German Christmas Food Traditions 2 - German Christmas Dinner Menu

[@Mary-kt3vr]

I am from Aistealia Christmas lunch vaies here due to the weather. Customary its fresh seafood & prawns are a must for Christmss. My families favourite is the prawn cocktail. My parents originate from Europe so the first course is a hot bowl of chicken noodle soup. crazy i know. Even if it is 40 plus degrees outside but that is our European roots Merry Christmas everyone

[@kenstrauss5841]

My high school buddy John Wagners’ family was of German origin. Every Christmas season their family would invite all of his friends to their house to decorate their 20 foot Christmas tree in their living room . After we would sit down to a traditional German Xmas dinner. I always looked forward to that family tradition. The food was absolutely wonderful and different. Good memories !

[@cooking-the-world]

Oh those are good memories!🤩

[@faukerconsulting835]

😍I loved being an American exchange student in the late 80's in Germany, Leutkirch and Isny, during the Christmas and New Year holidays...oma asked what I would like for Christmas day dinner, duck or goose, and I chose goose because I had never had it and it was part of historical traditions...she made spaetzle with orange sauce, red cabbage, few other dishes but these three are my favorites that I still get anytime I can get them because I loved them soooo much and have very fond memories of living in Germany 🤗

[@hodgeelmwood8677]

Rouladen! We knew them as beef roll-ups, my mother and grandmother used to make them! I had German great-grandparents. It's been a long time since we made those roll-ups. They were so good!

[@christophermaggard9917]

My family is from Appalachian Kentucky. We have a roast turkey, a smoked turkey, and a boiled country ham finished by the retained heat method (haybox). The bone is sslippedout, while warm and then refrigerated and cut into thin pieces. Of course we have all trimmings such as cornbread dressing, yeast rolls, oyster casserole , cranberry salad. Wow, I made myself hungry.🐶😹

[@SomewhereInIndiana1816]

Interesting! Enjoyed your video. Thank you.

[@louiel8711]

Mmmm chrstmas stollen, no travel this year, at least my local Aldi has the cakes and cookies from Germany. Great videos and have a safe and happy Christmas and New year to all.

[@pysankar]

Everything looks so delicious. Shouldn't have watched this when I'm hungry.

[@cooking-the-world]

Oh, you know for the next time 😋

[@nickbremner6274]

It has to be roast turkey dinner on Christmas Day here in the south of England accompanied with Brussells Sprouts, possibly roast carrot sticks and roast parsnip sticks, roast potatoes, bread sauce and gallons of gravy! Starter course is up to my wife to choose and the sweet course this year will be Christmas pudding probably with custard. Have a great Weinachten yourselves.

[@cooking-the-world]

Thanks Nick! Marry Christmas to you too!

[@timc2346]

Looks Delicious especially the salad and the pan seered duck.Been along time since I had duck!

[@cooking-the-world]

Why so? Thanks!

[@susanlaubach3991]

Just saw this video! Our tradition when my German mom and her German friend was alive was to make duck, the potato dumplings and blaukraut. I loved the crispy skin on the duck.

[@renae9365]

Thank you for sharing your recipes and traditions! We visited Germany about 5 years ago…about this time of year. We loved it, so beautiful.

[@korinaviado3333]

The salad is so simple but looks delicious, something that can be made almost in every occasion ☺️! The chestnut soup is new to me, thanks for sharing Marta 🙂

[@cooking-the-world]

Thanks for watching Korina 🥰

[@charlenesalyers7888]

Anything German I LOVE.

[@d.c.7533]

love all the dishes you show and what it is. like seeing other cultures!

[@johnmat7099]

Yes so excited we got a new video!! From my favorite KZbinR!!! So much love and effort in these videos makes my family so happy and we love watching your channel during Christmas it's our new family tradition thank you for being awesome many blessings to you and your family!!

[@cooking-the-world]

John, you are the best! You are all my favorite subscribers:)

[@yhird]

Great video. Bon Appétit. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Florida USA.

[@cooking-the-world]

Thanks and to you too.

[@debbiewhite9162]

I am from the south so my menu consists of: roast turkey Smoked ham Homemade yeast rolls Green bean casserole Mashed potatoes Gravy Olive pickle tray Cornbread dressing Usually chicken n dumplings, but not this year Deviled eggs Desserts: strawberry tiramisu and Italian cream cake Usually a layered salad, but not this year...I love german foods

[@aleksandravanberg4332]

Absolutely great menu hope you had a delisches Christmas time.

[@Jesus-The-Everlasting-Father]

I am Asian. The chestnut soup looks so good. I will make it next week in the middle of the summer.

[@johnmat7099]

We are making smoked prime rib roast and hunters gravy with spaetzle along with wild mushrooms I love cooking delicious foods

[@cooking-the-world]

Oh John this sounds like a dream!

[@robertzander9723]

That's an fantastic video, so many recipes for me to try. I totally appreciate that, the duck breast was amazing, looked so delicious 😋 thanks a lot 👍

[@cooking-the-world]

Thanks Robert as always for watching!:)

[@manricobianchini5276]

Schön! Ich liebe Weihnachten und ich muss sagen, europäisches Essen ist das Beste! Ich bin in Kanada geboren und habe italienische Eltern. Italienisches Essen ist mein Lieblingsessen und Deutsch ist mein zweitliebster. Ich liebe deine Art zu kochen. Weiter so und frohe Weihnachten! I hope I translated my message correctly.

[@cooking-the-world]

Danke :)

[@katjaschikulla8057]

It really depends where in Germany one comes from, plus Family traditions. I myself are from Weisweil am Rhein , Kreiß Emmending in the state of Baden Wrürtenberg. For my Family is was smoked porksholder (Scheufele) slow cooked over salt beans, mashed potatoes or potato salad.

[@cooking-the-world]

Agree! Would love to eat Schäufele for Christmas 😍

[@carolinems.2411]

Thank you, Merry Christmas, love your videos.💕😊🎄💕

[@BeliaLastes]

Do you ever make Sauerbraten? My father would make this for us kids when I was growing up very tasty and good it was. Good video and Happy New Year to you and your family 🎉🎆🥂Prost 🙂

[@elizabethturner357]

Yummy, how delicious all these dishes look! I would love to try the fruit sauces over meats! 🤗

[@cooking-the-world]

We are weird like that 😅

[@MrLuddis]

You are really a good cook!

[@cooking-the-world]

Cooking is certainly my hobby. I always considered learning it at professional level. Still considering :D

[@pulidobl]

Frohe Weihnachten!

[@claudiaweidman1004]

Great video and Merry Christmas

[@cooking-the-world]

And to you Claudia!

[@anitamcgrath906]

I love feltsalad, but I can’t find seed here in Canada, and I love chestnuts also especially roasted but I did forage for chestnuts with my friend from Kronberg and we made the soup with them, delicious.

[@cooking-the-world]

Shame about the Feldsalat! Oh Kronberg is such a wonderful small town. We go there for hiking with my husband once a while 😉

[@honorsilverthorne7227]

I am allergic to chestnuts.

[@mercifulpianist419]

Thank you for sharing your traditions. I am having some family for Christmas dinner and I think roulade will be perfect. Thanks for the guidance.

[@cooking-the-world]

🤩

[@davidholiday4494]

Hallo Marta: Vielen dank fur diese sendung. Ich fuhle mich jetzt viel heimweh nach Deutschland!!! Leider kann ich, schon wieder, nicht nach Deutschland kommen wegen covid - es macht mir wirkliech fertig!!! Die rezept fur Feldsalat mit speck habe ich schon gehabt und Ich liebe es. Die Maronen suppe kenne ich nicht aber es sieht sehr, sehr gut aus und Ich muss es probieren Wildfleisch und alle geflugel sind meine liebelings fleisch (aber schweinefleish auch).. Rindfleisch ist mir weniger wichtigh abe ich liebe rouladen und habe die oftermals gemacht. Deine Bratapfelen mit marzipan kann ich jeden tag essen. Apfelen sind meine lieblings frucht. Leider bin ich allein dieses Wehnachten weil dis covid ist sehr sehr schlimm jetzt im London und UK. Ich war eingeladen nach Devon zu fahren aber hatte zu viel angst das zu machen - 2 tage spater habe ich gelernt das meine freunde da alles krank war!!! Ich hoffe es gent du und deine familiea alles gut fur die fiertagen. Bis bald D

[@skip123davis]

cool video! i like how you showed us how much of it is made. that salad looks amazing! i wasn't clear on what kind of greens those were though. i think i'd like to try that. i've never heard of that tree cake before either.

[@cooking-the-world]

Thanks Skip. Just filming took 20 hours, so it better be good;) The salad is called corn salad: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerianella_locusta. Hopefully you can find it somewhere :)

[@skip123davis]

@@cooking-the-world thanks for the link!

[@iriswilliams5621]

It is lamb's lettuce, not corn salad as she says.

[@MrJoegilkey]

Thank you for this special presentation of holiday dishes in Germany. Everything looked really good for the festivities ahead. Your video's are top rate which I look forward to receiving all year.The best to you and your family in the season. Joe

[@cooking-the-world]

Thanks Joe! I put so much work into those videos, so it means a world to me!

[@haydehabdolahian7691]

So nice to know about other people’s Christmas dinner 👍thank you so much I live in Germany when I was teenagers for 2 years and can’t remember what they had for holiday ! The lady who I did watched her kids was German artist but the husband was not ! So maybe they didn’t have Christmas celebrations 🤷🏼‍♀️but I remember getting lots gift 🎁 it was 1964-6😏

[@jameswilson4426]

Ausgezeichnet, alles sieht Lecker aus :) Frohes Fest to you and your family, from your adoring fans in the US. I admire your ability to balance a family and edit these videos...I could not do that!

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

Yes the Best German Food channel on KZbin! So much amazing and educational content! Thank you! In North America they put bacon in salad but very small pieces. Never had chestnut soup! Plus whipped cream?! Wow! Yum panfried duck breast! Roast Goose leg! Wild deer! This channel is too much I'm going crazy!

[@cooking-the-world]

Hahahaha thanks GUTOM for your kind words. The work for the channel seems also to be "too much" sometimes:D But well, you know what I am talking about;) thanks for watching it means a world to me.

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

@@cooking-the-world too much is maybe the wrong description hehe. Overwhelmed by all the authentic German foods and recipes that you show. So much diversity in German cuisine I had no idea until watching your channel! Fantastic!

[@vilakshanventures]

I absolutely love the ginger bread cookies that you showed in your video!! Much appreciate if you can share a video of making that !

[@cooking-the-world]

Ah there is one from last year - i think it’s called Christmas Markets Sweets at home ;) or something like that!

[@justinllamas1]

danke fürs Video 😊 ich liebe Stollen haha

[@cooking-the-world]

Ich auch 😍

[@richardthornton7518]

Well, you did not miss Stollen. In my Grandfathers neighborhood in Sheboygan, Wisconsin we had a small German Bakery. Mrs Paul lived with her invalid husband behind a small storefront! off Lincoln Avenue!! This was late 1950s!! Without going into her small awesome inventory which was baked in her small apartment oven, she had incredible Stolen both at Easter and at Christmas. In my Grandfathers house, that was always there!! Wagner Christmas!!

[@cooking-the-world]

What a lovely memory:)

[@VagoniusThicket]

Pretty and a good cook🥰 ,,,someone is really lucky ! I miss the German / Austrian foods . My mother was from Arnoldstein,Kärnten and cooked wonderful meals. I miss her Zwetschkenknödel with brown crumbs and powdered sugar 😋!

[@cooking-the-world]

Thank you. Oh, I am making Zwetschkenknödel this Christmas, for sure.

[@jenmagson9044]

Marronsuppe looks great

[@scootertron8332]

I'm making stollen tonight/tomorrow!

[@Surferjo]

merry christmas............

[@litoboy5]

GREAT

[@thesnuggler9606]

That's a really nice iron pan. Is it Le Creuset? Everything looks *delicious!* I think I'm going to make the chestnut soup for my family this year.

[@cooking-the-world]

Yes it is! Oh, you won’t be disappointed with chestnut soup. They will love it

[@maggiesmith9083]

Our Aldi’s didn’t have hardly any German goodies this year...I made my own Pffesnusse cookies, they were great

[@cooking-the-world]

O I am sorry to hear that! But good that you baked some 🙂

[@jo100]

You should be a German Gordon Ramey for real, because your German Foods are very very very beautiful, my Friend 😊😎👍

[@harrok38]

…and without foul mouthed comments 😊

[@cooking-the-world]

Hahahaha 😂😂😂

[@cooking-the-world]

Thanks Mark 🤩

[@jo100]

@@cooking-the-world Your Welcome, my Friend 😊

[@francisslyker3669]

Would I love to try those venison medallions! The best venison that we ever tasted were thick, whole, loin chops. I pan fried them lightly in bacon fat. Also we once had a whole venison tenderloin. I folded it, tied it, and we oven roasted it, basting it occasionally with my favorite marinade including a little olive oil. Very tender! We grilled a number of wild geese. I spread the charcoal into a hollow ring with a drippig pan in the center. The goose then roasted in indirect heat in our round Webber grill. It worked very wel. I like duck and have had it prepared many ways. Yours with cherry sauce sounds like the best! Mother made a wonderful coffee cake with raisins in the dough and a delicious white icing. Around Christmas, to make a Stollen, she would add a lot of nuts, citrus, whatever. We usually can buy a Stollen and have one right now.

[@cooking-the-world]

Oh Francis, those are wonderful recipes! I am glad that you also can buy Stollen - i cannot imagine Christmas without it 😉

[@fload46d]

Danke. Mein Grossvater stamt aus Dusseldorf. I am certain that during Advent the meals were purposely poor and spare of meat (unless they were farmers). But we had lots of different dishes at Christmas time with my Austrian mother and German father.

[@cooking-the-world]

Options are endless you are right 😍

[@jpjpvds]

So nice to hear about your traditions!! Its very strange how the whole world knows how Americans have their turkey for Christmas, but we know nothing of our neighbour's. Thank you for sharing!!!

[@cooking-the-world]

Oh, I am glad you watched this video in this case. As you can see the food here varies. Especially if you see the video from past year, where I only included main courses:)

[@tubekulose]

No offend but I've never understood why Americans have turkey on Thanksgiving and then again turkey for Christmas dinner. Why is it always turkey? 🙂

[@leviturner3265]

@@tubekulose Turkey, ham, rib roast of beef, a tenderloin of beef, or a crown roast of pork are all traditional American meals for Christmas. Turkey is however the most popular probably due to the price. My family will typically have a rib roast of beef, or a tenderloin of beef roast. Although, sometimes we may have a turkey. My cousins always have a ham. It does depend, I would say. This year I am going to have a roast goose. I found one at Safeway of all places. I do enjoy roasted duck with bread sauce,so fingers crossed for our goose. Our Safeway carries both this time of year.

[@mariannejadlowski3270]

Ham, potato casserole, broccoli souffle and cucumbers in sour cream. Maybe a beet salad as well/

[@cooking-the-world]

😍

[@michaelwittkopp3379]

I'll be doing just my standard turkey with dumplings. Also, thanks for reminding me that I need to order some lebkuchen. (Can get on Amazon.)

[@cooking-the-world]

Oh thats nice! What Lebkuchen are you getting?

[@michaelwittkopp3379]

This year I went with Wicklein, the oldest lebkuchen bakery in Nuremberg. Chocolate & Hazelnuts of course. Just one package of 7, and I'll spread them out over the next 2 weeks, eating the last on the 25th.

[@leviturner3265]

I would really like to make a German style feast. German food looks and sounds really good to me. Unfortunately German restaurants are almost non-existent in the United States, at least where I live. I guess it would be better to make it myself, anyway, so no huge loss.

[@cooking-the-world]

Agree! I think I will create a German cooking classes one day so you can learn everything from scratch!

[@juricarmichael2534]

Hi. Maybe try pear wedges or tangerines with the Lamb's lettuce. Have you vloged about Straußwirtschaft in Südhessen / Rheinhessen, yet?

[@cooking-the-world]

Sounds wonderful! No, we never filmed in Rheinhessen, Shame because it’s not that far away from Frankfurt 😉

[@riley6740]

What are the greens you used for the salad?

[@iriswilliams5621]

It is lamb's lettuce

[@carolbonnell6675]

Maiden name fronheiser. German,yes. I will eat just about anything.

[@jimfrodsham7938]

Evening Marta, I like that feldspar, is that speck rather than bacon? My mum made that chestnut soup, I'd like to try that but it seems a lot of work. I've had that duck breast, but only one Christmas visiting friends in Munich, we loved it. I've made deer Rouladen in Germany, not here, Venison is ridiculously expensive. My wife's drooling at the sweet stuff, it's not attractive LOL

[@jimfrodsham7938]

*Feldsalat*

[@cooking-the-world]

I thought that Speck and bacon are the same - cured pork from various cuts:) Chestnut soup is a lot of work, but you can buy already peeled chestnuts, if ou use those it takes not longer then 30 minutes to make! Deer Rouladen sound great. I would love to have some! And yes, wild game is so expensive (Deer Filet- 1kg - 30€). Oh.. let her drool :D

[@jimfrodsham7938]

@@cooking-the-world morning Marta. What I know as speck is cured smoked fat, bacon, or at least English bacon is mainly meat unless you buy streaky bacon.

[@iriswilliams5621]

Maybe you can find chestnuts in a jar online?

[@jimfrodsham7938]

@@iriswilliams5621 I'll have to look Iris 👍

[@sapphire22011]

What vegetable is the 'corn in the first dish?? It looks like watercress to me

[@cooking-the-world]

Corn salad en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerianella_locusta

[@iriswilliams5621]

It is lamb's lettuce.

[@sacredband9812]

Roast a whole goose in a wood fired oven and rub sea salt on the skin. Prick the skin rather than score. Use the goose fat for roasting potatoes. Put a drop of port and clementine juuce in with red cabbage. Try using different brown sugars rather than white.. Use quince as well as apples.cook chestnuts on an open wood fired grill using oak or beech wood. Don't forget to use leftover goose and shred it to make ravioli.

[@danapnmk]

Wie always have Duck à l'orange, red cabbage, dumplings.

[@paulibarra5449]

i live in mexico, here the christmas mexican dinner is, tacos, or chicken fried , or tamales, pozole, or turkey , depend what you like to eat that day ,

[@cooking-the-world]

Oh how great! I would love to try tamales, I have never had it before.

[@paulibarra5449]

@@cooking-the-world if you want to come to mexico some day , i invite you both i can host you guys, cheers !

[@iriswilliams5621]

The salad is lamb's lettuce, not corn salad. It is very hard to find here in the states.

[@cooking-the-world]

Wikipedia names the salad differently, so I picked for my translation the corn salad. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerianella_locusta

[@lisachristoph437]

My German mother would never serve what was traditionally served in her home growing up. Pickled herring, sauerkraut and warm homemade beer.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

The greens of the salad look like spinach??

[@cooking-the-world]

It doesn’t :) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerianella_locusta

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

@@cooking-the-world I don't think I'll be finding this around here. But thank you! Spinach will have to do.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

@@cooking-the-world Well, surprisingly enough it does grow here in the eastern US, but it's not cultivated it only grows wild. I'll have to keep my eyes open for it!

[@iriswilliams5621]

It is lamb's lettuce

[@Mary-kt3vr]

Sorry guys my typos are out I am from Australia & not Aestiella just refer to my previous comment if you like 😂

[@reneehorn5257]

Love chestnuts, almost impossible to find in Ohio!

[@cooking-the-world]

Oh I am sorry to hear that!

[@JT-py9lv]

Chicken noodle soup mit butter balls

[@Vera-kh8zj]

Reh is venison. Yes, it is dear, but when we eat this meat, we call it venison, like pork, not pig, beef, not cow.

[@cooking-the-world]

Thanks Vera!

[@franzfred7511]

I fell from the chair immediately when i saw the Sunnewirbelesalat made with balsamico dressing. Whats wrong with you? Hihi. Never do this in german households. Its made always with Walnussöl and Apfelessig. Frevel! Besides this, the croutons are missed here. Nice Video.

[@cooking-the-world]

We are a German household and this is how we serve it here in Frankfurt also in the traditional German restaurants 😉 and I have never seen it served the way you describe it, which doesn’t mean you are wrong. Germany is so regional, that’s the beauty of it, no reason to argue.

[@christaherold9825]

@@cooking-the-world I Iive in Franconia/Bavaria and we serve the Feldsalat the same way like you. With Knusperspeckwürfel.

[@sherrypowers552]

Lebcuken

[@cooking-the-world]

🤩

[@richanddebshawaiiadventure4340]

you had me at butter