I spent 8 years in Germany with the US Forces. 5 years were on a Luftwaffe base, and I still remember my first meal in Germany. It was Jagerschnitzel with croketten. All washed down with some Kolsch.
"Jäger" and "Kölsch" instead of "Jager" and "Kolsch". Without any umlaut keys on your keybord just substitute them with "ae", "oe" and "ue". So: "Jaeger" and "Koelsch". 🙂
My favorite childhood- dishes: Blaubeerpfannkuchen, "Rahmspinat mit Kartoffeln und Rührei, Bratkartoffeln mit Spiegelei und grüner Salat in Zitronen-Sahnesauce, Gemüseeintopf " Quer durch den Garten ", Pellkartoffeln mit Sauerrahm-Dipp und gebratenen Champignons + Tomatensalat.
My mother was born in northern Germany, on Insel Föhr. My utmost favorite comfort food is a good Grünkohl dinner in the winter. Kale with Pinklewurst, a pork tenderloin, a good Krainerwurst or Kielbasa and boiled potatoes. The aroma in the house when that simmers all day is pure heaven and brings back so much memories when I make it now.
Yes! I live in Northern Germany in the Oldenburg region and Grünkohl is the real comfort food here. At least around winter which is when the cale is harvested.
Our family enjoys twice cooked beef which is chuck roast cooked in oven for 2 hrs. The meat is cut up and gravy made with pan drippings. The meat is placed back in the gravy, covered and baked for 2 more hrs. This is served over mashed potatoes with buttered corn in the side. It is delicious and very comforting!
I was born in the far north of Germany near the eider river. I am now an Australian. I love and make rouladen regularly, I love red cabbage and liverwurst. I was in a childrens home in Australia by the age of 7. German food is something you never forget the smell or taste of. I remember I loved rollmops and also lard that my mum cooked with apple and onion? On sandwiches.
Schinkennudeln mit grünen Salat , Pfannkuchen Suppe, Rahm Spinat mit Spiegelei und Pellkartoffeln, Kartoffel mit Limburger und Butter, Baggers mit Bohnen Salat , Fischstäble mit Boddaggen Salat
from Minnesota, USA, thank you. My mom is of German descent and studied German at University, loves all things German and has visited your beautiful country. Her favorite comfort dishes to make our family are stuffed peppers (sweet bell peppers blanched whole and stuffed with rice, beef, seasonings and tomato sauce and baked in a tomato gravy) and chicken soup very similar to yours with dumplings steamed on top of finished soup.
My father who was a German native used to ferment his own sauerkraut, and we would have it with Smoked pork and mashed potatoes. IT WAS AMAZING. Both my parents have passed away and I miss their cooking
Ich bin Amerikanerin und meine Großmutter mütterlicherseits wurde in Spandau-Berlin geboren. Oma war eine ausgezeichnete Köchin. Ihre Spätzle war hausgemacht und sie spezialisierte sich auf Schweinebraten. Das Anschauen Ihrer Videos hier in den USA weckt viele besondere Erinnerungen an meine Oma, und ich danke Ihnen dafür und mache mich hungrig nach deutschem Essen.
Mein Mutter und ihre Eltern kamen aus Breslau, Schlesien. Schlesien gehoert seit dem 2ten Weltkrieg zu Polen. Mein Vater war ein Britischer Soldat in Verden/Aller , Nord Deutschland stationiert wo ich geboren wurde. Bin in Wales und Deutschland aufgewachsen. Bin US Citizen seit 1975. Wohne noredlich von Houston (The Woodlands) seit 1978. Meine Oma und Mutter konnten kochen. Besonders Rouladen und Blaukraut, Alle Arten von Gemuese Gerichte, Huhn und Gaensebraten besonders zu Weihnachten. Fischgerichte Forelle Blau zu Sylvester.
From California, my favorite comfort foods are: meatloaf with mashed potatoes, spaghetti bolognese, chicken fried steak (which is just beef schnitzel with cream gravy!!), and chicken enchiladas with green chili sauce
i’m german american and both my grandmas would make such good roulades i miss eating it. also the smell of sauerkraut is so nostalgic to me. waking up from a nap after school to the smell of grandma cooking sauerkraut with dinner! schnitzel is so good too my family always loves to get it when we go to german culture festivals :)
My Mamas lasagna had 5 different cheeses OMG GOOD and she made absolutely delicious oyster stuffing with gravy!!!She also made biscuits and pork roast and pot roast with potatoes and carrots all so delicious.I miss my Mama and her food 😢
My mom use to make potato pancakes from leftover mashed potatoes. And at Christmas she always made ham rolls. She only had the recipe in German, but luckily I was able to recreate the recipe from memory. And I also remember her making plum dumplings - YUM!
I lived in Wiesbaden for almost 4 years. I miss this food so much. Love the video and it's making me miss Germany. Great job. Would love to see you make some how-to videos for each of these dishes.
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My favorite comfort food is sauerbraten and spetzles. I make it for special occasions and any family member who misses out is usually really upset. Our spetzles are large (cut off a plate into boiling water). They are allowed to dry on a rack after boiling and then fried in butter with some pepper. Really great with the sauerbraten gravy.
Marta the way that you talk about the food tells me you genuinely enjoy this food and you are excited about enjoying it! Thanks so much for sharing the info about the cuisine as well as your enthusiasm because that makes such a huge difference and interesting people and raising their awareness of things that can enrich their life and make it more enjoyable. Thanks so much for sharing some of the things that make your Human Experience awesome so that others can also do the same. Amen!
My dad was born and grew up in Landshut. His favourite meal was Schweinebraten. This was a pot roasted pork loin with onions and a thin gravy and very tender. I was served alongside with dumplings (knodel) made from slightly stale cubes of Vienna bread with crusts and mixed with a flour and water batter then boiled in a pot. These were huge and about 120 cm round. They absorbed the the tasty sauce. I was my dad and grandad’s favourite meal of all time. Fröhliche Weihnachten!
Omg! So happy I found this channel. Subscribed. I am American, but my Grandmother was born in Germany and moved here when she was in her 20's, I love looking up recipes of foods she would have enjoyed:)
Oh, in this case i am glad that you found this video helpful 🙂 in July we are starting new series from Northern Germany and Schwarzwald. I just finished filming over 50 new specialities- so there will be new content to watch!☺️
Love your dishes. I grew up in the 60s-70s with a mother who did a lot of the dishes of the time. So from my childhood there is tuna casserole, smothered steak (yes, both with the canned soup), pan burritos with NM green chile sauce (family from MO, grew up in NM) and meat loaf with mashed potatoes. Now I think I need to make a pan of burritos.
You were just now recommended to me, and after 1 minute 32 seconds in, I have subscribed, The kicker is you have spoken English. Thank you for this video, and those going forward. I will watch past videos when time allows. All the best going forward, and a heart felt thank you!!!
All your dishes looked so delicious and awesome 👌, my mom was German and grew up in Nurmberg, I myself was born in a military hospital in Munich. Seeing all your dishes made me realize how much I miss my mom. I just found you a couple of days ago and love watching you. Have a safe and Happy New Year 😊 ☺ ❤ 💕
Thank you for this video, it is great! It brings back memories of the wonderful food and people from the areas of Stuttgart and Augsburg, where we lived in the 1980s. My ancestors were from Baden Buhl and Strasbourg before coming to Mobile, Alabama generations ago, but our family style of cooking and favorite dishes have remained much the same! (With the addition of shrimp and grits, our ultimate Southern comfort dish haha)
I grew up in Altena, Wesftfahlen but my mother was a native German from Göppingen (near Stuttgart). My mom’s side of the family still lives in the Stuttgart area. I also noticed all of your WMF products and believe it or not, many items in my kitchen here in the US are WMF. It’s, in my opinion, the best made cutlery in the world. You brought back so many memories for me. Although, I still cook many of these comfort foods here. Especially the Spätzle! ❤
I'm descended of Pennsylvania Dutch peoples. We would add a few items to this list. We love our noodles too!! Pot Pie is made from chicken, potatoes, and large spetzle noodles. Another one is Pork roast, with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes. This is our traditional new year's day dish for good luck. Finally, ham, green beans and potatoes all cooked in one pot. Yum!
@@karl-heinzgrabowski3022 Yes, most were actually from the Palatinate and other German principalities. They were mis-labeled as "Dutch" because they sailed from the port of Rotterdam.
@@sandman9924 I always thought is was due to the name "Deutschland" - Dutch, Deutsch, similar enough sounding that it was a translation error which just persisted from the past?
I'd enjoy all of your comfort food selections. They look so delicious. My German heritage mother used to make us kale with wursts (Braunkohl mit Pinkel) served with mashed potatoes. This is comfort food to me. Do you have a version of this that you could show us how you make yours?
Grünkohl mit Pinkel is a regional dish from Northern Germany and unfortunately it’s not that popular in the center and in the south. I actually ate it this year for the first time in my life 🙈 and only because I wanted to show it in my cabbage video that went online few weeks ago. I am sorry that I Dj t have better news. But I am keeping my fingers crossed that there is a great recipe somewhere that is similar to the one that you know from your grandmother!
This is the one dish I dreaded, Avi. Braunkohl mit Pinkel, or as we had it, mit Bregenwurst. My heart sank when it was on the menu, I felt envious of everyone else enjoying it.
My great grandmother‘s parents came to America from the Bavarian region of Germany around 1880. One of my favorite dishes that my great grandmother used to make was egg noodles and pork roast. She used to have to make a double or triple batch of the egg noodles because I would always eat them while they were drying. Confession time - I still do!
Wow - your great grandmother's parents - you really keep traditions for a long time in your family. My grandmother also made noodles - she had special noodle making days where she made tons and then dried them for later. I have not kept that tradition but maybe I will start it up.
Hi Sonjia...I was born in Furth outside of Nuremberg in 1950 and adopted by American military family in 1954...I searched for my bio family all my life until my son gave me a DNA test and we found my bio father's family in Indiana. My father was stationed there in the army and my bio mother was German. I was in an orphanage in Wiesbaden when my American family found me. Sonija, it is my dream to see where I was born before I die. Oh, I also found out I have a brother!
Growing up my mother had to work and I had a babysitter that was German. She was from Hügelsheim and initially spoke very little english. German was really my first language. I loved her very much and she was like a grandmother to me. We would spend every Christmas with her and she was a fabulous cook. My most favourite comfort food is Spätzle fresh cooked and then mixed with bread crumbs toasted in butter. You then top that with Jägerschnitzel gravy/sauce....YUM. That said, if you don't have any Spätzle, use french fries and add some cheese curds....Jäger-Poutine😂
I have discovered I have a family in Germany recently and we really connected over the food. My favourite is the goulash and the schnitzel. Love the potatoes as well. Should be on the way to Berlin throughout the autumn! 😊
Rouladen are my and my family’s favorite! We have them on special occasions like birthdays, holidays and weddings. My mother taught all of her children to make them. We, in turn, our now teaching our children. Can you share the recipe for the green sauce? It looks amazing! Danke schön.
I love it! Family recipes are important and I am glad you decided to teach our children how to make your favorite meal. The geen sauce recipe is on the channel: th-cam.com/video/n49F9797VqA/w-d-xo.html. If you cannot get all the herbs I would go with 50% parsley, 50% chives. Guten Appetit!:)
We smear mustard and put sliced onions, salt and pepper. Roll up and prepare as usual. We eat boiled potatoes (no skin) cut and we also have sweet and sour red cabbage.
This video has me crying rivers of tears. I have been really missing my late grandparents and their cooking (especially for the christmas feast). I know the recipes, I used to help with the cooking, but it's just not the same without them. I can get the flavours exactly, but it's only me I cook the dishes for now. What hurts my heart too, is that my mother and I are the only living family members who know the recipes - especially the family ones, ones I've never found anyone else who knows the dishes outside the extended family. Your chicken soup looks EXACTLY like my grandmother's, I could almost smell it. She would make the chicken soup, with fresh bread rolls - still warm, for us when we came from school. (Also, the way you pronounce Matthias. It was my grandfather's name. But people in Australia, they don't pronounce it correctly.) Thank you for this video, it has given me back some memories of food I need to start making again. 🥲💙🌹
I totally understand you! I'm German and my grandpa was Hungarian. We always cooked all kinds of food from both countrys together. Then he quickly passed away a month ago. It just doesn't taste like his food when I cook it. It's still so sad but on the other hand I'm also extremely grateful for the memories I was gifted 💗. Lots of love to your family
@@ronA8te My most sincere condolences to you and your family 😔 My Grandmother was German, and Grandfather was Hungarian - both born in 1920s. I was very close to them both. It is such a privilege and a blessing to be able to spend time with our grandparents as we grow up, we learn so much from them about so many things. I am grateful every day for everything they taught me, and the values they passed on to me. I am blessed to have known their love in my life, for me, for our family and for each other. I know you are probably still struggling with your loss, and losing such a guiding light is not an easy thing to come to terms with. Please know that it does get easier in time. I lost my Grandfather in 2008, and it still hurts at times - mostly in the kitchen. I'll be making pickle brine and suddenly, when all the aromas combine in just the right way... floods of tears. You say that when you cook, the food doesn't taste like your Grandfather's did. My theory on that is this: one day, it will. Maybe just that tiniest difference, but so close you'd almost think he was helping you. When we cook, passionate cooks, we put some of us into our cooking. That "extra, secret ingredient" - love. (You know how you can tell when food is rushed or made by someone who doesn't enjoy cooking). The love we have, the love we experience and the love we receive changes through our lives as we change and have new experiences. So does our cooking. The instinct and skill you have at 18 and what you have at 45 are different. So this, I think, is the reason the same food made the same way by 2 different people doesn't taste the same. In time, as your confidence, skills and instinct for cooking grows, that taste gap will become much smaller. Please don't ever stop cooking your family recipes, keep them alive and loved by the next generations. Make the time to record your family recipes to pass on to your children, and theirs. If you want to reach out, to chat or exchange thoughts on food, recipes, cooking... please feel free. Again, my deepest sympathies to you for your loss. 💙🌹
I was in the US Military stationed in the Rheinpfalz region. I especially enjoyed the Bauernfrühstück (Farmer's Breakfast). Cubed potatoes, green peppers, onions, ham (sausage in Northern Germany), and dill pickles mixed with scrambled eggs all in the same pan. Definitely comfort food. The recipe varies by region. The pickles were unique to the Rheinpfalz.
Where you stationed in either Spangdahlem or Ramstein? Around1962 my dad took us to an airshow, forgotten witch one of the two mentioned. I was a 6-7yo. Highlight of the day? My very first hotdog in a soft, white bread roll with ketch up😉😊😊 White, soft bread was in those days, at least in my home village near Trier, unknown. To top it all up....half a kilo of ice cream.....each!!!.....in one of those carton boxes, to be eaten with a little wooden spoon. What a delight! In those days most Germans were dirt poor, my parents, like most others, did not even have a fridge...half a kilo ice cream perhaps on special occasions, divided by 5 for the whole family. For a while I loved the Americans, wanted to go there😉😊 But 10 years later, when I was around 18-20, I ""Hated"" the bastards....😊 The USD was worth 4 German marks, when the average wage was around 600 marks. Well, as anywhere in the world....those with the cash get the girls... As the Australians during WW2 used to say: """"Bloody Yanks, Over paid, over sexed and over here"""".🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Cheers from Berlin
@@norbertschmitz3358 I was stationed at Ramstein AB from 79-81, then Bitburg AB from 81-83. The DM was never that strong when I lived there. What I found interesting is that they sold corn on the cob at the annual Flugtag (airshow) at Ramstein. Germans typically don't eat corn, but they would devour the stuff at Flugtag. We had a unit party at Bitburg and we got a whole dressed pig for roasting. We built our own bbq grill and spit and it was amazing.
@@ahill209 Hello and thank you for your reply. You've got my remark as to the value of the German mark versus the US dollar, up side down mixed up. The US $ was worth 4 times the German mark in those days...hence, every GI was a rich man😉😊 As for the German taste of food, you are absolutely correct, corn is not a staple food, it is manly crown for live stock feed, like cattle and pigs. A pig on the spit is a different story, it is a very common thing to do, especially amongst various clubs, or on special occasions just amongst friends. And of course: Washed down with a barrel of """Bitburger Pils'''""....our famous Bier😉😊😊😊 As for me, after having finished my master degree in Geology in Berlin, 1980, I went to Australia to obtain successfully my PhD. Then I worked for some 30 years for a Australian company...BHP.....all over the world. The US I never visited....for personal reasons! Well, here we are, old men, reminiscing about days long gone by. Has been a pleasure, my friend! All the very best to you and all your loved ones, Cheers from Berlin
@@norbertschmitz3358 I didn't get your comment on the Mark backwards. I was just saying that when I was there, the exchange rate was not as favorable against the dollar, so soldiers and airmen paid in dollars could not buy as much with Marks compared to when it was 4 DM = $1 US.
@@norbertschmitz3358 I worked at the US Army Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany , (the hospital on the hill) about 5 miles from AFB Ramstein. I was in charge preparing documents for patients being flown back to military installations to Walter Reed or Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Ramstein AFB was the Airbase where the flights were leaving to CONUS. I believe the airshows were in Ramstein. It was one of the best jobs I had in Germany very interesting meeting people from all over the US.
I am glad that you Liked my choice of the comfort food:) Are you talking about Barossa Valley? While visiting Australia we went there for a few days and we were very surprised about the German heritage.
Thank you for sharing! My husbands family is of German-Austrian descent and several of these are on his most loved foods that we have as special treats. I was just saying to him that it is sauerbraten season ☺️ we make our own noodles and just canned some red cabbage to have ready whenever we need it. I took a snapshot of this list so we can try some of the items I haven’t made before - I bet he will love those too!
Potato pancakes with onions and fried in bacon grease...for zuppe was Borscht , beet soup with hard boiled eggs. We came from Germans in Russia. I love much of what you showed but do not know how to make them. Our city used to have many German restaurants but all are gone now! Love your site on youtube, dankeschoen.
It’s fun to see what you grew up with and how it compares to Austrian food, which I grew up with. Rouladen was always a favorite, made with beef, some bacon, mustard, and capers with a mushroom cream sauce served with rice. Wiener schnitzel & goulash were also special treats. Goulash is something we make for Christmas Eve dinner and yes lots of onions & Hungarian paprika. For Soups we would have a tomato soup with rice, or an egg drop soup served with Maggi. Thank you for sharing.
And thanks for sharing your childhood dishes! Interesting take on the beef roll sauce, I have to admit. I have never seen something like it and now I wonder how those taste!
@@cooking-the-world It was delicious and one of the few recipes my mother taught me to make. Growing up my Mother would use canned button mushrooms. Now I buy fresh mushrooms and it’s even better. Just curious if you are familiar with potato sauce (erdäpfelsoße). Potatoes were cut into 1/2 inch cubes and then a light sauce was made with a little bit of vinegar added and sometimes some sweet paprika. Loved that too growing up.
I love to hear your accent and you are so beautiful. My mom was from Canada and grew up learning how to make some German foods that she would serve to us. Beef rouladen was one that she would serve and yours looked amazing. Thank you so much for sharing I enjoy watching your show. From AZ in USA.
I stayed with someone from Thuringia during the first lockdown in the UK. During this time, I INSISTED on making some "proper" German food because I love any opportunity to try new things. Over the lockdown, we made spaetzle loads of times, and we made schnitzel too. One of the fond memories was trying to tenderize the meat without having an actual tenderizer, so we wrapped the meat in cling film and just started hammering it with our 'makeshift' rolling pin, and it was so unprofessional and amateur, but it somehow worked out. We had no access to breadcrumbs either, so we had to make our own using some 'severely' burnt toast and relying on the crumbs from that lol. Ever since then I've wanted to continue trying new food from all over the world, but I always come back to German food often cus it is very comfortable :D
Hahahaha! I love those stories 😂😂😂 glad you keep coming back - here in Germany there are always new things to try, even for me. And I am already extremely adventurous 😄
From Canada I would type 3, choices of comfort food. Poutine. Because on dark winter days its a tasty snack that provokes conversation & can be shared. Plus the customization options are abundant. Salmon chowder is a local one in British Columbia because salmon is plentiful & a hot chowder is always pleasant especially if it is wet & cold.(east coast like the lobster variant.) Nanaimo Bars is a pleasant sweet snack or desert served with black coffee. The sweet & bitter will compliment each other. Thank you for sharing.
1.Eisbein: Hammocks with Sauerkraut. Eisbein is extremely fatty, not at all good for you, but Oh so good with Dijon mustard! 2. Flaedle Suppe: Clear chicken broth with pancakes cut in and garnished with chopped parsley. Memories of visiting Oma in Germany. 3. Streuselkuchen; yeast cake with either Plums, Apricots, or Apples in the middle, topped with Streusel, baked on a square sheet. I remember as a kid picking the chunks of Streusel off the top of the cake as it cooled. It was dry, but very good with afternoon coffee. In my opinion the plum was the best.
Wow, it's been so long since I've had German food,. You make me miss the German Deli I visited on a regular basis 10 years ago. back when I was working. She had everything I needed to make a meal with and I so loved her pretzels. She made them fresh every day and there was times she was out by the time I would arrive. Thank you for making me remember her shop!
Crazy as it sounds, I love your favorite bread, Mayo or favorite spread, favorite cheese, and favorite onion sliced thinly so as not to over power, as a grilled cheese sandwich golden brown. Bread is always buttered on the pan side of course. Thanks for sharing Donnie
My grandmother used to make beef sauerbraten, and I loved it. I recently made sauerbraten combining a few recipes I found online trying to get as close to hers as I could remember. It wasn't quite the same, but it was still delicious.
My grandmother made amazing chicken soup. I took up the mantle of making the soup when she passed and according to my wife, grandma would be proud. I’ve also adapted the recipe with turkey which makes a richer broth. The soup will always be my connection to my grandmother. The other comfort food, at least to me are beirocks (I think I spelled that right). Our family, the aunts and uncles would all get together to make them in an assembly line with the kids pinching the dough. So good.
From Duluth, Minnesota, current temperature -18F, my favorite comfort foods are Chicken Paprikash from my Slovak grandmother, peach cobbler with soured milk crust from my mom, Japaneses Curry, gyoza [potstickers], and suimono[octopus or squid in rice vinegar w/cucumbers and onions] from my Japanese host family.
@@cooking-the-world Quebec City in Canada. They call it tourtiere. It is fantastic! We had it for the first time on our honeymoon there 14 years ago and have been making it ever since.
Oh for sure. The video is very personal. But I was just thinking today... I should take some of your suggestions from the north and make the second part 🤩
@kalig.4982 mom only ever made her kartoffelpuffer savory, and we ate them with salt and pepper and sometimes sour cream. She served homemade apfulmus on the side, but never on the kartoffelpuffer.
My favourite comfort food is Himmel un Ääd (heaven and earth): pan fried Cologne style blood sausage (Flönz) with mashed potatoes, applesauce and topped with fried onions And Königsberger Kloppse (eastern Prussian meat balls with sauce)
Pot roast is probably a favorite , although I think I like cold roastbeef sandwhiches the next day with just mustard .Nice to see a video so soon all looks delicious. ☺The beef roll with the gravy looks delicious and your noodle dish reminded me of Beef Stroganoff also delicious, goulosh is usually tomatoe based here.
I’m just catching up to your channel episodes. I’ve probably had 7 out of the 9 dishes you covered having lived in Wiesbaden and Stuttgart. I’m from Texas, so there are 3 main categories of comfort foods, Texas style Mexican food (Tex Mex), Texas Chili, and Texas style BBQ. Out of the Tex Mex category, I’d personally go with beef enchiladas, and from BBQ, I’d go with smoked beef brisket. I love your channel.
My favorite Tex Mex food is Shrimp Quesadillas. Papasitos in Humble, Texas has one of the best Tex Mex dishes. I live near The Woodlands, Texas since 1978. Worked at US Army Hospital in Landstuhl, Sickinger Hoehe, (hospital on the hill) near Ramstein, AFB.
I grew up In Illinois/USA with German great-grandparents and ate many similar dishes. It was not necessarily presented as culturally German; but I now recognize it as such in origin. Thank you for your wonderful recipes and commentary!
Thank you I am very glad that you enjoy my cooking :) But please remember I am still a food guide - not a chef 😉 I am just now improvising because the restaurants are closed 😂 Liebe Grüße aus Frankfurt
I've just discovered your channel and I'm really enjoying your content, thank you. I'm particularly enjoying discovering so many new German dishes. I'm Australian but my boyfriend is German and lives in Hamburg. He's vegan but I'm not, I want to try all these delicious meat dishes and he insists he'll make me vegan versions but I'd prefer the REAL thing. Lol. Wishing you a very happy new year! 😊🇦🇺🇩🇪
I see 🤩 I am glad you enjoying the content! The cuisine from the Northern Germany is very different to what we eat in the South, but I guess you have watched some videos and have seen the differences :) happy cooking and eating 😀
I served tours with the U.S. Forces in Germany... One in the mid-late 1970s and one in the mid-late 1980s... Basic Winerschnitzel was my favorite German dish that was generally available... While in Giessen we frequented a small restaurant in a forest that served pork loin cooked over an open fire... absolutely the best. They also served whole American style sweet corn... amazing food... One gasthaus served schwine schnitzel so big it hung over the plate... if you didn't finish it all the little old 'oma' who owned the place would scold you and ask if you wanted a child plate next time... Great times.
One of my comfort foods growing up in Louisiana (1950's-1960's) was mashed potatoes: boil peeled & quartered potatoes in salted water just until fork-tender, drain, then mash in a sturdy bowl with butter, salt, pepper, and a splash of cream until there are no lumps, but still firm enough to hold a fork upright. My grandmother from Mississippi used to make these for us on Sundays with roast beef, rich beef gravy, and some kind of green vegetable -- collard greens, green beans, boiled cabbage, or okra were favorites. Another comfort food was white corn grits (similar to polenta) boiled with salt & then served either sweet with sugar & cream, or savory with butter, pepper, and some crumbled fried bacon on top.
My mom would make fried chicken sometimes on Sundays. Pot roast, which my sister would start before my mom came home from work. I wasn't allowed to use the stove so I chopped the vegetables with my sister keeping an eye on me and the cutting board. Our grandparents on our dad's side took us out to a restaurant on Front Street in San Francisco (way back in the 70's and 80''s called Schroeder's. My great grandma Bessie, (Elisabeth) who rarely ate meat, would have the schnitzel. I'm old now but am able to remember my childhood. For that I'm grateful and to family, alive or not.
Thank you! I love Rouladen (not sure of spelling). I love German food and am looking to make some dishes. I love Spaetzel in in brown butter too! I also need to study the spelling of these dishes!
My dad's side for comfort food is what called 'Tiger meat'. Basically raw hamburger mixed with fried and or raw onions, salt and or pepper to taste. Served either as a sandwich or on crackers. My dad was a first gen American. His dad, his dad's brothers, and their parents came from Germany. It is my comfort food as well.
So many dishes in there that my mum would make for us when we were young. She's 86 and still makes some of these dishes. My wife makes some of them also. Great video and you've made me want to go back to Germany again.
Hi recently cottage cheese and sauerkraut are mine, with a couple of black peppercorns maybe. I have the cottage cheese for cravings and sauerkraut too, it’s good for the body and the protein helps for my muscle
Have been to Germany twice [Berlin] and I love traditional German food. Meat, sausage,cabbage, dumplings and the best bread in the world! - it suits me perfectly! A favorite here is a packet of Aldi German meatballs!
I lived in Germany from 72 to 96. My mother was German. German food is amazing. Delicious. The bread is out of this world.😅
I spent 8 years in Germany with the US Forces. 5 years were on a Luftwaffe base, and I still remember my first meal in Germany. It was Jagerschnitzel with croketten. All washed down with some Kolsch.
That was definitely a very good choice for the first meal. I really hope that you have enjoyed it and still have it sometimes:)
"Jäger" and "Kölsch" instead of "Jager" and "Kolsch". Without any umlaut keys on your keybord just substitute them with "ae", "oe" and "ue".
So: "Jaeger" and "Koelsch". 🙂
Great job😍
Grüße aus Köln. Prost.;-)
Jagerschnitzel was also my first meal there. So much great food there
your channel is criminally underrated - so much effort to put all those dishes together.
@@MoinTango thank you. What a compliment. Lots of love from Frankfurt 🥰
My favorite childhood- dishes: Blaubeerpfannkuchen, "Rahmspinat mit Kartoffeln und Rührei, Bratkartoffeln mit Spiegelei und grüner Salat in Zitronen-Sahnesauce, Gemüseeintopf " Quer durch den Garten ", Pellkartoffeln mit Sauerrahm-Dipp und gebratenen Champignons + Tomatensalat.
My mother was German so all the food is comfort food love the vidio
I spent 10 months with the US Army at Furth. I fell in love with the people, food and beer………Wunderbar
Greetings From Frankonia (Schweinfurt)
My favorite is Kassler Ripschen with rotkraut and spaetzle!
My mother was born in northern Germany, on Insel Föhr. My utmost favorite comfort food is a good Grünkohl dinner in the winter. Kale with Pinklewurst, a pork tenderloin, a good Krainerwurst or Kielbasa and boiled potatoes. The aroma in the house when that simmers all day is pure heaven and brings back so much memories when I make it now.
Yes! I live in Northern Germany in the Oldenburg region and Grünkohl is the real comfort food here. At least around winter which is when the cale is harvested.
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So Grünkohl is considered comfort food up north huh?! .. Man I'm so happy I'm from Southern Germany right now
@@user-ve7hn2dh8h Grünkohl is the best!
Our family enjoys twice cooked beef which is chuck roast cooked in oven for 2 hrs. The meat is cut up and gravy made with pan drippings. The meat is placed back in the gravy, covered and baked for 2 more hrs. This is served over mashed potatoes with buttered corn in the side. It is delicious and very comforting!
It sounds very delicious 🥰
I was born in the far north of Germany near the eider river. I am now an Australian. I love and make rouladen regularly, I love red cabbage and liverwurst. I was in a childrens home in Australia by the age of 7. German food is something you never forget the smell or taste of. I remember I loved rollmops and also lard that my mum cooked with apple and onion? On sandwiches.
Oh what a lovely memories. Yes, we still eat lard on the bread with apple and onions :)
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Schinkennudeln mit grünen Salat , Pfannkuchen Suppe, Rahm Spinat mit Spiegelei und Pellkartoffeln, Kartoffel mit Limburger und Butter, Baggers mit Bohnen Salat , Fischstäble mit Boddaggen Salat
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from Minnesota, USA, thank you. My mom is of German descent and studied German at University, loves all things German and has visited your beautiful country. Her favorite comfort dishes to make our family are stuffed peppers (sweet bell peppers blanched whole and stuffed with rice, beef, seasonings and tomato sauce and baked in a tomato gravy) and chicken soup very similar to yours with dumplings steamed on top of finished soup.
Delicious dishes :) hole you cook them from time to time :)
My favorite meal is Pellkartofelln with Fruelings Quark. I also love shepherds pie and soft-boiled eggs with vollkornbrot.
Great people, food and channel ! You've touched on my favourite German foods, but have too many to list. Love from Charlotte, NC, U.S.A..!
Thanks. Oh, i know, my list could also go on and on 🤣
@@cooking-the-world Same here !
My father who was a German native used to ferment his own sauerkraut, and we would have it with Smoked pork and mashed potatoes. IT WAS AMAZING. Both my parents have passed away and I miss their cooking
And that sounds amazing!
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Ich bin Amerikanerin und meine Großmutter mütterlicherseits wurde in Spandau-Berlin geboren. Oma war eine ausgezeichnete Köchin. Ihre Spätzle war hausgemacht und sie spezialisierte sich auf Schweinebraten. Das Anschauen Ihrer Videos hier in den USA weckt viele besondere Erinnerungen an meine Oma, und ich danke Ihnen dafür und mache mich hungrig nach deutschem Essen.
Mein Mutter und ihre Eltern kamen aus Breslau, Schlesien. Schlesien gehoert seit dem 2ten Weltkrieg zu Polen. Mein Vater war ein Britischer Soldat in Verden/Aller , Nord Deutschland stationiert wo ich geboren wurde. Bin in Wales und Deutschland aufgewachsen. Bin US Citizen seit 1975. Wohne noredlich von Houston (The Woodlands) seit 1978. Meine Oma und Mutter konnten kochen. Besonders Rouladen und Blaukraut, Alle Arten von Gemuese Gerichte, Huhn und Gaensebraten besonders zu Weihnachten. Fischgerichte Forelle Blau zu Sylvester.
Wow! Extrem gutes Deutsch! Wie kommts?
@@YellowRoseofTexas01 wow, würde euch gerne mal besuchen. Grüße aus Sachsen / Germany. 🙂
Does Großmutter means Mom's elder sister?
@@praveenkumarr5553 Uh no, my Grandmother. Did you try Google translate before you asked this question?
From California, my favorite comfort foods are: meatloaf with mashed potatoes, spaghetti bolognese, chicken fried steak (which is just beef schnitzel with cream gravy!!), and chicken enchiladas with green chili sauce
Those sound delicious 🤩
I have to say enchiladas (of any type ) are definitely a supreme comfort food - YUM!
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i’m german american and both my grandmas would make such good roulades i miss eating it. also the smell of sauerkraut is so nostalgic to me. waking up from a nap after school to the smell of grandma cooking sauerkraut with dinner! schnitzel is so good too my family always loves to get it when we go to german culture festivals :)
My Mamas lasagna had 5 different cheeses OMG GOOD and she made absolutely delicious oyster stuffing with gravy!!!She also made biscuits and pork roast and pot roast with potatoes and carrots all so delicious.I miss my Mama and her food 😢
5 different cheeses? Oh wow 😂
My mom use to make potato pancakes from leftover mashed potatoes. And at Christmas she always made ham rolls. She only had the recipe in German, but luckily I was able to recreate the recipe from memory. And I also remember her making plum dumplings - YUM!
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My German mom would make the best Potato pancakes. She would use regular potatoes; The best potato pancakes I have ever eaten.
I lived in Wiesbaden for almost 4 years. I miss this food so much. Love the video and it's making me miss Germany. Great job. Would love to see you make some how-to videos for each of these dishes.
May this message richly bless you and yours as it has bless me.
Many profess believers of Jesus Christ believe that the fourth commandment to keep the Sabbath holy was nailed to the cross and that we no longer have to keep it, while still embracing the other nine commands. Do you believe this too?
The Bible says in revelation 22:14, “ Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Ask yourself this question: which one or ones of the following Ten Commandments do Jesus wants us to keep and obey?
1. Thou shalt not have no other gods before me.
2. Thou shalt not make or bow down to gpl raven image.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
5. Honor thy father and thy mother.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness.
10. Thou shalt not covet.
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The Sabbath command is not only to be kept but it is to be calculated by the Time/calendar God ordained in the beginning of creation, Genesis 1:14. The sun, moon and stars are God’s True Time/calendar not that famous Gregorian calendar hanging on our walls in our houses.
This split in God’s law must be repaired!! All of God’s laws, statutes, judgments and testimonies are just and true! We must do things God’s way or else we will be worshipping him in vain. There will be no good reward.
God may allow the people that rules this world to enforce some type of Sabbath law to test people to see if they will keep His law or no.
Already, there are Sabbath laws/blue laws/Sunday laws on government books today.
Friday is not the true Sabbath. Saturday is not the true Sabbath. Sunday is not the true Sabbath, etc., because they are calculated by man’s time/calendars.
The true Sabbath is calculated by the sun, moon and stars. So, do your research on what you have read in this letter.
This information is helpful both now and future because we need to get back to God’s ways and if God should allow man to enforce a “Sabbath Test.” If such a test is allowed, may we choose wisely.
Let us seriously repent of our evil ways, stop worshiping other gods, talking about one another, stealing, killing, lying, fornicating, adultery, disobedient to parents, etc., etc., etc.
Let us seek God, read our bibles, memorize His commandments and do them, For God’s Kingdom is coming!! Repent! Repent! Repent!
Worship Him that made heaven, earth and sea. This Babylonian system is falling, the Powers in charge are aware of this fact but they cannot stop it. Their time is coming to an end! Our time is coming to an end!
If any worship the beast and his image and receive his mark, the same shall have no rest day or night and they shall be burnt with fire and brimstone. Revelation 13 and 14. Deuteronomy 5 Isaiah 58:12-14.
Also, research the “Seven Noahide Laws.” I have heard that these are Jewish laws taken from their book, “Talmud.” The first law forbids idolatry and according to Jewish writings, to believe in Jesus Christ, God’s Son, is idolatry and is punishable by death, decapitation. I have also heard that some of the USA presidents have signed this law under “Education.” and it is planned to be unleashed on all nations in the future. So, Research and see if these things be truth.
May The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you that believe.
My favorite comfort food is sauerbraten and spetzles. I make it for special occasions and any family member who misses out is usually really upset. Our spetzles are large (cut off a plate into boiling water). They are allowed to dry on a rack after boiling and then fried in butter with some pepper. Really great with the sauerbraten gravy.
I love Rouladen!
Ein Prosit! Thank you , I love Germany , I have been there twice and the food is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Marta the way that you talk about the food tells me you genuinely enjoy this food and you are excited about enjoying it! Thanks so much for sharing the info about the cuisine as well as your enthusiasm because that makes such a huge difference and interesting people and raising their awareness of things that can enrich their life and make it more enjoyable. Thanks so much for sharing some of the things that make your Human Experience awesome so that others can also do the same. Amen!
My dad was born and grew up in Landshut. His favourite meal was Schweinebraten. This was a pot roasted pork loin with onions and a thin gravy and very tender. I was served alongside with dumplings (knodel) made from slightly stale cubes of Vienna bread with crusts and mixed with a flour and water batter then boiled in a pot. These were huge and about 120 cm round. They absorbed the the tasty sauce. I was my dad and grandad’s favourite meal of all time. Fröhliche Weihnachten!
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Wow those dumplings must have taken days to boil at a diameter of 4 feet
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Omg! So happy I found this channel. Subscribed. I am American, but my Grandmother was born in Germany and moved here when she was in her 20's, I love looking up recipes of foods she would have enjoyed:)
Oh, in this case i am glad that you found this video helpful 🙂 in July we are starting new series from Northern Germany and Schwarzwald. I just finished filming over 50 new specialities- so there will be new content to watch!☺️
Sweet and sour eggs was a comfort food my great oma made. Or plum cake for afternoon coffee
Love your dishes. I grew up in the 60s-70s with a mother who did a lot of the dishes of the time. So from my childhood there is tuna casserole, smothered steak (yes, both with the canned soup), pan burritos with NM green chile sauce (family from MO, grew up in NM) and meat loaf with mashed potatoes. Now I think I need to make a pan of burritos.
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You were just now recommended to me, and after 1 minute 32 seconds in, I have subscribed, The kicker is you have spoken English. Thank you for this video, and those going forward. I will watch past videos when time allows. All the best going forward, and a heart felt thank you!!!
Thanks I highly appreciate it 🙂 Glad you are enjoying the content
All your dishes looked so delicious and awesome 👌, my mom was German and grew up in Nurmberg, I myself was born in a military hospital in Munich. Seeing all your dishes made me realize how much I miss my mom. I just found you a couple of days ago and love watching you. Have a safe and Happy New Year 😊 ☺ ❤ 💕
Thanks Ruth! I am glad that I could bring you those memories of your mother and food she cooked 🤩
Was it the 2nd field hospital in Munich ? I was a lab tech there in 1964 .
Sauerbraten with spätzle is my very favorite but I would love to have all the food in this video!!! Thank you!
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My favorite comfort food is sausage cooked with sauerkraut served over mashed potatoes. Yum!
Hungarian Gulasch for sure!!! Tons and tons of onions :) w/Spaetzle or German Potato Dumplings (my favorite)
Hahahahaha! I love tons of onions too 🤩
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The oldest comfort food I can remember was my grandmother's macaroni and cheese. A very simple dish, and nobody made it better than hers.
Pfannkuchen harty with ham & green salad or sweet with strawberry preserves. Make extra and have Flädle suppe
Great idea, and very smart 🤩
Thank you for this video, it is great! It brings back memories of the wonderful food and people from the areas of Stuttgart and Augsburg, where we lived in the 1980s. My ancestors were from Baden Buhl and Strasbourg before coming to Mobile, Alabama generations ago, but our family style of cooking and favorite dishes have remained much the same! (With the addition of shrimp and grits, our ultimate Southern comfort dish haha)
Oh, of course! I am glad that you kept some German traditions though :) shrimp and grits looks great - I have never seen this dish before!
I grew up in Altena, Wesftfahlen but my mother was a native German from Göppingen (near Stuttgart). My mom’s side of the family still lives in the Stuttgart area. I also noticed all of your WMF products and believe it or not, many items in my kitchen here in the US are WMF. It’s, in my opinion, the best made cutlery in the world. You brought back so many memories for me. Although, I still cook many of these comfort foods here. Especially the Spätzle! ❤
I'm descended of Pennsylvania Dutch peoples. We would add a few items to this list. We love our noodles too!! Pot Pie is made from chicken, potatoes, and large spetzle noodles. Another one is Pork roast, with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes. This is our traditional new year's day dish for good luck. Finally, ham, green beans and potatoes all cooked in one pot. Yum!
Thanks Jim for sharing! They all sounds delicious 🤩
Many Pennsylvania Dutch people have roots in Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen and so on, dont they?
@@karl-heinzgrabowski3022 Yes, most were actually from the Palatinate and other German principalities. They were mis-labeled as "Dutch" because they sailed from the port of Rotterdam.
@@sandman9924 I always thought is was due to the name "Deutschland" - Dutch, Deutsch, similar enough sounding that it was a translation error which just persisted from the past?
I'd enjoy all of your comfort food selections. They look so delicious. My German heritage mother used to make us kale with wursts (Braunkohl mit Pinkel) served with mashed potatoes. This is comfort food to me. Do you have a version of this that you could show us how you make yours?
Grünkohl mit Pinkel is a regional dish from Northern Germany and unfortunately it’s not that popular in the center and in the south. I actually ate it this year for the first time in my life 🙈 and only because I wanted to show it in my cabbage video that went online few weeks ago. I am sorry that I Dj t have better news. But I am keeping my fingers crossed that there is a great recipe somewhere that is similar to the one that you know from your grandmother!
This is the one dish I dreaded, Avi. Braunkohl mit Pinkel, or as we had it, mit Bregenwurst. My heart sank when it was on the menu, I felt envious of everyone else enjoying it.
Kasseler kottlet mit Grunkohl, speck pinkelwurst and saltzkartoffel
My great grandmother‘s parents came to America from the Bavarian region of Germany around 1880. One of my favorite dishes that my great grandmother used to make was egg noodles and pork roast. She used to have to make a double or triple batch of the egg noodles because I would always eat them while they were drying. Confession time - I still do!
Hahahahaha I love it!🤩
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Wow - your great grandmother's parents - you really keep traditions for a long time in your family. My grandmother also made noodles - she had special noodle making days where she made tons and then dried them for later. I have not kept that tradition but maybe I will start it up.
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Hi Sonjia...I was born in Furth outside of Nuremberg in 1950 and adopted by American military family in 1954...I searched for my bio family all my life until my son gave me a DNA test and we found my bio father's family in Indiana. My father was stationed there in the army and my bio mother was German. I was in an orphanage in Wiesbaden when my American family found me. Sonija, it is my dream to see where I was born before I die. Oh, I also found out I have a brother!
I love any kind of schnitzel with Spätzle and also Hungarian Chicken Paprikash and pierogies and Pueblo Green Chile.
That’s very nice mixture of European dishes 🤩 I ate all of them and I agree, they taste wonderful
The regional aspect is so cool. I love it.
Regional cuisine it’s really cool. As soon as the corona time is over I will make sure to travel for food here in Germany to get to know all of it ☺️
Growing up my mother had to work and I had a babysitter that was German. She was from Hügelsheim and initially spoke very little english. German was really my first language. I loved her very much and she was like a grandmother to me. We would spend every Christmas with her and she was a fabulous cook. My most favourite comfort food is Spätzle fresh cooked and then mixed with bread crumbs toasted in butter. You then top that with Jägerschnitzel gravy/sauce....YUM. That said, if you don't have any Spätzle, use french fries and add some cheese curds....Jäger-Poutine😂
Oh what a lovely memories. This Jäger-Poutine sound interesting, thank you. There are so many dishes I haven’t tried yet 😅
I make rouladens at home and red cabbage! Love it!
The ingredients in rouladen are very interesting. It's a must try for me.
I have discovered I have a family in Germany recently and we really connected over the food. My favourite is the goulash and the schnitzel. Love the potatoes as well. Should be on the way to Berlin throughout the autumn! 😊
Rouladen are my and my family’s favorite! We have them on special occasions like birthdays, holidays and weddings. My mother taught all of her children to make them. We, in turn, our now teaching our children. Can you share the recipe for the green sauce? It looks amazing! Danke schön.
I love it! Family recipes are important and I am glad you decided to teach our children how to make your favorite meal. The geen sauce recipe is on the channel: th-cam.com/video/n49F9797VqA/w-d-xo.html. If you cannot get all the herbs I would go with 50% parsley, 50% chives. Guten Appetit!:)
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We smear mustard and put sliced onions, salt and pepper. Roll up and prepare as usual. We eat boiled potatoes (no skin) cut and we also have sweet and sour red cabbage.
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This video has me crying rivers of tears.
I have been really missing my late grandparents and their cooking (especially for the christmas feast).
I know the recipes, I used to help with the cooking, but it's just not the same without them. I can get the flavours exactly, but it's only me I cook the dishes for now.
What hurts my heart too, is that my mother and I are the only living family members who know the recipes - especially the family ones, ones I've never found anyone else who knows the dishes outside the extended family. Your chicken soup looks EXACTLY like my grandmother's, I could almost smell it. She would make the chicken soup, with fresh bread rolls - still warm, for us when we came from school. (Also, the way you pronounce Matthias. It was my grandfather's name. But people in Australia, they don't pronounce it correctly.)
Thank you for this video, it has given me back some memories of food I need to start making again. 🥲💙🌹
I totally understand you! I'm German and my grandpa was Hungarian. We always cooked all kinds of food from both countrys together. Then he quickly passed away a month ago.
It just doesn't taste like his food when I cook it. It's still so sad but on the other hand I'm also extremely grateful for the memories I was gifted 💗. Lots of love to your family
@@ronA8te My most sincere condolences to you and your family 😔
My Grandmother was German, and Grandfather was Hungarian - both born in 1920s. I was very close to them both.
It is such a privilege and a blessing to be able to spend time with our grandparents as we grow up, we learn so much from them about so many things. I am grateful every day for everything they taught me, and the values they passed on to me. I am blessed to have known their love in my life, for me, for our family and for each other.
I know you are probably still struggling with your loss, and losing such a guiding light is not an easy thing to come to terms with. Please know that it does get easier in time.
I lost my Grandfather in 2008, and it still hurts at times - mostly in the kitchen. I'll be making pickle brine and suddenly, when all the aromas combine in just the right way... floods of tears.
You say that when you cook, the food doesn't taste like your Grandfather's did. My theory on that is this: one day, it will. Maybe just that tiniest difference, but so close you'd almost think he was helping you. When we cook, passionate cooks, we put some of us into our cooking. That "extra, secret ingredient" - love. (You know how you can tell when food is rushed or made by someone who doesn't enjoy cooking). The love we have, the love we experience and the love we receive changes through our lives as we change and have new experiences. So does our cooking. The instinct and skill you have at 18 and what you have at 45 are different. So this, I think, is the reason the same food made the same way by 2 different people doesn't taste the same. In time, as your confidence, skills and instinct for cooking grows, that taste gap will become much smaller.
Please don't ever stop cooking your family recipes, keep them alive and loved by the next generations. Make the time to record your family recipes to pass on to your children, and theirs.
If you want to reach out, to chat or exchange thoughts on food, recipes, cooking... please feel free.
Again, my deepest sympathies to you for your loss. 💙🌹
I was in the US Military stationed in the Rheinpfalz region. I especially enjoyed the Bauernfrühstück (Farmer's Breakfast). Cubed potatoes, green peppers, onions, ham (sausage in Northern Germany), and dill pickles mixed with scrambled eggs all in the same pan. Definitely comfort food. The recipe varies by region. The pickles were unique to the Rheinpfalz.
Where you stationed in either Spangdahlem or Ramstein?
Around1962 my dad took us to an airshow, forgotten witch one of the two mentioned.
I was a 6-7yo.
Highlight of the day?
My very first hotdog in a soft, white bread roll with ketch up😉😊😊
White, soft bread was in those days, at least in my home village near Trier, unknown.
To top it all up....half a kilo of ice cream.....each!!!.....in one of those carton boxes, to be eaten with a little wooden spoon.
What a delight!
In those days most Germans were dirt poor, my parents, like most others, did not even have a fridge...half a kilo ice cream perhaps on special occasions, divided by 5 for the whole family.
For a while I loved the Americans, wanted to go there😉😊
But 10 years later, when I was around 18-20, I ""Hated"" the bastards....😊
The USD was worth 4 German marks, when the average wage was around 600 marks.
Well,
as anywhere in the world....those with the cash get the girls...
As the Australians during WW2 used to say:
""""Bloody Yanks, Over paid, over sexed and over here"""".🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cheers
from Berlin
@@norbertschmitz3358 I was stationed at Ramstein AB from 79-81, then Bitburg AB from 81-83. The DM was never that strong when I lived there. What I found interesting is that they sold corn on the cob at the annual Flugtag (airshow) at Ramstein. Germans typically don't eat corn, but they would devour the stuff at Flugtag. We had a unit party at Bitburg and we got a whole dressed pig for roasting. We built our own bbq grill and spit and it was amazing.
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and thank you for your reply.
You've got my remark as to the value of the German mark versus the US dollar, up side down mixed up.
The US $ was worth 4 times the German mark in those days...hence, every GI was a rich man😉😊
As for the German taste of food, you are absolutely correct, corn is not a staple food, it is manly crown for live stock feed, like cattle and pigs.
A pig on the spit is a different story, it is a very common thing to do, especially amongst various clubs, or on special occasions just amongst friends.
And of course:
Washed down with a barrel of """Bitburger Pils'''""....our famous Bier😉😊😊😊
As for me, after having finished my master degree in Geology in Berlin, 1980, I went to Australia to obtain successfully my PhD.
Then I worked for some 30 years for a Australian company...BHP.....all over the world.
The US I never visited....for personal reasons!
Well,
here we are, old men, reminiscing about days long gone by.
Has been a pleasure, my friend!
All the very best to you and all your loved ones,
Cheers
from Berlin
@@norbertschmitz3358 I didn't get your comment on the Mark backwards. I was just saying that when I was there, the exchange rate was not as favorable against the dollar, so soldiers and airmen paid in dollars could not buy as much with Marks compared to when it was 4 DM = $1 US.
@@norbertschmitz3358 I worked at the US Army Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany , (the hospital on the hill) about 5 miles from AFB Ramstein. I was in charge preparing documents for patients being flown back to military installations to Walter Reed or Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Ramstein AFB was the Airbase where the flights were leaving to CONUS. I believe the airshows were in Ramstein. It was one of the best jobs I had in Germany very interesting meeting people from all over the US.
Love a roast. Rouladen and spaezle are yum. Schnitzel is always good. I love risotto. From South Australia where there is a German heritage.
I am glad that you Liked my choice of the comfort food:) Are you talking about Barossa Valley? While visiting Australia we went there for a few days and we were very surprised about the German heritage.
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Honestly I would eat all those foods..German food is the ultimate comfort food...hope to doon go there !🙏💞💞💞💞
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Thank you for sharing! My husbands family is of German-Austrian descent and several of these are on his most loved foods that we have as special treats. I was just saying to him that it is sauerbraten season ☺️ we make our own noodles and just canned some red cabbage to have ready whenever we need it. I took a snapshot of this list so we can try some of the items I haven’t made before - I bet he will love those too!
Oh how nice! I am sure he will!:)
Rouladen! My Oma made the best ones!!!
Yes all the sauces, yes yes yes
My family is german and Donauschwaben, so goulash and rouladen every Christmas!
My wife makes a mean beef roll and bier rocks, dumplings, salat , and schnitzel chicken pork or veal. Goulash is a favorite.
Potato pancakes with onions and fried in bacon grease...for zuppe was Borscht , beet soup with hard boiled eggs. We came from Germans in Russia. I love much of what you showed but do not know how to make them. Our city used to have many German restaurants but all are gone now! Love your site on youtube, dankeschoen.
Thanks! Shame there are no German restaurants around you though..
Yes i love the Potato pancakes so much
It’s fun to see what you grew up with and how it compares to Austrian food, which I grew up with. Rouladen was always a favorite, made with beef, some bacon, mustard, and capers with a mushroom cream sauce served with rice. Wiener schnitzel & goulash were also special treats. Goulash is something we make for Christmas Eve dinner and yes lots of onions & Hungarian paprika. For Soups we would have a tomato soup with rice, or an egg drop soup served with Maggi. Thank you for sharing.
And thanks for sharing your childhood dishes! Interesting take on the beef roll sauce, I have to admit. I have never seen something like it and now I wonder how those taste!
@@cooking-the-world It was delicious and one of the few recipes my mother taught me to make. Growing up my Mother would use canned button mushrooms. Now I buy fresh mushrooms and it’s even better. Just curious if you are familiar with potato sauce (erdäpfelsoße). Potatoes were cut into 1/2 inch cubes and then a light sauce was made with a little bit of vinegar added and sometimes some sweet paprika. Loved that too growing up.
I love to hear your accent and you are so beautiful. My mom was from Canada and grew up learning how to make some German foods that she would serve to us. Beef rouladen was one that she would serve and yours looked amazing. Thank you so much for sharing I enjoy watching your show. From AZ in USA.
Thanks Rose for your kind words 🤩 so glad that you learnt how to cook German food. Hope that the beef rolls recipe was among those 🙃
Marta doesn't have a German accent. With the name, Marta, my guess is Polish. 🤓
I stayed with someone from Thuringia during the first lockdown in the UK. During this time, I INSISTED on making some "proper" German food because I love any opportunity to try new things.
Over the lockdown, we made spaetzle loads of times, and we made schnitzel too. One of the fond memories was trying to tenderize the meat without having an actual tenderizer, so we wrapped the meat in cling film and just started hammering it with our 'makeshift' rolling pin, and it was so unprofessional and amateur, but it somehow worked out. We had no access to breadcrumbs either, so we had to make our own using some 'severely' burnt toast and relying on the crumbs from that lol.
Ever since then I've wanted to continue trying new food from all over the world, but I always come back to German food often cus it is very comfortable :D
Hahahaha! I love those stories 😂😂😂 glad you keep coming back - here in Germany there are always new things to try, even for me. And I am already extremely adventurous 😄
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I've used a regular household hammer and it worked great too.
Of course, the meat was wrapped in cling film also.
The Maultaschen dish in the pan with the vegetables looks amazing! My go to comfort food, Chicken & Dumplings. Hello from Wyoming.
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From Canada I would type 3, choices of comfort food. Poutine. Because on dark winter days its a tasty snack that provokes conversation & can be shared. Plus the customization options are abundant. Salmon chowder is a local one in British Columbia because salmon is plentiful & a hot chowder is always pleasant especially if it is wet & cold.(east coast like the lobster variant.) Nanaimo Bars is a pleasant sweet snack or desert served with black coffee. The sweet & bitter will compliment each other. Thank you for sharing.
I can tell you, Poutine is appreciated far and wide, and is an excellent comfort food choice :)
The frankfurter schnitzel looks good. Thanks for a great video.
1.Eisbein: Hammocks with Sauerkraut. Eisbein is extremely fatty, not at all good for you, but Oh so good with Dijon mustard!
2. Flaedle Suppe: Clear chicken broth with pancakes cut in and garnished with chopped parsley. Memories of visiting Oma in Germany.
3. Streuselkuchen; yeast cake with either Plums, Apricots, or Apples in the middle, topped with Streusel, baked on a square sheet. I remember as a kid picking the chunks of Streusel off the top of the cake as it cooled. It was dry, but very good with afternoon coffee. In my opinion the plum was the best.
Wow, it's been so long since I've had German food,. You make me miss the German Deli I visited on a regular basis 10 years ago. back when I was working. She had everything I needed to make a meal with and I so loved her pretzels. She made them fresh every day and there was times she was out by the time I would arrive. Thank you for making me remember her shop!
You are welcome. It seems like a memory that you should keep 😉
Crazy as it sounds, I love your favorite bread, Mayo or favorite spread, favorite cheese, and favorite onion sliced thinly so as not to over power, as a grilled cheese sandwich golden brown. Bread is always buttered on the pan side of course.
Thanks for sharing
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I was born in Deutschland and have spent years going back and forth living some time in the US and back to Deutschland and I miss home the most.
My grandmother used to make beef sauerbraten, and I loved it. I recently made sauerbraten combining a few recipes I found online trying to get as close to hers as I could remember. It wasn't quite the same, but it was still delicious.
Yeah that’s a difficult task. Especially with all those different variations. But I am glad it was worth the effort!
My grandmother made amazing chicken soup. I took up the mantle of making the soup when she passed and according to my wife, grandma would be proud. I’ve also adapted the recipe with turkey which makes a richer broth. The soup will always be my connection to my grandmother.
The other comfort food, at least to me are beirocks (I think I spelled that right). Our family, the aunts and uncles would all get together to make them in an assembly line with the kids pinching the dough. So good.
What a lovely traditions! I have never had broth made out of turkey.. but if you say it’s richer than I should try it out!
I got the same feeling about this soup. My grandmother made the best, but also my mother. I love good soup and was called "Suppenkasper" by my mom.😆
Sauerbraten and potato dumplings for sure!
From Duluth, Minnesota, current temperature -18F, my favorite comfort foods are Chicken Paprikash from my Slovak grandmother, peach cobbler with soured milk crust from my mom, Japaneses Curry, gyoza [potstickers], and suimono[octopus or squid in rice vinegar w/cucumbers and onions] from my Japanese host family.
Very international choice! Thanks 🤩
Weisswurst, SOUTHERN German potato salad, maultaschen, and Nic Nacs!
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These all look delicious! My husband and my favorite comfort food is a meat pie- made with pork sausage. It’s so good!
Oh! Where does meat pie comes from?🤩
@@cooking-the-world Quebec City in Canada. They call it tourtiere. It is fantastic! We had it for the first time on our honeymoon there 14 years ago and have been making it ever since.
Everything looks so yummy. Thank you!!!
Turnip stew, Labskaus and Speckfetten grau Arten (gray beans east frisian style) are comfort foods from my childhood, i confess very regionally
Oh for sure. The video is very personal. But I was just thinking today... I should take some of your suggestions from the north and make the second part 🤩
Macarona Bil Laban. It’s a Lebanese dish with yogurt and noodles and spiced ground beef/fried onions on top.
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For me, my favorite German comfort food is Kartoffelpuffer with wurst. My mom made that when I was younger, and I still love it!
With Wurst?
Uhh..wie only eat them sweet..with Apfelmus.
Exactly Kartoffelpuffer also known as Reibekuchen. Had the best Reibekuchen in Koeln/Cologne.
@kalig.4982 mom only ever made her kartoffelpuffer savory, and we ate them with salt and pepper and sometimes sour cream. She served homemade apfulmus on the side, but never on the kartoffelpuffer.
My favourite comfort food is Himmel un Ääd (heaven and earth): pan fried Cologne style blood sausage (Flönz) with mashed potatoes, applesauce and topped with fried onions
And Königsberger Kloppse (eastern Prussian meat balls with sauce)
Oh we need to go and eat proper Flönz :) thanks for sharing!
Pot roast is probably a favorite , although I think I like cold roastbeef sandwhiches the next day with just mustard .Nice to see a video so soon all looks delicious. ☺The beef roll with the gravy looks delicious and your noodle dish reminded me of Beef Stroganoff also delicious, goulosh is usually tomatoe based here.
Glad that you liked my choice of dishes. We should count how many different variety of goulash there are 😂
I’m just catching up to your channel episodes. I’ve probably had 7 out of the 9 dishes you covered having lived in Wiesbaden and Stuttgart. I’m from Texas, so there are 3 main categories of comfort foods, Texas style Mexican food (Tex Mex), Texas Chili, and Texas style BBQ. Out of the Tex Mex category, I’d personally go with beef enchiladas, and from BBQ, I’d go with smoked beef brisket. I love your channel.
Thanks. I want to have all food you mentioned in this comment 🤩
My favorite Tex Mex food is Shrimp Quesadillas. Papasitos in Humble, Texas has one of the best Tex Mex dishes. I live near The Woodlands, Texas since 1978. Worked at US Army Hospital in Landstuhl, Sickinger Hoehe, (hospital on the hill) near Ramstein, AFB.
I grew up In Illinois/USA with German great-grandparents and ate many similar dishes. It was not necessarily presented as culturally German; but I now recognize it as such in origin. Thank you for your wonderful recipes and commentary!
In my childhood my father would make Koenigsburger Klops. Delicious 🤤
Here in Canada rouladen was my Oma's birthday dish to all the grand kids because is was the best thing ever. Great video by the way.
That is awesome! Thanks.
My wonderful Prussian Grandma made Dampfnudeln, which I dearly loved.
Your videos is best german recipes in youtube Grüße aus Schweden
Thank you I am very glad that you enjoy my cooking :) But please remember I am still a food guide - not a chef 😉 I am just now improvising because the restaurants are closed 😂 Liebe Grüße aus Frankfurt
I've just discovered your channel and I'm really enjoying your content, thank you. I'm particularly enjoying discovering so many new German dishes. I'm Australian but my boyfriend is German and lives in Hamburg. He's vegan but I'm not, I want to try all these delicious meat dishes and he insists he'll make me vegan versions but I'd prefer the REAL thing. Lol. Wishing you a very happy new year! 😊🇦🇺🇩🇪
I see 🤩 I am glad you enjoying the content! The cuisine from the Northern Germany is very different to what we eat in the South, but I guess you have watched some videos and have seen the differences :) happy cooking and eating 😀
I served tours with the U.S. Forces in Germany... One in the mid-late 1970s and one in the mid-late 1980s... Basic Winerschnitzel was my favorite German dish that was generally available... While in Giessen we frequented a small restaurant in a forest that served pork loin cooked over an open fire... absolutely the best. They also served whole American style sweet corn... amazing food... One gasthaus served schwine schnitzel so big it hung over the plate... if you didn't finish it all the little old 'oma' who owned the place would scold you and ask if you wanted a child plate next time... Great times.
Oh my goodness that green sauce looks so so gute!!
Thanks. Very proud of the Frankfurt speciality ☺️
One of my comfort foods growing up in Louisiana (1950's-1960's) was mashed potatoes: boil peeled & quartered potatoes in salted water just until fork-tender, drain, then mash in a sturdy bowl with butter, salt, pepper, and a splash of cream until there are no lumps, but still firm enough to hold a fork upright. My grandmother from Mississippi used to make these for us on Sundays with roast beef, rich beef gravy, and some kind of green vegetable -- collard greens, green beans, boiled cabbage, or okra were favorites. Another comfort food was white corn grits (similar to polenta) boiled with salt & then served either sweet with sugar & cream, or savory with butter, pepper, and some crumbled fried bacon on top.
Wow! Now I wonder how the white corn grits taste 😍the dishes sound lovely!
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You were raised right.
My mom would make fried chicken sometimes on Sundays. Pot roast, which my sister would start before my mom came home from work. I wasn't allowed to use the stove so I chopped the vegetables with my sister keeping an eye on me and the cutting board.
Our grandparents on our dad's side took us out to a restaurant on Front Street in San Francisco (way back in the 70's and 80''s called Schroeder's. My great grandma Bessie, (Elisabeth) who rarely ate meat, would have the schnitzel.
I'm old now but am able to remember my childhood. For that I'm grateful and to family, alive or not.
I'm currently trying to connect more with my German side and this helped a lot!
Glad I could help!
Love your channel. Thx for sharing all my German favs’.My family is from Heidelberg. Baum.
That’s not that far from Frankfurt 🤩 it doesn’t surprise me that we have favorite dishes I’m in common 😉
I'm from Langley City, BC Canada 🇨🇦 and my favorite meal is Rouladen!! My late mother use to make it for me as a birthday treat 😊❤
Thank you! I love Rouladen (not sure of spelling). I love German food and am looking to make some dishes. I love Spaetzel in in brown butter too! I also need to study the spelling of these dishes!
Hahahaha! :)
My dad's side for comfort food is what called 'Tiger meat'. Basically raw hamburger mixed with fried and or raw onions, salt and or pepper to taste. Served either as a sandwich or on crackers.
My dad was a first gen American. His dad, his dad's brothers, and their parents came from Germany.
It is my comfort food as well.
🤩 that could be another version of Tartare 🤩
@@cooking-the-world But without the citrus.
So many dishes in there that my mum would make for us when we were young. She's 86 and still makes some of these dishes. My wife makes some of them also. Great video and you've made me want to go back to Germany again.
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Hi recently cottage cheese and sauerkraut are mine, with a couple of black peppercorns maybe. I have the cottage cheese for cravings and sauerkraut too, it’s good for the body and the protein helps for my muscle
Have been to Germany twice [Berlin] and I love traditional German food. Meat, sausage,cabbage, dumplings and the best bread in the world! - it suits me perfectly! A favorite here is a packet of Aldi German meatballs!
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Wunderbar!
Danke.
My grandmas Pierogi with sauerkraut and mashrooms ❤️ Always 😍
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