Despite the fact that culinary traditions in Germany began to form relatively recently, a certain food culture has already developed in the country, and many national dishes of German cuisine are known and loved in many countries.
Good to know! In Germany, national recipes are constantly being improved, and interest in winemaking is growing every year, since local residents love to treat themselves to a glass of local wine.
Perhaps the favorite and most common dishes in Germany are made from pork, sausages, frankfurters, and pates are made from meat. There are about one and a half thousand sausages alone in the national menu, and this is not surprising, because each region of the country comes up with its own recipe.
An important addition to meat delicacies is bread and pastries. In Germany, there are at least three hundred varieties of bread, and it is almost impossible to count how many baked desserts there are.
The most common and well-known side dish for meat is sauerkraut, Germans also love and know how to cook potatoes, they fry them, boil them, stew them, bake them, fry pancakes.
What do they eat for breakfast in Germany? First of all, this meal is dense and filling, as a rule, they eat bread with several types of ham, bread with jam, honey, yogurt and buns. At lunch, Germans always eat soup, for the second course – meat with a side dish, finish the meal with dessert, for dinner – salad and cold appetizers. It is customary to eat in Germany at least five times a day.