The document discusses various aspects of German culture, particularly focusing on its culinary traditions and influences from different regions and historical periods. It highlights the evolution of German cuisine, which has incorporated a variety of foreign dishes while reflecting the local living conditions and agricultural practices. Additionally, it notes specific regional specialties and foods, illustrating the rich diversity of Germany's culinary landscape.

2.  What do you know about
Germany?
 Travel?
 Classes?
 Food?

3.  Show the culture.
 Food grow out of and reflect the living conditions of the
people.
 Food being a basic need in process have contributed to
very primal of attributes of different civilizations.
 Development of culinary arts represents the inborn urge
towards betterment.

4.  Medieval Era
 17th – 18th century Agragarian
economy
 Industrialization,
Manufacturing, War and rationing.
 Re-unification of East & West
Germany

5. The first wave of
foreigners coming to
Germany specifically to sell
their food specialties were
ice cream makers from
northern Italy, who started
to arrive in noticeable
numbers during the late
1920s. During the second
half of the 1950s, many
foreign dishes have been
adopted into German
cuisine — Italian dishes,
such as spaghetti and
pizza. Chinese and Greek
food also are widespread
and popular. Indian,
Vietnamese, Thai, and
other Asian cuisines are
rapidly gaining in popularity.

7. • Beverages
• Breads
• Spreads
• Cold Meats
• Eggs
• Cheese
• Saft, Milk , Yogurt
• Cereal
• Musli

8.  Meat
 potato salad with sausage or
meat balls
 Spätzle noodles with stir-fry
 Fish sticks with mashed potato

9.  Vegetables
› Green beans
› Carrots
› Peas
› Cabbage
o Potatoes

10.  Snacks
 Sandwiches
 Whole grain bread and cheese
 Fruits
 Musli Bar
 Whole grain bread with Cheese
 Sausages
 Meats
 Pickles, Mustard
 Soup or salad

11.  Bodies of water
› Seas
› Rivers
 Neighboring countries (all 9
of them!)
 Topography
› Mountains vs river valleys

12.  Northern Regions
› Bordered by two Seas
› Rivers
› Lush valleys
 Northern specialties
› Fish
 Eel Soup (Aalsuppe)
› Berries
 Summer Berry Pudding (Rote
Grutze)
› Cabbage
 Sauerkraut
› Marzipan
 Almond Paste used in desserts
with spices
› Potatoes
 Potato pancakes with Bacon and
Pear Sauce! (Himmel und Erde –
Erdapfel)

13.  Eastern Regions
› Prior Soviet Block
› Cosmopolitan Berlin
› Lush River Valleys
 Grain cultivation
 Vegetable cultivation
 Eastern Specialties
› Currywurst
› Kaffee und Kuchen!!
 Dresdener Stollen
› Pickled vegetables
 Gherkins
› Breads
 Burger Knaeckebrot (Multigrain
flatbread)
› Havelberger Bierfleisch
 Stew made with fish, potatoes,
bacon, dark beer and gingerbread

14.  Southern Regions
› Mountains
 Hunting
› Cold Climate
› Pig Farming
 Southern Specialties
› Noodles
 Spaetzle
 Maultaschen
› Dumplings
 Knoedel or Kloesse
› Gingerbread
 Lebkuchen
› Pretzels (Brezeln)
› Schnitzel
 Pork or veal cutlets
› Ham (Black Forest Ham)

15.  Western Regions
› Shares borders with
 France
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Netherlands
› Lush river valleys
 Grain cultivation
 Potato cultivation
 Western Specialties
› Potatoes
 Kartoffelknoedel
› Beef stews (Sauerbraten)
› Bread
 Pumpernickel
› Mustards (Senf)
› Sauces
 Gruene Sosse

17.  The Doner Kebab  The Real German
Pretzel

18.  The Wurstsalat  The Wiener Schnitzel

19. › Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
(Black forest Cake)
› Viennese Apple Strudel
› Rote Grütze
› Cream Puffs

20.  The German Bier
 Gluhwein