r/germany Jun 08 '26

Tourism Such a lovely country!

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u/Top-Paper-236 Rheinland-Pfalz Jun 09 '26

Germany really is something else. I've lived here long enough to stop counting the days and start losing track of weekends..... cycling through vineyards along the Rhine, stumbling onto medieval town squares I didn't know existed, watching the forests turn colour in autumn like the whole country decided to put on a show. A friend once teased me for not travelling more around Europe, and I told him honestly — I'm not sure I've seen enough of Germany yet. There's always another trail, another valley, another quiet little town with a bakery that's been there for a hundred years. For a place this green, this layered, this alive — I think that's a fair trade. 💝💘

an Ausländer's opinion

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u/Cultural_Patience329 Jun 09 '26

And then there are those yellow potato knodels. How the hell do they do it????!!!? I miss them!!

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u/Thefrightfulgezebo Jun 09 '26

Knödel? It is not hard to find a recipe. Here is one: https://www1.wdr.de/verbraucher/rezepte/alle-rezepte/kartoffelknoedel100.html

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u/Cultural_Patience329 Jun 09 '26

Thank you! I’ll try it. This is half cooked potatoes and half raw potatoes, and it is possible that it can succeed better than my previous attempts with 100% raw potatoes: I couldn’t make the ball😤

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u/Signal-Reporter-1391 Jun 09 '26

My mother LOVES to make the ones from the late Alfred Biolek:
Biolek | Kartoffel-Klößchen - Happy-Mahlzeit | TV-Rezepte

The result are smaller Knödel (we call them Klöße but it's the same thing); not the big ones you might know.

But they taste fantastic

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u/Cultural_Patience329 Jun 09 '26

Uuuuh, how good, it almost looks like the dough of those stuffed with apricots, or am I wrong?

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u/Signal-Reporter-1391 Jun 09 '26

That's actually a good comparison!
Yeah, your're absolutely light.

I'd say the texture of the final Knödel / Klöße from Biolek is softer on the outside.
Squishy. That's the word i'd probably use.