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German Wednesdays : Ich liebe Brot

Len — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:33:00 +0000

Short and sweet today.

I love German bread. I really do. I bought a loaf today and I’ve eaten almost half of it already. No, I don’t miss sandwiches or pasties in the slightest, it’s all about the belegten Brötchen thank you very much. Salami with cream cheese is my favourite, OM NOM NOM

Loving the fact that German supermarkets and bakeries tend to have a ‘bread of the day/week’ thing going on, meaning that I can buy a loafy bready goodness for under a euro… CHOMP

Oh man, I think I might go cut myself another slice of my loaf…

Things I miss… Monster Munch Pickled Onion

Len — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:45:00 +0000

I think Things I Miss is probably going to centre mostly on food…

I eat far too much Pickled Onion Monster Munch, so maybe it’s not such a bad thing that they’re not around for me to eat copious amounts of nowadays. BUT THEY TASTE SO GOOOOOOOOD. I’m the type of person who will go to a shop 10 minutes out of my way because I know that they’ll sell the MEGA MONSTER MUNCH instead of those feeble normal ones… but will eat the feeble ones anyway. I miss the times when I’d remember that Iceland sells big bags of them for a pound and I’d just nom away watching something on BBCiplayer (I think that’s another Things I Miss post though…)

In Germany, crisp variety seems to be limited to Paprika and… err well I think Paprika because I haven’t seen many other flavours other than in the Pringle family. Luckily for you who like sour cream and chives Pringles, they’re readily available. Monster Munch? Not so much.

Thankfully, I do quite enjoy the Paprika crisps. They’re not as good as Monster Munch, but they’ll do! I just ate a whole bag. Urgh.

Things I miss… oof, it could be worse

Len — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:34:03 +0000

In a follow up to the previous post, I’ve decided that it could be far worse on the cheese front. Getting ready for work this morning, I had a chat with my friend in America who’s attending University there for her year abroad. Spoke about missing beans and cider, to which she answered that she missed cheese. There was me thinking that America would have PLENTY on the cheese front, but according to my friend, all she can find is the canned variety.

I honestly can’t think of anything worse. I’d rather Sauerkraut over this shite. It looks like it should be whipped cream!!!!

Eeeeew.

My heart goes out to you Tilly, living with cheese in a can. I hope you find some cheddar real soon, or at least Edam!

Things I miss… Baked Beans

Len — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:40:14 +0000

Words cannot describe how much I miss these suckers. Classic student food, the musical fruit, even the Tesco value ones are nom. But in Germany? You can’t really get them. Well that’s not technically true – you can get them in some places few and far between, but at about 2 Euros a tin, it’s gone from student food to a luxury. So I suppose if you’re REALLY craving some cheesy beans on toast, you could just pay the extra…

Cheesy beans on toast tended to be my pre-training meal back in Swansea, so I’m missing out on something nom (something yummy) AND something that is legitimately good energy food (…ok perhaps I should cut out the cheese a little, but still, I spend 2 hours punching pads/people or throwing them/being thrown and last the whole thing and then some if I run 5K beforehand ALL THANKS TO CHEESY BEANS ON TOAST thankyouverymuch)

As for a German replacement? I’m told that their beans tend to be a little different, with meaty corn beef type stuff included. I would imagine it would be a little bit like the beans and sausage variety – which I don’t like. I’ve yet to see them in the Supermarkt, but I’ll keep my eyes peeled, but I doubt I’ll try them unless I’m really really really desperate for cheesy beans on toast. Speaking of cheese, is it wrong that I am really considering spending about 3 euros on some Cathedral Cheddar Cheese?

I’m hungry now.