Plenty of Germans in Wisconsin

xLin Nicht umsonst die Brotnation😂

I have not. I went to Winter Wonderland in London many moons ago (2012 I believe) and they had a lot of German stuff as well. Was too poor to have anything though :D

Was in Birmingham recently (originally come from there) and visited the Weinachtsmärkte there, this time with a different eye (live since about a decade in Germany). „lobenswert“: they transport the huts directly from Frankfurt… and it's imo possibly the best in Britain (haven't visited Manchester over Christmas but). Was quite lively, and a good atmosphere. „minuspunkte“: its Brum and tbh a bit tacky 😅. Deffo not the same as in Germany. The atmosphere is markedly different. In Germany you can really *smell* the Christmas market. And the markets aren't all concentrated in one place, but strewn throughout the town (wherever you happen to live in Germany), and each part of that town adds its own speciality. They also add the specialities of the region, so you get a feeling of the entire country coming together due to the various things from Thüringen, Bayern, Erzgebirge, _etc._ _etc._ And you get various different ‘tastes’ of neighbouring Europe-there are the famous Finnish parts (with their rustic style, tents, stacks of smoked salmon, etc.), Hungarian specialities, the Tiroler, the French, _etc._ In my town we also have Mittelaltermarkt (middle ages market), where they bake dough in stone ovens with garlic, cheese, ham… and… modern curry chicken (lol).

Northern German cuisine isn't all that well known internationally I don't think. I don't really like much of it myself :D

Ah yeah growing up I remember my parents making schaschlik - that came over from Eastern Europe/Asia I believe! Like a lot of great food

Yes I think there is.. I think there used to be, or still is, a Kamps bakery on Oxford street.

Muzen? :D

Yeah being from Northern Germany it wasn't that much of an insult not to make it fresh either. :D

@@JenDre we're Bavarian 🙈🙈🙈

oops! :D

@@DanicaChristin Machen wir auch eher selten frisch 😅. Ja mei da boar is hoid z' kamott dafia 😉

Hm don't really remember that being a thing. Only know Vitamalz which is alcohol free. Also called Kinderbier 🤣

@@JenDre Understand. The English wiki page for Malt Beer mentions the likes of Icelandic versions such as Egils Maltextrakt (1.2% ABV) and one or two others with a bit more alcohol content (particularly during winter holidays), which peaked my interest yet seems to have been discontinued a while ago.

yeah looks like its all kind of the same thing! shredded potato, onion, egg, flour, salt & pepper and then fry in oil. :) some people add carrots too

As someone who owns a condiment company I am actually v tempted to try and make a curry-esque sauce. Like the kind that Hela makes - curry ketchup. just less gloopy. Not a fan of that texture.

@@JenDre if you made it Vegan and could get it Halal certified you would be right on trend. Start selling in places where the Army has bases and I think you are on a winner.

Currywurst was created by an enterprising German lady who made friends with British soldiers who were stationed there just after the war ended. The British soldiers supplied her with curry powder and she started a business supplying currywurst to the British forces and to the locals.