I've turned to drinking my coffee 100% black. I don't know how it happened... I used to drink it with Splenda, and then maybe a little bit of milk, I never got into the whole cream business. Then, eventually here in Germany, I drink so much that I just started leaving out everything. I blame it on the exhaustion. It's back. It's always like this after my block of schooling. Waking up at 2:30am and starting work at 4am is still rough. Today, waking up at 12:30am was really rough. Hence, the 3 hour nap when I got home.
All in all this week was a great week at work. Yesterday in particular. We're making new delicious Berliners now. In case you're not sure, Berliners are America's doughnuts, without the hole and filled. These particular Berliners are filled with Apple Sauce and topped with glaze... delicious! The other kind are filled with a cherry filling and topped with white chocolate and a small cherry gummy candy. You can probably guess they are also delicious and have this "gourmet" feel to them. I was also able to work in the "Sahne" (Cream) station making a nut marzipan cake, strawberry cream cake, and lemon rolls.
Here is my weekend package I took home today from work...
This is our delicous Butterkucken (Butter Cake).
This is a fabulous loaf of bread which I will be enjoying all next week!
Now let's talk about cheese...
I love the fact that France is so close to Germany. Not in that I have this particular fascination with France, I've only ever been to Paris, but I have a particular fascination to cheese. Those of you who know me, know this has always been true. How much do you think this piece of cheese costs? In the U.S.? In Germany? In the U.S. this piece of French cheese would cost close to 10 dollars. In Germany, this was 2 Euros. What?! Well I certainly had hay day! I brought myself home a baguette from work, freshly baked in the morning, and ate the whole thing. The cheese was creamy and soft and so delicious that I have to refrain from buying it everyday and eating the whole thing everyday. This isn't even the cheapest cheese here. I can buy a nice big hunk of French Camembert for .99. Really. I'm not kidding. I don't joke about cheese...
Fresh baked bread and soft cheese....mmmmm. You just made my bagel taste like a pop-tart.
ReplyDeleteThat's good news about the cheese. I will have to check that out during my three weeks in Europe this summer. It also looks like we may be moving to Germany in a couple of years and the one thing that I worry about most is grocery shopping. I cook from scratch all the time and I worry that I won't be able to find the ingredients I'm accustomed to.
ReplyDeleteWhen JFK gave his famous speech at the Berlin wall and said "Ich bin ein Berliner", he was actually saying "I am a doughnut"! ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in France, the bread, cheese, butter and jam were heaven.....Everything there was so fresh....
ReplyDeleteI am interested in what type of bread that is up above. Cheese...Mmmmm...I think Quebec cheese is the closest thing outside of France...I miss that too!
ReplyDeleteOur German Bakery in town makes that same butter cake...Must head there now and get some!
Delicious!
Thanks for sharing!
I am new to your blog and I am enjoying reading about your adventures. I marvel at how you don't weigh 300 lbs! I think I gain 5 every time you post!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your next one.
Looks like some kind of rye bread
ReplyDeleteThere are literally hundreds of different bread types in Germany
I enjoy your blog like all the others here. I like reading about how strange it is for you, cause I´m german and used to all of these things :o)
ReplyDeletebut I wonder, what deidra worries about... our groceries are quiet good. what do you think, you are going to miss?
coffee is better black
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good week! Cheap cheese- that's a foreign concept here anymore - it costs almost $10 for a normal large block - crazy!!
ReplyDeleteFor the BEST grilled cheese sandwich ever, use butterkäse and gruyere cheese and pile it on some fresh rye bread. It costs me $20 here in the US!!!
ReplyDeleteOh Yummmm!
ReplyDeleteOh cheese! Fresh bread you are in heaven! Cannot wait until your next delicious post!
ReplyDeleteI've never enjoyed cheese because I have allergy with milk, however I think I'll have a try after reading your post, haha :D I'm learning French, yeah you're right, French cheese is the best (they told me so ^^)
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for sharing this.
I know how much you like cheese and saving money makes it even better.
ReplyDeleteI can tell that cheese in Europe tastes better in general. And this is what a local French told me: The problem is the US regulation. It enforces every cheese, local or imported, to be pasteurized. It changes the taste, apparently. So yup, I also missed their cheese a lot, so enjoy 'em while you can!! :)
ReplyDeleteButterkuchen... Wow, just the name alone sounds delicious. I would love to know how to bake it! I'm sure i'd struggle not to eat it all at once though. And yes, one must never joke about cheese- especially when freshly baked bread is in the equation! Serious times indeed. haha.
ReplyDeleteRobyn :)
Yum!!! I love all of those things you were speaking about! Your post has made me hungry. Luckily, I baked a loaf of banana bread last week and there's still some left.
ReplyDeleteOoh, that cake looks delicious! (Some trivia - "Butterkuchen", in the area where I come from, is mainly served at funerals. But that differs from region to region. My father calls it "Family defense plate". ^^)
ReplyDeleteWhat is your take on Dutch cheese?
boy you are starting to sound like susie!! when we were over in europe all she ate was baguettes and the spreadable cheese...and of course wine haha :)
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