Recently on vacation in Nuremberg, Germany, I took the opportunity to sample all the German goodness. Between the all the pretzels, sauerkraut, döner-kebab, and Black Forest cake I managed to get in a few other things . . .
While in the supermarket I picked up this box of treats and chuckled to myself for a good three or four minutes. Seriously, who thinks of this stuff? They really don’t realize what this means? It reminds of the time a French-speaking friend told me of a restaurant he had been to in England, which was called Mini-Bite, what a double entendre. . .
What luck !—Nuremberg just happened to be the home of gingerbread, one of my favorite cookies! But the Lebkuchen, or gingerbread cookies there surpassed all expectations. They are thick and chewy, with pieces of candied ginger and sometimes nuts and fruit inside. Forget gingerbread men and gingerbread houses, the only unusual form gingerbread takes in Germany is a rocking horse (strange I know). I am now inspired to make my own gingerbread, recipe coming soon.

Parmi les grands verres de bière—tous excellent—que je prenais le soir, il y en a eu un qui était différent des autres. C’était Rauchbier, la bière fumée, une spécialité de Bamberg, une petite ville aux environs de Nuremberg. « Une bière fumée ?? » vous vous demandez ce que c’est . . . En fait le nom explique tout ; c’est une bière avec le goût de la fumée. Je ne dirais pas que c’était la meilleure bière que j’aie jamais bu, mais elle n’était pas mal quand même.
Amidst all the glasses of beer I was drinking every night (not to excess, but a meal and a beer go hand in hand in Germany), one stood out. It was Rauchbier, or smoked beer, a specialty of Bamberg, a small town near Nuremberg. “A smoked beer??” you ask. Well in fact it's exactly how it sounds it would be--a beer that tastes like smoke. It wasn’t the best beer I’ve had in my life, but it wasn’t bad either.
Amidst all the glasses of beer I was drinking every night (not to excess, but a meal and a beer go hand in hand in Germany), one stood out. It was Rauchbier, or smoked beer, a specialty of Bamberg, a small town near Nuremberg. “A smoked beer??” you ask. Well in fact it's exactly how it sounds it would be--a beer that tastes like smoke. It wasn’t the best beer I’ve had in my life, but it wasn’t bad either.
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