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Wie Deutschland einfach nur für Fleisch bekannt ist ( und Krusten bzw. Schwarzbrot) ( Like Germany is only known for meat dishes (and bread)) But I love bread so ...
ooh, of course fischbrötchen, #Hamburg ... in St Pauli just off the Reeperbahn in a big square there's a famous little pizza place that does a sort of flammkuchen pizza, but with usual pizza toppings (a selection of 10 diff little pizzas, incl anchovies! i love anchovies on pizza!), really flat and perfect before, during or after drinking/carousing on the Reeperbahn!!! i love mett! and all wurst! oh hell, i love it all, German food is really cool... you guys are making me sooooo hungry oh yeah, almost forgot, like #388
As a German Chef: Great Video and a great selection of foods ! I like that you present food from various regions, refering to the diversity of of the local food traditions.
About bakeries: Just to deepen the information about bread, cakes and bakeries. In Germany there are two types of bakeries. The first, normal bakery specializes mainly in bread and buns but also simple pastries. Here you will find, for example, the "Berliner", "Rosinenschnecken", marzipan croissants, simple cakes such as "Bienenstich" and strawberry or other fruit cakes you can see in this vid. These are run by a master baker. However, there are also "Konditoreien" which are specialized pastry shops that have special education for cakes, tarts and other fine confectionery. They can also sell bread and buns/rolls, but this is more of a side business here. These shops are managed by a master confectioner. Here you will find the best high quality cakes, tarts based on their training. Are these the best cakes in the world? A matter of opinion, there are very good tarts, cakes and sweets in Austria, France and also Italy, but the latter are often very sweet. This countries also have the profession of master confectioner and overall, there has been an intensive exchange of craftsmanship between these countries for decades. Konditoreien or pastry shops also often have a fine café attached just to enjoy the delicacies on the spot. Just the right place for "Kaffee und Kuchen" (coffee and cake), the German way of "tea time". :)
Grew up in Germany, Dad was US Army mom was German, and of the many dishes my Oma taught me my favorite is one I'm terrible at making. It is called Maultaschen, kind of like a big ravioli filled with pureed pork and spinach with herbs/spices. Can be made fried with egg or in chicken broth . . .mmmm
The last time we visited Germany, it as Spargle season - white asparagus. Many restaurants had special spargle menus. We got addicted to sparglecremsoupe - cream of asparagus soup - totally delicious. Please excuse my German spelling if it is wrong.
OMG! When my German mother made roulade when I was growing up we couldn’t wait to eat it! Her version includes capers, which make it irresistible in my opinion! I have tried it at German restaurants and they never use capers and it just doesn’t do it for me so I make my own!
@PeggyO : Soo jealous, capers in it must be a good ingredient 😲. After making a lovely sause for fish last week, finished the rest of the capers, just eat them as a snack out of the jar 😳
Oh my goodness! I lived in Germany when I was little, and I still dream of the bread there. Moving to America and being served packaged sandwich bread was traumatic! 🤣
You forgot one of the greatest side dishes. One that is so great it often transcends its side dishness and becomes the main dish: Bratkartoffeln mit Zwiebelchen und Speck. Leftover potatoes, sliced and then fried with finely chopped onions and speck. Add a fried egg and you've got yourself a full meal.
Back in the 90s my German neighbour used to make this ALL the time and I loved it. My uncle was (and still is - just about) a sausage maker and he used to make her a large piece of speck in his smoking room every couple of months. She had been smuggling it from Germany to England in her luggage once a year since WW2 until then 😅
Having German parents, l grew up with german food in Australia. I never really appreciated it ( until l grew up) Now l love it and my children love it too. They particularly love Schnitzel. A meal my mother would make was boiled pork with saurkraut, and boiled potatoes smothered in butter and chopped parsley. The saurkraut would always have carraway seeds in it and l hated it. Now its a dish l love.
Hello Australia ! The carraway seeds in your sauerkraut serves two purposes. One is flavour. The other is to prevent flatulence... 😳 Have you ever tried sauerkraut made from red cabbage ? Danes and Norwegians eat this dish (surkål/rødkål), for christmas. But our cabbage is not fermented. Just simmered. With black currant juice (Norway), or cherry juice/red wine (Denmark), for extra flavour ! 😋 Sauerkraut + pork are a perfect match. We serve sauerkraut as a side dish with pork roast, pork chops, and pork/beef meatballs. 🐷🐖🐷 Stay safe and well. Love from Norway 🤗🇳🇴
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 that's coleslaw then, Sauerkraut is always fermented (that's the "sauer" in the name from the milk sour fermentation. And I loooooooove the scandinavian 'slaws. 😃 Especially in summer I prefer fresh cool vegetable sides to the cooked, warm ones.
My husband's family in Germany makes the potato dumplings but puts ground meat with mushrooms i think inside like a meatball almost and makes a sauce full of speck with more mushrooms and cream that is out of this world!! I seriously can't eat enough when we visit and they make it! It's totally an "unbuckle your belt" kind of dish for me that I could have instead of Turkey or ham at Thanksgiving here in the US. 🤤🤤
"Jägerschnitzel" is available in 2 variants. in an east and a west variant. in contrast to the west variant, the schnitzel in the east consists of a fried sausage (cold cuts) and is served with macaroni and tomato sauce
When I was traveling in Germany, I made it a point to order the local sausage. The variety was great and the taste was very varied, but I loved them all.
hello, I am from Macau... a cook for more then 30 years.. run a small coffee dessert shop since 2006.. in the last 3 years of civic... I tried many ways to think how can survive... business is down to nothing now... so desperate. but your videos are very inspiring... gave me new perspective.... ThankYou謝謝🙏🏻
I love how the bread/buns are crunchy in your mouth; remember the sound from my childhood and also they were warm as bought by Mom at the bakery. Cheers!
I’m from the Netherlands, but my family name is German (Gräfe), so last year I went to Germany to search for my roots. Around the Jena area in Thüringen, there is a chain called Kaffeehaus / Bäckerei Gräfe. I visited them all and tried so many good pastries. Not good for your health, but delicious.
Some of the best videos of german food, THX from germany, i am a german. ! It ist missing not much. Perhaps a Gularsch (dark meat disch), a Creppel (thin)( out of potatoes and little Pork, and a Potatokake with 10 cm high, which we love to eat in wintertime, we call it Dippedotz, and ofcource a sour meet, which is called Sauerbraten ... I love the US but when you want delicious food, come to europe.
I love German food. I ate my way through Germany during my visits there. Funny how the donner kebab from Turkey has gained such prominence in German cuisine. I had great donner kebab when I was in Turkey so I can definitely see it’s appeal. Not so sure about the ground raw pork! I’m an American but my paternal great grandparents were from Germany and I grew up eating a lot of German influenced food.
@@ella5911 Don’t get me wrong, I love doner. I’ve been to Germany twice (I’m from the states). But it’s been a while since my last visit. First trip was to Munich. Second trip started in Frankfort and we drove to Switzerland. Then drove back through Germany to London.
@@ella5911 Yes! Next time I visit Germany I definitely will have the doner. I have a lot of German ancestry and hope to return someday. I have a distant cousin living there who I would like to meet.
@@manxkin i wish all the best to you and your next visit! ...i am not sure if in Munich they have good Döner, but in Hessen for sure! It is better than "currywurst"... These texture of meat, Sauce and vegetables....unforgettable... all the best for you! And i love to hear, that you are realated to Germany! Wellcome here everytime!
Also Flammkuchen is good or also many people love pizza . Many many people from germany make vacation in italy and many people from itsly live in germany . It give schashlik that is more from the east and poland and russia and Lithuania. the Greek version of döner ... Gyros pita.. its the same but with pig meat .
My daughter married a precious young man, live there & seem happy. My mother cooked a lot of German foods growing her family in America. My interest in all things German is skyrocketing. Thanks for this, you two remind me of my daughter & her husband. 💗👍🏽
BTW, in Germany, it's safe to eat raw ground pork, since all pork is going through meat inspection (i.e. certified as safe to eat) before being delivered to shops.
Raw pork is for wannabe, those who cannot afford steak Tatar which is common in France and Belgium made with lots of herbs,capers and spices with raw lean beef..
You guys videos is quite interesting & informative. I were station in Germany three times being in the U.S. Army. Love the difference food I tried out while I were there. Keep Up The Good Work 😎👊‼️
Thank you for these videos!! I’m an American living in Frankfurt, Germany - it helps so much to know what delicious foods are now at my fingertips. 🤗 I’ve tried a couple, the next I have a date with this week
You are quite right Jens, schnitzel HAS to be with veal - I am a Brit, but I spent enough winters in Kitzbühel skiing to have eaten it often enough to know exactly how it is meant to be - very thin, fried in butter and the crispy coating also puffy so there is air between both sides of the meat and the coating. You see all sorts of recommendations for what sort of potato.dish to have with it but for me no question - no chips, no mash - but kartoffelsalat - I think the vinegary, oniony, mustardy tang goes incredibly well with it, as well as a good squeeze of lemon. Closer to home, when I used to order it at Cafe Wanda in the Clapham High Street in South London where me and friends used to go often for Sunday lunch and hair of the dog after a "late night" - which was run by this very dramatic Polish woman - Wanda - and her long suffering husband. I can't remember what it came with other than an anchovy or two which I always enjoyed very much. It's probably not ABSOLUTELY traditional but anyway.... and of course, I have made it myself. Technically it IS fairly easy but because I never ever make life easy for myself and take short cuts, by the time I have cut and pounded the meat thin, cracked and beaten the eggs, found a separate plate for the flour and breadcrumbs, made clarified butter to fry them in - not to mention boiling cubes of potato to PERFECTION (they have to be soft but not disintegrating which is a fine margin!) and whisking up a vinaigrette and also just a little lettuce and cucumber or lightly steamed green beans - believe me that lot is a bloody performance! And that is before you even factor in the huge pile of washing up and however careful one is, the stove is always splashed with grease so there is a lot of cleaning up after as well as preparing/cooking so I don't usually bother, preferring to preserve it more as an occasional treat that I can enjoy, rather than resent because by the time I eat it, I am so fed up with the sight of it!!😀
When you are in Franconia (don't tell that to the people who live there, but it's a part of Bavaria 😉) you have to eat a "Schäufela", it's a slow cooked Pork shoulder, that's very yummy. 😋 Best I ever had was in Ansbach. And when you are in northern Germany in the winter you have to eat "Grünkohl" or "Braunkohl" (different name, but the same thing) it's very special to Northern Germany, we call this kind of cabbage "North German Palm" because of its appearance in the field. Looks like a little green palm tree.
I've had the first four dishes either at German restaurants in the US or at family meals. I've also made my own Jagerschnitzel and spaetzle. Our family potato salad uses both mayonnaise and cider vinegar in the dressing but it's a cold dish, not warm. I also really like my mom's potato pancakes and dampfnudel.
Whenever in Northwest Germany you have to try green kale. It is very popular together with potatoes, sausages and/or bacon during winter. Combining that with a good beer and a Schnaps afterwards is delicious.
Ah first i dont understood what you mean.. I am from germany . It is written Grünkohl i think wjat yoi mean . Yes you put sausages and bacon and .... one special sausage named kohlwurst. Grünkohl means green cabbage I think in English. And kohlwurst means cabbage sausage. I make this by my selfe and grow the plants in the garden behind my house . My mother cant make good food but this Grünkohl she make the very best . I never eat a so good in a restaurant somewhere like this from my mother .
@@nik1522 it depens what you exactly mean: Just cabbage would be understood as Weißkohl but Rosenkohl = Bruxelles sprouts Blumenkohl = caulifower Blattkohl = collard Brokkoli = broccoli Kohlrabi = kohlrabi Grünkohl =kale Wirsingkohl =Savoy cabbage Palmkohl =Lacinato kale Rotkohl =Red cabbage
At 1:31 the Weißwurst originally is never etaen with skin nor with normal mustard. And originally in Bavaria it is supposed only to be eaten until noon and also not with knife and fork. The original way is zuzzeln which is you pull it out of the skin with your teeth.
Though, here in Bavaria, the debate's still going on (has been going on for as long as there's been Weißwurst, I guess, and will be going on forever) whether the right way to eat Weißwurst is zuzeln or to cut the skin open with your knife, skin the Weißwurst and then, eat it that way with knife and fork ...
You nailed it...! 😊 These are really the staples of german eats. It"s so nice to hear that you love these so much. Greetings from Baden-Württemberg (Southern Germany) ❤
Mine too - Reibekuchen. Maybe they didn't make the top 10 because they're so well loved internationally? America's tater tots are Roesti Ecken in a different shape.
@@LythaWausW The ones in the picture are Reibeplätzchen or Reibekuchen, there are also Kartoffelpuffer, which are bigger. But there are no Kartoffelpfannkuchen. Wikipedia doesn't always get it right.
Great choices! What I also like is "Leberkäse". At home my mom took some slices of dark bread with butter on a plate, then a fried slice of Leberkäse and on top a fried egg. You can add tomato ketchup. It's a really big meal and tasty. And if you are in the East, Saxony, for example try Broiler! And especially in Dresden, Saxony, try potato soup (it's made with Majoran there), Sauerbraten, Quarkkäulchen and Dresdner Eierschecke! It's all delicious 😋
Trying to order a "Jägerschnitzel" in the east german parts is not what is shown here, just be aware. We know this term vor fried "Jagdwurst" which is usually served with noodles and tomatoe sauce. It was a very popular school meal back then.
I live in England and really miss Kohlrabi. One year it was popular as Jamie Oliver promoted it, now it is super expensive if I can get it. (actually, my Asian shop sometimes has it) When I was in Cologne as few years ago I had carrot and leek in a white sauce! That's my favourite! It was so yummy I could have had 3 portions!
You two have such similar taste to my wife and I. You listed all of our favorites: Nürnberger Bratwurst, Schweinshaxe, Schnitzel, Flammkuchen. My all time favorite is probably Currywurst, but my wife is not a fan. I have one dish I must recommend to you. If you take a trip to Heidelberg, go to Hackteufel. It is just up the street from the old bridge. The Hessisches Kochkäs´schnitzel is the greatest schnitzel ever. Classic schnitzel covered with glorious melted cheese. We are in Germany just about every year, and make a point of going to get a meal here. Even if it is out of our way, we will find a way to get this schnitzel.
Heidelberg is such a wonderful city (specially the "Altstadt" [Oldtown]). I live here for 22 years already and go regularly to the Altstadt (or "Untere" how it is called here), but I never visited the Hackteufel. But it is on my todo list now. Thanks for the tip. ;-) BTW: Directly next to it, is the "Vetter's" which I can highly recommend. They also serve german dishes and have their own awesome self-brewed beer.
I once tried to explain flammkuchen as a "pizza like dish" as well and you wouldnt believe the stares I got. Even people who said they dont speak English berated me for daring to compare to pizza! I have been in the states for 2 years now and we are going back to Germany in 3 weeks. This video has my mouth watering. OMG! Schweinehaxe! Schnitzels! Kasespatzle! I CANT WAIT!!!!!!
I spent a total of 7 years in my military career stationed in Germany. Always loved to travel and try new things. Most of the things you mentioned I have tried. I have even been to Helgoland. How many people can say that.
For me the number one in take away would be Currywurst, hands down. Kebab I can get everywhere and really I do not associate as a German Dish. Next year after 5 years I finally can visit Family in Germany again and will eat like there is no tomorrow. You guys always make me hungry and homesick.
I'm glad you brought it up cuz it was my mom's favorite German food when she visited. Her hotel had a breakfast buffet with frikadellen and she would always take a few in a napkin to snack on later in the day: ) I'll never forget the first time I tasted one. I was standing on the beach on Langeoog and it was just a cold Aldi version but the flavor was so unique, I fell in love with it. Sometimes I still buy the Aldi ones, cut lengthwise and fried til crispy.
German food makes me sentimental. I'm an American of German ancestry. I grew up in a very German-American neighborhood, and loved eating an friends' houses, as everyone seemed to have a German mother or grandmother who could cook great food. I can't wait to travel all over Northwest Europe this coming October.
If you prepare it the German way you can call it a German dish but I contend that the only reason asparagus is special is because it's forbidden to eat in other seasons.
@@LythaWausW it's not forbidden to eat it in other times of the year. You can buy frozen food with asparagus or Asparagus in cans the whole year. But fresh Asparagus is only available in a short time. The plants need the rest of the summer to regenerate.
As a Türk, it pains me every time I see how Germans add lots of ingredients to döner that are not in the original recipe but I must admit it looks tasty. I'll try it when I visit Berlin in August.
@@LythaWausW Exactly! We only add some tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, and maybe some fried potatoes but not yogurt or feta, but there is a traditional dish called "İskender", it's basically döner served with yogurt, tomato sauce, and hot melted butter.
many years ago, in another life it seems. On the way home from the pub on a Friday night the was an old ambulance converted to a food truck selling Doner Kebabs. We called it the Kebabulance
You got me so hungry. Now I’m frantically googling for authentic German restaurants in my city (San Francisco) that serve Chicken Schnitzel with hollandaise sauce, which I never knew was a thing until now. And I gotta try that Mac and Cheese with fried onions thing. OMG. Guess a trip to Germany is in order if I can’t find a place here that makes these things
My grandma, first generation American that came over in the early 1900s as a young child from Bavaria has a traditional Vinegar Based Hot Potato Salad which adds bits of Pear and Bacon to it. It is simply to die for. I grew up on her recipes for Sauerbraten and Rouladen; all family recipes. I can't wait to go to Southern Germany and Austria in September as my belated (almost 3 years late) College Graduation Present.
german cuisine is typically hearty, finely but sufficiently seasoned and garnished with many different sauces which are usually made from the roast. Most German dishes contain a lot of meat (especially pork because of the history) and the reference to the Middle Ages. There are also a lot of game dishes. With potato dumplings and red cabbage. But there are also vegetarian dishes like Leipziger Allerlei. Because of the possibility of cultivation and stabling, there are many dishes with cabbage, turnips, spinach, peas, beans and pork.
„Hackepeter“ is very common in Germany and actually tastes very good! I highly recommend to taste it when you have the chance! The very delicious „Döner“ really is available everywhere in Germany, I also recommend to eat a good Matjesbrötchen with lots of onions, when you visit the north!
My biggest dream ever since I was little has been to one day speak two languages. I’ve been working on my German for 4 years but never knew any German people personally to talk with. Recently, I moved and I met a lovely German family!! I am so so happy and I may be visiting Germany next year for the first time! Thank you for this video I cannot wait to explore the german cuisine! (I love their bread and pastries)
I can attest the Doner is the finest meal ever created by humans. I lived in Darmstadt from 92-95 and probably hit around a dozen different local places while there. All were different but all were delicious. I still miss them dearly as there is NOTHING in the US to compare.
You actually got a really really good mix of the best foods in Germany, I love them all and if I'd also recommend all of these. Really happy that you brought in the Mettbrötchen because it's so so good! One thing that was missing for me as a Swabian would be Maultaschen, basically large ravioli with really good filling served in broth with a piece of sourdough bread. Really popular in the South and definitely worth a try
(Wiener) Schnitzel isn't from Germany, it is from Austria (Vienna). Also it's not made of pork, originally it's a veal meat Schnitzel with Potato Salad.
My mother-in-law took a tour group of Americans to Germany, and one of her tourists was a Texan who spent most of his time bemoaning the lack of American food, particularly chicken-fried steak. He was so pleased to discover weiner schnitzel - it was as though Germany got together to satisfy his longing for home food. A satisfied customer!
Holy s____. Crispy pork knuckle at Peter’s Brauhaus in Köln is as good as it gets (with a house Kölsch). 👍 German food is very underrated. I also love the green sauce! And flammkuchen at the Christmas markets is like having turkey at Thanksgiving in the US.
I was sad that Hamburg Labskaus didn't make the cut, but at least it got a mention at the end. Other very different "scouse" variants are available in Scandinavia, Liverpool and North Wales, spread by sailors. All good, but I prefer the Hamburg version. And please don't "boil" your Frankfurter or Bockwurst, the skin will split and the sausage will loose taste in the water. Very hot water ok, but not boiling.
Living at the northern edge of Germany I have to add Scholle Finkenwerder Art, Spargel, Grünkohl, Bratkartoffeln and Labskaus, which is my absolute favorite.
Years ago i worked in Edeka factory and we made most of the German sausages. we had them for each break including dinner, and always loads of tafelsenf!
