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Opinion: If Germans had internationally marketed Pfannkuchen (or Eierkuchen) and its various toppings/fillings, both sweet and savory, whether for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, it would have been a massive boost for the image of German cuisine, despite Pfannkuchen's simplicity.

And the versatility I see for recipes on German websites. Everything from the traditional applesauce ones to apricot-stuffed rolls, to stacks of them sauced and cheesed and herbed to imitate lasagna, to dill-and-cured salmon ones, to spinach and mushrooms rolls, to omelette styled ones, etc. etc. etc.

I think it was a missed opportunity. It still might have a chance though. The Anglosphere doesn't seem to have such an equivalent, so perhaps marketing there could hold weight (basically as a more utilitarian crepe capable of supporting heavier foodstuffs).
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I never regarded pancakes as belonging to a certain country.
I don't think it's "a German" dish, bcause it's not "a X" dish.
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>>22003690
I'm talking about a specific stylization. Everyone associates crepes with France. Plus, America has a notable absence of such thinly styled pancakes.
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>>22003696
I dont know where you live in America but both savor and sweet crepes are everywhere in Malls and Cafes atleast in the northeast
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Maybe before the wars fucked up everything badly. At least for what the average Joe eats.
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>>22003705
Crepes are way, way thinner than normal pancakes. You need a special pan and tool to flatten them.
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weißwurst in pfeffersoße and dampfnudeln. of course the weißswurst saw 11 o'clock, i made it for lunch!
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>>22004197
I legitimately just felt a need to puke.
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>>22003690
This. Also savory pancakes suck.
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>>22004212
Fat anon gets angry at lack of sugar
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>>22004214
Just accept that they suck. There's no reason to chose pancakes instead of potatoes, noodles, rice or bread.
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>>22004204
good food will make you skinny
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>>22003682
Germany only had burgers and it was americanized in the same way pizza was improved by fat americans.
When I think of german food I think of raw ground pork with onions or those ugly sandwiches that are just a fish between two loaves of bread. There is a reason why people talk about French and Italian food all the time and not german food.
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>>22004252
Du takes that back right nau.
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>>22004266
I see the german in his rage has went back to his diet of ground jewish meat.
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>>22004252
WHen I think of German food I think of rouladen with rotkohl and potatoes or knoedel.
Good old hausmannskost. Yum!
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>>22004269
That would be against the Reinheitsgebot.
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>>22004274
When I think of German food, I think of 4 things
>Fresh baked bread
>Cheese
>Sausage
>Beer
The biggest thing Germans could do to export their food culture is ramp up exports of all their micro-scale cheese brands that you currently can't realistically get outside the country. You could make 1000 charcuteries in Germany and never get bored so long as you kept rotating cheeses and sausage types, but that's just not visible abroad.
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>>22003682
I could see those being good in a german style pub
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>>22003682
bruh just about every Western culture has a variation on filled pancakes or crepes
>oh but ours is ze different because it is 1mm thicker than ze american pancake!
no one cares lol. it's still pretty much the same thing.
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>>22004453
what cheeses lol, germany does not at all have a reputable cheese culture, not even in comparison to small switzerland, and certainly nothing compared to france or italy
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>>22003682
Germans need to massively reinvent themselves. Maybe a shweinshaxe and potato sandwich between crusty bread?
what else are they gonna do, make coney dogs out of weisswurst?
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>>22003705
Common in the Midwest too.
>>22003757
They are listed specifically in menus in America as crepes and we know they aren't the same as pancakes.
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>>22004197
I have never seen or heard of such an abomination and I have lived in Bavaria all my life. Where do you live that such things are served there?
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>>22005887
Mumbai
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>>22005896
Is that restaurant food? Is that considered authentic German cuisine there? This is one of the most baffling cooking related things I have ever seen.
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>>22004453
>>22004496
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>>22003682
There's even pancake soup (Frittatensuppe)
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>>22006945
Forgot to attach cheese stats
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>>22005887
>Where do you live that such things are served there
schwabenländle and it was leftover cooking. it was good
>>22005933
leftover cooking
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>>22007518
>schwabenländle
I would like to remind every bavarian here that despite living in stuttgart, I am a badenian and have nothing in come with this sauschwobbe.
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>>22004197
>weißwurst
Just ask the Bavarians about their Germany status.
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>>22004252
>When I think of german food I think of raw ground pork with onions or those ugly sandwiches that are just a fish between two loaves of bread
We do not give food to tourists. Sorry, doesn't gain anything and raises their expectations.

>There is a reason why people talk about French and Italian food all the time and not german food.
Yes, the price, but Italian style is pretty good. You can get food in Germany in taste and quality you will not believe. But nobody over here will tell you where and when.
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>>22009149
when your continent-spanning economic powerhouse can't compete with, for example, Georgian cuisine... well... it is time to reconsider existing as a national identity
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love my german deli
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>>22009163
>Georgian cuisine
Has no bratwurst and beer and so is inferior.
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>>22009630
>ALways having access to freshly cooked rouladen with sauce and red cabbage.
Lucky. Do they have potatoes too? And especially knoedel?
They are kinda needed as contrast to complete the delicious trio. So good.
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>>22009630
that looks awesome. expensive but that’s what convenience costs
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>>22009163
We are constantly trying to exist as europeans instead of germans and the rest of europe hates us for it. So, sorry, but we're here to stay.
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>>22009149
enough with the delusions, german soldiers were mind broken during ww2 when they were introduced to french food
they never knew about seafood until then, meanwhile they taught the french about fucking shreded carrots...
there is also the difference in mentality, where French have many types of salts but for the germoids salt is salt so they don't care about random table salt and fleur de sel
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>>22010851
>they never knew about seafood
umm, bruder, dein fischbrötchen?
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>>22003682
I've always enjoyed eating at german restaurants whenever i can find them. There aren't any where i live now thoughbeit
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>>22003682
German cuisine will never be good or respected because german food culture has been influenced by protestantism which denounces experiencing earthly pleasures such as good food, for them one should not get too attached to it. Germans view food as a resource to manage, the cheaper it is, the larger the quantities for the price, the better. Sure they'll have some exceptions since catholicism is till present in the country, but overall it's pretty bleak.

That and the shit climate that doesn't allow for a variety of properly ripe produce.
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>>22011012
Always that religious bullshit while most of the good sausage regions are evangelic.
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>>22011012
You are the physical manifestation of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
I won't explain why. I hope you'll repeat your thoughts many times to many people
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>>22004204
>is that.... meat and dough? and lettuce??? without HFCU?????? save me red 40 I'm going insane!
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>>22003682
Germaniac and or central/center-eastern European food (Austria-Hungary) in general is delicious. Probably tied with Italian as my favorite. Grew up eating the most delicious dumplings on earth, schnitzel-all the meat was top tier, and the best baked goods and desserts. Also grew up eating authentic northern Italian and its also delicious in everyway.
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>>22004274
you don't need much more than this
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>>22011012
Americans are protestants and their quizeen is pretty good
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>>22003682
>pancakes :/
>pancakes, German :O
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>>22003682
Who says german food isn't well known abroad?
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>>22011012
>That and the shit climate that doesn't allow for a variety of properly ripe produce.
As long as enough apples ripen to make apple wine, it's enough.
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>>22012648
This anon memes, but the practice of putting fries and mixed salad in a kebab originated in Germany.
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>>22012643
American cuisine has way more Catholic influence, though. It's obvious with Italian-American, Mexican-American, and Cajun food, a lot of the NE and Midwestern stuff also came from Catholic Greek or Eastern European immigrants, and even Texas BBQ probably has Catholic origins since it was developed by German immigrants who were often Catholics fleeing Protestant oppression.
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>>22012733
You are retarded, but in a funny way. I can appreciate that.
Give us some more hot takes
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>>22012733
That makes a lot of sense actually. Brits also can't cook and are also protestants
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>>22012721
What you know as a "kebab" was invented in Germany. The original kebab is just a skewer
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>>22003682
Perhaps there was too much emphasis on all the meats
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>>22012721
greek immigrants in new york were doing that shit in gyros decades before turks got to berlin
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>>22010905
Comes from the sea, but not food, for human consumption at least
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>>22003682
How do I make whatever that is?
It looks tasty.
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>>22014350
It's not a common German dish at all so just make pancakes and throw some spinach, champignons, shallots/onions and some thick milk product as it seems in.
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>>22003690
cuisine is made up of the food available to that region. if the food is available in another region it does not disqualify it for being part of german cuisine.
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>>22003705
I lived in America 30 years and never saw a crepe once. Not once. Mid-Atlantic, Texas, California.
And crepes are French. But pretty much all Europeans eat crepes today.

Anyway I lived in Germany 8 years and the food isn't that bad but it isn't that good either. The issue is it isn't exotic. People want something special when they go out, not basically the same thing their mama fed them growing up. Pork and potatoes. People want Thai food or Mexican or whatever.

What could take off in America is called Frikadellen. That und pommes. If you know - du kennst.
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>>22015401
>People want something special when they go out
In Bavaria at least the most popular dish by far is Schnitzel with fries, along with roast pork with bread roll dumplings. The Bavarians are admittedly not known for their enterprising spirit in all things culinary.
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Who ever heard of German food?
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>>22016160
Germans are literally so cheap they eat for cost effectiveness and nothing else.
Pommes mit schnitzel is that price to flavor to volume ratio they love. They also love big portions.
Currywurst is garbage but it's cheap.
Döner became so popular bevause it is cheap and fast and filling and tasty. Efficient.
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>>22016238
>Currywurst is garbage but it's cheap.
Currywurst isn't even cheap. That's why döner got so popular. Also you can't make the latter at home while the first is just a sausage with ketchup.
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>>22003682
You germans sure fancy your pancakes! Not long ago I learnt that you add it to plain buillon, cut into stripes. I must say it was a good combination, and filling too!
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>>22016252
>you add it to plain buillon
The French also do that. At least in le guide culinaire you find plenty recipes with it. Not sure if all those niche haute cuisine soups are really that representive though.
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>>22016257
GGermans eat for efficiency.
French eat for pleasure.
The same dish in France, even Alace, is going to taste better than that dish prepared across the border in Freiburg.

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