Comments by "Holger P." (@holger_p) on "" video.

  1. I'm bamboozled with your statement. Cause "soup and cake" might be the American or French version, having cake as desert. The german tradition is, to separate this into two meals. Cake is no desert in any way , unless they try to mimic american tradition.
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  2. Yes, it's less snacking around, but more sitting down as a meal and social event.
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  3. Once I had a big discussion with Canadians, who did not expect me to categorize an apple pie as cake. We could find common ground on Strudel. But it's an underestimated false friend, to translate Kuchen with cake or vice versa. And what the french call a tarte, is a pie in English, but not Torte in German. Only common thing: it's round. Now what about Blechkuchen ? People are lost.
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  4.  @christianedoeur9394  I was talking about deserts (two courses), not sweet meals. That's more something like Kompott or Pudding. And the extra afternoon cake meal. In contradiction, since the other nations don't have the afternoon meal, their only chance to have cake is desert time. So they have it only after lunch or dinner, which for Germans is still an exception, even if you have examples. I have heared, a bakery in Germany is producing the cakes for Germany bigger than for France, cause Germans have bigger servings (cause it's a meal 4 hours after lunch), and for French it's a small desert.
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  5. No, this just explains why a foreigner has special sources of knowledge or a special interest for a topic. I deny to consider Donald Trump or Queen Elisbath as German. They have a relation, that's it.
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  6. That's the attribute of "home cooking", and having it daily. Take 5 ingredients, produce something in 20minutes + baking time. Of course french patisserie is "more refined" but for no purpose and nobody is doing it at home. The worst are the americans, if they talk about cake, they don't care about baking at all. It's a nightmare of sugar, called Fondant decorated by crazy people - but not bakers.
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  7. You have to skip this "after lunch" idea. It's "in the afternoon". 3 hours after lunch. When you start to feel little hungry again.
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  8. Addiction comes from the combination of fat + sugar. It's easy to separate, especially in German cakes. Either you make a dough without fat, like brioche, or you reduce the sugar and take fruits only. The only combination are crumbs, but they are used in small quantities, just for the crunch and the caramel taste.
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