Another Item Has Changed to Chicken

[hildarumpole]

Biergarten switched to chicken schnitzel briefly a few years ago. It didn't last too long and they went back to pork. At that time, the complaint was that it was dry and flavorless. They probably did it because of cost. The catering to religious dietary restrictions excuse makes no sense. The kitchen at Biergarten is not kosher or halal, so any strictly observant Jew or Muslim wouldn't eat there in the first place.

We dine at several German restaurants in my area owned by German immigrants. The schnitzel is pork with veal being offered as an upcharge. Chicken is generally available upon request.

 

[hildarumpole]

The biggest problem I have with this is that it is not correct for the country. The fowl substitute is almost always Turkey.

Turkey is a bird native to North America. It may be a preference for your family members to substitute turkey, but it wouldn't be typical or authentic.

 

[angelmav]

Turkey is a bird native to North America. It may be a preference for your family members to substitute turkey, but it wouldn't be typical or authentic.

Well it's great that your local German places do that. I LIVED in Germany for over a decade and was just there this year. Turkey is the common alternative for a schnitzel, IN GERMANY. In Austria you basically can't even call it a schnitzel if it's not veal. Though that tends to be one type that is actually trademarked. When you find a Chicken cutlet IN Germany, it's typically a Cordon Blue. But, WTH do I know. I only lived there, and come from a German family. Here you go, this is a place that caters to the Americans from the nearbye base that I ate at 4 months ago. Looks like a Turkey option is the 1euro upcharge for a schnitzel. www.bigemma-ramstein.com/karte-menu/

 

[SamFaniam]

Are you at all familiar with German food? They consume more pork than any other place on the planet.

Total pork consumption, the leading country in the world is China. Per capita, it’s Denmark, Germany is number four.

 

[angelmav]

Total pork consumption, the leading country in the world is China. Per capita, it’s Denmark, Germany is number four.

Enlightening that you took that literally. Gee, China with 1.3 billion people eat more pork than Germany's 83 million. Who could have guessed that?

Let me spell it out for you. They eat A LOT of pork in Germany. It is a staple of their menu. You see it in the restaurants, you see it at the festivals, you see it at the gas stations and rest stops. It's actually very popular. Unless you are dining at a vegetarian restaurant (I recommend Red in Heidelberg) you will find a lot of pork. FWIW, you won't find many differences with the food between Germany and Denmark, other than they can actually cook fish in Denmark.

But, I wasn't posting a stat with that statement. Anyone who spends any amount of time in Germany will quickly wonder if that is all they eat.

 

[Minnesota!]

Man, now I want schnitzel and I am a vegetarian. Schnitzel (with pork) is a favorite. German-Minnesotan here and it was a comfort food. Squeeze the lemon on there and..ugh....droooool.

Anyway, yes, it can be made with any meat, but pork is just the best.

Thankfully they still have all the other (non-meat) things that I love - tomato salad (changed, but still good), nudel gratin, cheese board, etc.

Beer.

I could live there. Right there in the faux-village.

 

[Farro]

Chicken, pork, veal, turkey....Who gives a schnitzel!

 

[Anthony1971]

They Typically switched between Pork and Chicken I always liked the Chicken better... There was thread years ago when they switched to Pork and people were not happy but for a while it was Sometimes pork and sometimes Chicken I will say the last few or more years it was always pork so I would believe it was a semi permanent change.. I for one am happy it is back to Chicken.

 

[jdisnut]

Are you at all familiar with German food? They consume more pork than any other place on the planet. If that is an issue, one of the hundreds of other restaurant options are a much better alternative.

According to the National Pork Board, Germany isn't even in within the top 40 countries per capita in pork consumption.

Schnitzel is actually an Austrian dish primarily, and in that country it is typically made with veal, not pork. Germany does have pork schnitzel, though in general, "schnitzel" doesn't immediately connote "pork."