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The emphasis of the cuisine of Germany and its neighbours is on “hearty” foods—roast meats, dumplings, fish dishes, cream sauces, puddings, and rich desserts. The Germans eat sauerbraten, a marinated pot roast with a sweet-and-sour sauce, the earthy hasenpfeffer (hare stew), Königsberger Klopse (a fancy meatball), badischer Hecht (a sour cream baked pike), and Schweinebraten mit Pflaumen und Apfeln (roast pork with prune and apple stuffing). Other favourite foods are sausages; sauerkraut (fermented cabbage); dumplings; thick soups made from potatoes, peas, or lentils; herring; and roast meats, or braten. Popular desserts include puddings, fruit pancakes or dumplings, egg custards, jellies topped with whipped cream, the medieval invention marzipan (an almond paste confection), lebkuchen (a kind of gingerbread), and Baumkuchen (the “tree-cake” baked on a special horizontal spit).

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