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[-] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 137 points 2 months ago

I mean, I've had German and British food and I can confidently say it doesn't seem like they love food, lol.

[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 109 points 2 months ago

We absolutely love our bread in germany

[-] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago

Very true, they're bread (and beer) connoisseurs!

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

German bread and beer is good. The only problem is that they have extremely narrow definitions of what makes good beer and bread. For example, the Reinheitsgebot law means that most German beer tastes the same. It's not that it tastes bad, but the number of varieties is lower as a result. Similarly, with bread, Germans like a very specific style of bread. Sometimes they put seeds on it. But you have to search to find naan, corn bread, challah, roti, milk bread, injera, etc.

[-] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

I recently learned about German bread and damn it looks legit af! But I’m a sucker for a lot of Bavarian food. Been lucky to eat a HOFBRÄUHAUS in the States and it was really good

[-] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Good lord, the funniest thing I remember from college German was how easy it was to distract Frau Professorin from her lecture by just mentioning bread.

[-] groet@feddit.org 49 points 2 months ago

Lots of Germans defending German cuisine, so as another German: you are absolutely right!

Germany has some great food and some Germans love making good food but German culture is absolutely not about food. The food culture we have is a development of the last ~40 years. Traditional German food is supposed to make you sated so you can go back to the fields and work! And the go to the army and fight! And then go to the ruins and rebuild!

Tasty and awesome food? Yes! A culture that tells you it loves food? No!

[-] Sergio@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

Traditional German food is supposed to make you sated so you can go back to the fields and work! And the go to the army and fight! And then go to the ruins and rebuild!

This is frickin awesome. Ima tell this to my German-American relative. They come from a family of farmers, come to think of it.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Swedish food is the same!

[-] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

As someone who enjoys the satiety of eating a good meal but not necessarily the flavors... I think this clicks for me now, why I seem to like Nordic/German styles of cuisine. It need but be flavorful, but it is hearty! Also, my tongue hates spices (sadly).

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

There are German towns surrounding San Antonio, such as Gruene (pronounced Green, because we're heathens), with everything from traditional to fusion German foods. Anyone who treats mustard like its own food group is alright with me.

[-] gray@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 months ago

German food is underated. Apple strudel with vanilla sauce is amazing. Like a sweet lasagna. Genius!

[-] RidderSport@feddit.org 17 points 2 months ago

That is more of a southern thing if not Austrian

[-] wieson@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

I don't think there even is a true Pan-German dish. Everything is regional in germany. And sourhern germany is still germany.

[-] RidderSport@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago

I'd wager bread and Bratwurst are the main pan-German dishes with minor differences in style

[-] Denvil@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Bread in general is a pan-world dish

[-] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The "bread" a lot of the world calls by that name does not even deserve that term. It should be called "toast", cause the only thing it's good for is getting toasted.

I can confidently say that north and south american, aswell as north central asian bread isn't. Many others only have one specific local bread variety, which are good but do not constitute culinary bread cultures.

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

You insulting Central-Asian bread can only mean that you lack any taste in regard to bread, or that you actually haven't eaten Central-Asian breads, and perhaps only tasted a stale lavash shipped to you over two weeks.

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[-] gray@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Sorry Germany, you lose again🤷

[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

I accidentally ordered a wurstsalat once. I have opinions after that expirence

[-] bear 5 points 2 months ago
[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

At least mine had the decency to be in a dark pub hidden from the light

[-] bear 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Honestly, it doesn't sound like the worst combination.

A US version would be spam and bread and butter pickles?

[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Spam isn't the right meat, tasted like shredded hotdogs

[-] Johanno@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Hey it's salad. Made out of sausages.

Tastes great.

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[-] RidderSport@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

And to add on that, yes German food can be very good. If you try it out though, be aware of what is regional in the area you're in. To familiarize yourself, just read the wikipage on German food

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[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 26 points 2 months ago

You haven’t had the right german food then.

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 25 points 2 months ago

The Germans love their döner kebabs, possibly even more than the British love their chicken tikka masala

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 15 points 2 months ago

When I meet a German outside of Germany, it's not german-style beer or doner they're hurting for, it's a german bakery.

I'm addicted to British doner kebab, much better than the ones in France IMO.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

How about the ones in turkey?

[-] mcforest@feddit.org 18 points 2 months ago

Have you tried Currywurst or Spätzle or Sauerbraten or any kind of German sausage or Mettbrötchen or German bread and still think we don't love food?

[-] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 months ago

I have used Mettbrötchen with success to scare foreigners away from my German food. "Yes zis bread has ze raw meat on it. Salmonella? Das ist eine possibility. Schweinepest? Worth it."

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Joke’s on you, it just made me love it more!

[-] Ougie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Lived in Germany for years and had all of these. Love mettbrötchen, krustenbraten etc etc. BUT. I believe Germans don't prioritize food. They will eat any cheap shit and save the money for beer. In the office a bunch of people - mainly foreigners - got together and arranged for a restaurant to be bringing food every day for a relatively cheap price. It was great. But most Germans would still prefer to go to Lidl and eat canned pasta for lunch. It's not that they couldn't afford it. They just didn't want to spend €8 for food every day. Canned pasta and Birckenstock with white socks dude. Every day.

[-] mcforest@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago

OK, some people are just lost. Canned pasta are disgusting. And I promise that I won't go further than to my mail box in Birckenstocks ;)

[-] Miaou@jlai.lu 3 points 2 months ago

Lol sausage and ketchup, let's pretend you didn't mention Currywurst.

Spätzle might be the one exception, although the Swiss make it better.

Sausages, I don't get your fetishization of it here. A random merguez from the local Arab place is still better than these.

And bread... Yeah, a billion sorts of it, still worse than a random French bakery's baguette.

Germans never wonder why there's no German restaurants abroad, go figure

[-] zout@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago

I don't think I've ever had bad food in Germany. In England my limited experience is mixed, some good, some bad and some interesting lunch choices like salted peanuts.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

I could literally live on plain potatoes for the rest of my life and I’d be fine with it. My ancestors must have been as culinarily boring as possible.

TBF, potatoes slap. Potatoes and rice are like 80% of my fatass diet, lol.

[-] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

I could literally live on plain potatoes for the rest of my life and I’d be fine with it.

You wouldn't and life would be short. There are not all nutritions in potatoes.

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Sounds like you've never had Finnish food

I haven't had the pleasure yet.

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[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

And then, even Englishmen look down on Scots who think oats porridge is human food.

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