If you follow my blog you may have seen a couple of older posts where I reviewed Candy German's box subscription:
Since then the flat has been so full of German treats that I've decided to write shorter posts focusing on individual items in more detail, as my box review posts were becoming rather rushed and I wasn't getting them out on a very timely manner either...
...and because the mother lode arrived!
My amazing friend and former flatmate, Inga, clearly decided that she could do better than Candy German, and sent me this INCREDIBLE care package from Germany full of some old favourites, some items I've never seen, and some that were very, very strange. I'll be posting about these gradually, and as I've naturally returned the favour, there's a photo of my own English choices below.
What would you send as a care package to represent your own country? Which food items would you miss the most if you were to move away? The photo below might give you an insight into what I would miss!!!
...but now on to my first item from Inga's box. Brause-Brocken are tiny sherbet tabs that form part of Frigeo's "Ahoj Braüse" range of products. Their slogan is "mach was prickelndes". You can just about make the little guys out in my photo of Inga's box.
die Brause = sherbet
der Brocken = lump/chunk
machen = to do
etwas = something
prickelnd = tingly
Mach was! = (imperative tense - a command) Do something!
was prickelndes = something tingly (-es ending demonstrates neutrality, as "etwas" has no article)
They are quite intensely sweet, sour and fruity and dissolve in a mouth-watering (and eye-watering) fashion, releasing the flavours as they break down. Don't be a ninny though (as I was) and attempt to dissolve these in water. Nothing happens!
They are available in four flavours:
Orange = Orange
Zitrone =Lemon
Himbeere = Raspberry
Waldmeister = Sweet Woodruff - a flavour I've only come across in Germany - a herb used to flavour wine, beer, spirits, teas and confectionary. It's really quite pleasant but not very comparable to anything I've tasted in the UK.
Frigeo's advert for Ahoj-Braüse Pulver (powder) is quite fun too, so I include that below:
They are available in four flavours:
Orange = Orange
Zitrone =Lemon
Himbeere = Raspberry
Waldmeister = Sweet Woodruff - a flavour I've only come across in Germany - a herb used to flavour wine, beer, spirits, teas and confectionary. It's really quite pleasant but not very comparable to anything I've tasted in the UK.
Frigeo's advert for Ahoj-Braüse Pulver (powder) is quite fun too, so I include that below:
Trau dich was translates roughly as "go for it" in the sense of "daring to do something"
sich trauen - to trust oneself
On a final note, Ahoj-Braüse are a range that I had encountered before, in powder form - though not in Germany
It turns out that they are not just for kids, but can be served too as accompaniments to vodka shots. I'd come across them in Bristol's "Bavarian Beerhouse" (review pending) under the charming name of "Porno Brause", which it turns out, is totally authentically German....and probably doesn't need translating! ;)
Ahoj Brause Pulver certainly improves the flavour of vodka shots, but trying to ingest both at the same time presents its own challenge! The mixture proves rather fizzy and intense (sweetness, sourness, alcohol) and we simply couldn't decide on which order worked best!
Adults, kids, enjoy!
Adults, kids, enjoy!
