Great Grub in Germany

I've been complaining about the things I can't get here in the German grocery stores, so I decided to go around a photograph some of the cool stuff that I can get here!

So this is wholemeal rusk. What is rusk you ask? Well, you may know, but I sure didn't. I translated zwieback to rusk and had to go look it up on Wikipedia. Silly me. Of course it's twice baked bread. This wholemeal twice baked bread is less that two inches wide and the best part is? SCHOKO! Bittersweet chocolate at that! It's just a thin layer but it adds a loveliness to the rusk that you wouldn't get otherwise (who wants to eat wholemeal twice baked bread?). Ground zwieback does make excellent breadcrumbs when not covered in chocolate, and Jason appreciated it when he was sick, but I have no interest unless it's got chocolate!

Clarified butter! Ghee! And I didn't have to do any of the work. Schnitzel is frequently cooked in clarified butter, so it's readily available here if you go to the right store. I do have to walk a bit out of my way to find it, but it's much cheaper than the ghee sold at the Turkish grocery store.

You gotta love mustard in a tube! What could be cooler than that?

Oh look, it's mayo in a tube! That's just as fun as mustard in a tube! And you thought it was cool that the US has finally gotten around to putting tomato paste in a tube!

(Thomy is one of the many brands from Nestle)

Curry ketchup! How fun is that? I even have a recipe that call for a whole bottle! I haven't tried it yet b/c Jason's not going to eat that so I'm waiting for him to go out of town and me not to be craving Indian or Thai when I'm by myself. You see the problem...

Anyway, here it is served with currywurst, a dish that I find quite yummy. Sausage + Curry = Yum.

And don't forget the curry sauce! What amuses me most is that these (Heinz and Kraft) are brands you see in the US all the time, but versions you definitely don't see!

Excuse the blurry photo, but I had to show you the baked beans! No Bush's here, but we do have them in Heinz! I haven't tried them yet, but I get a kick out of the teal label every time I see it. And yes, the other side of the can is in German, and I even took a picture of it, but I failed to take it of my iPhone.

See, Americans aren't the only ones who use cake mixes! Dr. Oetker is like the Betty Crocker of Germany except he actually invented baking powder so I'm thinking he's a bit higher up on the cool scale. (And yes, I took the picture of the lemon cake mix for a reason)

And my most favorite thing I can get here easily? Cheap fresh mozzarella. I'm in love. I don't know how I'm going to survive when I live somewhere that this stuff costs an arm and a leg again! I've even learned that it shreds pretty easily if you stick it in the freezer for fifteen minutes. It's delicious!

And, of course, I had to add something that I haven't tried yet b/c I'm not certain I'm going to try. I think you can figure out the translation :)

Happy Easter Everyone! Look what I got with my most recent purchase at Edeka! One from the meat counter and one at checkout. Predecorated hardboiled eggs! Fancy-schmancy!