![]() Dinner (Abendessen or Abendbrot) was always a smaller meal, often consisting only of a variety of breads, meat or sausages, cheese and some kind of vegetables, similar to breakfast, or possibly sandwiches. Traditionally, the main meal of the day has been lunch (Mittagessen), eaten around noon. ![]() ![]() A variety of meat-based spreads such as Leberwurst (literally liver-sausage) can be found during breakfast as well. Deli meats, such as ham, salted meats and salami, are also commonly eaten on bread in the morning, as are various cheeses. There are more than 1500 different types of sausage in Germany.īreakfast (Frühstück) commonly consists of bread, toast, and/or bread rolls (the term for which varies a lot by region, Brötchen, Semmeln, Schrippen, Wecken or Rundstücke being among the most common) with jam (“Marmelade” or “Konfitüre”), marmalade or honey, eggs, and strong coffee or tea (milk, cocoa or juice for children). Meat is usually pot-roasted and consumed as sausages. The average person in Germany consumes up to 72 pounds of meat a year. Germans favor hearty meals including meat, such as pork, beef and poultry, in that order of popularity. There are a lot of differences in cooking traditions with corned beef, potatoes, beet roots, herring, eel soup in the north and Spargel, Braten, Spätzle and Brotzeit, a late breakfast with those wonderful brown breads and Wurst, in the south. Chefs trained in Switzerland, France, or Italy return to Germany to open Continental restaurants, and Italians and Turks, many of whom originally came to Germany as “guest workers,” own restaurants featuring their own culinary traditions. Though traditional dishes like dumplings, Wurst, pastries, and beer may make Germany seem the worst possible place to eat healthily, in reality, restaurants are offering foreign foods and neue Küche (modern cuisine). Everyone who loves to have a good meal will be impressed by German cooking. ![]() German appreciation of healthy, well-prepared foods served with care is well known. However that would be a huge generalization and simplification, because nowadays things have changed towards lighter cooking, reviving of the regional cuisines in Germany. What comes to mind when you think about German cuisine? Right, Sauerkraut and Bratwurst, Black Forest Cherry cake and beer, lots and lots of German beer. ![]()
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