| German | English | Description/Substitution |
| Bulletten/Fleischkuechle | Risole | Sort
of a patty-sized meat loaf |
| Butter | sweet
butter | always
sweet - never salted |
| Guten
Appetit! | Bon
appetite! | Enjoy
your meal! |
| German
Chocolate Cake | Does
not exist in Germany!! |
| Kaiserschmarrn | mhm... | cut-up
and sugared pancake with rasins |
| Kartoffelpuffer | Potatoe
Pancake | yummie
with apple sauce |
| Kartoffelsalat | Potatoe
salad | the
northern German version is with mayonaise, the Swabian version is only with oil,
vinegar and mustard |
| Knoedel | Dumplings | can
be made of potatoes or old bread...I favor the old bread version |
| Krapfen | Cruller | |
| Laugenbroetle | Lye
Rolls | Pretzel-style
rolls - awesome |
| Maultaschen | Swabian
Ravioli | Pasta
squares filled with e.g. meat and spinach |
| Muesli | Cereal/Granola | Usually
rolled oats, nuts, dried fruits, milk - has not much sugar and is hearty! See
recipe book! |
| Most | Cider/apple
wine | Similar
to Cider - more sour |
| Pfannkuchen | Pancakes/Crepes | thin
pancakes - can be eaten sweet or salty...or later used sliced in a soup! |
| Prost! | Cheers! | |
| Quark | Curd | Limited
availability - I often use cottage cheese as not really perfect substitution |
| Radler | half
beer, half Sprite | very
good in the summer... |
| Roestis | Hash
Browns | |
| Rotkohl/Blaukraut | Red
Cabbage | really
good with mashed potatoes |
| Sauerkraut | Pickled
Sour Cabbage | When
homemade, the longer aged, the more sour it is! |
Saitenwuerschtle/Frankfurter
Wiener | Wiener | Kind
of a good hot dog |
| Bayrisch
Kraut | Bavarian
Cabbage | Fresh
Cabbage with Bacon |
| Saure
Gurke | Pickles/Gherkin | always
sweet - not these kosher dill pickles... |
| Schupfnudeln,
also known as Bubaspitzle | 'Little
Guy's Sticks'
(-; | Thick
noodles made out of potatoes, flour and eggs/kinda solid Gnocchi |
| Schnaps
(Kirsch-, Zwetschgen-, Williams-) | Schnapps | hard
liquor made out of different fruits - damson schnapps, pear schnapps and cherry
schnapps are my favorite |
| Spaetzle | Egg
Noodles | Swabian
special kind of pasta |
| Spezi | Half
coke, half Fanta | |
| Schorle | half
wine, half tonic | You
can have it sweet (with sweet tonic water) or sour (regular tonic water) |
| Schwarzwaelder
Schinken | Black
Forrest Ham | Actually,
it is not ham, but smoked bacon/gammon |
| Zwetschge | Damson | You
can also use a plums as substitution, but not as good... |
| Zwiebelrostbraten | Roast
with onions | yummie...with
Spaetzle and sauce...yum |
