Week 8 Food Clture ^v^

   Hello!! I introduce Food Culture of  Germany.


   German food tends to be lacked geographically. There is the feature to solve plobrem that food is lacked. Since in winter Gamany can take little crops, preserved food, such as marinade, Wurst (sausage), has progressed. Germany is the federation where minor countries were togethered. German food cannot be identified becaouse there are various kind of dish. In addition, there are diffrent names by place. In Germany, Breakfast and dinner tend to be easy, in stead of costom that lunch is bigger event than others. So there is "coffee break" by10:00, called second break fast.


Do you like beer?
I like it...but I can't drink it so much. Germany is famous for Beer or Wine, etc...


 Beer-

   It is said that Beer is cheaper than water in Germany. In fact, It is not true. Of course, there are higher price water than beer.
   In Germany, Beer is consumed about 111L per year, although Water is consumed about 140L. German drink beer as if they drink water. The material of German Beer is defined by law. This law is  "Only hop, malt, water, and yeast are used for beer manufacturing. "The respect of material of beer has history of about 500 years. In 1516, The law "pure of beer" is published in Duchy of Bavaria to protect quality of Beer. This is a start of respect. Weihenstephan is famous for the oldest maker, which is founded in 1040 and also go on making beer now.

The average alcohol content of German beer is 4.5~6% as almost the same as Japanese beer. Taste of it is mellower than Japanese beer, and there are also many types with sweet taste. So beer of German is easier to drink it than Japanese beer for person who is not good at it because of bitter.


Wine-
   The quantity of production of German wine is only 800,000kl. It is only a little less than 3% of the entire world.  However, Germany is estimated by white wine of the highest level as a specialty country of the wine. Because of the severe climate condition, a black grape is light color. However, because latitude is high, by taking quiet long daylight hours in a summer, the wine which was rich in peculiar acidity and fruits and  condensation is built.  In Germany, there are some persons who drink wine to treat cold.

bread-
Although Japanese bread is soft it is easy to eat,  German bread is hard . What is most often eaten is a small bread  called "ブレーチェン". This also has the strength and hardness like French bread. Middle of it is cut with a knife and it is eaten with butter or jam in between. When you buy fresh baked in a baker, it is delicious, but if it gets cold, flavor will be lost. It is also a difficulty to become hard shortly after buying it.


 Recently, I can drink wine, but only white wine. red wine is so bitter. And I tend to eat bread at breakfast. So I think my tendence can mach practice of Germany.

 I introduce food culture in this week. Do you have some interest in German food?

  Thank you for reading!!