{"id":15769,"date":"2024-07-09T10:01:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T08:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/?p=15769"},"modified":"2024-07-10T10:59:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T08:59:48","slug":"german-specialties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/en\/german-specialties\/","title":{"rendered":"Four German specialties that taste better than they look"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We all like a feast for the eyes and sometimes quite literally. But what if nothing visually screams: eat me, you’ll like me? Then you need a little courage to taste. It’s worth it! So, take courage and dig into these German specialties.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heaven on earth: Himmel un \u00c4d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This dish is on the menu in every brewery in Cologne<\/strong>. We’ve often seen delighted guests from all over the world ordering the dish because of its romantic name. The traditional Rhenish name “Himmel un \u00c4d” (the German word \u201cHimmel\u201d can both mean heaven or sky) goes back to the main ingredients of the classic dish: the apples symbolize the sky and the potatoes are harvested from the earth. We are not sure exactly how the black pudding “Fl\u00f6nz” that is also used plays into the name, but it is impossible to imagine life without it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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