from all over the world.
