From my childhood

@dancingtongue that is funny. My dad wasn't a big german beer fan but he loved the schapps...and he would let me sneak a taste once in awhile. Nothing like a 6-7 year old kid with a buzz LOL Still trying to find a good recipe for wiener schnitzel all these years later. Tried ordering it at the "German" restaurant at Disney in Florida and they brought me saurkraut and sausage and argued with me when I told them it wasn't wiener schnitzel LOL

@istillhaveanameitsrick Hard to find good German restaurants in the U.S. Or at least those parts of the U.S. outside of those areas where there with heavy German immigration histories. Ironically there is a neighborhood Italian restaurant with a pretty good ripschen. Schnapps is like pure anti-freeze. For a Californian kid who had never seen snow fall until he hit Germany, that shot of schnapps on entering the gasthaus was a lifesaver.

@dancingtongue A lot of Americans don't understand that there is quite a difference between what we call schnapps and what they serve in Germany LOL There is a town in Michigan called Frankenmuth they have a restaurant called The Bavarian Inn that specializes in fried chicken but they also make quite a few german dishes including a decent wiener schnitzel, not perfect but pretty good.

@Piper we were stationed there 3 times but the first time i was so young i don't remember anything about it. My best memories are actually from when we were stationed in Massachusetts. It was the first place I ever had any real friends.

@istillhaveanameitsrick My first clear memories are of living in Germany.