Vegetarian

Vegetable Strudel: A Traditional German Vegetarian DishI firmly believe that you can find out a great deal about a culture by treating the food of the given group as a cultural artifact. Studying the food has a great deal to do with how the people have historically been able to process their natural environment for their own sustenance, and do it in a way that has provided them with all the essential elements being fulfilled. In studying the food the Germany has to offer, I find myself overwhelmed with meat. In researching German restaurants (menupages.com, New York Magazine), I found that it was almost entirely impossible for the food not to be reduced to purely, almost stereotypical, meat dishes. Traditional schnitzels and fish (carp and herring, especially) overwhelm the representation of German food in New York City. Again, I find myself worried. As a vegetarian, I'm concerned about how possible it will be to maintain my eating habits in Germany itself as it seems impossible to maintain based on German restaurants in the city.