What food is good in Germany ?

[Lardlizard]

What are they know for other than sausages

Noted @Prokupatuscrakedatus

I am likely to be there some time for work in the early summer. So Fräulein Frost is on the list for downtime!

MadameDD and Prokupatuscrakedatus

Yes, with regards to the Kartoffelsalat, that sounds right – potatoes, broth, vinegar, salt, pepper, onions, and I think chives or parsley to top it off. Very simple ingredients and delicious. Grandma eliminated the bacon, though. It’s been so many years since I’ve had Kartoffelsalat, and I miss it. I don’t think she had any recipe written down. She just sort of threw it all together and it was amazing. She lived in southwestern Germany all her life, not too far from Stuttgart.

CatandtheFiddle

Thank you for the reminder. How could I forget Ritter Sport? It comes in so many varieties. Delicious chocolate. With regards to desserts, they really do have many amazing fruit-based desserts. Although Black Forest Cherry cake may be the most well-known German dessert, it was never one of my favorites. My favorite was a cherry crumble, lattice-topped pie that was not too sweet. No chocolate involved. I can’t remember the name.

Bienenstich is my favourite cake (sort of a layer of sponge, buttercream, topped with roasted caramelized sliced almonds)

There's a loely German lady who has a bakery stall at London's Broadway Market who sells bienenstich and it is TO DIE FOR. OMG.

@CatandtheFiddle
When she started she was desperate for something to earn a living and our area (now - that is outing) was quite deprived.
Now we are gentriefied and "Szene-Kiez" and you need to practice you cue-ing talents. The Eis-Maufaktur is great, too.

@OutOntheTilez
Your relative seems to be Swebian (the Württemberg part of BW) mine are form the Baden-part.
My DM (Niederhein) used to slice cornichons into hers.

You do not need a recipe - just do it.

How did I forget Flammenkuche!
A bit like pizza topped with sour cream and mushrooms/ onions/ bacon/ nutmeg.
Fabulous with a local white wine and an open fire.

Oh god yes, Flammkuchen. Have eaten those in Köln, which I think is where they come from?

And you know - just as well I'm not actually Deutsch - I can live without Currywurst. But Pommes mit Remoulade is lovely.

Flamkuch are attributed to the Alsatian region, and
the combination of "Federweißer" and "Flamkuchen" can be quite a strain to the system

Schnitzel definitely, it's amazing! Also cordon bleu schnitzel. I wish I was going to Germany now! Excellent food.

We were in Berlin recently and had quite a lot of (amazing) falafel in pitta, it seems to be their 'go to' vegetarian option.

I loved the buffet breakfasts in Berlin. There was a delicious dish called griespudding (I think).

Isn’t Griespudding semolina?

Crispy pork knuckle & fried potatoes

Zwiebelbrot made with dark rye flour and fried onions.

Oh definitely the potato salad and streusel. Love both of them. We went back for a friend’s wedding a few years ago and DH was amazed at the array of cakes when we got to the reception from the church - we spent at least an hour having lots of Kaffee und Kuechen.

Italian food (not just the ice cream) is generally great and exceptionally good value for money.

Fleischkäse is one of my favourites, I have a loaf of it in the freezer from when my Austrian mum was last there. I always have loads of Estragon senf (mustard) with it - and the closest approximation to semeln (bread rolls) is French stick.

Konditorei baked cheesecake is the only one I'll ever eat. I forego all UK stuff, I only love that one so I hold out for it (thankfully, or I'd never fit in my car).

I too have had excellent flamkuchen at a great Alsatian restaurant in Koln...Just perfect with a crisp white wine and feldsalat.

I used to live in Heidelberg. Kartoffelpuffer were favourites and i can't believe I have never made them. I used to love Kamps bakery really simple brotchen mit Kase, which I think was butter kase (cheese). Was disappointed when I was in Germany recently that they now come on seeded brotchen and with salad leaves!

I love evaporated milk with coffee and used to stock up on the baren kafesahne to bring back to the UK.

If you are lusting after your grandmother’s recipes try Chefkoch

It’s a godsend when I get homesick and need some home comfort food. Read through the comments, if people rave about “just like Omas”, then you are on to a winner.

Guten Appetit!

Lidl had Fleischkäse one German week. Sainsbury do some plaited rolls which look a bit like the rolls you put the Fleischkäse in, but I agree that the texture should probably be more like crusty rolls or French bread.

We have a few German cookbooks. The most crowd-pleasing one is in English and is called the Biergarten Cookbook. DH’s German intern bought it for us at the end of his placement year.

I live in Bavaria and love the food! Krustenbraten mit Knödel
Kartoffel-Gurkensalat
Altbairische Schnitzel (flavoured with horseradish)
Wildgulasch

Food here is very seasonal. In spring we get Bärlauch (wild garlic), followed by Spargelzeit (asparagus season) and Erdbeerzeit (strawberries) - later in the year every restaurant will be celebrating Schwammerl (wild mushrooms) and Kürbis (pumpkins). And of course the Christmas markets!

I watched a history programme that showed German Restaurants used to be very popular in the UK pre WW1 then they died out never to be replaced.

Reibekuchen - eaten on very dark bread with Rübenkraut on top.
You have to grow up with it to like it, I think.

I remember having Schmarren in Austria - cut up pancakes sprinkled with icing sugar, the food of the gods!

Ritter Sport chocolate - all the flavours.
Currywurst.

Bienenstich is the best cake in the world with (Austrian) Topfenstrudel a close second.