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Nine tasty German food and drink idioms

Because apparently, even when Germans aren't talking about food... they still like to talk about food.

Nine tasty German food and drink idioms
"Everything has an end; only sausages have two." Words of wisdom from Germany. Photo: DPA

Germany is famous for a lot of things, not least its mouth-watering array of national foods and drinks.

From world-renowned Oktoberfest beers to the tantalising selection of Christmas goodies gracing the shelves this month, German cuisine certainly hits the spot for many visitors.

But for Germans themselves, talk of food and drink isn't just reserved for the dining table.

Here are some of our favourite German culinary phrases that actually have nothing to do with eating or drinking.

Guten Appetit!

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By Hannah Butler

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Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

Danish chef Rasmus Munk wants to take high-end cuisine to the edge of space, with plans to serve up a stratospheric dining experience in 2025, his restaurant said Thursday.

Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

“The expedition will take place aboard Space Perspective Spaceship Neptune, the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceship,” Alchemist, the Copenhagen restaurant that has earned Munk two Michelin stars, said in a statement.

“They will dine as they watch the sunrise over the Earth’s curvature” at an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,000 metres) above sea level, it said.

For $495,000 per ticket, six tourists will embark on a six-hour journey in a pressurised space capsule that will rise into the stratosphere in a hydrogen-filled “SpaceBalloon”.

The 32-year-old chef and self-confessed space enthusiast will be joining the trip.

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Munk promises “dishes inspired by the role of space exploration during the last 60 years of human history, and the impact it has had on our society — both scientifically and philosophically”.

His menu will be restricted only by his inability to cook food over an open flame.

Many of the ingredients will be prepared on the ship from which the capsule is launched, according to Alchemist, which is ranked fifth among the world’s restaurants in 2023 according to the World’s Best 50 Restaurants guide.

In recent decades, Denmark has emerged as a gastronomical powerhouse on terra firma, with the Copenhagen restaurants Noma and Geranium both having held the title of the world’s best restaurant.

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