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[Enjoyed]

Wait till you hear that America has 3 different words for pancake, and one of them is flapjack - WHICH IS ALREADY AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BAKED GOOD!

[Bosco]

Look, @Bosco, what caught my eye just a few moments ago:

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I think we're going to have some pancakes tomorrow morning, or Plinsen/ Eierkuchen as we say

Heck yeah!

Does Deutschland have a version of "Piggy in a Blanket"? What would that be you ask, well it's a breakfast sausage link (pork) dipped in pancake battered and then fried in hot oil. Similar to a "Corn Dog" but for breakfast.

Any who, I know Germany has have access to some the best pork sausages, and I would imagine the skinny Nürnberger style would be an amazing focal point for a "Piggy in a Blanket".

Then you dip those suckers in that maple syrup and you got, HEAVEN!

[Enjoyed]

Pigs in blankets are cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon in the UK.

Isn't language fun!?

[Bosco]

Pigs in blankets are cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon in the UK.

Isn't language fun!?

Interesting. We cant really nickname cocktail sausages/hotdogs/frankfurters as "Pig" or "Piggy" in my region because generally the Midwest states hotdogs are all-beef product. 

[Enjoyed]

The concept of a blanket made of your own skin is quite something too.

[Stefan]

Heck yeah!

Does Deutschland have a version of "Piggy in a Blanket"? What would that be you ask, well it's a breakfast sausage link (pork) dipped in pancake battered and then fried in hot oil. Similar to a "Corn Dog" but for breakfast.

I don't know about Germany, but in Austria we call these "Würstel im Schlafrock", which translates to "Sausage in a Dressing Gown"

[Bosco]

The concept of a blanket made of your own skin is quite something too.

is pork belly/bacon skin? I would probably classify it as flesh. Thus, double the flesh ("double your fun"),  just one (bacon) more fattier than the other (sausage). I get what you're saying though.

Pardon me for saying, but bacon wrapped meats are silliness. If a fucking sausage needs to be emphasized by bacon, the sausage must be shitty...


Edit: Damnit, I might have to rescind that bacon wrapped remark, I forgot about Porchetta

[Csar]

In Austria they're called Palatschinken.

Yes! That's also known around here (our close neighbour is the Czech Republic). It's not as frequently used though.

Does Deutschland have a version of "Piggy in a Blanket"? What would that be you ask, well it's a breakfast sausage link (pork) dipped in pancake battered and then fried in hot oil. Similar to a "Corn Dog" but for breakfast.

I can't speak for all of Germany, but it's probably not a frequent breakfast dish in most of the country. But it's also not unheard of because you can see that on partys like New Years/ Halloween and so forth or when you have friends over for dinner like barbecue side etc.  The ones we have made so far were made with a yeast type of dough that would be wrapped around it.

And we call them almost exactly like this:

"Würstel im Schlafrock", which translates to "Sausage in a Dressing Gown"

with the exception of the a bit more common usage of "Würstchen" (-chen is the diminutive form of Wurst in "standard" German) But we also say Würstl or Würschtl (wyrshtl). The most common type of porky sausage is  known as, wait for it, "Wiener Würstchen" (which would translate to Vienna's sausage) or just "Wiener" (you might be familiar with that one ) followed by "Bockwürstchen", its chubbier sister sausage. Oh, there are also Frankfurter that are quite similar, I almost forgot. There are so, so many types of Würtchen in Germany but I guess these are the most popular, everyday ones.
I believe "Nürnberger Würste/ Würstchen" are mostly a Bratwurst sort of type that would not typically go into such a dish, I guess, as it needs to be grilled beforehand. But then again, I guess there are thousands of variants out there and I may be wrong.

What I definitely never have seen is them being dipped in maple syrup! So I need to save me some of the mighty maple juice for that experiment!

Wait till you hear that America has 3 different words for pancake, and one of them is flapjack - WHICH IS ALREADY AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BAKED GOOD!

So, what's the third one? And of course, what are the differences? I'm curious!

Pigs in blankets are cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon in the UK.

Isn't language fun!?

Yeah! However, I wonder why you would serve those to a cocktail , though???

Pardon me for saying, but bacon wrapped meats are silliness. If a fucking sausage needs to be emphasized by bacon, the sausage must be shitty...

Ha, you would think that. But wait until you had some Berner Würstl, filled with cheese. Quite tasty. But I agree, it's also quite decadent . When we have barbecue every now and then at my friends' place and these are served, we would jokingly call them "Fleisch mit Fleisch" (meat with meat) to make light of the tasty silliness.

[ThePumisher]

Does Deutschland have a version of "Piggy in a Blanket"? What would that be you ask, well it's a breakfast sausage link (pork) dipped in pancake battered and then fried in hot oil. Similar to a "Corn Dog" but for breakfast.

You US-Americans always eating like you have free healthcare 



And yes, agreed with Csar and Stefan, sounds like what we call Würstchen/Würstel im Schlafrock, and yes, it's not that common. Even pancakes are not a common breakfast, at least not in my region. More of a afternoon snack ore something.

[Bosco]

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Navi:

Watch out!

[ThePumisher]

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[Bosco]

Attempted some Pan Style Pizza yesterday. The results were pretty good!
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[ThePumisher]

I was in Istanbul/Turkey a week ago for a small holiday. It's a nice "little" city (nearly 16 million residents...), but being there for only 3 days one cannot see much so i focused on the more tourist-focused parts of the city like Galata & Eminönü. I managed to take some pics and now i'm sharing a few of them (even if you don't want to...)





View from one of the entrances of the Kapalı Çarşı (Grand Bazaar) down a road towards the Galata Bridge (not visible)

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Inside the Grand Bazaar. What you see is like 3 to 5% of the bazaar

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View from beside the Galata Bridge towards Galata and the Galata Kulesi (Galata Tower)

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View from the other side of the Galata Bridge down the Bosporus. You can see the Çamlıca Mosque in the back. This is the largest Mosque in Turkey and can hold up to 63.000 worshippers. For comparison: The "Dom" (Cologne Cathedral) holds only 20,000 people — and far fewer during Mass. Oh, and yes, that turkish flag is that huge.

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Stairways towards Galata Tower

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We drank some Raki, which is really really expensive in Turkey for some reason (these are 11 Raki's, and we paid for them nearly the same amount we had to pay for all the other drinks and our food combined  )

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View from the Galata Bridge towards the Fatih Mosque (must be the Fatih Mosque, but i'm not 100% sure...)

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A stray cat. Istanbul has more than a million stray cats, and the city loves them. Residents serving food and water for them, and in return it feels like there are no rats.

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Inside of the Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia). The Hagia Sophia is the most famous mosque in Instanbul and Turkey because of it's history. It's a construction site (inside and outside) at the moment so i haven't took any pictures from the outside and this is one the few pictures from the inside where you can't see any scaffolding.

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Good thing the Hagia Sophia is covered in scaffolding: right in front of the Hagia Sophia is the Sultanahmet Camii - the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, or better known as the Blue Mosque. And i have to say, this is one of the most beautiful buildings i have ever seen. Sadly i haven't went inside.

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Inside the Topkapi Palace

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Another pic of the Blue Mosque, taken from the rooftop of a hotel restaurant

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A pic of the New Mosque (creative name, right?), taken from the Galata Bridge

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Another stray cat, this time at a train station

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Galata Tower by night

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And some random street in Galata by night

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All pictures taken with a Nikon Z6II + the Nikon Z 24-120/f4 (at daytime i used a polarising filter). RAW's developed in DxO Photolab and resized for this forum.

[Csar]

Those are gorgeous photos, Pum! Especially the alley-cat and that orange-lit bazar! Out of personal interest, have you been using a camera/for quite some time now? How's the z6 II in your opinion? I've been pondering "upgrading" to a full frame mirrorless Nikon for a good while now but couldn't justify the price tags yet.

Anyways. Seems like a beautiful and interesting place you visited. Those mosques and that palace are impressive. Makes me want to go travel again myself.

This reminds me, I Totally forgot to share my London pics and experience from last October.

[Enjoyed]

Absolutely stunning photos.

[Bosco]

As someone who doesn't get to see the world as much as I would like, I appreciate when you guys share your travels.

Did you experience the cuisine, Pumisher? ... Kebabs? Seafood?

Looking up Raki, it looks to be the same as Ouzo which I've had plenty of times. Not my favorite, but don't hate it either.

Great photos!

[ThePumisher]

Out of personal interest, have you been using a camera/for quite some time now?

I'm using Cameras since 2009/2010. I bought a Nikon D7000 (APS-C) back then, used it for like 13 to 14 years and then switched to the Z6II

How's the z6 II in your opinion? I've been pondering "upgrading" to a full frame mirrorless Nikon for a good while now

It was a bit different at first, compared to the D7000. Especialy the autofocus system works a bit different and that's a bit confusing in the beginning, but now i'm totally happy with the Z6II except that it eats battery like there's no tommorow 

Did you experience the cuisine, Pumisher? ... Kebabs? Seafood?

Yes, Kebab + Seafood.
At the docks around the Galata Bridge you can buy Balik Ekmek and Midye dolma, which are rice stuffed mussels. That grilled fish sandwich is tasty, but the mussels have (in my opinion) no taste at all.
Kebap wise i'd eat the classics like Adana but i also tried Kokoreç. The latter tasted better than it sounds 
But what I can really recommend is a Turkish breakfast: Menemen tastes really, really good.

Looking up Raki, it looks to be the same as Ouzo which I've had plenty of times.

Don't know the exact difference, but it taste nearly the same like Ouzo. You get a shot of it in a glass, and then it's topped up with water — causing it to change from its clear color to that cloudy appearance.