LOOK FORWARD TO THE SPECIALTY BUFFET IN THE EVENING:
German Unity Day is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Germany’s culinary diversity. Each state has its own traditional dishes and specialties. Here is a list of typical foods and drinks from all 16 states:
Baden-Wuerttemberg:
– Maultaschen: Dumplings filled with a mixture of minced meat, spinach, bread and onions.
– Swabian potato salad: with broth, vinegar and oil.Bavaria:
– Weisswurst: A boiled sausage made from veal and back fat, served with sweet mustard.
– Brezn (pretzels): Pretzel pastry.
– Obatzda: cheese spread made from camembert, butter, onions and spices.
Berlin:
– Currywurst: Bratwurst with a special curry sauce and curry powder sprinkled on top.
– Berliner (pancake): A sweet pastry, similar to a donut, filled with jam.
Brandenburg:
– Spreewald gherkins: Spicy gherkins from the Spreewald region.
Bremen:
– Klaben: A fruit bread similar to the Stollen.
– Bremen Labskaus: A stew of corned beef, potatoes and beet.
Hamburg:
– French roll: sweet pastry with cinnamon and sugar.
– Pannfisch: Fish fillets served with mustard sauce and fried potatoes.
Hesse:
– Hand cheese with music: sour milk cheese served with onions and a marinade of oil, vinegar and caraway seeds.
– Frankfurter Grüne Soße: A cold sauce made from seven herbs, served with potatoes and eggs.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania:
– Fish roll: Roll filled with different types of fish such as herring or mackerel.
– Rügen bread: A hearty rye bread.
Lower Saxony:
– Kale with Pinkel: Kale stew served with a special sausage called Pinkel.
North Rhine-Westphalia:
– Sauerbraten: A sweet and sour roast, often served with red cabbage and potato dumplings.
– Reibekuchen: Potato pancakes served with applesauce.
Rhineland-Palatinate:
– Steam Noodles: A sweet or savory steamed pastry, often served with vanilla sauce or wine sauce.
Saarland:
– Lyoner: A type of sausage, similar to the meat sausage.
– Pork roast: A pork roast from the swing grill.
Saxony:
– Quarkkäulchen: Sweet quark cookies, often served with applesauce.
– Saxon sauerbraten: sauerbraten with raisins.
Saxony-Anhalt:
– Halberstadt sausages: A special type of smoked sausage.
Schleswig-Holstein:
– Holsteiner Schnitzel: A schnitzel served with a fried egg on top.
Thuringia:
– Thuringian Rostbratwurst: A special type of bratwurst, often served with mustard.