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Cooking & Baking

iamateacher

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2. Interesting Observations!

Reply to Cairycat (Original post)

Thu Jul 11, 2019, 07:59 AM

Jul 2019

Our observations were also that German portions are huge. We were told by our hosts that the signal that you are finished was to lay the knife and fork across the plate.
We shop a lot at grocery stores in Europe. We have noted in all the countries that the areas for junk food (soda, chips, cookies, candy) are much much smaller...

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Thoughts on eating in restaurants & buying groceries in Germany [View all] Cairycat Jul 2019 OP

Thank you, Cairycat Ohiogal Jul 2019 #1

Breakfast, water, other thoughts .... Cairycat Jul 2019 #4

Thank you! Ohiogal Jul 2019 #5

Interesting Observations! iamateacher Jul 2019 #2

Thank you for sharing ... CatMor Jul 2019 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author iamateacher Jul 2019 #6

Ach! The food in Germany. My family lived in Augsburg and Mainz in 1950-1962 when Dad was japple Jul 2019 #7

"Our favorites were the salt rolls sprinkled with coarse salt and carraway seed" mitch96 Jul 2019 #8

I think the bread was made with rye flour, plus wheat flour. At any rate, it had a unique taste japple Jul 2019 #9

" I've never found anywhere else" mitch96 Jul 2019 #11

Hotel breakfasts are wonderful spinbaby Jul 2019 #10