I live semi-rurally in Germany and rely entirely on public transport to get about, including for v lengthy work trips. For years, I tried to convince people that trains were the best way to travel the country, but I've been forced to give up. Can't recommend it to anyone. An absolute nightmare.

Oh is it? I’ve got seven or eight other GU cookbooks and none of them have it, but perhaps this one is part of a series that does. I’ll have to investigate!

Oh they’re definitely the same sausages - the rest of the year, the orange ones have Asterix and Obelix on them instead. Can‘t confirm whether or not they up the prices, but I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t get away with it in this village 😂

I love how they went with the yellow border, gives it a certain extra air of authority 😂

It's seasonal rather than Christmas-related here, too - born of necessity round where I am, so you can buy game directly from hunting clubs/friends/acquaintances/etc. Not that there isn't plenty of imported stuff around as well.

That sounds so good - the cheese/stollen/tangerines properly festive, too. I'm about to go on a fridge forage...

Although having said that we do get a lot of game sausages at this time of year. Can't move for venison and wild boar round here.

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Oh no I have misled you! These are their usual sausages, but in festive packaging. In orange is Fleischwurst, a variation on the bologna theme, the Father Christmas ones are salami, and the non-Christmassy ones on the right are spreadable Mettwurst, which is raw minced pork, here with onions.

I wasn't familiar with Caspar Plautz or his potato stand, thank you very much for the introduction. And I quite agree, I'd accommodate a potato swimming in fat any day of the year.

Please may I contribute two more German potato cookbooks to the thread? Delicious Potato Dishes (favourite chapter title: Potatoes Like Swimming in Fat) and the potatoes volume of the Culinary Delicacies series, which has a terrific chapter on potatoes in culture, art and literature.

Not yet! I’ll slice a bit off one later to see what it tastes like before coming to any decisions, but there are seven of them, so I think some pickling is probably on the cards…

So hard! Much like all the other days of the week.

Hi Chip! This is Molly. She is having a(nother) incredibly stressful day.

Wonder if I could get one for the kitchen.

Big fan of these standing tables at the Christmas market though.