Judy, did you ever eat uncooked fished in a Japanese restaurant? Heinz _________________________ Heinz L. Zulauf Flotowstrasse 9 D-64287 Darmstadt Germany e-mail: [email protected] Visit my Private Homepage "The Classical Music Site" http://myweb.vector.ch/zulauf _________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 2:41 PM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] Re: GERMAN-LIFE-D Digest V00 #315 > Hello, > The bit of talk about food on this list (rather than on the German food list) > has gotten me to thinking about the German food we had on our trips into my > ancestral villages in E. Germany. It was usually very good, but one occasion > was funny. One of the families we visited with were a retired couple who > lived in Magdeburg, and they took us to an incredible restaurant that was in > the basement of the "town hall?" was it? Had been there for several hundred > years, and had very interesting support arches all over, to support the > building on top. Very interesting architecture. We weren't able to read the > menu at all, and our host couple couldn't translate in a way we could > understand. Ursula couldn't speak any English, and Emil's was limited, often > going to his dictionary. Finally, I understood Ursula was having "fish" and > so decided that sounded hopeful, and also ordered it. Hubby finally > understood that Emil was having something to do with pork, and ordered the > same. When it came, my "fish" was pickled herring, apparently, as it was > cold, wet and slick. Ursula ate it with enjoyment, and I can remember my Mom > saying they ordered barrels of pickled herring from someplace when they first > married, and she loved it. Frankly, I could barely eat enough to be polite. > Meantime, hubby had gotten a plate with 2 items, one was something he didn't > like the looks of, either, I forget what it looked like, but the other looked > to him like a big dip of chili with no beans, sort of. It tasted good, and > he was eating that. He has always been a bit squeamish, and has made fun of > my love of beef tongue, etc. Before he was thru, he asked Emil exactly what > this was, and Emil replied "Blood", and with his accent, it was pronounced > just like Dracula says it. Hubby blanched, and that was the end of that for > him, also. Apparently it was "blood pudding". This has still struck us > funny. I sure am not putting down German type food, and we had some great > meals in Germany, but this one didn't turn out the greatest. LOL Judy >