The first fact you need to know is that the lunch in Germany is like the dinner in the USA, what means that Germans have a big lunch and therefore a small dinner.
Most Germans start in the day with a small breakfast. This can include cereals like in America or a roll (a little bit different than an American one; look at the picture underneath) with jam or Nutella.
The lunch is a big portion of different kind of meals. Mostly it includes potatoes, vegetables and meat. There are so many choices of food in Germany. For example Wiener Schnitzel or Pellkartoffeln (similarly to baked potatoes). Other traditional meals are Stuffed Peppers, Rouladen, Eisbein, Spätzle, Klöße...
Picture on the left: Wiener Schnitzel; Picture on the right: Pellkartoffeln.
You have just so many choices. Another fact is that not every German likes the same stuff. Everybody prefers something else. That's why it's wrong to say that they all eat the same everyday.
Picture on the left: Rouladen; Picture on the right: Stuffed Peppers.
At 3 or 4 p.m. is coffee time (at least on every Sunday). People meet friends or other family members. They will drink coffee or cocoa and eat a German cake or cookies.
Picture on the left: Blackforest Cake; Picture on the right: Plum Streusel.
A German dinner is quite simple. It includes slices of German bread, cuts of fresh meat, cheese and salads.
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Picture on the left: Rouladen; Picture on the right: Stuffed Peppers.
Picture on the left: Blackforest Cake; Picture on the right: Plum Streusel.
A German dinner is quite simple. It includes slices of German bread, cuts of fresh meat, cheese and salads.
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