South Africans in Germany

German meat cuts are different from those in South Africa.
South Africa tends to follow the British way of cutting meat.
Below is a explanation of the German Beef Cuts

German beef cuts

Rinderhals, Kamm or Nacken (Chuck steak)
Querrippe (Short ribs)
Rinderbrust (Brisket)
Hochrippe or Fehlrippe (Standing rib roast)
Vorderrippe or hohes Roastbeef
Rostbraten or flaches Roastbeef
5. & 6. together are the Roastbeef or Zwischenrippenstück
Filet (Fillet)
Spannrippe or Knochendünnung
Dünnung or Bauchlappen (flank steak)
Falsches Filet, Schulter, Bug or Schaufel (shoulder)
Oberschale, Unterschale and Nuss
Flanke, Schliem or Rindfleisch
Hüfte mit Hüftsteak and Schwanzstück or Tafelspitz (Top sirloin))
Hesse or Wade (Beef shank)
Fricandeau
Schwanz or Ochsenschwanz (Oxtail)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_of_beef

German Beef cuts downloadable file

Pork

To be updated soon

Where to buy meat

Most people buy lamb at their local Turkish butcher, or at Italian Food stores that have a butchery.
You can try Selgros or Metro (need a customer card) or support your local butchery for lamb and other meat cuts.
Shops like Rewe and Edeka have their own butchery section, and if you want a specific cut you can pre-order it from them.

You can also buy meat online. I found the following online shops, but have not personally used them so I can only add them as suggestions. Most of these also sell Venison

Ihr Online Metzger
Tellermitte
Don Carne
Gourmet Fleisch
Otto Gourmet
MeinMetzger
Mein Bauernhof – direct from farmers in your region. Beef, Lamb, Veal, Chicken and Fish. Also milk, eggs and vegetables
Waldgourmet (Venison)
Grüne Bauern – Bio Meat delivered to your home. They also sell Lamb
Waldfleisch – App to buy Regional Venison

Boerewors and Biltong

Gunii Products

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Christys Küche

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Kiefer Cuisine

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Runder Biltong

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Mopani Braai

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Saffa Shop

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Die Spens

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Vocabulary

Here is a list of translations and some additional information about meat in Germany.

Product	Substitute & Translation
Lamb Shank	Die Lammhaxe. Lamb is not very popular in Germany. The German lamb also tastes very different from a Karoo tjoppie. You can sometimes get frozen New-Zealand lamb. Some Italian Deli’s also sell very good lamb, and they will cut if to your liking. I have seen frozen Lamb shank in Lidl, but it is also seasonal.
Mince	Das Hackfleisch
Ribeye Steak	It is known as Entrecôte. Also know as Scotch Fillet
Cuts of Beef	Here is a list of the different cuts of beef. They do not list South Africa but we follow the same cuts as the British. You can compare the German cuts
Cuts good for Biltong	Silverside( Tafelstück) or Topside (Schale)
Offal/Afval	die Innereien
Caul fat / Netvet	Fettnetz
Kidneys	die Nieren
Liver	die Leber
Stomach	die Magen
Bacon	Finding back, shoulder or lean Bacon can be a real challenge. The best options are the English Bacon you sometimes get at Kaufland or their “Frühstucksspeck nach Amerikanischer Art”. Rewe also sells English Bacon. Metro sells “streaky” bacon. You can also buy online for example at Geordie’s
Pork Sausages (Eskort)	Info from Eskort – Ingredients: Pork (minimum pork content 75%, maximum fat content 22%), Water, Cereal (Maize), Salt, Phosphates, MSG (Flavour enhancer), Sodium erythorbate, Flavours, Preservative (Sodium sulphate). A good substitute is Nürnberger Bratwurst or Krakauer (might have Beef in as well). you can also buy online at British shops for example British Shop EU
Pork Chops with a fat rind	Schweine Kotelett mit Schwarte

Fish

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Rewe has a very good page about seafood.

Where to buy fish and seafood

If you would like to buy seafood or fish online try the following online shops:

FrischeParadies Shop
Fischkaufhaus
Mein Bauernhof – direct from farmers in your region. Beef, Lamb, Veal, Chicken and Fish. Also milk, eggs and vegetables

Vocabulary

Here is a list of translations and some additional information about fish in Germany.

Product	Substitute & Translation
Pilchards	Sardine “Sardine” and “pilchard” are common names used to refer to various small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae. – Wikipedia. Herring also belongs to this family
Sardines	Sardellen. Sardellen is smaller than Sardinen (Pilchards). They are not longer than 20 cm. When they are found in salty or sweet-sour lakes they are called Anchovies in Europe
Anchovies	Anchovis or Sardellen that are found in salty or sweet-sour lakes are called Anchovies in Europe
Salmon	Der Lachs
Mackerel	Die Makrele
Dorado	Der Schwertfisch
Sole	Die Seezunge
Hake	Der Seehecht or Der Hechdorsch
Cape horse mackerel	Die Bastard- oder Holzmakrele (Trachurus trachurus), auch Stöcker oder Suri genannt
Cod/Kabeljou	Dorsch – young fish from the Ostsee Kabeljau – older fish around 60cm long and from the Nordsee
Fish Fingers	Die Fishstäbchen
Seafood	Die Meeresfrüchte
Mussels	Die Miesmuschel
Scallops	Die Jakobsmuschel
Clams	Venusmuscheln or Vongole
Crayfish	Die Flusskrebse or Die Langusten
Langoustines	Die Langusten
King prawns	Die Hummerkrabben or Die Riesengarnelen
Prawns	Die Garnalen.
Shrimps	Tiefseegarnalen or Grönlandshrimps or just shrimps or Nordseekrabbe
Lobster	Das Hummer
Calamari/Squid	Der Tintenfish or Die Calamares. Fried Calamari is Frittierter Tintenfish
Oysters	Die Austern
Crab	Die Krabben

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Meat

German meat cuts are different from those in South Africa. South Africa tends to follow the British way of cutting meat.Below is a explanation of the

Koeksister Recipe shared by Judy-Ann Graill

This recipe makes about 28 koeksisters

Syrup

5 cups of Sugar (1kg)
500 ml Water
1 small piece of fresh ginger
2ml cream of tartar
2 ml salt
a strip of lemon rind
45 ml fresh lemon juice

Dough

625 ml (250g) Cake flour
15 ml baking powder
2ml salt
60g butter
1 extra large egg, beaten
125 ml water
15 ml fresh lemon juice
cooking oil for deep frying

Syrup

Prepare the syrup in advance. Let it cool to ice cold

Place all the ingredients in a deep and heavy saucepan. Heat it up, stirring lightly, until the sugar has dissolved. Let it boil on medium heat for about 5 – 8 minutes. Remove from the stovetop and let it cool. Once it cooled down, put it in the fridge to become ice cold

Dough

Sift the dry ingredients together. Rub the butter in with your fingertips. Beat the egg, water, and lemon juice and mix it with the dry ingredients to form a soft dough. Knead the dough lightly. Cover and let it rest for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough into a rectangular shape, about 1 cm thick. Cut into sections measuring 6 *x 9 cm. Cut these into three strips of 2 cm each. Keep the top intact. Plait the strips.

Deep fry the plaits in hot oil until golden brown. Remove with a slotted spoon and dip them immediately in the ice-cold syrup. Remove from syrup and leave to cool on a wire rack.