German food

The food deserves its own post because it's so amazing and such a huge part of what we do when we're in Germany, and also because Gavin got to try some of it too... but not the doner kebab above.Rothenberg ob der Tauber has a famous food specialty called Schneeballen (translated as snowballs). They weren't at all what we were expecting when we saw them. They're basically little cookies smashed together in balls with various fillings. We tried the original (no filling--just covered in powdered sugar), nougat and chocolate. The dissected one below shows the cookie layering. In the next photo are two of the most amazing pastries we've ever had: on the right a strawberry one with cream and custard; on the left a cherry one, below which you can see an actual cherry pit Jacob encountered while eating it. He was excited by that indication it was made with real cherries. :) We also visited the Ritter Sport chocolate museum and gift shop near Stuttgart and came away with quite a stash. It was fun. We've talked before about one of Jacob's favorite German foods, the Schweinehaxe (here, here and here, for example). I love the below photo that shows how large the Haxe is in comparison to Gavin's head.Below is a photo of my wild boar and venison. At that same meal, Jacob had reindeer goulash. The only photo we have is Gavin licking it off his fingers. That's right, Gavin (and Jacob) ate Rudolph. And if Gavin ever asks whether Rudolph is real, Jacob plans to tell him that he WAS...until Gavin ate him.For dessert? Gelato!