【Sad News】German Cuisine: Just Processed Meat, Boiled Potatoes, Sour Cabbage, Hard Bread, and Vegetable Soup

Kinda plain.

But what if you add beer to it?

Satisfied with just sausages and beer.

But it's tasty.

Seems like they don't have desserts.

>>3
Their cakes are huge.

>>3
Baumkuchen.

But apparently, many Germans don't even know it exists.

I want to eat a bellyful of sauerkraut.
I want to take home the Indian curry one.

Hamburg steak alone can keep you going for a while.

Are there not many ethnic groups that put weight on food?

>>8
Not many.
Only Japanese people have an outstanding passion for food.

>>49
China too, right?

>>8
That's not true.
Germany is just a cold and poor land where even wheat is hard to grow, so they simply have fewer ingredients.
Countries located on the warm and fertile coastlines of the southern Eurasian continent can choose from seafood, fruits, vegetables, and even staple foods.
It's the difference between lands where you fight to eat and lands where you fight to see what's delicious.

Europe has a history of wars, so their food culture didn't develop much.
Just kidding.

I don't understand why their bread is so sour.

Schnitzel also pretends to be German cuisine, so include it.

They have pretzels and tree-shaped cakes too.

Dutch cuisine isn't much different, right?

I kinda want to try blood sausage once.

For sweets, it's Haribo, I guess.

Schweinshaxe, schnitzel, frikadelle, and sauerbraten aren't processed meats.

Bûche de Noël.

>>19
Isn't that French?

He probably meant stollen.

【Sad News】The only German words Japanese people know are Bayern, Schauen, and Essen Polka.

>>20
I know a cool German word: Kugelschreiber.

>>20
I know a bunch, like Ahnenerbe and Rätsel. 😤

>>20
Energie and Karte are German words.

>>45
Energy and virus have no signs of being replaced by "energy" and "virus."

>>45
Like "Arbeit."

>>20
Hamburg steak.

They also have raw pork.

Potatoes, sausages, and beer is the image.

Beer covers a lot, but Germany is quite similar to the UK in terms of "food is just something to eat."

>>21
So Anglo-Saxons have bad food, huh?

>>78
In Protestant countries, indulgence in physical pleasures is seen as a sin against faith, so meals have to be simple.
The reason why the UK, with its Church of England, has bad food is because its land is not suitable for growing crops and during the Industrial Revolution, industry was prioritized over food.

>>86
I see.

They have a ton of different types of bread, cheese, and ham.
Breakfast is just those things, but each has a huge variety.

The non-spicy mustard was delicious.

That's a lie; they also have asparagus.

They have tartare steak too.

I can't stand eating potatoes every day.
It doesn't feel like I've eaten a meal.

You can survive a week in Germany with just schnitzel.
It's practically tonkatsu.
But staying for years would be tough.

Isn't the UK still better? 🤔

>>42
Their bread, cheese, and ham are all delicious.
There are many varieties, and while some may not suit everyone's taste, they are good.
But if you don't like Germany, long-term stays might get boring.

I've heard they have a recipe book with just potato salad recipes.
Apparently, they have a strong passion for potato salad.

Sour cabbage means sauerkraut, right?

I wonder if Eisbein is tasty.

>>47
It's very meaty.
Personally, I prefer it roasted rather than just eating it as is.

I've learned to use beer instead of water for stews.

From my own research after traveling to multiple European countries:
1. Italy
2. Belgium
3. Spain
4. Croatia
5. Czech Republic
6. France
7. Netherlands
8. Poland
9. Slovenia
10. Germany
12. Ireland
12. Austria
13. UK

I've only eaten Greek, Russian, and Portuguese food in Japanese restaurants.

>>56
Portuguese food is delicious with bacalhau dishes.
German food was also generally tasty.

I knew Spanish food was good, but Belgium is a favorite too.

Is it true that Baumkuchen is super minor in its home country?

>>60
It's a local confection from the western part of the country.
It's from the hometown of Yuhime-san.

>>60
It's so minor that even German embassy staff often try it for the first time in Japan.

>>64
>>65
There must be other things like this too.

>>60
I heard it's not that uncommon.
Similar things exist outside of Germany too, but they're incredibly tedious to make, so you can't just whip them up easily.

Baumkuchen is treated like Akafuku or Shingen Mochi in Japan.
Even the old shops in Germany are fighting over who made it first.

I went to Germany, and the food was really bad.
Worse than the UK, and there are no German restaurants.
They say German cuisine is what you eat at home, so there are no such restaurants, according to the locals.

>>62
You can eat German food at beer halls in Germany.

Would I be okay if I love potatoes and sausages? 🙄
I feel like I wouldn't mind eating potatoes every day.

Isn't it the same everywhere in Europe?
Bean soup drives me crazy.

It looks tasty with beer.

Isn't it schnitzel and white asparagus?

>>74
White asparagus is a seasonal specialty during Frühling Fest.

There are also things like white asparagus and pig's feet.

Imported sauerkraut from Germany is so sour that it's tough for Japanese people to eat. It's something you have a bit of as a palate cleanser after stuffing yourself with currywurst.

>>80
When a German acquaintance saw me munching on it, he told his wife, "This guy is okay with sauerkraut."

>>97
They're treating you like a dog, LOL.

I thought Germans lived on sausages and beer alone.

I want to eat white sausage that's only good until the morning.

After going to the UK, it's so delicious it makes me cry.

I think countries with delicious food tend to have loose religious rules and a wide variety of ingredients.

Zundamon said there's only potatoes and sausages.

It's a country where winters are so cold that only potatoes can grow, and livestock can't survive the winter without being processed into preserved food. I get why the food culture is all about potatoes and sausages, but it's 2024, so they should eat better stuff by now.

>>98
Modern Germans eat pizza, pasta, kebabs, and Chinese food just fine. It's just that food culture and history make it hard for German cuisine, which didn't have a strong foundation, to develop.

But German food isn't that bad. It just lacks flair. Compared to Italy and France, even other European countries' food seems abnormal.

Before the Industrial Revolution, wheat production was so inefficient compared to rice that it couldn't be a staple food. Rice could yield over 20 times more from one grain, but wheat only about three times, which wasn't sustainable.

>>100
It also depends on the richness of the land. Areas like Tunisia, formerly Carthage, and the Nile Delta in Egypt had decent harvest efficiency, which supported the food of the Roman Empire. But when the Vandals and Islam took over, it contributed to Rome's collapse.

One thing I notice when I go abroad is that sweets are excessively sweet everywhere. Is there a reason for that?

>>104
I saw data on that. Japan's daily sugar consumption is slightly below the global average.

Apparently, young Germans hate sauerkraut too, but I like it. Maybe it's like how young Japanese don't eat nukazuke.

Fish dishes are really bad and expensive. But meat dishes, although not visually appealing, taste good. And the bread is surprisingly delicious. Even the regular bread from local bakeries or the bread used to hold grilled sausages is good.

Also, just boiled meat is ridiculously expensive.

If you go to a supermarket, you'll be amazed at the variety of potato types. It's like rice.

I've never found a currywurst that tastes good.

Isn't there a lot of Turkish food in Germany?

Just like foreigners only know about sushi and ramen when it comes to Japanese food, we probably only know a handful of foreign dishes too.