German Cooking
The best recipes from Germany - from Bratwurst to Schnitzel and Potatoe Salad to Rotkohl.
Here you can find lots of interesting and helpful books about German Cooking from authentic German Home Style Recipes like Schweinebraten, Jaegerschnitzel to cakes (Schwarzwaelder Kirschtorte) and cookies (Heidesand). If you know of other great German dishes or recipes please tell me!
Staple food in Germany is bread - brown and white bread and lots of other sorts.
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Cookbooks - German Recipes
- Authentic German Home Style Recipes by Gini Youngkrantz (Hardcover - November 1997)
- Bavarian Cooking by Olli Leeb (Hardcover- May 1997)
- The Best of my Grandmother's German Cookery by Carmen Graves. Paperback (July 30, 1998)
- Cooking the German Way (Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks) by Helga Parnell, et al. Library Binding (April 1989)
- German Cooking by Marianna Olszewska Heberle. Paperback (September 1996)
- German Recipes : Old World Specialties from the Amana Colonies by Sue Roemig. Paperback (December 1994)
- The German Cookbook : A Complete Guide to Mastering Authentic German Cooking by Mimi Sheraton. Hardcover (June 1980)
- German Cookery by Elizabeth Schuler, Elizabeth Schuller. Hardcover (November 1988)
- German-American Life : Recipes and Traditions by John D. Zug, Karin Gottier(Editor). Paperback (June 1991)
German Beer and Wine
Germany is well known for its beer but it has also great wine.- A Beer Drinker's Guide to Southern Germany - a small and cheap book for all who love German beer.
- German Wheat Beer (Classic Beer Style Series: 7) by Eric Warner. Paperback (November 1992)
- German Wine Guide by Armin Diel, Joel Payne. Hardcover (May 1999)
What can you find on a typical German Menu?
Dining in Germany can be very different. But if you go to a German restaurant you will probably find some of the things I tried to explain in the following table.| Suppen - Soups Tomatensuppe - Tomato Soup Ochsenschwanzsuppe - Oxtail Soup Hühnersuppe - Chicken Soup Gulaschsuppe - Goulash Soup (sometimes hot) Zwiebelsuppe - Onion Soup Kartoffelsuppe - Potato Soup |
Salat - Salad Gemischter Salat - Mixed Salad Tomatensalat - Tomato Salad Gurkensalat - Cucumber Salad Kartoffelsalat - Potato Salad Gemüse - Vegetables Nachtisch/Dessert - Dessert |
| Meals Bratwurst - different styles: Nürnberger (very small ones), Thüringer (my favourite), Weißwürste (white veal bratwurst) Schnitzel Natur - Cutlet Wiener Schnitzel - breaded Cutlet (originally veal in Germany usually pork) Jägerschnitzel - Cutlet with a mushroom sauce Zigeunerschnitzel - Cutlet with a spicy paprika sauce Rahmschnitzel - Cutlet with heavy cream Kassler Rippchen - Smoked Pork Chops Gulasch - Goulash Schweinebraten - Roast Pork Rouladen - Rolled Beef Sauerbraten - Marinated Beef or Pork (sour) Kalbsleber - Calf's Liver (Berlin style with fresh Apples and Onion slices) Zwiebelbraten - Onion Roast Filetsteak Hähnchen - Chockerel Ente - Duck Hasenbraten - Roast Hare Rehrücken - Roast Deer (?) Hirschragout - Ragout of Hart Spätzle - German style egg noodles |
Getränke - Beverages/Drinks Bier (Pils, Export, Altbier, Kölsch, Weizen) - Beer Alsterwasser Radler - Beer with Sprite Altbierbowle Wein - Wine Cola - Coke Fanta Sprite Orangensaft - Orange Juice Apfelsaft - Apple Juice Apfelschorle - half Apple Juice half Mineral Water Mineralwasser - Mineral Water Kaffee - Coffee Tee - Tea |
In Germany the price of your meal already includes the taxes and the tip. However if you enjoyed a fine meal and a not too bad service (you probably won't find the same great service as in the US) you should add a little bit extra to the bill (pay 25 Euro instead of 23.90 Euro). If you are a student or do not earn money by your own, you can go without tipping. Moreover, it is regular to round up the amount payable (pay 12 Euro instead of 11.80 Euro).
German Wine
Mostly in southern Germany you can find a lot of wine (Riesling, Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Geürztraminer ...)- German wine and the German Vintage Guide
German Beer
You know that we Germans love our own beer but it is also pretty famous throughout the world. Here I have listed some interesting Websites about German beer (unfortunately most of them are in German):- Bier aus Deutschland
- German Beer Purity Law
- Bayern Brewing Home Page - this is a US-Site
- Why German beer? - from DIEBELS
- Warsteiner USA Homepage one of my favourite beers.
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