American learns 12 Typical GERMAN meals!
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3:20 80% of asparagus cultivated and eaten in Germany is white asparagus which is extremely uncommon in the US, if not unheard of.
I dont even know why she showed green asparagus. She probably had to get out of her way to find that.
@@jeffscookies3236 most likely because the video was filmed out of season for normal (white!) asparagus ;)
White Asparagus ist older than the Green one ! The white has to be peeled for preparation, while the green needs no peeling !
You can get Currywurst almost everywhere in Germany, but finding a really good one is a challenge...
Once you find a premium Currywurst, you will be hopelessly addicted 😀
All I’m gonna say is Best Worscht In Town
If he goes to the Oktoberfest, he wont find a good Currywurst.
Also we have to mention, that Berlin have two Kind of saussages for Currywurst, but the best Currywurst he could find in the Ruhrgebiet.
@@danielm.4385 I have to disagree on that. Berlin has the best Currywurst.
true
@@danielm.4385 Schalkeplatte 😂
Unfortunately, the lady has little idea what she is talking about. The description of the origin of the name of Leberkäse is wrong. A "Kaas" in German means something very finely ground. And Leberkäse is made in the form of a loaf of bread. So it is "Ein Laib Kaas", which then became "Leberkäß".
30 years ago, it was "Leberkäs". But somehow the last letter "e" was added and it became "Käse" (cheese).
At my local butcher you can buy it with actual liver inside though, tastes a bit different but pretty good.
Not entirely correct:
A) The words originally came from the old high German word "laiba" which means "to rest", and "käsi", which means "box" (as in "Kasten" or "case" in English). So the word originally just meant that it "rested in a box".
B) Today, Leberkäse in Stuttgart is regulated to have at least 5% liver, despite the fact, that it didn't contain it traditionally.
@@madmaximum875 At my local butcher you can get it with pizza in it. At least with the toppings not the dough. 😉
@@madmaximum875 leberkäse has always liver in it.
„Fleischkäse“ or „bayrischer Leberkäse“ is that thing the "normal german" is buying and it has no liver in it.
has something todo with consumer protection
Pea soup really is one of the dishes that looks like it has been already eaten before but I can confirm, it tastes sooo much better than it looks like!
Pretty much every northen Germany stew follows the same recipe: Sear some fat pork (belly, feet, tail), add some onions, bury it under the legume of the month (and potatoes) then simmer it till it looks like digestive problems. I'm always amazed how good this simple preperation tastes.
About the potato salad and Bockwürste; my family usually eats this on the evening of 24th Dec, as this is the day where in Germany many people will celebrate Christmas with their close relatives (mostly parents and/or children). On the 25th Dec you will celebrate with your extended family and relatives and this is usually where a more time consuming Dinner is cooked. So many people don't want to spend so much time preparing food for two days in a row and so potato salad and Würstchen are a popular option
This is from region to region diffrent, my family and all i know do nothing like this.
We did this once. We didn't liked it at all. So never again. Kartoffelsalat und Bockwurst is for BBQ and Co 😁
Same here, NRW.
i know it very commen in the north. Its because normaly many people have to work half day on the 24th, and then ou go to church etc. So there wasn't that much time to prepare fancy dinner. and becuase the kids get the presents on christmas eve here in germany, they don't want to wait that long after curch and also long dinner. So this is where the tradidion came from. Work class familys with no time.
Also a christmas meal, big peace of beef or so was expeansive. Sausages not taht much, and potato salda can be prepared a day before, and potates wheren's that expensive either. So its easy, fast and cheap.
My family did it many times, but because when i grwo older and have to split xmas up to 3 familys, i said fancy dinner with every one, eat your sausages an sals on another day. Also we have had for years every saturday. and i don't like potato salad. So hen we had sometimes much more nice stuff, like fondu
That's so interesting! In my family it's exactly the other way around. On the 24th there is usually only my hubby and kids and we have a nice fancy homecooked meal and on the 25th when it's about 35 people descending on one home we have a pot-luck type buffet including potato salad and sausages
I would say the most popular fast food in Germany is Döner, she didn't even mention it
German Döner, haha. If we didn't have the Turks we didn't have Döner
@@jensschroder8214 Yes I think that is why she veered around that one.
I was only looking for that comment haha
Nah the mosy popular is pizza
@@lucasp.9684no it’s not
Talking about "Kartoffelsalat" (potatosalat) at Christmas. You have to keep in mind, most of the Families won't by it in a supermarket. Most of the families, have their own recipe!
Ich fand es auch immer ein eher unfestliches Gericht.Gab es aber auch nur an Heiligabend, wenn man erledigt ist von Putzen, Baum aufbauen, Geschenke auspacken, und dann noch in die Mitternachtsmesse geht. Das eigentlichd Weihnachtsmenue gibt es dann am 1. und 2. Weihnachtstag, das ist dann gefüllte Gans oder Karpfen.
One very typical German dish she missed: "Sauerbraten", which is pickled beef, slowly roasted. It's usually served with potato and a gravy made from the pickling liquid.
Sauerbraten ist soooooooo lecker! In allen Varianten.
Und jetzt hab' ich Hunger!
Definetly
hab ic
h auch gedacht :)
@@sisuguillam5109 😂😂😂
It's the very best thing to eat in Germany. Sadly it's both regional and seasonal.
As a German I live for my german bread and potatoes 😂😂
Yes, German bread! XD
Erbsensuppe actually tastes great, at least homemade. It's traditionally seasoned well and GREAT on a cold day. Starting to crave it, the more I think about it.
It also reminds me of my grandmother, who will prepare large pots of soup, including Erbsensuppe and Gemüsesuppe (vegetable soup) with tiny Knödel, and then freeze all that she isn't eating at that moment. Whenever family members come to visit, she'll take out a box of the frozen soup, heat it up, and we would have a warm meal with bread and the usual to go on it - butter, cheese, sausage/ham, etc. Can never go wrong with that. (Side-note, I really should show more gratitude - even though I do always thank her for that)
Damn Knorr for stopping production of their old instant Erbsensuppe Erbswurst! It was a tradition... and childhood memories!
You need to try it out of a mobile military kitchen (Gulaschkanone). It is the best version you will get. Normally you find it on open gate days in barracks or on faires where often the local fire department cooks them. They have the same mobile kitchens.
Also die Erbsensuppe von Ja! geht auch schon klar.
This lady forgot to mention, that sausages + potato salat is typical on dec. 24 at lunch time. Europe celebrates Christmas Eve on dec 24. so having something simple for lunch on that day, gives more time to arrange for the celebration that evening ( where normally I bigger meals is served )
Not quite correct. Potatoe salad and sausages are not eaten for lunch but for dinner on the 24th.
Most people aren't even at home for lunch that day since it isn't considered a festive day and many people gotta go to work at least half of the day.
Though usually the better dish is served for the Christmas days themselves as in the 25th and 26th and Christmas eve (24th) something simpler.
Not all of Europe celebrates Christmas Eve.
No, Christmas eve celebrations are typical german. I do not know about Austria, but the majority of Europe celebrates Christmas on Christmas day....the 25th.
To clear things up: people eat Bockwurst and potatoe salad on Christmas Eve, not on Christmas Day. You would do that because it's simple and cheap (as opposed to the feasts on Christmas Day and Boxing Day) and savoury before all the sweets and cookies you have in the night.
On the second day of Christmas, we always eat "Rouladen" with "Rotkohl" and "Grüne Klöße". That is so delicious!
or Weckknöpfle, we call "Rotkohl" "Blaukraut".
I looked it up and it seems that hash browns are only potatoes while Kartoffelpuffer are made with potatoes, onions, eggs and flour.
Spargel: She should have shown white asparagus since that is what sold the most in Germany. And not only at the groceries. In almost every little town or big city there are one to many booths from local asparagus farmers who are selling their asparagus during asparagus season. Often you can get potatoes and sauce hollandaise there, too.
To be fair, those questions about how to describe the taste of leberkäse and what time of day he would eat it were at least a little bit annoying, so she earned that look. 😉
But to solve some of the confusion that might occur when it comes to Kartoffelsalat und Würstchen, it‘s a popular dish for christmas eve, which in Germany counts as Weihnachten, too.
And don’t confuse Rouladen with Rolladen. Your teeth will thank you later. 😉
You're right, I make American hash browns from scratch in Germany cuz my husband loves them so much. In America, I buy the biggest sack of frozen hash browns I can find: ) Reibekuchen is my favorite fest/kirmes food, and is much more difficult for me to make. I would never, ever put an apple product on a potato product!
@@LythaWausW Then probably „Himmel un Äd“ is never going to be your favorite dish. 😊
@@Al69BfR And I live a stone's throw from Cologne!
7:11 got it, we even have two types: "Pancakes" (to be the size of a pan) and "American pancakes" (to be the size of a small plate maybe? and different ingredient mix) But we add MILK! Wouldn't taste as good with just plain water 😂
Tried making pan cakes with water instead of milk. The result was lackluster.
The difference, American Pancakes are mixed with bakingpowder
And sometimes you roll pancakes up with a filling and they are generally thinner than American pancakes
Did you know baking mixes used to require only water, but the housewifes of 1960 (or somewhere around that time) complained that it didnt feel like cooking, so the manufacturers mad it so it requires flour, eggs, milk, etc. Baking mixes typically are just dehydrated food mixes.
I‘m sure the pancake mixture has milk powder and egg powder as ingredients, so it‘s right to just add water.
Home Made pea soup is on another level of tasty. I'm no soup guy but damn when my grandpa made it it was so special.
It always tastes best with grandma and grandpa they can cook so wonderfully that`s how i felt too unfortunately my grandparents all died i miss them.
@@blondkatze3547 When grandmothers cook it -- and the grandmother comes from early 20th century (she didn't have too many preprocessed foods -- there is a lot of time involved which enhances a lot of taste. Unfortunately those grandmothers are becoming very scarce...
@@McGhinch Yes unfortunately but that`s just life.
@@Otte74 That sounds delicious ,I`ll cook this pea soup too.😍👍
Everyone who has a grandparent or parent, who makes a great Erbsensuppe, go and let them teach you how and then pass it on to your children one day.
Kartoffelpuffer are also called „Reibekuchen“ 🎉 we use also onions in them 😅 they taste amazing 🤩
"Reibekuchen", nur so kenn ich das. 😊
@@Saufkopp1989 auch bei uns im rheinland, sagt man oft kartoffelpuffer. aber ja, reibekuchen ist hier schon geläufiger. besonders mit zwiebeln^^
@@TheGladbacher2011 richtig 👍 und Apfelmus dazu 😍🙏
"Kartoffelküchle" war der erste Name, der mir dafür unterkam ! Sowie "Fleischküchle" für Frikadellen... 😶
Maultaschen have a nickname in Germany, which isn't very wide-spread: "Herrgottsb'scheißerle" ("little-god-rort").
It was invented by monks in the time of fasting. They weren't allowed to eat meat. So, they put the meat into the dough and rorted god with this and ate meat in the fasting-season.
For somebody is the Currywurst a have to on every festivity like christmas market or similar things. There even is a german fast food chain ("Kochlöffel"), which is a bit like McDonalds or Burger King, but you can order Currywurst or half a chicken. I like those (half a chicken) very much, but I normally don't eat those, because of the greasy fingers you get inevitably. Except perhaps I am at home.
Currywurst with Pommes is the best. But it is also quite difficult, because every region has its own recipe and it tastes completely different from others. And everyone will probably tell you that the currywurst from their region is the best. But don't let anyone fool you, the best currywurst is in the Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr area). 👍
I prefer the Berlin Currywurst, but no chance living in Düsseldorf 😭
CPM is cult in the Pott!
@@Miristzuheiss that's a pitty 🙈
And everyone in the Ruhrgebiet will say "Yeah i knew the best Currywurst in town" and everyone tells you another Grillstation 😂
@@danielm.4385 There are a few which are mentioned more often, though (like the one in Bochum).
We germans and potatoes are the same like Bubba from Forest Gump when he is talking about shrimps 🤣
oh, so true! :)
@@JohnHazelwood58 It's true and I find it sad that Germans call Bubba's shrimp "garnelen". Americans are often confused by German shrimp.
The asparagus we only eat during the season between April and June is WHITE whereas you can buy green Asparagus almost all year long.And yes, I agree, the more calories something has the better !
I'll put this down to cognitive dissonance, but Asparagus has next to no calories and obviously is the best thing about German cuisine (and yea, the Hollondaise makes up for that, but the star is Asparagus and the new potatoes).
Being English, I like green asparagus very much but I have to say all German asparagus is excellent in season. I spent the late Spring/early Summer this year eating not a lot else. I bought it from a local farmer. It was the best.
@@simongunkel7457 that's true and in my remark on calories I wasn't referring to the asparagus but just to what Ryan said .
In the Netherlands we eat the white asparagus (nicknamed the white gold) with the Hollandaise sauce, ham, and a boiled egg and ofcourse the fresh potatoes (the very small ones preferably). Also we have the first item but they are called Rösti and I actually thought that was the German name because we don’t have an ö in our alfabet 🤔
Personally I also favour Mairüben, which isn't really that heavy either.
For the record, that was just a tiny portion of German dishes, since they are extremely regional.
Hinweis zur Currywurst: die "original" Berliner version ist eher simpel, nur Ketchup aus dem Kübel und Curry Pulver oben drauf. Es wird auch oft eine Fleisch- oder Bockwurst verwendet. Ich bevorzuge die Version aus dem Ruhrgebiet, da ist Nürnberger Rostbratwurst standart und oben drüber kommt eine gekochte Tomaten-Curry Sauce.
#teampottcurrywurst!
Currywurst is THE best! And the best one you can (IMHO) get in Germany is "Die Echte" from the "Dönninghaus" fast food stall in the "Bermuda3Eck" pub quarter of Bochum! I live in a nearby city, and everytime I am in Bochum, I make sure I am hungry and stop there!
Yep, that's true! They do have the best Currywurst! ♥
Yeah, that the best you can have. Dönninghaus even sells the sauce in grocery stores if you are lucky to get it!
Potatosalad with sausages for christmas is very popular in old fashioned families on christmas eve because there the mum is the only person who makes the household and should have a day off or could prepare all and celebrate with the family.
Hash Browns are called 'Rösti' in Germany and are something completely different from a 'Reibekuchen/Kartoffelpuffer'
Dumplings are so amazing because despite sharing so many common principles, wherever you go makes them somewhat or vastly different and you can explore such rich diversity with as little effort as hopping into the next European country across from your own.
German peasoup with sausage wenn its cold outside is really good 😊
My dish that I eat very often is different noodles with different sauces. I eat classic German cuisine less often than international cuisine. I usually eat classic German cuisine when I'm in a restaurant or at my grandparents' house. The great thing about Germany is that there are so many dishes from other countries that you have a lot of culinary choices. In my city you can find Korean, Persian, Spanish, Texan/Mexican, Hawaiian, Japanese, Thai, Afghan or Nepalese food. International restaurants that are often found in smaller villages include Italian, Indian, Greek, Turkish, Chinese and US American cuisine. And don't forget the Swedish food at the IKEA furniture store or the Hungarian lángos and French crêpes stall at the Christmas market. I also recently went to a Croatian restaurant.
Grünkohl...'very popular with health concious people in the States'...
😆 I wish I could serve you Grünkohl like my mum used to make it. So unhealthy but so dang lecker.
Her Grünkohl out a smile on your face and made sure you had enough Hüftgold to get you through the Winter.
14:15 Don't do that! You can probably get a Currywurst at the Oktoberfest but it's very "anti-traditional" (if that's a word). It's like saying: "I'm going to a fair in Arizona and getting a Chicago style deep dish pizza."
Sauce hollandaise is what you put on eggs benedict.
These sausages are not really Christmas food (which usually is roasted Turkey, goose or duck with sides) but what some people eat on Hallow's Eve. See, we get our presents that day in the evening. People use to go to church right before the "Bescherung" (the act of gift-giving under the chirstmas tree) so there usually is not much time to prepare and eat a proper meal that evening.
They didn´t mention "Himmel un Äd"???
The translation would be "Heaven and earth" and its Mashed potatoes (they represent the Earth) with blood-sausage and apple sauce (Heaven cause they grow on a tree and then they fall down ^^)
This is so delicious and yummy ♥
As usual, they focused very much on stuff from the South. Labskaus and Fischbrötchen also weren't mentioned.
One of my favorite quick potato dishes is steamed salted potatoes with curd seasoned with onions, black pepper, vegetable oil,, chives and cumin typically called "Hausmacher Quark". It's a pretty popular dish in eastern Germany specifically the state of Saxony. As for potato salad there are a boatload of different recipes all over Germany that all taste distinctly different. Eg. where my mother was from they made it with pickles, onions, baloney, vegetable oil and vinegar whereas some other recipes involve bell peppers, tomatoes, mayonnaise and even cured or smoked fish.
the dishes are as unique like the saxon dialect ;-) "wollmermohlnnngrümbelguucheninngaffeäindiddschen"?
translated: let´s immerce a cruble cake into the coffee cup. (that really tastes much better than it looks like)
Cool video from Easy German. German food culture is real good. You can make also Leberkaese Semmel thats real good for a snack. Sausage with Kartoffelsalat is also very delicouse. The last one was a classic Curry Wurst thats realy good. Was i missed was the power food Sauerkraut. Thats also realy good
The cool thing about the simple sausage & potato/noodle salad combo for the holidays is that it allows the host to relax almost as much as the guests, the focus is more on family and everyone gathering to share a meal. I'm sure some people (especially grandmas) love to cook for the entire family, but I always liked the simplicity of it. It also tastes great lmao
I really love "Erbseneintopf" (pea-stew?) its thicker than soup. Well yes it looks awful and its ridiculed as "Pampe" (glop?) but my Grandma always made it so delicious that i even loved it as a kid although its ugly looks.
that tastes like it looks ;-) We swabians like lenses with Spätzle and sausages (or smoked meat) plus a teaspoon of vinegar.
I would say that for ages Schnitzel is the most typical meal all over Germany, south and north.
The most important 'typical german' meal is missing:
DÖNER! (engl. Doner)
For real nobody eats that much doner like the germans.
That's international cuisine and not a typical german meal.
@@Saufkopp1989 that’s why they wrote 'typical german' and not typical german.
Döner was invented in germany by immigrants from turkey, so it is a german meal.
I think it would have been better if they showed pictures of the final food instead of just describing it. It’s a lot different when you can actually see the product
Would have loved that too. I mean we all know how different the same dish can look like, but it would been great nonetheless.
Well to be fair the channel is actually about learning the German language (that's why they usually speak pretty slow and clear) and not so much about teaching about the culture.
@@endless-nimu indeed.
@@endless-nimu Well to be fair that channel is garbage anyways.
Currywurst is not something you‘re visiting Oktoberfest for. This ist best eaten in the industrial area of the Rhineland (Ruhrgebiet). Some Berliners would say you can also have good ones there. But I tried both versions, best is the original from the Ruhrgebiet area.
Well, like the Döner the Currywurst was invented in Berlin, but undoubtedly perfected in NRW.
Exactly - on the Oktoberfest I would rather go for a Hendl - a grilled Chicken or a Haxn - a grilled lower leg of a pig
Currywurst is available almost all Sausage booths around town, parks forest ways.
Pea soup should never be watery, it should be thick pasty that virtually stands a spoon in it, along with a nice sausage, which can be almost any kind, from simply hot dog to Kranski. Alsonice with diced bacon added.
Kale is terrific with sugar fried potatoes and spicy sausage or ham/ bacon
The Asparagus season is great but mostly the white Asparagus is preferred over green. The only difference is that white Asparagus is cut just before breaking from soil surface while green is cut after it rises up but before the buds burst into flowering. Green has a harsher tang to the flavour, which is unsurprising the reason many people reject Asparagus, not only that so many kids grow up hating all green vegetables. The white Asparagus is more melt in the mouth too less chance of hard chewy texture and flavour is rich but not over powering. Of course all Asparagus can leave distinct odour to passed no 1 and 2 remains, that many also fear about consuming asparagus. Eaten in many ways from in broth, as cream soup, as vegetables as spears, added to snacks and wafers, with ham smoked salmon and other nibbles. Sadly in most places around the world the white is hardly sold in shops but usually can be special ordered or bought in glass jars.
A couple jars of white asparagus is a constant presence in our cupboard because it's an important ingredient in the family version of chicken soup, which is obviously more popular in winter when fresh asparagus isn't available.
Hash Browns - yes its similar. Puffer is the same but with egg and flour. I always put a lot of onion in it.
Aspargus - I think it's a bit overrated but not bad. I would use Bernaise sauce instead of Hollandaise. Served with boiled ham and boiled potatoes.
Pancakes - we make it a lot thinner and with cinnamon and sugar, nutella or apple puree.
Fried potatoes - can be made from boiled potatoes or raw. i like the thinly sliced raw potatoes with onions and bacon, fried nice and crispy.
Yes, she forgot to mention the onions. Hers were more like Röstis.
I often have pea soup. Probably 3 to 4 times a year. Then there is bean soup, green bean soup, lentil soup, cabbage soup, potato soup and turnip soup.
If you want try german food so much, you should make a trip to the Christkindlmarket in Chicago (closer than Germany). It's the most authentic holiday market outside Europe I heard. Most sellers come from Germany for this market so the food should also taste like in Germany. They also sell pretzels there ;)
12:46 funfact he says that he eats pea soup in a cantine. And in Berlin every district has it own town hall with a cantine in it where you can eat simple food like pea soup. it's very cheap and sometimes you will have a nice view, so if you go to Berlin i recommend you visit the town hall of Kreuzberg and have lunch there the view is nice
Just saw the Currywurst with Fries (Pommes) and Mayo. 😍 Had to click on it.
Today I will cook a kind of soup/stew made with minced meat, leek and cheeese (in a vegan style). "Käse Lauch Suppe" which is also pretty famous in Germany. As sidedish I got some fresh "Brötchen"
So lecker :) Guten Appetit!
in which region do you live? Very far in the east?
@@barfuss2007 No, at Hessen
@@ungerongt6033
oh the good Äppelwoi
16:55 every german i know that visited the US for some time thought the food generally tastes rather bland, so i think u may underestimate the amount of seasoning in this frame (and sausage in particular) ^^ would love to see vlogs of u visiting Germany and trying things
Food in US bland? Being from a different European country I find most German food very bland. It's like even salt is missing. I'm having trouble getting even a proper vindaloo in an indian restaurant (it's supposed to be hot by default) - I specifically ask it to be very, very! hot, and it will be a medium. (because they're use to german cuastomers and afraid to make it hot even if asked). I didn't have this problem in Florida, but maybe some states make bland food there as well.
oh yeah maybe there’s regional differences in germany too
@@bencze465 "Like even the salt is missing" *LOL* It's not fair to bring up asian/mexican/indian food in a video about German food though (but like you, I'm tired of getting mild Indian food when I ask for medium and medium when I ask for 5 stars). What traditional German food is not bland, I wonder? Sauerbraten? I believe it can burn the first layer of your tongue off from the intensity of the vinegar alone: ) Berliner Currywurst "ground zero" level, yes, you will be weeping. But as a famous blogger once wrote, "When Germans use the spice curry in cooking, you are going to get something YELLOW, not spicy."
@@elmooore I think you may be right. But every German who visited America said the food was bland? Were they ONLY visiting American hospitals? : )
pea soup is really popular in the netherland too, we usually call it snert, you have little peieves of bacon, a big sausage in it sliced up, some potato to make it more starchy, split peas. when you make it the right way you can put a spoon in it and it wont fall over. it looks like snot but damn is it good
She's wrong, "Leberkäse" must contain liver, except it is called "Fleischkäse" or "bayrischer Leberkäse" (according to German food laws).
Pommes & Currywurst YUMMIE!!! 😎😎😎 Not only in Berlin. It´s the most popular food in the "Ruhrgebiet" and it tastes different to the Berlin version (different sausagge).
The main difference is that we over here do not sprinkle curry powder on warmed up ketchup. Here in my hometown, the most popular Currywurst is a specially made sausage with specially made curry sauce. When you're in Bochum, go for a Dönninghaus.
@@PuchiPool 🤣 Dream on
i have to say something, the nordern typ of currywurst is the ,,classic,, one made with a real currywurst (own saussage kind) and the southern one is just an different typ of saussage, everytime my uncle comes from NrW, he eats like 4 currywurst dishes because he loves the ,,real,, ones. but yea the cultural differents between north soutrh west and east is enorm at least in the kitchen area.
They forgot "Mettbrötchen"
🥺
you're right! i love Mettbrötchen! :)
Kartoffelpuffer or Reibekuchen (lit. grated cake) - potato fritters or potato pancakes, crepes of raw grated potatoes. Typically with apple sauce or as fine dining variant with sour cream and smoked salmon. Hash browns are kind of similar but different
Currywurst is different in the regions of Germany. Original Berlin style is a Bratwurst sausage (fried sausage, Berlin style Brats with or without skin/intestine) with a Ketchup based spicy sauce with curry powder on top. In other regions the sausages have other herbs and spices. In Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein is based on a Bockwurst (boiled sausage) similar to Hotdog sausages like Frankfurter (Franks) or Wiener (vienna sausage). The name Bockwurst comes from sausage eaten together wit a Bockbier (Bock, a strong beer). Sizes of sausages differ but they should weight between 120 and 180 grams (0.264 and 0.396 pounds) in average. Big ones top 220 grams or 0.485 pounds.
It is a very basic dish that many people don't value enough. Sure, you can eat it simple as any brats topped with Ketchup. But good ones are sophisticated and prepared well. You have to tune sausage to sauce and vice versa. A poor sausage can ruin the experience of the sauce and the sauce can harm the sausage's taste. It has to be in harmony for the full enjoyment. It is a German poor man's food but has principles of asian cuisine like indian and chinese cuisines. It has a (fresh) sweet and sour taste with numbness (pepper), spiciness and a little bit bitterness. A very basic recipe is to fry or grill sausages of your liking. Heat up a pot and reduce a liquid like fruit juice (e.g. apple, orange) or coke by boiling. Add salt, pepper and spices/herbs (like onion, garlic) and ketchup and warm it for a few minutes (express variant). Instead of using ketchup you can make a tomato sauce yourself, add sugar and boil it down slowly for several hours. These curry sauce as of curry sausage sauce is the German counterpart of you BBQ sauce.
i live in south germany and some of these dishes are not so typical in our region :) i never ever eated kale... and i dont kow anybody in my family who ever eat that. also currywurst is not common here. and some dishes are for people who cant cook. I love to cook each day and make good and health food, and no trash like pea soup :)
12 German meals, that's like calling out for 12 comments from the Bavarian Forest, Germany.
1) Kartoffelpuffer. I don't eat them with Apfelmus, that's too sweet for me. There are spicy variants, too.
2) Spargel. Too much money for a vegetable without taste. Not my thing.
3) Spätzle. A Suebian thing. I live in a different part of Bavaria, I prefer Spaghetti.
4) Leberkäse. Yeah, that's it! Tastes delicious, but you better not ask about the ingredients. "Mystery meat" describes it best.
5) Teigtaschen. Suebian again. Do these people all live in Stuttgart? I prefer Italian Ravioli. Basically the same.
6) Pfannkuchen. Yes, she's right, I don't know a country where there are no pancakes., but the Netherlands are the best. I was there at a café which was all pancake, more than 40 varieties from sweet to hot chili.
7) Bratkartoffeln. Goes with everything, but making them perfect is a science of its own kind.
8) Bockwurst and Kartoffelsalat, yes, that's a traditional Christmas Eve dish here in Bavaria, as by catholic tradition, Dec 24th should be a day of fasting. Instead of Kartoffelsalat, you can also have Sauerkraut.
9) Rouladen. I love them in all varieties. My favorite are Rindfleischrouladen, stuffed beef rolls.
10) Grünkohl. No, it's not typical of Germany. In the north, maybe. But thank goodness I don't have to live there.
11) Erbsensuppe. Close to Grünkohl, but you can eat it, with a sausage or some ham in it.
12) Currywurst. Yeah, sure! With french fries and Heinz ketchup. I make it myself about once a week.
"thank goodness I don't have to live there" *lol* I always say, when people ask how I like Germany, "Well, at least it's not Niedersachsen." Bratkartoffeln habe ich von Calle Kocht auf TH-cam gelernt, am wichtigsten, eine Schicht kartoffel scheiben auf einmal. Ich bin jetzt profi: )
Nett hier, aber waren sie schon mal in Baden-Württemberg?
Waschlappen-Württemberg?
@@Blovu420 no
Pan cakes here is like crepes. Sometimes I buy American pancake in packs... they look like pancakes at home. But crepes or german pancakes are also very delicious.. we can add anything on top like cream cheese, butter and dust sugar or sliced meats, ham or bacon.... it is prepared for salty and sweet toppings.
Crepes are thinner that the German pancake version. It might be something between the American pancake and a crepe when it comes to that. It's of larger radius that the typical American pancake too :)
Don't eat green asparagus, take the white one. Together with Hollandaise (without lemon), smoked ham and potatoes it tastes superb !
Ryan, you need to look up "Grünkohl" yourself, it is not prepared the way it is in the US (more like collard greens in the south) and definetly not healthy. Still my favourite food.
The inventor of the Currywurst is Herta Heuwer. She had a snackbar in Berlin-Charlottenburg after 2. WW and sold it with a spicy warm ketchup sauce and fries.
Pea soup just like lentil soup is more of a stew than an actual soup.
While you can eat Leberkäse like this, it is best when you take the about 1cm thick slice and brown it on each side in a pan.
Maultaschen while traditionally served in the broth they are made in. That alone is considered a starter generally. Either you add a roast with rosted onions to it or you can also just have the broth as a starter and then bake the Maultaschen with some cheese and top with roasted onions. Or if you are extra fancy and have some time add some veggies and spinach and make a full gratin with them.
I would also say typical german pancakes are usually not plain pancakes. Rather you have something like an apple pancake topped with cinnamon and sugar or a spinach pancake which are both more of a full meal than a breakfast. Other than that you will mostly find crepes and poffertjes which are from france or the netherlands or the american pancakes.
Something also very typical for the german speaking nations is to have Raclett on new years.
Potato salad and sausages are traditionally served on Christmas Eve in northern Germany. However, hardly anyone would eat this dish on the two Christmas holidays. Then there are usually more festive and elaborate dishes. Roast goose or duck with red cabbage, a wedding soup as a starter and ice cream or pudding as a dessert.
I think you have to go to Berlin to get Currywurst because the Oktoberfest is in München(Munich) were they normally don’t have Currywurst. 😅
I can only recommend to watch the videos from "Our story to tell" about food in Germany. Or the ones from "Deanna and Phil". The food in the different parts of Germany is quite different and should be mentioned in context.
Potato salad and sausages gave mothers the opportunity to prepare the dinner for the 24th a day before and doesn't have to stand in the kitchen while everyone else is celebrating.
Rouladen are really not hard to make, I'd totally recommend them for a family dinner. Get some thin veal cuts, soften them with a tenderizer hammer, add some salt and pepper, dust them with a little flour, spread some mustard on them and a little concentrated tomato puree (very little), then put in some thick cut greasy bacon and a pickle wedge as to taste, then roll them and secure them either with wooden skewers or with string. Next you brown them on both sides in a heavy hot pan. after that you put them in a casserole with a lid, add thin brown gravy - many people use pre mix powder gravies, but you can also start one from scratch using browned onions, a little carrot and the browned flavor from frying the rouladen - around them and cook them in the oven until tender or you can just continue in the same pan and finish cooking them on the stove, again by adding a thin brown gravy and continue to slowly cook them with the lid on. have them with spätzle or pasta or whatever you like.
We eat them most of the time with potato dumplings and red cabbage. 😁
tomato puree? are you crazy? take instead minced onions
Ryan, I can notice you are obsessed all about German. I hope you can experience to come here someday and enjoy to experience the things you have learned from your videos. Hope it is sooner.
He also runs a channel about the UK and another one about Australia. Ryan is smart to generate advertising income from TH-cam this way. Jake Broe reavealed that Google-TH-cam send him 18,000 Dollars for 7 months of making YT clips. So, with 3 channels, that generates quite a lot of money.
Yeah, hash browns are pretty much just Kartoffelpuffer. A lot of American food is just German food made badly. home fries? Bad Bratkartoffeln. Hot dog? A bad sausage in a bad bun. Hamburger? A beef "Bulette" in a bun. Mac and cheese? Bad Käsespätzle.
Sausages and potato salad is not the christmas food. It is the last "normal", "every day" food before the christmas holiday begins.
Curry-Wurst has it's roots in Berlin and in the Rhine-Ruhr-Region (near Düsseldorf).
So it's not a typical dish served in the beer tents on the Oktoberfest.
There you will find Bavarian classics like "Halbes Händl" (half of a grilled chicken) or "Schweinshaxn" (cooked and baked porc leg)
As far as I know "Maultaschen" traditionally always have a filling with meat. Legend has it they were invented by monks. They hid the meat they weren't supposed to eat inside the dough as a way to trick god during lent. As a vegetarian it is quite the new thing for me to find vegetarian Maultaschen in supermarkets in the last few years.
that is no legend. In german the were called "Herrgottsbscheißerle" translated: "little dumplings for cheating the lord" (because the lord couldn´t see the meat in the dumplings). Also very important are spinach and onions.
Funny you mentioned, "Every culture has its own version of the dumpling" and I just tried a new one today - I had Manti which is Turkish dumplings, in the German city of Koblenz. They are teeny tiny, perfectly sized for me. As you eat them you flash back to tortellini or ravioli but then the flavor of the sauce and toppings makes it totally different. It's a garlic chili yogurt sauce and I had mine topped with "feta" and next time I'll get the feta and sunflower seeds, a great combo. You have a bottle of dried mint at the table, and chili and sumac (!?!) and that was awesome too. Every culture has its meatball, every culture has its dumpling. I love Manti!
I like the kale stew (Grünkohleintopf) without a sausage for me, traditionally is a mettwurst in it. In my region is stamppott a common dish. It's mashed potatous with a endive salad with a mustard vinaigrette.
At the table both becomes mixed together. Sounds disgusting, tastes fantastic!
Okay, I am German, but I have never heard of this before. Now I need to try this, is sounds delicious! What region is this popular in?
@@TheHammy1987 Niederrhein, in the ruhr area is a very similar dish "XY- untereinander" . Its more popular in the Netherlands
10:20 it's great.
The real Roulade is a slice of beef, you spread on one side mustard, put onions and bacon, and roll it together.
You have to use 2 toothpicks to hold it together.
Put oil in a pot, let it fry a bit from all sides and fill it up with water and let cook it.
You can eat it with potatoes and red cabbage or green beans with butter.
Asparagus is usually white in Germany and you rarely find green,The differance is the white kind is picked before it breaks the serface and turns green from sunshine. The pea soup they talk about is what we call split pea soup .
I do prefere the Green aspargus. Tastes much better
You can quite easily find green asparagus, it's just that white asparagus is what you'd normally get at a restaurant.
@@hannessteffenhagen61 Green Asparagus is cheaper during season and does taste better
Kartoffelpuffer and Hashbrowns are a little different in taste. If you don't use the frozen ones and make them yourself they tase very different - not that salty and with more crunch. But I didn't eat selfmade hash browns.
We have white and green asparagus - it taste pretty different. White asparagus is pretty common.
Nooooo saussage and potato salad at Christmas (24th) here but - green kale, duplings here, some cook salty saussages in the kale (Knacker). I like the Czech version with onions and boiled saussages from cow (no word for Rindsknacker) in it.
with peasoup you wanna have pea creamsoup. It has a beautyful strong green colour, smooth texture, light taste.
If you want soup with potatoes and sausage, take a potatoesoup.
I am surprised they didn't show ofenkartoffeln, backed potatoe with some nice sourcream.
The kartoffelsalat for christmas has to be homemade! that boxed stuff looked awful.
American pancakes intimidate me. They are so thick. Our pancakes aren't even half an inch thick.
Käsespätzle are probably austrian, but that seems to be a debate. Best freshly made (takes only 15min) and then in the fryingpan with onions and a strong mountain cheese. Like mac'n'cheese but 100 times better.
Yes, we usually eat white aspergus.
It's not actually soup with peas in it. It is pea cream soup, which means all peas have been salughtered to a mush via a kitchen machine, when done cooking.
Then some cream is added, the bacon/sausages/potatoes...
It is a very hearty and savioury dish and good, if it is unpleasant and cold outside.
Warms the gutts. ^^
hash browns are only potatoes - no egg or flour
We almost only consume white asparagus. I don't know a lot of people who eat green asparagus. In general she seems a little off with her german good knowledge. Currywurst is a battleground between Berlin and North Rhine Westphalia (it is better in NRW) Sauerkraut, mash potatoes and caramelized onions😍 almost any slow cooked meat with a dark gravy and potatoes.
Bratkartoffeln mit Ei...beste leben sag ich nur...
"Bockwurst / Wiener würstchen" with potao salad on Christmas means on December 24th, because in Germany Christmas is celebrated on the 25th and 26th of december and the 24th is a half a workday, so you come from work, get to church for "krippenspiel" if you have kids and mostly around 5pm you come home and eat your bockwurst, potato salad, noodle salad, meatballs - what ever you fancy and after that you exchange presents - kids will of course be super impatient so having something quick to east is preferred. typical food for 25th and 26th is "Weihnachtsgans" - whole oven grilled goose.
Geil Kohl und Pinkel. Geil🤤🤤🤤
Ich komme aus Bremen und da ist es üblich Kohl und Pinkel Fahrten zu veranstalten !!!
Unbedingt probieren wenn's losgeht.
Saison ist von Ende Oktober bis Ende Februar!! LECKER
Grünkohl, Pinkel, Kassler, Kochwurst und Kartoffeln.
Manchmal auch noch Bauchspeck dazu🤤🤤🤤🤤♥️
Und wenn man schonmal in Bremen ist unbedingt " Knipp " probieren 🤤🤤🤤
Guter Tip!
In the Netherlands the curryworst is simulair to the Frikandel. Not really sure if they taste the same, but when i worked in a takeaway, german costumers often orderd a curryworst. (Our frinkandel) with mayonaise, currysaus und zwiebel.
That’s what’s called a frikandel speciaal in our neighbouring frituur. (Living in the Euregio 😉)
Sorry, shitty selection from Deutsche Welle.
In the south we have more varity of meals.
Germany has a lot more to offer than Currywurst and Döner
3:22 as an guy from the state of Baden-Wüttemberg: "Spätzle" are noodles, where the dough is scraped from a board into boiling water or made by a tool called "Spätzle press". They look like a string, like noodles. If they are looking like drops or knobs: We call it "Knöpfle" (little knobs). For us in Baden and in the Swabian area it's a faux pas to call the "knob-version" Spätzle. It's like calling all kind of pasta simply "spaghetti"🙂
....one thing which I miss - and is very common in Germany as well - is shown in the video here called "baby got laugengebäck" (bread buns/rolls).
Kartoffelsalat und Würstchen sind traditionell am Heilig Abend. Am 1. und 2. Weihnachtstag gibt es schon etwas Festlicheres
In videos like this, nothing is ever really said about northern Germany. That's a pity, because many things are different in northern Germany. Especially the food and nature.
The Lady has no know how of german cooking. The good german cooking is home made and not out of a jar or plastic. Recepies are poorly explained.
Sie hat keine Ahnung. Ich bin zusammengezuckt, als sie den Kartoffelsalat aus der Packung gleiten ließ.
@@ingevonschneider5100 Bin schon bei den Kartoffelpuffern aus dem Schaudern nicht raus gekommen.
About the Christmas tradition: In Bavaria (south Germany) most people call These saussages "Wienerl". Also there, most people eat a dish called " Sauerne Bratwürscht". These are saussages with onions and a green sauce.
Easy german just took the best choice of german foods! So typically 👍
Pea stew is the most popular and cheapest stew and is a favorite at parties and events for inexpensive feeding of many people. It is usually served with a bockwurst or wiener sausage and some bread, toast or baguette. Pea stew in a can is available in practically every discount store.
Oh my god. You never had Nutella? That's absolutely not acceptable. Why not make a Video out of it? Something like 'american trying Nutella for the first time'😉😁😄
Linsen mit Spätzle und Saitzenwürstle if you want the proper swabian experience.
But honestly, German food is usually amazing. Generally fairly heavy, there are few things youd consider to be a "light dish", Generally heavy in meat and vegetables.
Pea, Potato or Lentil Soup is also fairly common, generally a lot of soups and Stews, different eintöpfe (One-pots), Knödel, Sauerbraten, Sauerkraut, and so on.
Or the fish-dishes up north. Just good stuff all the way through.
This 🤤😍
Sorry but you won't get Currywurst at the Oktoberfest
in germany we eat white asparagus , not so many green ones.
Maultaschen are no dumblings. they are like ravioli.
german Pfannkuchen are bigger in shape and not so elevated, because we don't use baking pouder for them.
that easy german channel is wierd. They talk like its for 3 year olds. Thats why that guy had that look. In a restaurant soups are usually appetizers. There is no currywurst at the oktoberfest. You actually have to ask around to find a place which serves this. Its not that common in munich. Only a few places have it.
Well, their channel is focussed on teaching the language. That's why they are usually talking pretty slow and try to pronounce everything as clear as possible.
@@endless-nimu its not the slow talking. Its for 3 year olds words.
12:00 Kohlfahrt is a realy big thing in the north.
Last month we did a Kohlfahrt in Bremen with our company, also people from other places in germany were invited.
We were like 150 people, walking miles and miles while drinking shots and beer, and at the end, you arrive at some restaurant or event location where you then eat and drink (and maybe dance)
The good thing is, while you are walking all the time, the alcohol does not hit you as hard and you are realy hungry once you arrive at your destination.
I love Erbsensuppe with Mettwurst :) Its creamy and spicey and it makes you feel warm and full. Some fresh bread to it...perfect!