Something typically English

[Sysman]

I've seen a few of the more obscure ones here in specialist cheese shops and occasionally my local deli might have something on special which I'll snap up. They have more than their fair share of stink cheeses (Stinkkäse) such as Limburger, Munster, Romadur and Tilsiter. I remember buying a local one here for a dinner party and the Germans refused to eat and only myself and another Englishman enjoyed it. A local delicacy is 'Handkäse mit Musik' which is a small, translucent, yellow sour milk cheese with a pungent aroma served in vinegar with lots of raw onions on it which is where the Musik bit comes in but can be averted by also serving caraway with it.

They won't touch pickled eggs (the German ones are crap as they're not pickled) nor pickled onions either! Get some of them and other pickled veg, that should go down well!!!

It's changed here in Switzerland too. Of course a wide selection of French and Italian cheeses as well as Swiss ones have always been on offer but there are British cheeses available that I'd never heard of when I was in the UK (available from The British Cheese Centre but they only supply within Switzerland).

Pickled onions do seem to be popuiar(ish) here, mainly as an accompaniment to Raclette.

[bluetoaster]

Do they not have nappy sacks in Germany?

That is what I was told. I can't say as I went looking.