🇩🇪 American's try Seasonal German Food! Spargel, Spaghetti Eis and More!

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It's time to try some seasonal German Food! From spaghetti Eis to Spargel, it's always fun try new things as American's living here!
There are so many unique experiences that come with moving to another country; from trying new food, visiting new places, learning about history and customs, etc; and we are grateful for every experience we have had!
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[@CompassChronicleTravels]

We really enjoyed trying some new, unique eats here in Germany. While we know Döner isn't native to Germany, we had to attempt to correct our past mistakes this time and hopefully got it right! 😅 Let us know if there are any other seasonal dishes we should be on the lookout for with fall and winter coming up next!

[@dsewtz3139]

I also don't like when the hollandaise overpowers the asparagus - however, the aftertaste and also by the looks of it: That was prepackaged/ready-made hollandaise out of a TetraPak 😒 That seems to become the norm lately as hollandais is a bit fickle to make, needs to be freshly made every 1-2 hours and can not be re-heated (at least not quicker than making it fresh) because it mustn't boil. 🤷🏻

[@eichzoernchen]

For the winter a common seasonal dish and sort of comfort food at least in northern germany would be "Grünkohl und Pinkel", a pretty hearty dish made from kale, potatoes and different meats and sausages.

[@inkognito9117]

There is the German doner kebab, which was invented by germans with turkish backround in Berlin for Western tastes, and the Turkish one. Both are fundamentally different. That's why the German one never caught on in Turkey, but in the rest of the Western world.The best German Döner you get in Berlin , You can get the best kebab in Berlin, but you'll have to wait in line for half an hour. Yours hasn't even cracked . There are massive differences in Germany, but no matter how good they are, if you want a real taste explosion, Berlin is the easiest choice

[@karinwenzel6361]

Most people would order spaghetti ice not to take away, but in an icecream parlour (Eisdiele) where it will be served on a cold plate with a base of very cold whipped cream covered by the vanilla icecream noodles topped with the strawberry sauce and the shaved white chocolate. In this way the spaghetti ice doesn't melt as quickly.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

We will definitely have it this way next time. We sat just outside the restaurant in a spot to try and avoid filming others.

[@deetgeluid]

As a Dutchie, I have to say Belgium has the classic and best Asparagus dish. Hollandaise sauce, potatoes, ham, and crumbled hard boiled egg.

[@uweseemann8571]

Die Spargelzeit endet jedes Jahr am 24. Juni, dem Johannistag.

[@nickhaas3085]

Asparagus is a spring tradition here and is eaten with Hollandaise sauce. Which is also delicious if you fry the asparagus and then candied it with maple syrup 😉

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Oooo interesting! We are gonna add that to ways to try it next season! It was very good 👌🏼

[@Torfmoos]

@@CompassChronicleTravels or take some majo or miracel wip mixed with the juice of an orange. My personal way to eat it. Some nice "Schinken" fits perfect to it.

[@Dutchbelg3]

My favorite way to eat fresh white aspergus is to combine it with smoked salmon cooked with some good boiled potatoes . It is a fancy treat for sure! The aspergus needs to be finger thick. Any thicker is lower quality.

[@klaus2t703]

Sc Hollandaise: Lots of buter, white wine, egg yoke, salt, pepper, lemmon juice ... doesn´t need more. I would be disappointed if it´s strawberry sirup from a bottle. It needs to be a sauce made from fresh strawberries.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Casey loved the Hollandaise! I’ll have to try it again in the future too. And actually with as good as that Spaghetti Eis was, that would make a lot of sense for it to be a fresh sauce! 😋

[@erzsebetnilsson580]

Kebap or Doner is like our European Mc Donalds used as a 'every day' food but in some places it taste so GOOOOOOOD and in some place is less but one can always get it down when hungry. I personally like Doner and the REAL white souse is just out of this world delicious. Depence on where to buy and once one find a good place than it will easy go down in a stomach

[@Muck006]

You can see it from the "meat stick", which has different quality levels: PURE "ground up meat" up to "mostly real meat mixed with a bit ground up stuff" (to prevent air bubbles). In some places they even make their own (simple) bread. Even a bad Döner is much better than a fast food burger ... both because it is cheaper AND because the bread doesnt fall apart.

[@kayatwood5183]

It is always great to try new things.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Yes! It’s a really fun part of the experience!

[@Humpelstilzchen]

That was a propper Döner 😊

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Haha finally! We are glad! 👏🏼

[@rairei]

Agree to propper Döner .. I would say: "Normally with all" except you don't like something like e.g. red cabbage. It's a great and healthy + fresh mix of bread, meat and salad + sauce The bigger thing for me is "just a bit spicy" .. if I would order (full) spicy I couldn't eat it LOL

[@Humpelstilzchen]

@@rairei also mit ein bisschen scharf aber mit ohne ganz scharf? 😉

[@rairei]

@@Humpelstilzchen genau 🙂

[@berlindude75]

@@CompassChronicleTravels As a picky eater, maybe give a Döner Box a try. It's Döner meat off the spit with fries in a box to go.

[@AnNi1492K]

The „I“ in Idstein sounds like the „i“ in „invincible“ 🙂 Nice Video!

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Oh awesome! Thank you! We will definitely remember that now when we go back!

[@McGhinch]

@@CompassChronicleTravels That is, all "i"s sound that way, unless an i follows a or e. ai and ei are pronounced similar to an English i. A little two-liner for German pronunciation: When _e_ and _i_ go walking, the latter does the talking.

[@michaelgrabner8977]

Well the thing is that Hollandaise is in 99% of all Restaurants an industrial product which can be stored and warmed up when needed. So when it has "an aftertaste" then it was very likely an industrial product. A handmade Hollandaise though tastes different (way better of course) + has to be served instantly and can´t be stored in order to warm up when needed, besides it is also not easy to make..not that it is a complicated sauce but the used technique to make it makes it not easy to make because the used egg must not go lumpy which is the hard part in the making process otherwise you can throw it into the bin/trash can and start again right from the beginning and making it fresh needs at least 20-25 minutes..and considering all of that = that´s why Restaurants barly rarely serve a handmade Hollandaise and the taste is depending on the personal seasoning = the proportion of salt + pepper (I use white pepper + a little bit of cayenne pepper) + fresh pressed lemon juice while the industrial product is already seasoned and 100% not with fresh pressed lemon juice but with an industrial lemon supplement which never saw a fresh lemon..

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

That’s so interesting! Maybe this is something we will attempt at home at some point. Casey is probably the better cook, but I’m a pretty good baker and tend to be good with things that are a bit precise….what you describe reminds me a bit of macarons and how they are quite particular or can be easily ruined. Thanks for all the info!

[@michaelgrabner8977]

@@CompassChronicleTravels I would compare the making process of Hollandaise with making a handmade Mayonaise..because there are some distinct simularities in the making process like constantly permanent stirring while very carefully adding fat bit by bit (= liquid but not too hot butter for Hollandaise / room temperature oil for Mayonaise) while avoiding that the egg sets

[@brankovisnjovic2438]

Man, macht die Mütze ab bei Mittag Essen!!

[@clash8181]

Alter... Du hast Probleme 😂😂😂

[@brankovisnjovic2438]

@@clash8181 du solltest Mal Benimmregeln lesen, Alt,a

[@clash8181]

@@brankovisnjovic2438 nö. Ne Mütze ändert auch nix daran.

[@M4tti87]

A thick hollandaise sauce is a good sign for a selfmade one ;) Since its an instant emulsion with the egg, and wine and butter. And it literally has to be made on order and keep the temperature otherwise itll seperate the emulsion. So thickness is always a good sign. Some are even like Vanilla Pudding/Sauce. One reason that white asparagus is expensive is that they have to be kinda dug out from under the earth individually. there is no machine doing it.

[@matthewrandom4523]

Nothing fits white asparagus with sauce Hollondaise and potatoes better than a Schnitzel or a beefsteak 😊👍 That's my tip for your next try! Next year 😁

[@gabrielegener7331]

First Look of Frankfurt am main and Steigenberger hotel is 5 Stars hotel . And Spagetti ice is nice. I live near Frankfurt am main..

[@georgiosntanis4353]

I mean that was a proper döner but it definetly doesn't have to be red meat! I always get it with chicken which is also very normal, maybe try it that way?

[@RustyDust101]

No worries, you two. If you don't like something due to taste, texture, whatever, there's no reason to fight over it. "Über Geschmack lässt sich nicht streiten." / "You can't fight over taste." as the German idiom goes. It's not worth it to fight over your own taste budds. They are just different to another persons. For example, I'm about as 'German' as you can get from my ancestry (goes back to the 16th century on my dad's side, and back to the 11th century on my mom's side) yet I really don't like asparagus. Yeah, I can eat it, but I don't like it particularly. Almost any other food is preferable to me. For me the white aspargus is even less desirable to green asparagus.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

It’s so true and funny how that happens. Will have to try hollandaise again though (maybe freshly made at home as some have suggested) and see what I think.

[@erzsebetnilsson580]

The taste is sometimes goes with the - what the body need - and when it needs it is when we like it and when we do not need that particularly vitamin or mineral or protein than we just do not like it. The body tells what it needs

[@aka99]

Nobody gave you some recommendations about Idstein‘s buildings. Well, it is a small oldtown, but check out the Unionskirche, Unionchurch in English. It doesn’t look special outside, but colorful inside. It is an evangelical church and it’s rare, seldom not common, an evangelical church looks like this as evangelical churches looks simple inside. The prominent Witchestower is most time closed. Only within certain days a year you can go inside, but no witch was ever imprisoned in the witchtower. The witches were imprisoned in a building which doesn’t exist anymore. Limburg an der Lahn got a nice oldtown too. The cathedral is under reconstruction now untill 2030, but you can still go inside and visit the cathedral.

[@ivowalvis9228]

The Dutch eat asperges with ham and bioled eggs. Really good. (of course, don't forget to mash the eggs in mayo with salt and pepper)

[@butenbremer1965]

Idstein (pronounced Eedstine) is truly a beautiful town. If you went by train (RE 20, RB 21/22 from Frankfurt), Limburg is also well worth a visit and only a couple of stops further north. Spaghetti Ice really does look more appealing when served in a decent bowl, like glass or porcelain! Glad you obviously enjoyed it, though 🥰

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Ooo we haven’t been to Limburg so we will definitely take note of that to check out! Thank you!

[@butenbremer1965]

@@CompassChronicleTravels I'm a local GER resident of the Frankfurt / Wiesbaden / Mainz Metro Region. In case you'd like some more advice and tips on day trip or weekend-hideaway opportunities of this (beautiful) region, please let me know, I'll gladly help you out!

[@Muck006]

Dont salt the asparagus ... it has a soft taste and if you salt it the salt will take over.

[@herbertgonswa3503]

Sorry, in my eyes you did it wrong. I prefer asparagus with a white sauce with parsley, some coked potatoes, mashed by hand and a slice of smoked raw ham ( or sauce hollandaise and crumbled roasted bread on top , like my wife preferes it ). Nothing will beat it ! You plant the asparagus in rows with a good layer of horse poo as first layer and when you see see the first green top in spring, put a layer of sand ( one foot ) on it, and if the head shows our, carefully dig it out, cut it at thr bottom and fill it again with sand. It`s good for the next ten Years till every 21. of june, the end of the saison. Enjoy it.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

We will definitely try it again and see if we can find it this way when the next season rolls around. Very interesting on the gardening side of things! We really enjoyed growing green asparagus in the past…maybe one day we will try white asparagus. Love long lasting plants in the garden too. Our current experiment is artichoke which has been really fun!

[@synthplayer1563]

Nice video. Here in Baden, southern part of Baden-Württemberg, we traditionally eat Spargel mit Pfannkuchen und Schinken (pancakes and ham). You should make Spargel at home. It's not difficult and much better (and cheaper).

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

That’s another one we will have to try as well as making it at home. We have been wanting to attempt some German dishes at home for a while actually and that could be a good one to start with!

[@synthplayer1563]

@@CompassChronicleTravels I used to always buy ready-made Hollandaise sauce, e.g. from Maggi, it's OK. But I discovered that you can easily make Hollandaise yourself and it tastes much better. Carefully heat and stir 2 egg yolks with plenty of butter, wine, a teaspoon of vegetable stock powder and asparagus water. To thicken, simply stir in a tablespoon of Mondamin.

[@thorstenrusch8652]

If you are in y Hometown of Hamburg one day try our special dish "Labscaus" at the "Old comerial Tea Room" at least once. Loscouse is a dish from the 16./17. century, originaly made from leftovers on the ships at sea.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Lovely! We will do that! Hamburg is definitely on our short list of places to visit!

[@thorstenrusch8652]

@@CompassChronicleTravels thanks :)

[@noctilux7799]

No offense at all, but for me as a European, the American zig-zag style with the fork looks really strange! 🙃

[@Marcus-zb7ov]

🎉 awesome 🎉

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

It was all so delicious! 😋

[@anna-ranja4573]

Why on earth you ordered the spaghetti ice as take away and then sit down. It would be way better if it be served on a cold plate, and of you sit down, why you haden t done it?

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

We actually sat just outside the restaurant in a spot so we could try and avoid filming others.

[@dirkdemeirleir264]

I love to eat white asparagus with salmon and boiled eggs

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

We are loving all the different variations of ways to enjoy it that we are reading in the comments! Definitely keeping a list for next season!

[@gabrielegener7331]

Spagetti ice and döner Sandwich is very normal in germany. Also nicht besonderes. So wie für andere Leute sushi.

[@Muck006]

Asparagus isnt "unique" to Germany. Louis XIV. of France had asparagus "behind glass windows AND with horse manure (for heating)" in Versailles ... so he could have it in winter time.

[@SheratanLP]

When I make schnitzel with asparagus, I don't use the usual sauces, but instead buy a packet of asparagus soup from Kaufland, but cook it with less water so that it is nice and creamy, and then pour it over the cooked asparagus. It tastes much better than butter or Dutch sauce.

[@geneviere199]

Why don't you eat a chicken Döner. Ok, with other meat it is better but you can find that at many places, too!

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

I have actually tried it that way in the past and it was really good! 😋

[@Alan-mm1ld]

I ❤ Spaghetti ice!

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

It was DELICIOUS 🍝

[@guinessdraught2758]

yes, yes, asparagus. It is sold in Germany like caviar… and tastes like water in one piece. Try cauliflower with tomatoes or hollandaise sauce. Asparagus are flower stems. best wishes

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

We will add that to our list and try that one sometime in the future!

[@Astrofrank]

Spaghettieis im Becher? Das sieht nicht mal aus wie Spaghetti!

[@therealtomf9974]

You know what? That Asparagus is served like 💩! Maybe the Holondaise was bad itself too. It looks like a dusgusting meal with that melted Butter...