Food and wine over here is a whole new experience. I'm gradually learning about European wines, starting with Germany. On the other hand, I'm learning very quickly about food!
Bread is a real staple in the German diet. I haven't seen mass-produced, pre-sliced loaves anywhere. Instead, every corner has a small bakery offering at least 20 different varieties of freshly baked bread, pastries, etc. We buy bread at least every other day - usually small crusty rolls (Broetchen), and sometimes mini loaves.
With the bread, we usually eat cold cuts. I have never before seen such a variety of pork products! We always have various types of finely shaved smoked or cooked ham or bacon, salami, and mettwurst. It's quite novel to eat so much uncooked meat. Mettwurst is basically salted raw pork mince with a touch of onion, and probably some other preservatives. Smeared on a buttered Broetchen, it's quite a tasty breakfast option.
And last, but by no means least, we have the cheese. There are approximately 12, 247, 003 varieties of cheese in the supermarket (by my last count). We usually have a medium-aged gouda, and a soft cheese like brie or camembert.
Between meals, cake is never far from view... although we've only bought one so far. There are hundreds of varieties of crumbles, flans, strudels, etc. loaded with sour cherries, apple, plums, apricots, marzipan, and who knows what else!
1 comment:
You make it sound as if Gouda was some high class connaisseur cheese. In Germany it's as common as cheddar. But tastes better ; )
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