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I re-adjusted the German meat consumption data. It is about 61kg (140 lbs) in average, not 33kg. Guess someone mistook kilogram and pound - 33kg would be rather what a chinese citizen consumes per year. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/92.74.200.93|92.74.200.93]] ([[User talk:92.74.200.93|talk]]) 20:58, 30 January 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Side dishes ==
The side dishes section mentions that the popularity of potatoes is waning. I lived in Bavaria from Feb 2002-Mar 2005 and saw no sign of this. Potatoes as a side dish was almost impossible to escape. [[User:Anthopos|Anthopos]] 15:41, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
:Waning as "from 99% to 80%" or so...and that's for simple boiled potatos (Warning: Numbers made up on the spot). Potatos are still popular. But rice and pasta are making inroads. --[[User:Stephan Schulz|Stephan Schulz]] 21:18, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
:I also think that this trend depends on where you live. In rural areas it shouldn't be as strong as in urban areas.[[User:Toscho|Toscho]] 21:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
== Aalsuppe ==
It´s true that "Aal" means eel, but the origin of "Aal" in this context is from a dialect, in which "Aal" means "alles/everything" in norther german dialect. Only for tourists tere ist eel in it. --[[Special:Contributions/87.184.194.147|87.184.194.147]] ([[User talk:87.184.194.147|talk]]) 19:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
:Wrong. Almost every recipe for ''Aalsuppe'' contains Eel and Ham (''Schinken'') as basic ingredients. --[[User:Joachim Weckermann|Joachim Weckermann]] ([[User talk:Joachim Weckermann|talk]]) 08:38, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
::Well, there’s an element of truth, but the statement is largely a mischaracterization. The soup was once “Aolsuppe”, where “aol” did indeed mean “all”. However, to satisfy the expectations of those who did not speak the dialect, eel was added around the 18th century. So yes, a couple hundred years ago, the eel was for tourists. Today, however, eel is essentially mandatory; Aalsuppe has evolved to fit its literal meaning. [[User:elcobbola|<font color="black">'''Ɛƚ'''</font><font color="red">'''ƈơƅƅ'''</font><font color="orange">'''ơƚɑ'''</font>]] <sub>[[User talk:elcobbola|talk]]</sub> 14:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
:::Well then, that´s new to me (which doesn´t nessescarily mean it´s not a fact). But were there so many tourists a couple of hundred years ago that there´s the need to change a recipe just for the reason that tourists really get what they understood? I have my doubts. By the way, a ''very ungerman'' behaviour, too. As you see in the article, so many regions in Germany (not to say ALL) have kept their own recipes (and dialects and dressing manners and and and...). --[[User:Joachim Weckermann|Joachim Weckermann]] ([[User talk:Joachim Weckermann|talk]]) 16:45, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
::::I don't know that "tourist" is the right term to use, per se; I was just trying to tie it in to the previous comment. I can, however, easily imagine an 18th century German ordering a bowl with certain expectations and lodging a complaint when the expected eel failed to appear. I don’t know that it was a beloved dish with a recipe so established as to be resistant to change. It is, after all, natural for food to evolve over time. Economically, it makes sense, too (i.e. add a “fancy” ingredient and up your profit margin - now that's German behaviour). Prost. [[User:elcobbola|<font color="black">'''Ɛƚ'''</font><font color="red">'''ƈơƅƅ'''</font><font color="orange">'''ơƚɑ'''</font>]] <sub>[[User talk:elcobbola|talk]]</sub> 16:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
:::::The de.wikipedia article about ''[[de:Aalsuppe|Aalsuppe]]'' points out that the tourist-story is a [[folk etymology]] with no evidence for it. Even the first written recipe deriving from 1782 already contains eel. --[[User:Joachim Weckermann|Joachim Weckermann]] ([[User talk:Joachim Weckermann|talk]]) 17:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
== Jükääg ==
I think jelly is more correct, as pudding in english has a different meaning as in german. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:JenWen123|JenWen123]] ([[User talk:JenWen123#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/JenWen123|contribs]]) 16:47, 20 September 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Drinks ==
Spezi is a soft drink made with cola and lemonade. In Southern Germany and Austria, Spezi a generic term for a mixture of cola and Fanta (or a similar orange soft drink). In some regions (Emsland) spezi is a mixture of cola and schnaps.
Here in Hamburg a Spezi is just a mixture of Coke and Fanta as well. And I think that applies to most Germans.
Schnaps is a fine german spirit distilled from apples and pears ("Obstler"), plums, cherries, or "Mirabellen".
Schnaps actually is the general term for distilled beverages with at least 15 % alcohol by volume (according to German wikipedia).
In legal terms, Schnaps has a very specific meaning, depending not only on alcohol percentage. Maybe someone who is in these things can give the differences between Bränden, Schnaps, Herb Liquer (?) and other Liqueors (?).[[User:Toscho|Toscho]] 21:24, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
hi there, i'm going to add some sentences about mineral water, for which i have no source other than my own experience. maybe someone can find a source. [[Special:Contributions/89.247.45.132|89.247.45.132]] ([[User talk:89.247.45.132|talk]]) 19:32, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
== Bread section ==
On Jan, 13. additional content was added stating, that there are about 6,000 types of bread. This contradicts the information given some lines above: "The country boasts at least 300 different types of bread, ...". 6,000 types seems exaggerated to me. --[[User:Zinnmann|Zinnmann]] 09:19, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
== Dampfnudel ==
== "Nonexistant Additives in GDR cuisine" ==
Are there any reliable sources for the statement, that there were no chemical additives in GDR cuisine? Secondly, to call this eventual lack a positive is true but personal opinion. Thirdly, there are probably no statistics regarding food allergies in the GDR.
== Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ==
The article could use information on the cuisine of [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]] and [[Hinterpommern]]. For those knowledgeable, [[:de:Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersche Küche]] would be a good place to start. [[User:Olessi|Olessi]] ([[User talk:Olessi|talk]]) 20:54, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
== Regions ==
[[Solyanka]] was very common once and often still is. There are probably other examples as well, like [[Goulash]]. It would probably deserve a mention. --[[User:Prüm|Prüm]] ([[User talk:Prüm|talk]]) 18:05, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
== Drinking Water==
Drinking Water is indeed one of the best-regulated food in Germany. So its paragraph is correct, currently, except for the sentence about chlorides. Usually, no chloride is added, but in cases, where the drinking is contaminated with pathogens, chloride will be added. [[User:Toscho|Toscho]] ([[User talk:Toscho|talk]]) 13:55, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
== Serviettenknodel ==
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