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Always a favorite: Pretzels - Bretzel. Sometimes eaten with mustard, or, believe it or not, "Schmalz" (bacon lard).
And then there is Apfelstrudel.
Homemade, of course! Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany , was the topic of a biography on Culture Day. So we don’t just eat! What is learned on Culture Day is part of the course, and part of all the tests.
So far you have seen us go from food to politics, and here we shift gears again and go into an entirely different field: Architecture. The Bauhaus school was revolutionary in its designs in the pre WWII years, and its influences are still felt in today’s furniture and architecture.
Asparagus is something highly prized in Germany, so we have to have Asparagus Soup! We don’t only talk about the distant past and food,
but also established pop idols
like Udo Lindenberg, who has been rocking Germany for many years.
Another famous German desert is the Black Forest Cherry Cake - Schw arzwälder Kirschtorte. It’s great to energize the class, not only for German, but for all the other classes of the day. By the way- German deserts are know to not have anywhere nearly as much sugar as American ones.
Not to neglect the sciences, one of our Fridays was spent with Conrad Röntgen, the inventor of the x-ray. 
Who hasn’t heard of German Potato Salad? Well from time to time it is available for the tasting on Culture Day. Sometimes even with Ring Bologna!
Friedrich von Schiller is one of the two greatest writer/poets of Germany, and has also been a topic of discussion. Both because of his politics and because of his great contribution to the German literary heritage.
One of the best kinds of German cakes is the fruit cake. However, the German kind is not the type that gets passed around from relative to relative, because nobody likes it. These cakes have a butter dough, and are layered with fruit(s). Sometimes they come with a glaze.
And then there is ..... Karneval / Fasching/ Fastnacht!!!
So come and have fun while learning! There's lots more to experience. See you in class!
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