Hmmm, Mac, TS, SJ, Phoenix and possee - I am not 100% convinced with Gryphin's explanation - sounds llike a drowning man clutching at seagulls if you ask me
Mephisto, I was in Frankfurt and then Hamburg just before Xmas, sauerkraut and other brassica related products, offal based bready products, dodgy black bread and horrible white sausages looking like horses doofers were all rapidly being consumed by your countrymen!