Cubism
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Ice cubes are ubiquitous in drinks served in the U.S. One of the standard things you learn when you travel outside North America, however, is that ice-cubes are not all that commonly served.
Category Archives: Food
To each his or her own
I’ve prepared a short German vocabulary list to help with today’s post:
Beer and Beyond
The alcoholic drink of choice in Germany is beer. That probably comes as no surprise, since even in North America people are familiar with the idea of German Oktoberfest, a festival centered around drinking copious quantities of beer. So I … Continue reading
Kaffee Culture
So here in Germany they have a bit of coffee-house culture. There are many places here in Tübingen alone where you can go and have a Milchkaffee, the standard coffee drink in Germany. A Milchkaffee is made from drip coffee … Continue reading
Getting Spezi-fic
So there’s a soda here in Germany that’s a mix of cola and orange soda, which was first brought to market under the brand-name Spezi. Since then,
Mixing it up
So that Mineralwasser I talked about yesterday turns out to be an important “mixer” in all kinds of drinks here.
Fribble Farewell
It started as a bit of a joke. For years Chris and I have said that the one thing we have to have on our trips by to the U.S is a Fribble at a Friendly’s restaurant. It started because … Continue reading
When a pretzel is a pretzel
I once talked on the blog about what happens when a pretzel is not a pretzel. You can read about that in my old post here. Today, though, I want to talk about when a pretzel is a pretzel.
All About Breakfast Cornflakes
As I walk through the cereal aisle in a supermarket here in Tübingen, I’m struck by how the shelves are filled with all shapes and sizes of packages containing the German breakfast cereal of choice: Müsli.
Fond farewell to Fasnet foods
Fasnet is what they call the pre-Lent season (known as Carnival in the U.S.) in this part of Germany. Fasnet, a traditionally Catholic celebration, is actually not marked in a big way here in historically Protestant Tübingen, although there is … Continue reading