Wednesday, September 21, 2005

So, if anyone says to you; "(Name here), what kind of meat do people eat in Germany?* OK, I don't know why anyone would ask you this, but just stay with me here; tell them PORK. It's all that seems to have in the grocery store....there's a little chicken, but it seems to be there just for diversity's sake, and the beef is in HUGE pieces, so that's out of the picture. On the other hand, I have discovered beef in jelly, Herring in creme, oil, tomatoes, and what looks like water, as well as some other as yet unnamed silvery slab of fish swimming in oil that's sold over by the "anti pasti" section of the store. Something tells me that's not an Italian invention. And you can buy oxtail soup in a can....I've come so close just for shits and giggles. But maybe my favorite so far is Hamburger Aalsuppe (Hamburg Eel Soup). Don't worry, I won't actually eat it.

This Post is obviously omitting the good things to eat in the interest of, well, interest, so just keep that in mind. On the back of this webpage you will notice that is says to "take with pinch of salt."

1 Comments:

Blogger Bunny said...

A fish market in Kanazawa (big city to my west) offers speared octopus...still alive. Seriously, they de-beak it, spear it, and half of the appeal to Japanese pleasure is that you can still see it twitch/jiggle as it gasps for air.

2) Fermented beans that smell like 2 week old unwashed football player jockstrap. Add to that the fact that it FLOATS IN SLIME. Add to that Japanese people like to make the most horrid slurping sounds when they eat it. Seriously, its like watching someone vomit in reverse.

3) Mayonnaise. IN EVERYTHING. Drizzled on fries, fried chicken, noodles, EVERYTHING. Everyone says that japanese people eat healthily. BULLSHIT--EVERYTHING IS FRIED.

Glad to see that a fellow expat is also wary of food ;)

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