The Kraut Konspiracy

hey, we've got a Philippino thread, so why not a "Kraut" one?
let's have lots of beer, horrible folk music and consipre to conquer the world :lol: JOKING.
NO AUSTRIANS! *JOKING*
all Kraut-philes (if there are any) are welcome, of course.

I'll start with some random pics

The Bumbag :sick:

http://jonnyopinion.files.wordpress..../02/bumbag.jpg

Waste Separation

http://www.nottuln.de/abfall1.jpg

Kitschy Castles

http://www.new7wonders.com/downloads...chwanstein.jpg

The Cutest Cows in the World

http://www.ferientagungshotel.de/cms..._kuh_200px.jpg

The White Cliffs of..... Rügen!

http://npb.jamescook.nu/wp-content/u...038_screen.jpg
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Kraut!
http://www.can-catering.de/upload/pr.../weisskohl.jpg

makes me want to wish I were German...COWS! and Waste Separation!!!

Wurst und Rotkohl *yummy* :D

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Originally Posted by crazefest456

makes me want to wish I were German...COWS! and Waste Separation!!!

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:) you've got no idea how much fun waste separation can be :) can keep you busy for hours :) e.g. does a used hankie go into the "waste" or "paper" bin? if it's made from biodegradable paper, you could also put it in the "bio" bin, of course. or when you take bottles to the bottle bank, can you leave the caps on because they use a magnet to fish them out, or do you have to throw the caps in the "waste" bin... or perhaps the yellow bin, ... or is there a metal bank? or if you take an empty yoghurt jar to the bottle bank, do you really have to wash it first? what about the cap? :lol: these are extremely fascinating question :D

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

:) you've got no idea how much fun waste separation can be :) can keep you busy for hours :) e.g. does a used hankie go into the "waste" or "paper" bin? if it's made from biodegradable paper, you could also but it in the "bio" bin, of course. or when you take bottles to the bottle bank, can you leave the caps on because they use a magnet to fish them out, or do you have to throw the caps in the "waste" bin... or perhaps the yellow bin, ... or is there a metal bank? or if you take an empty yoghurt jar to the bottle bank, do you really have to wash it first? what about the cap? :lol: these are extremely fascinating question :D

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Ehehehe, I love this. I must admit I am too lazy to make this waste separation.
Oh, I love the cow and the castle!

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Originally Posted by Sweets America

Ehehehe, I love this. I must admit I am too lazy to make this waste separation.
Oh, I love the cow and the castle!

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heehee :) how many different bins do you have in France?

I'll post a profile of my state (Bavaria) one of these days and if I'm in a very good mood, I'll add a quiz (with a little prize for the winner)

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

heehee :) how many different bins do you have in France?

I'll post a profile of my state (Bavaria) one of these days and if I'm in a very good mood, I'll add a quiz (with a little prize for the winner)

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I am not sure of how many bins we have here, actually. There must be one for plastic, one for paper, one for cardboard maybe, and one for glass. Where I live, they say 'Put your glass in the glass bin' but I have never managed to find where the glass bin was. :D My empty glass bottle is still on my table. :D :lol:

LULZ - maybe I'll start a CANUCK thread :lol:

Sleepy, the first German clichés that came to mind were sausage (?) (all those pale tasteless 'wursts') lederhosen, and of course OKTOBERFEST :D (which is a very big deal here)

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Originally Posted by Logos

lederhosen

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Three cheers for lederhosen! :D

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3...osenzt6.th.jpg

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Originally Posted by Logos

LULZ - maybe I'll start a CANUCK thread :lol:

Sleepy, the first German clichés that came to mind were sausage (?) (all those pale tasteless 'wursts') lederhosen, and of course OKTOBERFEST :D (which is a very big deal here)

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yep, I know :) it's funny that all of them are Bavarian :) lederhosen, wurst and Oktoberfest I mean :)
I'm working on a profile of Bavaria, which I'll post soon so those of you who are interested can learn more about my state (I hope it won't be too boring, but if it is, you guys can read it when you're going through a spell of insomnia and it will help you :) ) I hope some of the other Germans will do the same for their state, so we can get a more balanced view of what Germany is like :)

does Bavaria have good pastries?

Here, in the U.S., I ate a donut called "Bavarian Kreme" and it tasted reeeeeaalllly good!

Oh and is German Chocolate Cake a german invention? I really love that too!

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Originally Posted by crazefest456

does Bavaria have good pastries?

Here, in the U.S., I ate a donut called "Bavarian Kreme" and it tasted reeeeeaalllly good!

Oh and is German Chocolate Cake a german invention? I really love that too!

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yep, we have lots of different pastries here.
as for donuts, we've got these:
http://www.fulltravel.it/img/mini-630-1733.jpg
they are called Krapfen or Berliner (=Berlin donuts) and are usually eaten during the Carnival season (in February). the most traditional filling is rose hip jam, but nowadays they come in all kinds of flavours, e.g. custard, chocolate, strawberry, champaign,...
the only Bavarian Kreme one I've ever eaten was at Dunkin Donuts though. maybe it's an American invention?
http://mirandalandberg.eu/blogs/medi...fen_200703.jpg

there are many different types of pastry, e.g. these:
http://img.chefkoch.de/pictures/foto...l_dsc04458.jpg

do you mean this kind of German chocolate cake?
http://images.jupiterimages.com/comm...3/23234364.jpg
yes, this looks typically German. there's a great variety of layered cakes like this. they are very rich and often have lots of cream in them.
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest gateau):
http://www.schwarzwald.com/essen/kirschtorte.jpg

Aaaaahhhh, the BLACK FOREST!!!!! One of my favorite cakes!! Delicious!

hey, when is French-German youth friendship day? sometime in summer, isn't it? I've never celebrated it, although one of my ex-bfs is French. we should celebrate it together next time :)

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Originally Posted by Logos

Sleepy, the first German clichés that came to mind were sausage (?) (all those pale tasteless 'wursts')

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Well, in Germany there are about 3 million different kinds of "Wurst" (um, maybe a bit less - but not much). Too bad you got one of the (few) tasteless ones ... :D

Have another try - perhaps Westphalian "Mettwurst". It's spicy, dried in the air. Very tasty.

http://www.fleischerei-hartwiger-pet.../mettwurst.jpg

When you slice it, it looks like this - a bit like salami, but tastes completely different:

http://www.marions-kochbuch.de/index.../mettwurst.jpg

There is also Mettwurst for cooking, here with Grünkohl (kale):

http://www.cdu-rheingauviertel-holle.../Gruenkohl.JPG