A Taste of Germany

First and foremost: Germany beer.  Thanks to Reinheitsgebot (the "Germany Beer Purity Law") German beers may only contain water, malt and hops.  This is a typical dark beer and a hefeweizen.
First and foremost: Germany beer. Thanks to Reinheitsgebot (the “Germany Beer Purity Law”) German beers may only contain water, malt and hops. This is a typical dark beer and a hefeweizen.
Wiener Schnitzel with pommes.
Wiener Schnitzel with pommes.

 

Smoked salmon salad with eggs and potato.
Smoked salmon salad with eggs and potato.

 

A wide selection of olives in the Christmas market in Traben Trarbach.
A wide selection of olives in the Christmas market in Traben Trarbach.
All sorts of sausage at the Christmas Market.
All sorts of sausage at the Christmas Market.
A variety of German Christmas sweets.
A variety of German Christmas sweets.
Very fresh (alive when I ordered it) trout.
Very fresh (alive when I ordered it) trout.
A traditional German Christmas dinner: goose with a side of stuffing, a baked apple, and sweet red cabbage (not pictured).
A traditional German Christmas dinner: goose with a side of stuffing, a baked apple, and sweet red cabbage (not pictured).
My recipeless attempt at a German Christmas dessert. Stuffed apple with a side of ice cream, topped with sweet (Spanish) sherry.
My recipeless attempt at a German Christmas dessert. Stuffed apple with a side of ice cream, topped with sweet (Spanish) sherry.

 

A bratwurst and beer in the Traben Trarbach cave Christmas market.
A bratwurst and beer in the Traben Trarbach cave Christmas market.

 

Johanna

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