what kind of food do they eat in germany??

Question

im going on a german exchange next year and i was just thinking that obviously the food over there isnt the same. what should i expect?? what kind of food do they eat?? im not a very picky eater- but i like my core stuff, like pasta and steak and most veggies.... what do they eat over there????

Answer 1

You'll be in good company, they like their beef and potatoes too! You won't have a hard time at all; they even have Italian and Mexican restaurants in Germany!
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Answer 2

Traditional German food consists of sausages (it's where we got bratwurst, liverwurst and many other kinds of sausages and cold cuts from originally), sauerkraut, wonderful breads and of course some of the best beer in the world. But they do eat pasta, steaks and vegetables and just about everything else we have here, including...ugh...American fast food franchises...but not nearly as many as we have here.

You'll find the produce and meats in many cases are a of a lot better quality than in the US because many European countries do not hybridize or genetically alter produce to get more yield and less flavor.

Not to worry...you'll be fine over there.

Answer 3

Well here are some old traditional foods we made in Germany.

sauerbraten (sour marinated roast), kartoffelpuffer (potato pancakes) or spaezle or dumblings.

bratwurst with rotkraut (red cabbage with apples) or sauer kraut ...that's why they call us KRAUTS..hehe

Apple strudel ..yummy


But these days, we are more cosious...healthwise. And you can find everything, there are lots of Italiean restaurants, Steak houses and you'll find veggies everywhere. Of course, you need to try some of the traditional foods. And depending in what area you will live, there are specialties.

Guten Appetit....

Enjoy Germany, I miss it a little, wasn't back home for 17 years.
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Answer 4

OH MAN German food is good! Make sure you try Rouladen - beef rolled up with pickle, onion, mustard, etc. It sounds wierd, but you will love it. If you like pasta, try spatzle - its kind of like pasta but its made a bit different - usually has like a gravy on it. Also, some other good things, saurkraut, potato salad, mashed potatos, sausage, shnitzel... the awesome thing about german cooking is that they put bacon in everything! MMMMMMMMMM

Answer 5

for breakfast there is Kartoffelpuffer (Potato Pancakes), Hazelnussomeletten ( a Hazelnut Omelet.
they have many soups like: Gulaschsuppe (Goulash Soup), Linsensuppe (Lentil Soup),
Kartoffelsuppe (Potato Soup), Biersuppe (Beer Soup),
Kohlsuppe (Cabbage Soup), Schwarzbrotsuppe (Dark Bread Soup)
many salads: Rotkohl (Red cabbage), Wurstsalat (Sausage Salad),
Gurkensalat (Cucumber Salad), Karottesalat (Carrot Salad),
Tomatensalat (Tomato Salad)
they have: Brötchen (German bread rolls), Roggenbrot (Rye Bread)
for dinner: Bratwurst (veal/pork sausages), Knackwurst w/kraut dinner,
Weisswurst (bockwurst), Sauerbraten (sour roasts), Rouladen (2 recipes) (stuffed beef), Frikadellen (German meat patties), Heidelberg Meatloaf, Roast Pork Loin with Beer Sauce Weinkraut (Baked Sauerkraut w/ Apples), Karotten im Bier
(Carrots in Beer). sorry, that was a lot but hopefully it gives you an idea
- if you like meats and such you will like german foods!

Answer 6

Lots of yummy pork and other things of course. Kassler Rippchen is awesome (that's a pork dish). You'll see a lot of goulash, even though it is traditionally Hungarian. That's a wonderful beef, onion parika, dish. I think some one already mentioned Spaetzle which are wonderful little, pasta like dumplings. Anykind of sausage/wurst you could imagine. Sauerbraten, white asparagus, schnitzels, german potato salad, kraut...

Answer 7

I don't think they eat alot of pasta, but they do eat alot of meat, potatos, and winter type veggies... beer!

Answer 8

Bratwurst (sausage), sauerkraut (cabbage), AND plenty of BEER (if you consider that a food which I definitely do!). Have fun.

Answer 9

Their cuisine is HEAVY! Lots of friend foods especially