Abstract
This research article explores about Germany’s food culture and why that culture originated in German. The author used 3 websites to research Germany’s food culture. The author analyzes German is an attractive choice to research about food culture because “German has interesting culture and it has big differences between from Japanese culture. The author thought that if the research were about Germany, this would be very helpful to many students. For many Japanese students who want to know the difference between Japan and Germany food culture, this is good choice to learn many things.
Introduction
The Germany is a frugal country. Most of German people do not waste something and not so luxurious. So, their food culture is frugal and not so luxurious. The aim of this research is to explore the German food culture and proof that it has differences between Japan and German food culture and each has traditional culture for people who want to know German food culture.
Literature Review
Germany has food culture that is different to Japan. Germany people cherish lunch. Japanese most important meal is dinner, but Germany’s most important meal is lunch. That is because German people think that it better to eat well during the day when people go to work than night when people go to bed. At the breakfast, people eat cold meals such as bread and cereals. At lunch people eat warm meal such as meat. And in dinner, people eat cold meals such as sandwiches with ham and cheese in bread.
Also, In Germany there has lot of manner in eating meals, almost 4 manners. First is eat meals without making noise. There is also a rule that people should not lift dishes or soup dishes that have food on them and leave them on the table for eating. Second manner is aligning the timing to start meals with companion. For example, if people go to a restaurant with family, they must wait until everyone’s food is ready when the ordered items come apart. It is important to look closely at the timing and the surrounding atmosphere. Third, make a toast by watching opponent eyes and make eye contact. Making eye contact is not only when making a toast. For speaking for do anything Westerners do eye contact. Last, eat what each person ordered without sharing meals. In Japan, there is a food culture that people share and eat such as hot pot dishes, but Germans hate it very much. So, do not do it to Germans.
German has many traditional and popular foods. The most famous food is Flammkuchen. This food is like pizza. The ingredients are many vegetables, ham and sour cream. Sour cream is very healthy. So, it is popular to use at home cooking. In sweets, Schwarzwalder Kirischtorte is popular in German. A lot of cherries and whipped cream are cherries tart sandwiched between chocolate dough and are popular as post-meal sweets in Germany. Also, Baumkuchen is famous in German. Baumkuchen is famous and many people eat this in Japan but Baumkuchen originated in German. Since it was originated in Dresden over 200 years ago, it has become a popular German dessert.
Conclusion
Recent research on Germany food culture has provided an understanding of German way of thinking and German feeling. Also, the author gained interesting and new knowledge during this research. Current findings suggest that learning Germany’s food culture had an effect to our understanding of each country’s traditional culture and thinking/ feeing. German people think the most important meal is lunch and they love German traditional foods. Germany is a frugal country, so people do not waste thing and they have no hassle. It is same to food culture too. People have different perspectives to Japan.
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