The German diet has its own characteristics. Germans are mostly Germanic, and they like to "eat big pieces of meat and drink big". The annual pork consumption per person reaches 66 kilograms, ranking first in the world. Germans love to eat pork and also like to raise their own pigs. In Ruhr, Germany's largest industrial zone, despite the high-rise buildings everywhere, residents have set up pig farms between the buildings, hiring butchers to slaughter their own pigs every year, and the family can eat for half a year. Because of their preference for pork, most famous German dishes are pork products. The most famous dish is sour cabbage covered with all kinds of sausages and ham, and sometimes a pig's hind leg is used instead of sausages and ham. In addition to pork, Germany's per capita bread consumption also ranks first in the world, and each person eats 81 kilograms of bread every year.

when Germany is mentioned, people immediately think of beer. Indeed, German beer, like cars, electrical appliances and football, is world-famous and is a famous beer kingdom in the world today. Germany's per capita beer consumption ranks first in the world and is the world's "first beer belly".

German food culture is unique, and there are many ways for us to think deeply about "eating" and "treating guests".

compared with lunch and dinner, breakfast in Germany is the most abundant. In hotels or government restaurants, breakfast is mostly buffet-style. There are staple foods such as bread, meat, vegetables, drinks, fruits, etc. The varieties are very rich and the colors are bright and pleasing to the eye. Bread includes refined flour, rye, oats, white flour mixed with miscellaneous grains and so on. Honey, jam, cream, cheese, butter, etc., are all packed in exquisite small boxes slightly smaller than matchboxes, and can be eaten by tearing off the soft paper on the surface, which is convenient and not wasteful. Most of the offices have rooms dedicated to making coffee and tea. Employees have 21 minutes for coffee or tea at 11 am and 4 pm respectively, and they also have to eat some cakes. This ornament can prevent overeating due to hunger at noon and at night, which is a scientific "eating habit".

Lunch and dinner in Germany are generally pork chops, steaks, barbecues, sausages, raw fish, potatoes and soups. When drinking beer in Germany, people who don't drink much don't have to worry, because at the banquet, Germans don't persuade or force each other to drink, and drinkers do what they can. Even if they drink beer, they ask you if you want it first, and if you don't, they will never bring it to you. Dining is for one person, and most diners will dip the minced meat or soup in the plate with bread and never waste it. The diet in Germany is characterized by rich nutrition, convenience and time saving, civilization and science, and eating well.

Street food stalls are everywhere in German cities, and fried sausages, pizzas and hamburgers can be seen at any time in the station square. There are many large and small restaurants in the street, as well as Italian, French, Turkish, Greek and Spanish restaurants. Of course, China restaurants can also be seen. However, in China restaurants, the way of eating Chinese food has been westernized, and every dish should be accompanied by a set of public knives, forks, spoons and chopsticks. Everyone extemporaneously uses public tableware to put vegetables on their plates, and then eats them with their own chopsticks.

In our opinion, it is almost stingy for Germans to treat guests. At the banquet held by a German national institution for the graduation of a class student in China, there were only three courses of big dishes, and the form was grand. During the evening break, a German friend who has been to China said, "You may feel that lunch is not rich enough, but our secretary of state treats you so much." In state banquets, only officials above ministers have the right to treat guests and give gifts on business, and all other officials treat them at their own expense. There is a rule in Germany that anyone who asks for more drinks and beer at a banquet has to pay for it himself.

Germans pay attention to economy and simplicity when entertaining guests. The food is only enough for the host and guest, and the nutrition is enough. For example, the head of the technical engineering department of a large industrial group held a formal banquet for visiting scholars. There were many people who met and discussed before the banquet, but at the beginning of the banquet, only five people were accompanied by the host, and the others all went home for dinner. There is only one soup and two dishes at the banquet, which is just enough to eat and not wasted at all. The host doesn't think it is stingy to do so.

Germany is one of the few rich countries in the world. Not only do they have many kinds of social welfare, but they also provide assistance to many developing countries. Spending money on the cutting edge, from this point of view, Germany's careful calculation is really admirable