> couscous is very well known in germany in general I take it you live in a city. When I lived in Cologne, everyone obviously knew couscous. Rural Germany is a

> couscous is very well known in germany in general I take it you live in a city. When I lived in Cologne, everyone obviously knew couscous. Rural Germany is a very different place. Granted, this was like 10 years ago but there's a reason we have the saying Was der Bauer nicht kennt, frisst er nicht ("what the peasant doesn't know, he doesn't eat").