Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:28 pm
Having just returned yesterday from Munich, here's what I can say about Bavaria. The food consists of three major groups; pork, bread, and beer. For meat, pork far outweighs beef or chicken....fish is actually 2nd. Bread is usually in the form of pretzels as big as your head or a kaiser bun to make a leberkase (pork meatloaf) sandwich. And beer - primarily helles with the occasional dunkel, bocks etc are reserved for winter and/or lent. Vegetables are pretty much limited to cabbage and potatoes. Fruit is not very common as well, but available in the markets.
Obesity overall is much lower than what we see here in the states. And yes, I do agree that it is amazing. Even more amazing is that German's seem to be constantly snacking. Their one saving grace is the amount of walking they do. At least in Munich or the close suburbs, a car isn't really needed and is very expensive. Gas was running about 1.23 euro per liter for regular. So they take public transportation and walk a lot or ride a bike. One thing that I don't know is the heart disease rates in Germany.
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
-Albert Einstein