Thirty years ago when I lived in Germany, we did most of our shopping (groceries) at a little store called Aldi Markt. Of course, back then there weren't very many large markets. People had little refrigerators and went shopping everyday for fresh eggs, fruit, etc. Now the refrigerators are a little larger and many people go shopping twice a week instead of every day. My memories, though, are of Aldi Markt, so today we went there. Claudia (I met her 29 years ago.) and her husband, Axel, took me. They don't buy very many things from there, but they let me have my fun.
Aldi is a discount market. Instead of having the shelves stocked and in good order, the items are simply stacked in rows and sometimes they have what you want, and sometimes they don't. They always have the staples, but if you want something special, you don't shop at Aldi. Anyway, it was fun for me to go back and buy a few things. There were candies from Haribo (gummy bears and other gummies), yoghurt, hocherhitzte Milch (milk that has been specially processed to allow a long shelf-life without being cooled), cartons of Saft (juice), and the thing that I remember most -- Speisequark!
Speisequark is sort of like yoghurt, but yoghurt only has about 3% milkfat, whereas Speisequark has about 40% milkfat! It is really rich! Sometimes it's eaten with a sweet fruit topping as dessert, and sometimes it is spread on top of bread with a few herbs and seasonings. I like it both ways. Wish we could get it in Provo! Anybody know of where it might be available? Well, I'll enjoy it here while I can.
Mach es gut!
M. Wheatley
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