The winter/pre-ante-christmas season does at least bring with it some small succour in the form of Lebkuchen, Magenbrot, Pfeffernüsse, Contessa thingies, Chocolate Hearts etc. These are heaped fetchingly about the local supermarkets in piles guaranteed to make me buy multiple varieties.
Unable to resist their confectionary siren song, the kitchen did rapidly end up stocked with more of these than almost any other foodstuff, save drinking yoghurts, buttermilk and kefir. People at work seem mildly horrified that I am almost single-handedly fuelling the pre-christmas food buying frenzy. Apparently it is not the done thing to be eating them this early, much like with Easter eggs.
On a similar culinary note, it seems that the German pork stereotype is not far from the mark. The canteen does offer a choice of four main items for lunch every day, but they seem only to be able to cook pork with any degree of skill. Earlier last week, I calculated that pork had been served on 6 consecutive days and had each time been the only appealing option. Mmmm Wurstschnecke...
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