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ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  We absolutely love our bread in germany

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  • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Very true, they’re bread (and beer) connoisseurs!

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    • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      German bread and beer is good. The only problem is that they have extremely narrow definitions of what makes good beer and bread. For example, the Reinheitsgebot law means that most German beer tastes the same. It’s not that it tastes bad, but the number of varieties is lower as a result. Similarly, with bread, Germans like a very specific style of bread. Sometimes they put seeds on it. But you have to search to find naan, corn bread, challah, roti, milk bread, injera, etc.

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  • PacMan@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I recently learned about German bread and damn it looks legit af! But I’m a sucker for a lot of Bavarian food. Been lucky to eat a HOFBRÄUHAUS in the States and it was really good

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• groet@feddit.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Lots of Germans defending German cuisine, so as another German: you are absolutely right!

  Germany has some great food and some Germans love making good food but German culture is absolutely not about food. The food culture we have is a development of the last ~40 years. Traditional German food is supposed to make you sated so you can go back to the fields and work! And the go to the army and fight! And then go to the ruins and rebuild!

  Tasty and awesome food? Yes! A culture that tells you it loves food? No!

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  • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨27⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Swedish food is the same!

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Now I want to try this brand spanking new cuisine you speak of. It has become my life mission. 👀

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    • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Döner

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      • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doner_kebab

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_pastor

        Waaaait a minute…

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  • Sergio@piefed.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Traditional German food is supposed to make you sated so you can go back to the fields and work! And the go to the army and fight! And then go to the ruins and rebuild!

    This is frickin awesome. Ima tell this to my German-American relative. They come from a family of farmers, come to think of it.

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  • fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are German towns surrounding San Antonio, such as Gruene (pronounced Green, because we’re heathens), with everything from traditional to fusion German foods. Anyone who treats mustard like its own food group is alright with me.

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• gray@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  German food is underated. Apple strudel with vanilla sauce is amazing. Like a sweet lasagna. Genius!

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  • RidderSport@feddit.org ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That is more of a southern thing if not Austrian

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    • wieson@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t think there even is a true Pan-German dish. Everything is regional in germany. And sourhern germany is still germany.

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      • RidderSport@feddit.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’d wager bread and Bratwurst are the main pan-German dishes with minor differences in style

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    • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Apfelstrudel is definitely not just a southern treat. Germknödel / Hefedampfnudeln are a regional (and delicious) food. Other typical south german foods would probably be schweinshaxe and several types of sausages specific to that region. Also all the austrian versions of foods such as palatschinken

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      • RidderSport@feddit.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Before you say that, maybe read the history of those treats first. Apfelstrudel is Austrian/Hungarian not even German. And Germknödel are likewise not common in Northen Germany but a Bavarian/Austrian dessert.

        Northen German desserts are Rote Grütze, Windbeutel, Franzbrötchen and Pfannkuchen as well as fruitsoup with Klütchen. All those varying from region to region some being more prevalent in the East some in the west.

        But you’re definetly wrong on your take.

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    • gray@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sorry Germany, you lose again🤷

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  • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I accidentally ordered a wurstsalat once. I have opinions after that expirence

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    • bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Image

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      • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        At least mine had the decency to be in a dark pub hidden from the light

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    • gray@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I googled it and now I wish I didn’t

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  • RidderSport@feddit.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And to add on that, yes German food can be very good. If you try it out though, be aware of what is regional in the area you’re in. To familiarize yourself, just read the wikipage on German food

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• jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You haven’t had the right german food then.

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  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The Germans love their döner kebabs, possibly even more than the British love their chicken tikka masala

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    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      When I meet a German outside of Germany, it’s not german-style beer or doner they’re hurting for, it’s a german bakery.

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    • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m addicted to British doner kebab, much better than the ones in France IMO.

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      • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        How about the ones in turkey?

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• mcforest@feddit.org ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Have you tried Currywurst or Spätzle or Sauerbraten or any kind of German sausage or Mettbrötchen or German bread and still think we don’t love food?

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  • schmorpel@slrpnk.net ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have used Mettbrötchen with success to scare foreigners away from my German food. “Yes zis bread has ze raw meat on it. Salmonella? Das ist eine possibility. Schweinepest? Worth it.”

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    • baggachipz@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Joke’s on you, it just made me love it more!

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  • Ougie@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lived in Germany for years and had all of these. Love mettbrötchen, krustenbraten etc etc. BUT. I believe Germans don’t prioritize food. They will eat any cheap shit and save the money for beer. In the office a bunch of people - mainly foreigners - got together and arranged for a restaurant to be bringing food every day for a relatively cheap price. It was great. But most Germans would still prefer to go to Lidl and eat canned pasta for lunch. It’s not that they couldn’t afford it. They just didn’t want to spend €8 for food every day. Canned pasta and Birckenstock with white socks dude. Every day.

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    • mcforest@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      OK, some people are just lost. Canned pasta are disgusting. And I promise that I won’t go further than to my mail box in Birckenstocks ;)

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  • Miaou@jlai.lu ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lol sausage and ketchup, let’s pretend you didn’t mention Currywurst.

    Spätzle might be the one exception, although the Swiss make it better.

    Sausages, I don’t get your fetishization of it here. A random merguez from the local Arab place is still better than these.

    And bread… Yeah, a billion sorts of it, still worse than a random French bakery’s baguette.

    Germans never wonder why there’s no German restaurants abroad, go figure

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• FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’ve had the pleasure of dining at one of Heston Blumenthal’s restaurants and I can categorically say that it was the most wonderful dining experience of my life

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• LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I could literally live on plain potatoes for the rest of my life and I’d be fine with it. My ancestors must have been as culinarily boring as possible.

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  • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    TBF, potatoes slap. Potatoes and rice are like 80% of my fatass diet, lol.

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  • plyth@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I could literally live on plain potatoes for the rest of my life and I’d be fine with it.

    You wouldn’t and life would be short. There are not all nutritions in potatoes.

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• SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And then, even Englishmen look down on Scots who think oats porridge is human food.

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• zout@fedia.io ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don't think I've ever had bad food in Germany. In England my limited experience is mixed, some good, some bad and some interesting lunch choices like salted peanuts.

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• robocall@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sounds like you’ve never had Finnish food

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  • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I haven’t had the pleasure yet.

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