How people have breakfast in different countries of the world. A quick German breakfast.

German breakfast — Frühstück — is a multi-component concept. A plate of snacks, cheeses and sausages, several types of bread and sweet pastries, jams, fruits and juice. We figured out what the morning meal in Germany consists of and how to cook traditional German-style potato pancakes at home.

Breakfast in Germany is similar to the average European continental breakfast, but the menu offers a significantly larger number of snacks: cold meat, including the famous sausages, are served along with several types of bread. Hot toast is served with jam, marmalade or honey. Soft-boiled eggs, porridge and fruit are not a mandatory addition, but an important part of the Big German Breakfast: on a day off, for a large family or company, or simply when there is an appetite and time.

Germany has always been famous for its bread. Each region has dozens of types of local pastries. In total, there are over 200 varieties of bread in the country. Small buns, Brötchen, are considered traditional for breakfast. Germans also like to add various seeds and seeds to bread - sesame, caraway, poppy. Depending on the bread, they also choose fillings: fillers that will complement and favorably emphasize the taste and even the aroma of the bread itself. Unless, of course, sausages are used as a filling. That's a completely different story.

The average German eats about 30 kg of sausages per year.

Sausages and frankfurters are so ingrained in the culture that there are now about 1,500 varieties in Germany, and each type is popular. Breakfast sausages are usually thin and light — made from more tender cuts of meat, with the mince ground into finer, more uniform fractions.

Despite the abundance of information on the Internet, pancakes are not as popular in Germany as they say. For breakfast, too. However, you will always find them on the menu of cafes and hotels (pay attention to the sign Frühstück inbegriffen - “breakfast included” when booking). German pancakes are something between thin pancakes, French crepes and American pancakes, Slavic fluffy pancakes. They are served with fruit fillings or honey. Homemade breakfast is often cereal flakes and muesli with nuts, dried fruits, seeds, seeds and other healthy additives. Both soft, natural flakes and harder, crispy “crunchies” are popular. A mandatory end to breakfast is a glass or two of vitamin-rich fruit juice, most often citrus, and in addition to it, a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate in the cool season. Milk stands apart, regular cow's milk for adults, sweetened and with additives for children. However, due to the fact that a healthy lifestyle and diet is becoming increasingly popular (and also due to lactose intolerance), adults have increasingly begun to replace milk with juices.

Orange juice is the leader. Children also love it, to the delight of parents: less sugar, more health benefits.

In southern Bavaria there is also a culture of Zweites Frühstück – a second breakfast that includes juice, coffee, cakes or a small portion of sausages. This breakfast is lighter than the classic morning one and usually takes place by 10:30 and lasts no more than 30 minutes.

QUICK GERMAN BREAKFAST

It is interesting that the Russian word "potato" comes from the German word Kartoffel, which in turn comes from the Italian tartufo - truffle. After all, the tubers of both are hidden underground. Now we value potatoes for their availability, nutritional value and high content of potassium, which is good for the heart. That's why we have potato pancakes for breakfast. For variety. After all, potato dishes in Germany are made masterfully and in a variety of ways, and they are eaten not only for breakfast, but also for lunch and dinner.

Potato pancakes

4 medium potatoes

1 onion

1 egg

1/2 tablespoon salt

Lightly beat the egg with a fork, finely chop the onion. Grate the peeled potatoes on a coarse grater, into a towel and squeeze out the juice. Transfer to a bowl, season with salt, mix with onion and beaten egg. Heat oil in a frying pan, put the potatoes with a spoon, slightly pressing and leveling each pancake. Fry until golden brown on both sides. Potato pancakes go well with mushrooms, sour cream, salted fish and sausages.

Try it and you will like it!!!