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German one has several typos a native German would not make. You can tell the pronounciation is a bit off. Content still correct. Should also be further split

German one has several typos a native German would not make. You can tell the pronounciation is a bit off. Content still correct. Should also be further split up by region. Often that would be quite easy, because the name of the dish often contains the city/region it's from. If you don't do that, you get the German equivalent of ordering Mexican food in New York and Pizza in California or vice versa.

Xylakant 8y ago
> Content still correct. I'd dispute that. It's correct for Baravia or maybe even southern Germany, but for example in the region around Cologne (Rheinland), Sauerbraten is traditionally made from horse meat and is atypical in Berlin (never seen it on a local menu), Weißwurst is atypical anywhere in the North (there's even the term Weißwurstäquator which denotes the separating line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fwurst%C3%A4quator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fwurst%C3%A4quator), Spätzle and Maultaschen are distinct Swabian food. The typical northern German kinds of food (Grünkohl mit Pinkel) are missing alltogether. Even the beer is off: The north drinks different beer than the south. The northern beer tend to have more hops (think: Becks) while the southern beers tend to be lighter on that side and thus less bitter (Paulaner). Wheat beer is atypical in the north. It's totally missing Döner Kebab. An unforgivable offense. The problem I see is that the page tries to lump food in by country, while food tends to be regional. The southern parts of Germany have much more in common with Austria (Kaiserschmarrn), the southwest with the bordering regions of France while the northeast is much more aligned with western Poland.
- Freak_NL 8y ago
  Döner Kebab has the problem that it is really pan-European fast food cuisine by now. You're right about the regionality of food. Sometimes dishes cross national borders, while still being limited to parts of those countries, and there is so much regional cooking that is worthwhile to mention — I do like me some Himmel und Erde und Blootwoosch mit Köslch. National dishes risk turning into cliches. The Dutch dishes are correct, but I feel it misses nuances.
  - majewsky 8y ago
    > Döner Kebab has the problem that it is really pan-European fast food cuisine by now. Sure, but it is eaten by locals far more often than Sauerbraten. But it makes for a boring browsing experience to put McDonalds in the top 10 for every country, no matter how correct it probably is. The submission title should be changed to "Discover what other tourists eat all around the world" IMO.
- allendoerfer 8y ago
  >> Content still correct. > I'd dispute that. Most of Germany is not Bavaria in the same way that most of France is not Champagne (the region). Still if you split it up by country, it is correct to say, that Champagne (the drink) would be French and Weisswurst would be German. Did you read my comment? Two thirds of it are about how it should be split up further into regions. And regarding the special Austrian situation: Austria is kind of known for arbitrarily deciding what they like to be ("Greater-")German and what should be seen as distinctively Austrian, especially when talking about cultural heritage from times before Germany even existed. So as a German I would just follow their example here and as long as we are only talking about bread soked in egg, I would just claim what I like for Southern Germany. ;-)

Xylakant 8y ago

> Content still correct. I'd dispute that. It's correct for Baravia or maybe even southern Germany, but for example in the region around Cologne (Rheinland), Sauerbraten is traditionally made from horse meat and is atypical in Berlin (never seen it on a local menu), Weißwurst is atypical anywhere in the North (there's even the term Weißwurstäquator which denotes the separating line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fwurst%C3%A4quator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fwurst%C3%A4quator), Spätzle and Maultaschen are distinct Swabian food. The typical northern German kinds of food (Grünkohl mit Pinkel) are missing alltogether. Even the beer is off: The north drinks different beer than the south. The northern beer tend to have more hops (think: Becks) while the southern beers tend to be lighter on that side and thus less bitter (Paulaner). Wheat beer is atypical in the north. It's totally missing Döner Kebab. An unforgivable offense. The problem I see is that the page tries to lump food in by country, while food tends to be regional. The southern parts of Germany have much more in common with Austria (Kaiserschmarrn), the southwest with the bordering regions of France while the northeast is much more aligned with western Poland.

Freak_NL 8y ago
Döner Kebab has the problem that it is really pan-European fast food cuisine by now. You're right about the regionality of food. Sometimes dishes cross national borders, while still being limited to parts of those countries, and there is so much regional cooking that is worthwhile to mention — I do like me some Himmel und Erde und Blootwoosch mit Köslch. National dishes risk turning into cliches. The Dutch dishes are correct, but I feel it misses nuances.
- majewsky 8y ago
  > Döner Kebab has the problem that it is really pan-European fast food cuisine by now. Sure, but it is eaten by locals far more often than Sauerbraten. But it makes for a boring browsing experience to put McDonalds in the top 10 for every country, no matter how correct it probably is. The submission title should be changed to "Discover what other tourists eat all around the world" IMO.
allendoerfer 8y ago
>> Content still correct. > I'd dispute that. Most of Germany is not Bavaria in the same way that most of France is not Champagne (the region). Still if you split it up by country, it is correct to say, that Champagne (the drink) would be French and Weisswurst would be German. Did you read my comment? Two thirds of it are about how it should be split up further into regions. And regarding the special Austrian situation: Austria is kind of known for arbitrarily deciding what they like to be ("Greater-")German and what should be seen as distinctively Austrian, especially when talking about cultural heritage from times before Germany even existed. So as a German I would just follow their example here and as long as we are only talking about bread soked in egg, I would just claim what I like for Southern Germany. ;-)