Einkauf There is a small program on Arte that I love: What I miss
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Was mir fehlt (private joke: "I have the right to raise my blog if I want to bilingualism ! first). In few minutes, expatriates tell what they miss their homeland forever. It is often very instructive: it is discovered that the English put their blankets to tea, the Czechs are mashed much more easily than us thanks to a special grid, or that the Swedes have sweaters breastfeeding. A real tour of Europe by its small specialties, which shows that the unification of the EU market is not yet perfect, and sometimes it's better!
For me, this is not France that I miss when I am in Germany, but the reverse. Nothing of my homeland does not seem necessary my happiness when I saw outside France. Sausage? I do not care. Camembert? Okay, I'm not addicted. The stick? Well yes but no. I do not eat quaisment when I am here, so why be angry when I'm there. The veal stew? Quite feasible outside Paris. The wine? I only like white wine, and German and Austrian wines stand very well on that side. And that's for everything: I always find at best a substitute who pleases me most, at worst a parade.
Conversely, I can not go to Germany or Austria without a stroll through the supermarket to fill my bag of miscellaneous stuff and variety not found in France (or did not taste the same despite all my efforts of imagination).
That's what looked like the contents of my suitcase on his return from Berlin:
Review details:
- The lemon zest and orange Dr. Oetker
Ultra-Small bags practices when you have a sudden craving for lemon cake or crepes Suzette without having Citrus at hand. Carefully observe the breakthrough of Dr. Oetker French market, hoping to see ALL of their products appear soon in France (and not only that their pizzas
nobody understands why the Germans they would make better pizza than other ).
- From toothpaste lemon
I'm a bit manic-citrono indeed. And in toothpaste, is divine. In any case, much better than those horrible things to the mint m'arrachent mouth brushing each three-minutes-if-is-the-decay-insured (at the same time, I've never had a cavity , it must be true somewhere). And toothpaste with lemon, I have seen in Germany and Austria for the moment (Schlecker, Rossman, MD, Bipa, my loves: supermarkets entirely dedicated to hygiene products and beauty, a dream!).
- From Philadelphia
Well, I'm a little frustrated because he only remained in the balance, while the Philadelphia - like so many other things - plus it's more fat well ... Another perfect example of a product that should easily be able to find in France (even if only to allow me easier to make cheesecakes to fall), and still has not crossed the border. We can know why?!
- The junk food in the German
I'm not particularly proud, but I'm a fan of Fertiggerichte Maggi, those infamous powder which simply add water and simmer for Germany at the table (when we choose the range "Wirsthaus). It has everything to displease nutritionists: it is fat (bad fat), salty (too much) and it has no nutritional value. But it's good (and cheap), especially by letting good good cut, and adding - for lightness - a tablespoon of cream just before serving, and a big pile of parmesan on the plate. Best of all is the
Nudelpfanne "Försterin" . But in the absence of the latter at Kaiser's Jan. 2 in the morning, I turned back on Spätzle with cheese and onions. Swallowed incidentally tonight: yum!
- From the ground poppy
God thank you, there are poppies in France. But no ground poppy. It must therefore have a grinder poppy able to do anything that poppies can be better, especially Mohnstollen, and Mohnkuchen Mohnschnitte. I'm going now, with my two bags of poppy ground, devote myself to the joys of baking and make lots of cakes that leave lots of very chic pieces poppy very black between teeth.
- From fencheltee
The fencheltee is the fennel tea, romantically called "Herbal anti-farts" by a friend. Not for its beneficial properties for the digestive system that I love this tea, but for its very mild anise flavor. To summarize, we could say that the German version and healthy ("gesund", a concept very important and much broader than "healthy" in reality) of pastis. I was in great shortage for several months, and here I am now well equipped. Warning, these two packages are not identical. Will you find the 7 mistakes that have crept into the picture? A hint: the best of both is the one below.
- From the Black Forest Schinken
I know there are at Monoprix. But to dare to say that, you have never tasted REAL Schwarzwälder Schinken, this ham deliciously spiced with coriander and juniper-smoked and fir, which has the taste of any other. It is served very thinly sliced, which adds to its delicacy and yet - lemon slice on the Coke-light - a small cardboard tray that gives it its final touch of chic. Yes, the ham in Germany, an entire poem.
- From Müllermilch with banana
I do not know how many times the Müllermilch bananas, sort of creamy milk shake, I was able serve breakfast during my internship. The hard times of my service tôtifs resolutely incompatible with my biological rhythm, I had often the only time in the morning to shower and dress before going flat out for hope to arrive in time for the 8am meeting am. The Müllermilch was swallowed after the meeting, quietly in my office. Mmmmm, good memories! Just milk, sugar, grapes and bananas. The first who suggested that I replace with Yop, I spit in the bottle marked for insulting ...
- Small gingerbread Christmas balances
Disappointed not to find Marzipanstollen (these kinds of big candied fruit buns filled with almond paste, covered with icing sugar to represent Christ in his swaddling clothes), I folded over these little gingerbread any soft, hidden under a crunchy crust icing and resting on a base of chocolate. Both say that Prosper and slices dry does not compete with that. They disappeared in one afternoon at the library.
- The Sicilian pesto Barilla
Finally, something fundamentally not German, but I can not find in France: the famous
pesto Sicilian Barilla. I made provisions for me to take a seat. I'm so anxious at the thought of my next pasta party!
And yet, I forgot to photograph my kind of delicious Grießpudding Landliebe: just fine semolina, milk, a little cream and sugar, and it is divine. If Landliebe could settle in France, I am overwhelmed with joy elsewhere. Come on, it's nice for us!
addition to these small details, I want to say that I greatly appreciate your imagination and your natural tendency to over-interpretation: I tell you that I live temporarily in two, and you infer that I returned from Berlin with a Teutonic knight (no, I will not get the pun gravelly adding "who lunch", you do not take me in the act of vulgarity, frankly, what an idea), with whom I lived as married at the speed of lightning. I wish to deny. Berliners, I'd rather go see them at home (among others for the reasons mentioned above).