Exploring German Cuisine

By:Arfeen Ahmed Ali

Introduction to Germany and It’s Cuisine

What do you know? What do you know about

Germany? Travel? Classes? Food?

What the food shows? Show the culture. Food grow out of and reflect the living conditions of

the people. Food being a basic need in process have contributed

to very primal of attributes of different civilizations. Development of culinary arts represents the inborn

urge towards betterment.

Aging of Fooding Culture in GermanyMedieval Era17th – 18th century

Agragarian economyIndustrialization,

Manufacturing, War and rationing.

Re-unification of East & West Germany

Foreign Influences The first wave of

foreigners coming to Germany specifically to sell their food specialties were ice cream makers from northern Italy, who started to arrive in noticeable numbers during the late 1920s. During the second half of the 1950s, many foreign dishes have been adopted into German cuisine — Italian dishes, such as spaghetti and pizza. Chinese and Greek food also are widespread and popular. Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, and other Asian cuisines are rapidly gaining in popularity.

A Day in Germany…

Frühstück•Beverages•Breads •Spreads•Cold Meats•Eggs•Cheese•Saft, Milk , Yogurt•Cereal•Musli

Mittagessen Meat

potato salad with sausage or meat balls

Spätzle noodles with stir-fry Fish sticks with mashed

potato

Vegetables› Green beans› Carrots› Peas› Cabbage

o Potatoes

Mittagessen (Cont.)

Pausenbrot Snacks Sandwiches Whole grain bread and cheese Fruits Musli Bar

Whole grain bread with Cheese Sausages Meats Pickles, Mustard Soup or salad

Abendbrot

What about Germany’s location and features might influence its cuisine? Bodies of water

› Seas› Rivers

Neighboring countries (all 9 of them!)

Topography› Mountains vs river

valleys

Regional Cuisine Northern Regions

› Bordered by two Seas› Rivers› Lush valleys

Northern specialties› Fish

Eel Soup (Aalsuppe)› Berries

Summer Berry Pudding (Rote Grutze)

› Cabbage Sauerkraut

› Marzipan Almond Paste used in desserts

with spices› Potatoes

Potato pancakes with Bacon and Pear Sauce! (Himmel und Erde – Erdapfel)

Regional Cuisine Eastern Regions

› Prior Soviet Block› Cosmopolitan Berlin› Lush River Valleys

Grain cultivation Vegetable cultivation

Eastern Specialties› Currywurst› Kaffee und Kuchen!!

Dresdener Stollen› Pickled vegetables

Gherkins› Breads

Burger Knaeckebrot (Multigrain flatbread)

› Havelberger Bierfleisch Stew made with fish, potatoes,

bacon, dark beer and gingerbread

Regional Cuisine Southern Regions

› Mountains Hunting

› Cold Climate› Pig Farming

Southern Specialties› Noodles

Spaetzle Maultaschen

› Dumplings Knoedel or Kloesse

› Gingerbread Lebkuchen

› Pretzels (Brezeln)› Schnitzel

Pork or veal cutlets› Ham (Black Forest

Ham)

Regional Cuisine Western Regions

› Shares borders with France Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands

› Lush river valleys Grain cultivation Potato cultivation

Western Specialties› Potatoes

Kartoffelknoedel› Beef stews

(Sauerbraten)› Bread

Pumpernickel› Mustards (Senf)› Sauces

Gruene Sosse

MUST Try Foods and Drinks when Visiting Germany

The Doner Kebab The Real German Pretzel

The Wurstsalat The Wiener Schnitzel

Desserts› Schwarzwälder

Kirschtorte (Black forest Cake)

› Viennese Apple Strudel› Rote Grütze› Cream Puffs

The German Bier

Gluhwein

DANKE SCHÖN