Inspired by the mammoth
Quality of supermarkets in Munich thread, and because I'm bored, I decided to take a look at what Germans in the UK miss from home. Results are taken from chefkoch.de, which is actually a cooking website.
- Bread. OK, not suprising. I hate German bread, so it's only fair if they hate English bread.
- Decent crisps (chips). I'm sure this one must be a joke, unless the poster was addicted to Erdnuss Flips or paprika anything, about the only crisps you can't get in the UK.
- Decent coffee, although the poster explains they didn't have a coffee machine and couldn't find a one-cup filter.
- Cold sliced sausage. Maybe they mean the one with funny shapes?
- German comedy. I'm convinced this must be joke website I've been looking at.
- Creamed Herrings in Sylt sauce. I think they'd miss this if they came to Munich, too.
- Königsberger Klopse in caper sauce. As no. 6.
- Currywurst (can't find any decent curry-ketchup, even though there's plenty of Indians). Ah yes, that well known Indian delicacy.
- Down quilt, hate these wool blankets. Presumably they didn't have their own place, or couldn't find any shops.
- Decent pickled gherkins (not in malt vinegar).
- Red cabbage with apple, sauerkraut.
- Brezen. I would have thought beer gardens and Obazda, too, but maybe they are not from Bavaria.
- White asapargus. Because the green one has flavour?
A couple of posters did add that most stuff was in fact available in one place or another (Aldi, Lidl, Harrods) and certainly I know that I could get most of the above in my local Waitrose, although that may be influenced by the proximity of a lot of barracks with soldiers returning from duty in Germany.