I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s picture.
I’m often asked what I’ll miss about Germany when I leave. The list is a long one, but the bakeries are near the top of that list. The picture below is one of my all time favorite German concoctions. Basically, you take a fresh pretzel, slice it lengthwise, slather butter on it, and put it back together like a little sandwich. It’s callled a Butterbreze, which means buttered pretzel- the name is simple because, honestly, why would you saddle such an elegant and tasty treat with a more complicated name?
Sehr Lecker!
Really, can you ever have too much butter?
Whimsy. Tacos. The DMV. 
I´m all about the Schnittlauchbreze. Chives, butter, pretzel. Yum. In order to make it a “treat” I only eat them on trainrides- otherwise, I could eat them every day. Yum yum yum.
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Blasphemy. Chives should only ever be paired with cream cheese. 🙂
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Or sour cream! Don’t forget sour cream!!!
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First thing I get every time I land back in Germany at the airport!
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Mmmm! Miss those bakeries. My favorite fun-and-slightly-confusing cultural fact here is that we refer to “pretzels” as anything made of that substance, but in German it’s just the shape 🙂
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Those look amazing! 😀
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The pictured example was thoroughly mediocre. They’re usually even better than that. 🙂
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😀 Now I need to figure out how to make them…
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Easy peasy. Get a bagel slicer (or get really steady with a knife), slice a freshly baked pretzel in two, slather butter on it, and slap it back together.
The thing that makes them awesome here is the freshly baked part- the bakeries here produce an insane amount of pretzels, and they’re almost all delicious. (Certain chains of bakeries use different butter levels, and it changes the flavors in ways I do not care for, but I shant name names.)
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I’m quite good with a knife and would have no problem splicing a pretzel… (I can even make homemade pretzels)… but is it just normal butter inside?
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Yes, normal butter. Although I suspect they may lace it with crack.
Frischkäsebretze are the same thing, but with cream cheese instead of butter. Also delicious.
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