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