{"id":15102,"date":"2013-12-13T17:36:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T16:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteaway.pl\/en\/?p=15102"},"modified":"2018-06-06T10:22:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T08:22:59","slug":"taste-christmas-markets-german-delicacies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteaway.pl\/en\/2013\/12\/13\/taste-christmas-markets-german-delicacies\/","title":{"rendered":"The taste of Christmas markets, or German delicacies"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve been in Germany since Sunday and so far we drove quite a few kilometres, visited three cities and just reached the fourth one \u2014 Berlin. <\/b>We saw\u00a0Dresden<\/strong><\/a>, where we went for a walk around the city centre and visited Frauenkirche and Semperoper opera house, then\u00a0Nuremberg<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0with its picturesque small streets, Albrecht D\u00fcrer\u2019s house and kids\u2019 market and last but not least, Liepzig<\/b> with its huge Christmas market and a culinary walk entitled Eat the world<\/b> \u2014 a very good idea I\u2019ll tell you all about pretty soon\u2026<\/p>\n

During these couple of days we actually managed to taste quite a lot of German delicacies, starting with different kinds of wursts <\/i>(sausages), potato salad, gingerbread and lots and lots of mulled wine! Some of them you\u2019ll find mainly on Christmas markets, other also during German street festivities taking place throughout the year, and some simply anytime you want: in restaurants or small snack booths selling something to grab and eat in a few bites\u2026 You\u2019re feeling hungry? Let\u2019s go! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

1) WURSTS!!!
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\"wurst,<\/a><\/dt>\n
Nuremberg sausages and potato salad<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

In Germany, you will find sausages everywhere, and during large open air events they literally turn into the first-choice snacks for everyone \u2014 and I\u2019m not talking only about Christmas markets here but also\u00a0Oktoberfest<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0wine festival in Wiesbaden. As I have already written, we have instantly fell in love with curry wurst<\/b>, which is a sausage cut into pieces, in tomato and peppers sauce and generously sprinkled with curry. It\u2019s delicious!<\/p>\n

We also didn\u2019t say no to grilled bratwurst,<\/b>\u00a0which tastes best eaten with a bun or a pretzel seasoned with salt crystals. Maks also became a fan, because (I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s good or bad) he could eat a sausage for each meal of the day! I really don\u2019t know where he got it from \ud83d\ude42 Snack booths often sell bratwursts <\/i>that are 0.5 m long and served in a bun. This is enough for two people, believe me!<\/p>\n

However, if you\u2019re not hungry while visiting the Christmas market, there are also various kinds of sausages and hams which you can buy for later, for your Christmas dinner \u2014 that is exactly how this tradition was born. In the 15th\u00a0century Dresden, December markets were places where, after the period of fast, you could buy meat and hams to serve them later at your house.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Nuremberg <\/b>you should definitely try\u00a0tiny sausages<\/a>,\u00a0which are the very local specialty. For big tummies 12 pieces, for smaller \u2014 only 6. But will 6 make you full if even our 2.5-year-old Maks ate 3? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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\"bratwurst,<\/a><\/dt>\n
Christmas snack booth selling 0.5 m long bratwursts \ud83d\ude42<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Lipsk,<\/a><\/dt>\n
for your Christmas table<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

2) A SMALL SNACK
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Small sandwiches sold on Christmas markets are a good solution both for meat eaters and for those who feel like finally eating something else. The former will should go for a wurst<\/i> or 3-4 Nuremberg sausages in a bun. We noticed that in the city of Nuremberg literally everyone was having them! EUR 2-3 and the hunger is gone. They\u2019re really delicious!<\/p>\n

For the latter, there is a fish version available: with herring or salmon. It\u2019s not as popular as the meat one, but looks equally mouthwatering \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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\"jarmarki<\/a><\/dt>\n
small fish sandwiches on the market in Nuremberg<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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\"jarmark<\/a><\/dt>\n
herring sandwiches<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

3) AN OBLIGATORY PRETZEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

No visit Germany, no matter if just for the weekend or maybe for a few more days, can happen without eating at least a couple of pretzels. Usually seasoned with salt, they are an ideal snack for breakfast, during sightseeing, to go with lunch, with beer or just something to have some time before dinner. I ate lots of them during Oktoberfest and I\u2019m doing the same thing now! I love them!<\/p>\n

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pretzel \u2014 an absolute must!<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

4) AND IN A RESTAURANT….<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buying and eating food on Christmas markets is a nice and special experience, but after a few days of such meals most people feel like having a proper dinner at a table and not somewhere on their way, while they\u2019re holding a sausage in one hand, a cup with hot\u00a0gl\u00fchwein <\/i>in the other while trying to catch their kid with the third \ud83d\ude09 Hello to all you owners of the \u201cthird\u201d helping hand out there! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Therefore, in order to eat something in peace and give Maks something else than a sausage (he wasn\u2019t at all happy about it), we visited a couple of restaurants. What do we recommend for lunch or proper, big dinner? One thing you\u2019ll find almost everywhere is duck \u2014 <\/b>usually served as \u00bd or \u00bc with red cabbage and a potato knedla<\/i> in quite a nice sauce. It\u2019s a good choice even though the duck itself is not so perfect: sometimes the meat is hard and the skin dry. We\u2019ve been looking for the perfect one but haven\u2019t found it yet\u2026 I keep coming back to the taste of the duck I had on Oktoberfest<\/a>, but maybe this had something to do with me being veeery hungry at the time and the general atmosphere of euphoria surrounding me? Anyway, it\u2019s worth trying to look for the ideal duck!<\/p>\n

If you like duck but prefer it in a lighter version and in more elegant restaurants, you will surely come across various ideas for salads with duck breast. Try them \u2014 they\u2019re very good!<\/p>\n

For those who like trying new things, one local specialty Leipziger Allerlei <\/b>will be the best bet. The dish includes lots of vegetables (peas, carrots, broccoli, asparagus), mushrooms and \u2014 in our case \u2014 crayfish (this is the traditional version). Allerlei in German stands for a mix, a combination of many items and looks exactly like that on a plate. The whole dish is supposed to be served covered with a sauce close to bisque,<\/i>\u00a0i.e. cream soup made of crayfish, crab or lobster. They say it tastes good! But on the other hand, it\u2019s been present in the Saxon cuisine since the 19th\u00a0or even 18th\u00a0century!<\/p>\n

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\"kaczka,<\/a><\/dt>\n
a classic \u2014 duck, red cabbage and a potato knedla<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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\"pier\u015b<\/a><\/dt>\n
quite a light dish if you consider German cuisine in general \u2014 salad with duck breast<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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\"allerlei,<\/a><\/dt>\n
typical in Liepzig – allerlei with lots of vegetables<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

One place to try allerlei is\u00a0Weinstock<\/a>\u00a0restaurant neat Markt, which is the main square in Liepzig. And the duck? We\u2019re still looking for the perfect one! In the meantime we invite you to try wursts, <\/i>pretzels and small sandwiches during German street festivities.<\/p>\n

After dinner it\u2019s time for something sweet\u2026 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0We\u2019ll get to that tomorrow and now we\u2019ll leave you with a picture (on the top of this post) of gingerbread with dried fruits \u2014 fruchtebrot<\/i>\u00a0\u2014 one of our favourite sweet snacks eaten on Christmas markets! Enjoy!<\/p>\n

*post powsta\u0142 we wsp\u00f3\u0142pracy z\u00a0Niemieck\u0105 Central\u0105 Turystyki (DZT)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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