Germany Had Its Own Unique Way Of Life And It Had A Big Impact On Other Cultures

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Term Paper Title	Germany Had Its Own Unique Way Of Life And It Had A Big Impact On Other Cultures
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Germany had its own unique way of life and it had a big impact on other cultures.  One
influence Germany had on other cultures was its food.  Sausage, baked goods, and beer
seem to be the most indigenous food.  Most of the sausages can be eaten hot or cold such
as the frankfurter.  A few of the sausages, such as Bratwurst, must be cooked and a
few--Schlachtwurst and Touristenwurst--eaten only when cold.  Bratwurst  was a pork
sausage, usually cooked over an open fire.  Schlachtwurst literally means “slaughter
feast”; a pig slaughtering followed by a feast (Hazelton 199).   Black Forest Cake,
German Chocolate Cake, and Honey Cake were a few desserts eaten by families that
could afford them.  Now these desserts are not only eaten in Germany but in many other
countries as well.  Beer and Schnaps were the most popular drinks.  They are Germany’s
oldest and best known customs.  Beer ranged from light to dark, sweet to bitter, and weak
to strong.  Schnaps is a clear brandy now served in countries world wide as well as beer.
Most German food is now cooked and eaten in many different countries.
     Although the old-fashioned costumes look picturesque, their style was by no
means beautiful or practical by modern standards (52).  The majority of the Germans
were either middle to low class, but each possessed a large number of clothes and they
had clothes for almost any occasion.  The typical dowry of a farm girl consisted of eighty
to one hundred skirts, forty pairs of stockings, twenty-five bodices, twenty hoods with
requisite ribbons, and thirty to forty handkerchiefs of silk, wool, calico or cotton.  A man
marrying such a girl would marry the wardrobe she would need for the rest of her life
except for the clothes that wore out (52).  Men too had a wealth of frocks:  for mourning
and old age they had quilted ones, for communion a long waisted black one with
forty-two buttons, and for confession a sililary cut dark blue one with brass buttons.  Men
that worked in the fields typically wore a very wide, short blouse open at the neck,
trousers reaching to the knee, long white stockings or linen leggings, low shoes, and a
beret.  Women working in the field typically wore white bonnets and a jacket, a white
apron over their full, knee-length skirt, a petticoat peeping out one and a half inches, and
white stockings or leggings (53-54).  Hats were worn by almost everyone.  Men had three
cornered hats for church, brown or gray felt ones for summer, tasseled fur caps for
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