No crustacea? Pfah! I won’t be buying that.
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It’s been certified by Oregon Tilth. I shall be sharing a link.
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Fischbrötchen! (Pickled fish with raw onions and lettuce in a bread roll)
While they sell them everywhere, it’s fun to go to the fish market on a Sunday morning and buy a ton of cheap food and other items before enjoying a Fischbrötchen by the river.
Also Mett, which is raw minced pork and onions
(OK, maybe not the last one)
ETA: And many kinds of döner kebabs, including vegetarian ones:
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Oh wow, I would go for that one!
The latter, mett, no thanks 
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I’ve never actually had mett, but the Fischbrötchen are really good, and I can also recommend the kebabs. The picture is from the chain that has the best vegetarian döner in the city - it has quite a distinctive taste with the lemon juice.
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A Mettbrötchen is tasty, and the whole family of Mettigel (like the frog you posted) is fun to look at.
Here’s a variant for specific events (say wedding-eve or children’s birthday parties):
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@jsroberts posted the northern German sandwich specialities, in South Germany fish and mett are replaced by Leberkäse (literally liver cheese, neither liver nor cheese are ingredients)
eta:
I just realized that it’s the same with Leberkäse: It is combined with mustard. Period. imho the sweet-fruity taste of ketchup harmonises well with the meaty flavour of the Leberkäse, but do so and you will be on the receiving end of an evil eye.
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I clearly see dill and tomato in there as well!! 
they sound great, I love pickled fish.
When it comes to raw ground meat, I’m just not a fan. The texture is really off putting, and I can’t put my finger on why. Coarsely chopped tartare with an egg? Yes please, pass the toast as well. The exact same thing ground? Nope.
It’s really odd, I consider myself adventurous, but there are some common ordinary things I really don’t care for. At least I worked through my aversion to mushrooms, and I learned from that experience I was on to something–store bought shrooms are to real shrooms like hot house tomatoes are to garden grown tomatoes.
I’m rambling. But seeing a pic of Kermit made of meat will cause that
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I don’t know if it’s the same where you are, but this is what you get if you finish a running or cycling race in Hamburg:
The beer is non-alcoholic and there are other kinds of cake, but this was the traditional apple cake. They didn’t have it there, but this is my MIL’s favourite cake - Mohnkuchen (poppy seed cake):
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And @renke, I need to get my ass over to Germany, stat.
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I’m living currently in Bavaria, so it is most likely an alcoholic beer, before and at the end of the race : )
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I was just going to ask if that last photo was of döner!! One of my daughters is crazy about them, and I really like them too. That looks like hollowed out bread, though, not a pita. I think I need to go to that restaurant!
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Love the Prince Albert! /snickers
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Ethnic heritage in Chicago is pretty heavily German and Polish, and so now I know where the prohibition against ketchup comes from!
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I love poppy seed in desserts as well.
It’s funny going to a symphony concert or opera in Germany and finding people enjoying champagne and pretzels during the intermission! We think of pretzels as something kids eat or snacks at a sporting event, not a sophisticated adult snack at a cultural event.
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Hey, @japhroaig, we could make that!
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They have a few different kinds of bread - pita, toasted Turkish flatbread and wraps. The toasted bread is generally the best IMO, and there are a number of Turkish shops in the area that sell it.
Speaking of Turkish breads, has anyone seen/been able to make this kind?
It’s called Lavaş or Balon Ekmek, and it’s full of hot air.
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Every time I think I can bake, I get confounded by something like this. (I have some ideas, but it’s probably simpler than what I’m thinking)
Is that yogurt or sour cream to the right?
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likely tzatziki, a yogurt/cucumber dip
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