GermanDeli.com - Celebrating Carnival German-style

When I think of Carnival and/or Mardis Gras the countries that come to mind are the US - New Orleans, Brazil and Rio, Italy and Venice, France and Nice. Germany not so much. I recently discovered that the Germans too party their way through Carnival season, and it's called Fasching or Karneval.

The tradition started mostly in Germany's Catholic regions and includes masquerade balls, parades, dancing in the streets. The heart of Fasching is in Koln (Cologne), Germany but smaller towns and other cities such as Dusseldorf and Mainz have their own big celebrations.

In the Dallas area, Fasching is being celebrated at GermanDeli.com's European food store in Colleyville on Sunday, February 7 from noon to five. GermanDeli has over 5000 German food products and gift items in the store...and that's not including their offerings online where they ship anywhere.

Nicole, the marketing manager for the group, gave me a tour throughout the store and a rundown of their most popular products. As I'm not really familiar with German food, Nicole gave me some recommendations on what food to try. It was a great way to explore some new cuisine and food ideas.

So you'll want to try: Dallmayr Prodomo Coffee, Jacobs Kroenung Coffee, Brotchen (bread rolls) & Pretzels, Landliebe Butter, Schaler & Webber Liverwurst, Teewurst & Blutwurst, Gold Medal Liver Pate, Kinder Schokolade (Chocolate), a German favorite.

What I also loved about the store is that you get the versions of candies and snacks that you find in European stores, not the US version. I love gummies and quickly picked up a couple of packets of the Haribo sweets. And of course, they carry Nutella. Happy Karneval!

- Denise

 

Websites

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GermanDeli Fasching Celebration

Photo: Street Scene in Frankfurt

Comments

[Sasha]

I miss Germany SO MUCH .. and I love Germandeli.com I first found them when I was stationed in Japan looking for German sour pacifiers LOLOL ..

hugs and love and happy gummi eating

[Denise]

Thanks Sasha. The Happy Colas were sooo good!

[Karen Kindler]

Yes, the Germans can party! And Fasching - damn the freezing temps - is a huge one! In the SW, parades are huge with bizarre costumes, pranksters (the witches will steal your shoelaces ... and your kids - briefly), and a whole lotta drinking going on.