5 classic German foods you should give a try
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- German food is often associated with heavy and meaty dishes. But Germany’s culinary creativy has more to offer than sausages, Schnitzel and Sauerkraut. In this video, we present you 5 classics which illustrate the great diversity of German cuisine - from savoury to crunchy and sweet.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:17 Pork Knuckle
01:46 Asparagus
03:05 Pretzels
04:35 Fish rolls
05:50 Spaghetti ice cream
CREDITS
Report: Patricia Szilagyi
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Not as exciting, but what I miss the most about living in Germany is the bread. European breads are far superior to the bread we have in America, primarily due to the difference in the type of wheat used. To this day, I can walk into a European bakery here in the US and with one smell, I can tell if they've imported their flour, it actually smells differently. A Brotchen with butter, plain and simple, and I'm in heaven.
very true ! US breads and many other foods are low quality :(...
The thing is not different wheat but that we use rye for many breads an darker Brötchens. You cant even come close to the taste when using only wheat.
@@loonator1995 totaly agreed ! i've been to Germany 4 times and still love that awesome country ! Super Quality means made in Germany
Its called Brötchen and Not brotchen. Stop rape our German language. Lern the umlaute
Yeah, here in the US we don’t really eat bread in the same way that Europeans do. We use bread mostly for sandwiches and that’s probably about it. There really isn’t a culture here of going to a bakery and getting “good” bread.
Just a quick correction:
Professionally made pretzels are never coated in diluted baking soda. That’s for some home cooks.
What is used is 4% sodium hydroxide lye. Only that way you get the real typical aroma.
I lived in Germany from 75 - 83…..loved the food, the people and the entire way of life…..🇬🇧
79-83 and I agree. Mainz for me.
Must be boring
born in 76 and lived there till 86.... best childhood ever
Ive been there once and i did not want to leave.
Unfortunately it's changed so much and not at all for the better
My dad (from uk) swears by German cuisine. He used to visit alot in the 90s and would come back with stories about their food. He was obsessed with
Grünkohl, mettbrötchen, pea soup or Maultaschen are a good addition to the List.
But by far the best are the bread and sausages.
Brezel, Laugenbrötchen..
Mettigel
Linsensuppe is lit❤🔥
Mett for the Metz?
oder Flammkuchen auch wenn wir uns den mit Frankreich teilen
Most of my ancestors left Germany nearly 300 years ago for Pennsylvania (which was still a British colony). Would you believe that my family still enjoys all of these wonderful things? Finding good Haxe is very difficult in America, but excellent sauerkraut and asparagus are among my favorites.
I cant tell you how much I want to be in that beer hall and have a Schweinshaxe with an ice cold mug of the finest German lager. Its practically a life goal.
Just dont order it as "Lager". I doubt that many people will know what it is.
As a german, i tell you, be prepared for a disapointment. Espacially at Oktoberfest.
@@XxXAirsoftboyXxX at a german restaurant near where I live, they have german imported biers, like francis kanner & one they call oktoberfest, their beers are a pleasure to drink.
@@sammicoporsammicopor nothing against beer or schweinehaxe, it's just ridiculous what they are charging for it at local fests. 16 bucks for a liter of beer and 27 bucks for a haxe.
Try instead "Schäufela" in North Bavaria (Franken) in some local restaurant around Erlangen. Forget about the Munich tourist traps.
Alternative is the land 45 min south of Munich, but as this is already Pre-Alps-tourist area, you need a local as a guide to hit the right spot.
I will say that Carrot Soup is a dish I adored in Germany but isn't well known in the US. And Schwartzwaldtoete.
Fun fact: soft pretzels are popular in my area, though they're more elongated usually. I also don't live too far away from where hard pretzels were created.
I've had all of those and loved them all. I miss Germany.
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Where are you now ? Hugs from bohemian forest
@@kreterakete In the UK. Not far away but it must be nearly 15 years since I was last in Germany.
My favorite main dishes in order, with accompanying bread or sauerkraut or knoedeln.
1. Schauefele
2. Nuernberger bratwurst
3. Doener Kebab
4. Spaetzle
5. Weisswurst
6. Pretzel
7. Schweinehaxel
8. Currywurst
9. Germknoedel
10. Himmel un Ääd or Schnitzel (whether the Wien form or Jaegerschnitzel)
Cakes are another matter.
Kommst aus dem Osten?
that bismarck sandwich is something else - truly for fish lovers
Grünkohl is very famous in Northwest Germany - we eat it in the cold winter season and it's common to go for a longer walk outside, have some drinks and do some silly games until we eat Grünkohl.
Rote Grütze is also a very delicious dessert in North Germany - it's made of various berries and often served with a vanilla sauce.
Schupfnudeln are really delicious too. I ate it a a lot when I lived in Baden-Württemberg.
I also love Spätzle.
Ich Feier Kaltschale
I am vegetarian and french, living in Berlin. I like quality of local Berries, Aspargus and german high-protein cheese made with Quark. German bread is not as tasty as french one, as most of the bakeries in berlin are industrial. But if you go to country side, you should find better home-made breads. Their wine is also getting better and better, mostly vegan wine from Baden Württemberg. I noticed they are too much addicted to beer, and you see alcoholics guys from the morning, they should put more restrictions on selling alcohols like in the US.
You might want to try your luck at Aux Delices Normands in either Dahlem or Wilmersdorf for some rather decent French bread in Berlin. But it‘s certainly true that Berliners, at least those who can afford it, choose carefully where to buy their daily bread. And will avoid those joints that sell mass produced bread coming from factories. Still there is an abundance of nice alternatives, organic in nature or not, to those rather dire and despicable bakery chain stores that grace the high streets all over Berlin. Fullfilling a Prussian cliche for the French, at least.
Isn’t all wine vegan?
Where is my Mettbrötchen
Wow.. Just found out about Bismarck roll, looking delicious
There is nothing more German than Spinach with Potatos or Spaetzle and egg sunny side up. Or the typical swabian dish "Linsen mit Spätzle". Labskaus seems to be a traditional dish in the north. Or "Handkäs mit Musik" for the people in Frankfurt. Or the classic Schäufele in it's regional variations, especially good is the franconian version. Gaisburger Marsch is a typical dish of the Stuttgart region. Sour liver/kidneys are also quite a tradition in southern Germany. What everyone should at least try once is a dish called "alsace sausage salad" (Elsässer Wurstsalat). Oh, and the swabian variant with black blood sausage!
Nice 1. As a north-western german i liked, that you shown food not only from bavaria.
I think, we have such a wide variant of recipies, most of them pretty easy to made and delicious 😋.
The Spaghetti ice is realy a "must buy", if you come to germany.
Oh and yes, our breads are great, if you had them for some time, you never feel the same, if you go back and cant buy them again. 😉
We visited our exchange students parents in Basel, Switzerland. We walked across the border to France and dined on White Spargel with Schinken, the house specialty.
You probably went to the Alsace (Elsaß). It is a region which is still greatly defined by its history of sometimes being french and german. Some folks there speak a germanic language and the cuisine is close to south western german cuisine.
I love a ham hock with baby potatoes (lots of butter) and green beans, with an apple sauce.
Until today I never realised it was such a popular dish in Germany.
I can't believe I've had all of these except the Spaghetti Eis. Schweinshaxe is still the GOAT.
I've also enjoyed Labskaus and Frikadelle, though I'm less certain about their origins.
Looks awesome! 👍
um noch ein paar seltener erwähnte in die Runde zu werfen: Senfeier, Kassler mit Sauerkraut, Kohlsuppe, Hasenpfeffer, Soljanka, Hühnerfrikassee, Goldbroiler, Bocki aufe Faust, Paprikaschoten, gefüllte Zucchiniblüten, Kohlrouladen, Erbssuppe und und und
Good content and nice video❤❤
Alles sieht so gut aus 💗
As a german, I was surprised to hear that Spaghetti Ice cream is a german thing. I thought thats common all over the world 😂
I dont think anyone wants to eat that except Germans :D
No, doesn't exist in other parts of the world! 😉
@@DeoOptimoMaximo85 Tbh, I loved it as a child, but havent really touched it in a veeeeery long time... 😅
@@DeoOptimoMaximo85
taste it if you have the chance.....and you never want another ice cream.....
😅 sounds sooo italian. But its f***in awesome. Your Mettigel has another surprise for u
Brezen aren't bathed in baking soda, but in caustic soda.
You don't cook, do you?
gosh i love dark humor XDDD
@@willsdensda Yes I do cook and bake, but that's irrelevant and ad hominem. It is true: caustic, not baking soda - there are enough German bakers who can show you their caustic burns.
Correct. Baking soda solution is only used by desparate home bakers who can't get hold of the rather dangerous "Bäckerlauge" which requires protective gloves when dipping the Brezel or Semmel.
Sodium bicarbonate is mostly used here in Germany
Oh I really love German food
said no one ever
Eisbein usually comes with Mustard
visited Germany twice...best food?...pork knuckles were amazing...also the bratwurst...the wine was surprisingly good...best meal was a buffet featuring a cauldron of seafood including octopus...the bread was amazing too...
Why would the wine not be good?
Just curious, why did you find the good wine surprising?
@@arnewengertsmann9111 I knew the beer was going to be great...and it certainly was...but not the wine...I was certainly wrong on that one....
@@zooguy52 Germany has been a wine region since Roman times. The oldest still-sealed wine bottle with contents is 1,700 years old and can be viewed in Speyer, Germany!
@@hape3862Germany and Austria have the best white wine in the world
Bruh, the inflation! 😂😂 1,80 DM for spaghetti ice? That’s 0,90€ (or rather: would have been in 2001/02 when we switched to Euro).
Nowadays you’re lucky to find plain spaghetti for under 5-6€. Even in my teens (2000s), I can’t remember seeing a portion for under 4€.
I prefer the Haxn ❤ over the Eisbein...
Love the shnitzel sandwitches there, it was best in ever I taste
I could DEFINITELY live on the first pork dish and Spaghetti ice cream.
Sourdough bread. Grass fed butter. Chopped chives. Under cover culinary taste bud and consistency revelation. Frankfurt cider. Swabian spätzle. 1001 sausage and paté recipes. I can’t understand why I’m fat.
If you sre trying to make spaghettieis at home try a potato ricer and make sure it is on you can kill as it may bend undet pressure. Also, use LOTS of ice cream like 3 scoops in the ricer as once it pancakes it wint go through. You can repress the pancake for the next one. ;)
Nice the Only food here is from Bavaria and the sweet little Rollmops and Krabben Brötchen 4:35 There are significantly more dishes here. From North, East and West Germany.
Steckrübeneintopf. Bester Eintopf.❤
Eisbein gibts auch im Osten. Das gab es sogar schon zu DDR Zeiten.
German food is amazing & yet to catch fancy of Indians..
I wish there had been a great German Eatery in North India …
What type of foreign cuisines do well in India?
@@karlstriepe8050 It’s Chinese( Punjabi Chinese ) i.e. Indianised to such an extent that it hardly recognisable😀.
Seriously, Indian Culinary landscape is so diverse that most people love trying out different regional cuisines rather than foreign.
In Mega Cities, Italian, Chinese, Oriental cuisine is popular among the elite.
Not to mention US junk food conglomerates which have made roads into India like KFC, Dominos, McDonalds and the like.
The Bismarck herring was invented in Stralsund, one of the most beautiful cities in Germany.
Now I need to find out if Bismarck pizza is real and how it got the name.
Japanese mangas and picture encyclopedias insist this 'pizza with sunny side up eggs for topping' exist and it is called Bismarck pizza, although I never see a real one.
i wanna try that Bismarck herring roll
Almost everything looks really good! The thing that doesn't look good? The fish XD But that's because I can't stand fish! I'm Swedish and fish is a big part of our local cuisine, but I've never liked it, no matter how it's prepared. There's some fish I can tolerate if there's no alternatives (like when a meal is pre-ordered at an event I'm attending) and it's cooked very well, but if I have a choice, I don't eat fish at all (and currently haven't had any type of fish for years) Just something about the smell, taste, texture and all the darn bones that I can't stand when it comes to fish...
Agreed about the fish, I'm glad Germany isn't really a fish nation unlike Sweden.
Ice cream spaghetti looked cool
For being the DW you could've spelled the Pretzel as Brezel please 😉
2or3 from last .... great 😃👍
super❤❤❤❤❤
schön das DW es ein wenig wie NHK macht und einen einblick in die kultur gibt. den wir so nichtmal selbst hätten :)
Casually watching this from my couch in Germany while eating pizza
at 4:00 the guy really sneaked a bretzel "d" in
Well, when it comes to regional food, I guess "Huckleberry Anything" since I live in Montana.
What is that exactly? Sounds interesting
Crab fishers didn't catch much this year I've heard. 15 euros per roll.
Cool
Snitzel mit pommes my favorite
Older Finnish men love the wiener schnitzel. It's made all wrong (from pork, fried in oil...etc.), but it's still pretty good. It used to be a popular dish in the 80's as a working man's lunch. 😊
Tis is Schnitzel Wiener Art in 🇩🇪.
At 0:54, What does a "mixture of caraway seeds" mean?
There is only one type of caraway seed 🤨
Nur 4 aus 5. Einen Tag soll ich auch Hamburg besuchen.
When you do, don't just try the fish rolls, make sure to also try a Franzbrötchen: a sweet, soft pastry with - at least for the classic version - caramelized sugar and cinnamon as it's dominant flavor
@@BismarcksOtto And Labskaus, Rundstück warm (bread roll with roast), Maischolle and Rote Grütze. Hamburger Aalsuppe (it's called eel soup, but comes without eel), and Grützwurst with beans, pears and bacon.
How about Sauerbraten, Schnitzel, Currywurst, Spätzle, Bratwurst, Rouladen, Klopse, Frikadellen, Labskaus, Kartoffelpuffer, Knödel, Kirschtorte und Apfelstrudel?
Kesselsknall/Döppekooche, Möhren drunter und drüber, diverse soups and stews in general, Fish dishes, eastern or western German Jägerschnitzel, Onioncake, Flammkuchen. Also these foods in the video are rarely made at German homes. Too complicated to make.
Spargel 😋😋😋
I don’t love cold dinners.. especially on chilly nights
Then... dont eat cold dinners?
I've never seen asparagus that thick
Did I hear/get it correct?
During the asparagus season (3 months) Germans eat an average of around 1.4 kg per person? The whole season? LOL!
I usually eat at least 1/2 kg asparagus per meal! And I have many asparagus meals during the season.
Cyber friends are invited to visit Germany, bring them backups and enjoy yummy yummy spectacular food, go champs go for it 🎉❤🎉
At 6:30, ironically, in the States, we wouldn't call that device a "potato grater." Contrary to all common sense, we'd call it a "ricer" or "potato ricer."
German restaurants TELL you what to order!!
I love this video, but I have 2 adjustments to offer: The pronounciation of all the dishes where great, but calling a "Bretzel" a "pretzel" makes me so sad each time... I hope the US becomes more open towards the right pronounciation. Furthermore I missed my favourite german dish: the Currywurst from Bochum!
German cuisine in Indonesia is incredibly expensive because it’s still considered an exotic thing, in addition to the pork and booze not meshing well with the local muslims.
Prussian mother, Ukrainian father who lived many years in Austria, and I’m the only one in the family who doesn’t like caraway seeds.
Where is Mettbrötchen?
Love show
No mistakes guys, the German kitchen is, after China, the best pork cuisine of the world! Also, the average mama knows how to feed her kids. So rich in vegetables, all kinds of meat, and knowledge of stewpots and fried food.
Yeah, but have you tried real bbq ribs from North Carolina? You might add it to the list, if you’re lucky.
The Philippines, Spain and Mexico do better things with pork than germans
Bro wrong Mexican pork
Spanish food has the most premium pork meat in Europe, and possibly in the world: papada ibérica, secreto and presa ibérica (literally like pork wagyu), chorizo, jamón serrano, lomo adobado, torreznos, cochinillo de Segovia (equally good, if not better roast than german pork knuckle in my experience), sobrasada, and the list goes on.
@@LuisMartinez-ut1ie try portuguese food.
why are fish buns called fish rolls? They aren't wrapped
I eat the pork knuckle every time I go to magdeburg
Was surprised to not see Schnitzel on this list, but I figured it's Austrian, right?
Italy is nextdoor ✈️
its not even bordering italy
Recently we have organised a culture festival. The club representing Germany couldn't brainstorm good suggestions on German snacks, food, games, and clothing. The Pretzels seem like a decent and easy option. What else is out there?
Every part of germany had different traditional clothing and it's not really easy to recreate and not cheap. And we don't really wear any of that since ages in germany in modern times. It's like you want to portrait something we don't are, so i recommend not to wear a special clothing. Everyone just wears modern stuff. And we hate it to be connected to the stereotype bavarian. For the snacks: You could make cookies like Engelsaugen or something like Nussecken or german cheese cake. Berliner also would be a nice thing. For foods: Maybe a classic german vinegar based potato salad, Schnitzel, Bratkartoffeln, cheese spätzle with Emmentaler cheese, Maultaschen with broth, onion cake. Sadly i don't even know what kind of games have a german origin and which aren't played in other countries if you refer to childs games.
@kaddy0306 Bavarian maid was the cosplay, and yoghurt and dairy products were on display. 😅 The things you suggested aren't easy to come by here in Asia. American club members were cowboys, the Japanese club wore kimonos, and the British wore the royal guard, etc. We couldn't bring beers. In the end, the maid got the attention of so many lol
@@marcomongke3116 Oh so it's already over?^^ I don't really like it when people wear traditional clothes that are a part of another persons culture. It's like you steal a part of history and identity to have fun. But i can SEE why people would look at a maid * giggle * 🤭
For Brezel you have to get something dangerous as a chemical just a baker can affort to do because he has the equipment. So you can't really reproduce an original Brezel sadly. The other things i suggested are available in asia too normally in bigger cities as ingredients. It also just needs 30 min time per dish.
So where's the Currywurst?!?!
My man was cutting garlic with a bread knife
Shaves with it too.
no curry wursts?
Their food is bad but their engineers are great 🤣😍
Jurgen kloop secret greatness
Germany isnt only Bavaria...
Ah so you had Bavaria and Hamburg yet everything in between you ignored - embracing…
The food looks good, a few ideas that spring to mind.........the pretzels are a good snack that could be made with some
different ingredients inside the dough, spices, both savory and sweet, maybe garlic, chili, green onions, parsley, oregano,
paprika, ginger, curry (home-made, you can't be sure what is in the bought stuff) dried tomatoes, bacon, ham, salami,
then for sweet pretzels, maybe chocolate, caramel, dulce de leche, cinnamon, etc............................................................
the pork knuckle roasted with the dark beer looks unbelievable, the schnitzel's are absolute favorites in South America,
where they call the "Milanesa's" (as from Milan) The "Fish Rolls" are a magic food item that should be on the menu in
every "fishing town" around the World, as the fish & seafood comes in off the boats, there should be stands selling the
"FISH ROLLS' or the "SEAFOOD ROLLS" or the "SHRIMP ROLLS" or the "LOBSTER ROLLS" or the "MUSSEL ROLLS"
or the "SHELLFISH ROLLS" or the "CALAMARI ROLLS" or the "SCALLOP ROLLS" or the "SQUID ROLLS" and "CHIPS"
Up there for thinking, and down there for dancing. It looks like Hamburg is promoting it's fishermen & fishing industry.
Where's the plane ticket at?😑
Heil Knuckle!
Funny, pretzels are invented in Germany, Dijon, France makes mustard 4 hours away, but if you put mustard on a pretzel in Germany, they look at you like you have 9 heads.
yes, because this is vandalism.
put butter on it.......muuuch better
Sweet mustard with pretzels is also not that uncommon but most people prefer butter or just nothing.
got it , tsk
有豬腳，我就鼓掌!
DEUTSCHE WELLE, wer hat das durchgewunken? Bismarckhering ißt hier niemand, wir geniessen das Matjes Brötchen mit zwiebeln
german style doener kebab is also world best
I crave those more than I ever did Turkish ones.
Go German powwaaaaaa!!!!!
Lovely, but German food has a destain for green vegetables.🙂
I'm not a vegetarian, but it's ridiculous to go to a beer garden in 2024 and not see a vegetable onsite. 🤷🏻
When did potatoes arrive german land?
They were brought to Germany in the 17th century but were mostly adored for the beautiful flowers. In the early to mid 18th century it made its way into the farmer’s fields and thereby into the cuisine of Germany.
Boiled pork knuckle looks gross. Reminds me of Captain America 2, when cap says: "... food's a lot better. We used to boil everything."
WO
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DONER?
That is Turkish food
@@ginakelley749 no it isn’t. It’s German. :) You can Google it.
lets be honest, just because some turkish guy came to germany and invented it there doesnt really make it german, has nothing to do with german cuisine at all
I'm missing Thuringer Wurzfleisch here.
u are the only one i guess. Lets keep it that way 😅
@@ringrun9872 Something wrong with it?
No, but nothing 2 write home about
No, but nothing 2 write home about
Oh really!
The pretzel is actually overrated. It doesn't compare at all to other delicious treats in a bakery.
Not a treat though. It´s just a fancier bread role.
Filet o fish is German 😮
Bretzel not Pretzel !!!