Common German Food

What is it about all of the different kinds of common German food? Although at times heavier fare, the food is always delicious, hearty and flavorful. Meets, potatoes, noodles and of courses cheeses make up a lot of what is considered to be common types of food in Bavaria and Germany.Waking up in the morning in Germany for most means a delicious breakfast awaits. Slices of deli meats like ham, salami and

sausages of all different varieties commonly are found at the breakfast table. Another food that you will most likely see for breakfast in Germany is cheese. Swiss, ilsiter, munster, gruyere, or one of the other common German cheeses will be in slices similar to the deli meat and also available for breakfast. My favorite (ok one of my favorite) foods for breakfast is bread. Brotchen, a hard roll is most likely to be served and/or some other type of bread with seeds like sesame or caraway. There is usually honey

available as well as butter to top off the bread with. Honestly, I don't know how Germans can be hungry by the time lunch rolls around, the fabulous spreads at breakfast provide a great balance of protein, carbs, and taste!

Typically, either the lunch or the dinner in Germany is a lighter meal, and the other a heavier. Traditionally, the heavier meal was eaten at lunch time, and the dinner meal consisted of a smaller meal such as bread and meat. In the last decade or so, this tradition has shifted somewhat and switched to a pattern of eating more similar to that of the United States, lunch being a lighter meal with a heavier one to be had in the evening. There are some very yummy and interesting

foods to be had for lunch/dinner in Germany. From spaetzle to bratwurst there is always a good meal to be had in Germany.

More Common German Food

Of course we know that beer as a common German food. Beer hasbeen brewed in Germany for centuries and is a mainstay of the Bavarian culture. Up until the late 1980's, Germany even hada "Purity Order" stating the the quality German beer could only be brewed with water, hops, and barley. Now, there are somany breweries in Germany, you almost trip over them while walking up and down the streets, therefore maintaining this"liquid gold" as a tradition of Germany. Almost every biergarten or tavern you visit in Germany has its own brewery andcan serve up its own brand of delicious Bavarian beer.

Side dishes in German food usually consist of potatoes or noodles such as spaetzle. You will find vegetables in the formof a wonderful stew made with veal, pork, or beef. Also popular are vegetable soups. These soups contain such foods aspeas, asparagus, spinach, carrots, cabbage and any other vegetable native to the area. When you factor in the manyvarieties of bread availabe, and we are talking over 5,000 different types of bread, common German food definitely doesnot disappoint.

The sweet side of common German foods is sweet! Cakes, creams, streusels, puddings, should I keep going? Thereare soooo many good desserts to be had in Germany! Why not check out my recipe page and make one of the fabulous German sweets like lebkuchen or stollen and see for yourself? Desserts are common German food, and many people who dine out will end their meal with a traditional German dessert.

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