"porch climber" is a western Canadianism for wine, usually of bad quality, in the case of my German friends, not really true.

German pretzels are delicious, not those hard little devils that come from a box, but large, moist on the inside and served hot.

Rouladin is a rich meat dish of thinly sliced beef spread with mustard, wrapped around a dill pickle slice, and baked in a sauce or gravy flavoured with rye bread

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Beestinger, probably incorrectly spelled, is a dessert with ground hazelnut, butter cream and a yeast cake base. Absolutely scrumptious.