Typical Bread in Germany ― ALDI Frische Backwaren

I've been wanting to do a post on the bread culture in Germany for ages now! Not knowing where to start, I decided to stick with the basics and show ya'll the types of bread that people here typically eat on a daily basis. We usually buy fresh loaves of bread from supermarkets similar to Aldi, which is a "value for money" supermarket chain in DE. Here's how the bread section in an Aldi looks like, as well as some scans from a recent Aldi flier.



It's common to see a Krustenbrot, Weltmeister or Bauernvesper loaf at ours (though Weizenmisch is my absolute fave). Only once in a while would I prefer a Vollkorn or Kürbis-Kartoffel loaf, as they're denser and have a texture I don't always feel in the mood for. On weekends (sometimes on random weekdays) we treat ourselves to fresh bread rolls such as Bäckerbrötchen or Laugenbrötchen. Plain and classic, Bäckerbrötchen are the most popular bread roll of choice here. Germans love 'em smeared with butter and topped with cheese and/or sliced meats. Best combo ever: mozz, pesto & tomatoes! >



It's true what they say: "German bread is not your usual breed of bread." I can't remember ever tasting this type of bread in Canada, where starchy/airy toast-like breads reign supreme (Hi, Dad!). Back in Oz, I remember my German friends always used to say they missed bread from back home. Now I totally understand what they mean! My one pet peeve is that most of the bread loaves here contain rye (I'm not a huge rye fan), but I can deal. And as I already mentioned in a previous post, little bakeries and supermarkets selling fresh Brötchen exist at every corner; they're never too far from reach.

[Part 2] Breakfast in Bed / Frühstück im Bett

I mean it just looked too good not to photograph. Potato bread and homemade pickles in the hizz-ouse!

[Part 1] Breakfast in Bed / Frühstück im Bett

It's different every day but, here's what a typical breakfast for us looks like. Sliced bread (Brot) with: cream cheese (Frischkäse) and salami, ham (Schinken) with wholegrain mustard (Grober Senf), Gouda with tomato paste (Tomatenmark) and curry powder (Currypulver), plain ol' liverwurst (Leberwurst) all on its own... and last but not least, because I'm so Canadian, and because I have to have at least one sweet slice of bread to counter all the savoury slices... peanut butter (Erdnussbutter) and Nutella!!!

Laugenbrötchen mit Mohn und Sesam

It's my absolute fave type of bread at the moment. Before your very eyes is a Lye Bread Roll (Laugenbrötchen) sprinkled with sesame seeds (Sesam) and poppy seeds (Mohn). Here in Germany, baked goods made from lye are very popular. North Americans would know of only one baked good made from lye: pretzels. But here, they have heaps more baked goods made from the same batter as pretzels! As you can imagine, all lye-based products are slightly salty (which makes them so damn good). Thank God Leda introduced me to Kollwitz Bäckerei, the café (Prenzlauerberg, Berlin) where I enjoyed this sandwich. Mozz & tom is a classic, but just Nutella instead would've also been good.