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If Käsespätzle are "the German version of mac and cheese", then Rolly Royce is the English version of Fiat Panda.

great video, but eating pork knuckle and 'kässpätztle' in Cologne is like having an original texan barbecue in Washington State.

German cuisine is majorly underrated

The dish I most associate with Germany is "Rote Grutze," a fruit pudding that has as many variations as trifle. I first tasted it in Hamburg staying with the family of the German exchange student who spent a year at my high school in Michigan. Her aunt and uncle put me up for longer visits than they might have liked in 1966 and 1968, and I've stayed in touch with Wiltrud and her family ever since. Wiltrud e-mailed me a few days ago that "Tante Ingried," who decided it was easier to live with a misspelled first name than try to get German bureaucracy to correct her birth certificate, died just before Christmas at age 94, so the dessert I couldn't get enough of has been on my mind. She was one of the most warmhearted people I've ever known, and her great joy in life was making sure her family and guests were well-fed, I'm making a contribution in her memory to one of the food banks here in Los Angeles, which are struggling as badly as everywhere else. Frohe neues Jahr an alle!

I was stationed in Germany for four years and never found any food I didn't love. Better in the south, though.

My ultimate favorite are Rindesroulladen or beef rolls served with sweet/sour red cabbage, and potato dumplings.

You are now a wanted man in Austria for putting the sauce on the Schnitzel

Das Mettbrötchen hat mich ernsthaft geil gemacht...

You are in the Cologne area - but the dishes you ate aren't really the usual ones of that area. Käsespätze actually are a Swabian dish from the Stuttgart area - the Flammkuchen a dish from the nearby french Alsace region and the Knuckles bavarian. I pin "Rheinischen Sauerbraten with Klößen" - marinated and braised beef with dumplings - as something examplary for the region you ate in. If you get near Frankfurt try "Frankfurter Grüne Soße" (a joghurt dish with 8 herbs served with potatoes and eggs) or "Handkäse mit Musik" (a special marinated cheese with a lot of onions) - both are usually served vegetarian. (There is special sausages of the area, too). Drink Eppler (cider) with it. When you pass the swabian area on your trip to Italy try some Maultaschen - they are a pasta dish in which meat is hidden - or Spätzle as a side dish to all kind of meats with sauce or again as Käsespätzle. Like with every dish - how good a Schnitzel is has a lot to do with the quality of the meat and the cook. At home we used to have the "Kartoffelpuffer" as a side dish to hearty soup on cold days and "killed" the rest of them with apple sauce after that.

When you had your Mettbrötchen in the morning you know you are good to go on a hard days work.

As a German: I also recommend you to sprinkle cinnamon and sugar over the "Kartoffelpuffer mit Apfelmus". Best combination ever.

i love people enjoying the food that i have enjoyed for my entire life. also i admire your adventure spirit. while raw pork may sound strange to some people, it is really nothing else than order a hamburger medium-rare. your enthusiasm to try new things is very uplifting in these times. i am looking forward to see more of you <3

try Königsberger Klopse, Rinderrouladen, Kalbsleber mit Äpfel und Zwiebeln, Rinder/Ochsenbäckchen

"Käsespätzle is the german mac and cheese" Ok it is fair game then, ahem: HAMBURGERS ARE SANDWHICHES!

As a German living around the world, German sourdough bread is still my most favourite and important.

Great video - love Germany and the food 😋👍

You two are quite adorable. So friendly and so open to new experiences. Some thoughts. Bitte - I beg of you - try the Schnitzel again. Order veal not pork, it's a bit more expensive but much tastier. Also, if your able, return to Germany in the spring to enjoy asparagus at it's freshest. Both white and green varieties are very lovely. Did I mention cake and coffee? Drop by a Stehcafé in the late afternoon for a sweet pick-me-up of Bienestich and a piping hot Milchkaffee. Oh, and there's the most important meal of the day - Frühstück - breakfast. Dark flavorful breads, crusty rolls (with butter and jam), meats, cheeses, Musli, coffee, juice and more. And the first meal of the day is often provided gratis at your hostel or hotel. I digress. Getting fairly hungry now. Hoping to return to Germany soon.

You need to try "Sauerbraten" next time - best german dish imho.

That pork knuckle looks amazing. Im envious.

For the first time in my life I have wanted to visit Germany! Amazing it has never entered my head to want to visit Germany!