• RQG@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    31
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    Food in Germany is highly regional. You can have Kebab everywhere. The Sauerkraut beer and pretzels thing is mostly just Bavaria in the south. At the north sea and Baltic sea you got lots of fish naturally. In Hamburg you have Croques, Aalsuppe and further north Lapskaus. In the southern neighbor state to Bavaria you have Spätzle. And so on.

    The beer also changes depending on region. Weißbier in the south and more mild beer in general down there. The north prefers beer with stronger taste that is more bitter generally.

    There are few German foods which are generally accepted in all regions. Currywurst is one I’d say. Maybe grill Hähnchen as well although in the eat it’ll be called Broiler while in the north noone has ever heard that word. Bratkartoffeln might also be pretty universal although ingredients probably differ. Egg or no egg, pickles or not.

    Tldr German food is very different depending on region.

    • ParsnipWitch@feddit.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      1 year ago

      The Sauerkraut beer and pretzels thing is mostly just Bavaria in the south

      What? I live in the Ruhrgebiet, you get Brezel and beer everywhere. Sauerkraut is a staple as well

    • RBG@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      1 year ago

      I highly object that pretzels are a bavarian thing. But maybe I am the outlier. Love my pretzels. Not bavarian.

      • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        Don’t the Saxons have pretzels too? I’m Czech and I remember seeing them in Dresden (although it was the Christmas markets)

        • ParsnipWitch@feddit.de
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          You can buy Brezel everywhere in Germany. They are also a traditional food handed out during St Martin.

          I think perhaps the person meant eating it as meal with Sauerkraut. In other places than Bavaria most people buy Brezel at a bakery on the go. And don’t necessarily eat it with Sauerkraut

          • teichflamme@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            1 year ago

            It’s the exact same in Bavaria. Eating it with Kraut is rare, that’s not something inherently Bavarian or anything.

            • emberwit@feddit.de
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              5
              ·
              edit-2
              1 year ago

              Brezn go well with Weißwurst and sweet mustard early in the day or together with Obazda, onions and radish as a brotzeit snack in the afternoon or evening, both together with a Weißbier. Other than that Brezn are more of a to-go-pastry, often as butterbreze.

              And although brezn are available everywhere in germany, there are regional differences in how they are made and they are more popular in the south.

              • teichflamme@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                4
                ·
                1 year ago

                All of that is true although I would add there’s a lot more variation than only Butterbreze. Therese Käsebreze, maybe with additional ham or salami, there’s Pfefferbreze, Mexikobreze and so on.

                But to come back to the original point. No one eats them with Sauerkraut.

                • emberwit@feddit.de
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  3
                  ·
                  edit-2
                  1 year ago

                  Yes, the first part of my answer was rather limited to Bavaria, where Brezn can be part of a meal but not along with Kraut and where Butterbreze is the most popular variation if not part of a meal. Also some fresh cheese with herbs instead of butter is common. Afaik the other variations are more popular outside of Bavaria.

      • RQG@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        I mostly meant the combination of things. Also pretzels in the north of Germany are often of pretty meh quality from my experience.

        Weißwurst comes to mind as a hopefully just Bavarian thing.

    • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      1 year ago

      neighbor state to Bavaria

      Never have I felt Baden-Württemberg to be so utterly disrespected

      Jokes aside, potato salad is an absolute banger that goes with so many wildly different meals

      • RQG@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        Whenever I said Baden-Württemberg to an English speaker they just say Gesundheit. 🤷🏻‍♂️

        • Case@unilem.org
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          They probably recognized enough to tell it was a Germanic language, but knows no German.

          That would be a very common response in my area, but it was settled prominently by German immigrants.

          There’s a subtle awareness you get growing up around people who are very proud of their Germanic heritage, but not in a racist way like some would assume from the south.

    • shrugal@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      Also if you ever forget where you are just walk into a bakery and ask what the bread rolls are called. You’ll get a different answer depending on the region.

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      Schnitzel, spatzle, and spargel, the most delicious things that sound like you’re making shit up.

      “You could use chicken, but you still have to hammer it flat.” “Come on. And they make the noodles with a colander? The thing you drain noodles in?” “No really, and there’s aspargus, but they grow it underground so it turns white.” “If you don’t know, don’t lie.”