Monday, January 05, 2026

What Germans Really Eat for Supper: Traditional Abendbrot

 
Today, as there is no mural, I´d like to show you (people think) we eat. Not with a fork, though.

Ingo really eats that fish...

And of course I put a hard boiled egg into Ingo´s lunch box yesterday night. 

 Have a great start to the week - I´ll clean up  big today. And did you note the cat?

 
"Habits of the 1960s that would be unthinkable today 

 


 Beach life

 In California in the 1960s, a new trend emerged: beach parties."

Henry 🦁 






32 comments:

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Dear friend Iris, Henry looks colourful and delicious πŸ˜‹
Thanks for sharing this video.
Sending you warm hugs πŸ«‚ πŸ€— and much love.

Iris Flavia said...

Thank you, dear friend Linda - Ingo and I ... well my Mom really put Abendbrot like that on the table. We don´t make such a fuss anymore... How is it like in yours? Warm hugs and much love on the way 😘

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Dear friend Iris, I think the videos I have on my blog today are ones that you will enjoy.

Gillena Cox said...

Wow! Henry is so yummy today
Happy Monday Iris

πŸŽ‡much love

Iris Flavia said...

I´ll hop over, dear friend Linda!

Iris Flavia said...

To food and much love 😘

eileeninmd said...

Henry does look yummy! Thanks for sharing the video.
Cheers to good food! Take care, enjoy your day and the week ahead.

Iris Flavia said...

Thank you, Eileen and to a good week ahead - I started cleaning the condo, ow. Such fun ;-)

Tom said...

...being a Yankee, I don't eat with a fork and knife, just a fork!

CJ Kennedy said...

That was a fun supper and Henry looks like he would fit right in.

RedPat said...

Henry is ready for dinner, Iris.

Iris Flavia said...

LOL, Tom!

Iris Flavia said...

Well, we have i much simpler!

Iris Flavia said...

Cheers to that, RedPat!

Christine said...

The breakfast looks good

Amypie71 said...

I like the idea of light bread, not sure about the board to eat off though, what happens if you have sauce or gravy on it?

Bill said...

Henry looks delicious and very healthy.

Iris Flavia said...

We eat that in the evening ;-)

Iris Flavia said...

We don´t have that for supper, so all good. Otherwise we use plates :-)

Iris Flavia said...

Henry says thank you!

Jeanie said...

Have a fantastic week. Henry is THE BEST!

My name is Erika. said...

That's an interested video. I enjoyed it. I remember open faced sandwiches when I've been in Scandinavian places. And I love the charcuterie board Henry. That is cool. Hope you had a super start to the new week. hugs-Erika

River said...

Henry looks delicious! Now I know why my Dad loved his "bread board" so much. I don't remember us ever having Abenbrot like that though, mum followed the Australian way with cooked dinners, always mashed potatoes and vegetables with some kind of meat, usually lamb chops or slices from the Sunday roast leg of lamb (I hate lamb) or left over roast chicken from a Sunday when we didn't have lamb. Very occasionally we would have beef, but more often sausages. Always with gravy. We grew up Australian.
I do like the herrings in tomato sauce though and have them here in my cupboard right now, next to the cans of tuna. And I love my rye bread too, with cheese or with anything else, but not with peanut butter, that needs white bread. And the little pickles! I have those too.

River said...

That should be Abendbrot with a "d" I think?

DVArtist said...

OMGosh Iris. I absolutely loved this video. She was a good speaker and explained the meal perfectly. Ohhh and she has my butter dish. LOL I so like the idea of eating on the boards. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you.

Iris Flavia said...

Thank you, Jeanie, and have a great week, too!

Iris Flavia said...

Yes, and luckily in English, Erika. Henry sure is dressed up, hugs

Iris Flavia said...

You had sausages?! Australian sausages?! We tried them, too. They were maybe "bad"? They were so wobbly... you know how much I hate to waste food, but... Ingo threw them away. And we never bought sausages again... LOL. Those herrings... I only need to see them and nearly gag. I like the pickles and cheese. If or when we meet again let us stick to that ;-)

Iris Flavia said...

No, it really is Brot. Abendbrot. With a harsh "t" - we are Germans.... we are harsh... not, also with t. Thank you for the laugh! Ingo gave my PC a very simple password written wrong, now I always have to think how to write if I want to write it correct - don´t mix in with that ;-)

Iris Flavia said...

You´re very welcome Nicole! We really do have boards but ours are plastic. Ingo used to have round, wooden ones for years.

River said...

The sausages have to be cooked, we buy them raw and cook them usually frying, sometimes grilled on the barbecue, then we eat them, with gravy on the dinner plate with vegetables, or if cooked outside on the barbecue we just fold the sausage into a slice of bread with fried onions and a bit of tomato sauce.
I just watched the German Breakfast video, the foods are much the same as the Abendbrot, but I see no vegetables at all in either video. I wouldn't expect vegetables at breakfast, but for other meals there should be? Perhaps the midday meal is where the vegetables happen?

Iris Flavia said...

We put them on the BBQ - wobbly! Ours are... different. At my family we had tomatoes, radish, gherkin, pickles for Abendbrot... Maybe that lady did not take all over to her new place.... Lunch was always cooked, as I do, too - Ingo started breakfast-cooking - weird.