Goomba wrote:
> Bob Muncie wrote:
>
>> I also spent ~ 5 years in Europe, and the default in Germany (FRG at
>> the time) was mayo on their fries. Personally, I loved the late night
>> Currywurst mit pom-frit from the local street vendor in Karlsruhe
>> before I got on the strasse-n-bahn back to the base rather late.
>>
> oh yeah, pommes frites are wonderful with mayo or that mayo style salad
> dressing commonly found. I also loved how simply street food is sold
> there, without the excessive overwrapping and bags and trash we inflict
> on the environment here in the US. The wurst stands on found on many a
> strassenbahn corner often had quite a loyal following. I used to enjoy
> one before shopping at my favorite hypermarkt Vertkauf, in Wuerzburg.
> I never quite got into currywurst just because I had no desire for
> ketchup on my wurst, although loved a plain bratwurst mit senf on a
> brotchen.
> I used to work with the Bavarian Red Cross and while blood donors would
> be getting drained, some big guy would be outside grilling up the brats
> to feed the donors afterwards. Beats a lousy OJ and cookie hands down!

You seriously made me laugh on two things.

I loved the currywurst, and I prior to that disliked ketchup based
sauces. The Germans made me think a little differently about food. The
next example that I had that made an impact, was the sliced hard boiled
egg on pizza. You probably know how well egg and tomato work together,
but but until I went to Germany, it never occurred to me it (hard boiled
egg slices) would work well on pizza.

The other LOL, was red cross thing. In the states, giving blood in the
military usually involved a half day off, a couple of cookies, a piece
of fruit, and a small bottle of wine (of course this was a few days
back). I would have settled for the Barvarian chocolates and a beer ;-)

Bob