[Leica] Re: St. Pauli, German beer, bread

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Up to now I always thought this was only a list of single malt lovers ;-)

You forgot Johannes Brahms, who used to play piano in whorehouses in St 
Pauli - but even Dichter and Denker have to eat and drink.

Although it was invented in Berlin, the best "Currywurst mit Pommes" is 
still in Pl?mecke's in the Vo?strasse in Hannover, this is where, in the 
seventies, ex-chancellor Gerhard (Gerd or Acker) Schr?der sat and 
spouted young socialist politics at people who didn't particularly want 
to hear it (most had their CmP and a beer and went over the road to 
another Kneipe, Bild, (which had the best Bouletten and Charly Neumann 
playing old songs on his violin).

There's still a pretty good Currywurst to be had in Berlin, try the 
Hackeschen H?fen next time you're there, a whole bunch of reasonably 
priced (open air too) restaurants built into the arches of the railway 
bridge, they're all very good, try and get there on market day, there's 
a lot going on. .Try their Flammekuchen too, a thin crunchy biscuitlike 
pastry about a foot and a half in diameter with cheese and onion topping 
(or various other toppings) - echt lecker. But don't make eye-contact 
with the Gipsy Fiddlers who demand money for substandard ethnic music, 
they just don't let you eat in peace.
Take a camera too, the marauding "gang" of sparrows is a sight to be 
seen, last time there one sat on the end of my lens while six others 
were surreptitiously attacking Frauke's Flammekuchen. The location is 
pretty central for a walk to the Museumsinsel (the Pergamon Museum is 
fantastic), Alexanderplatz, Gendarmenplatz and many of the other sights 
in what used to be East Berlin (they managed to have all the best bits 
and made a reasonable job of keeping them pretty)
Douglas
Detmold's brewery actually catered, to some extent, to the tastes of the 
British Army stationed in the area, this could explain the difference in 
the taste of their brew.
BTW, a very enjoyable, and reasonably widely available, darker beer is 
Duckstein

dnygr wrote:

>I'll have to visit Mix the next time I'm on the autobahn near Hannover 
>(prounounced, HahnOHfur). Glad to see someone else likes the Detmolder. I 
>recall drinking it in a small Gasthaus next to the stream near the castle. 
>The downtown area was on the other side of the stream. 
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>The chain I saw the Broetchen in is called Jibi as I recall. Small market, 
>nice selection of bread and beer.
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>Now for another delicacy that has suffered over the years, namely 
>Currywurst. 
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>I used to find it very tasty when I lived in Berlin. That was not the case 
>two years ago. My Berliner friends agree. What do others feel?
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>(Isn't it amazing that the country that gave us, Bach, Beethoven, Leica and 
>Steinways aus Hamburg is neglected in this email and only its bread, beer 
>and currywurst are discussed. Shades of Heine.) 
>Best regards--Doug Nygren
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