Comments on: Katjes Frucht-Kaugis : What fruit should taste like

By: vonteuben

vonteuben — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 21:59:00 +0000

And yes, Germans make everything better than we do. They have better cars, food, houses, streets, candy, toys, you name it. German chocolate “Ritter Sport” and “Milka” is far superior to anything we have over here. Germans prefer to buy things of the highest quality. They would rather pay more and get something well made, then buy garbage like we do for low prices. People like to think America is #1, but it is more like America is #27 as far as products, food goes.

By: vonteuben

vonteuben — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 21:56:00 +0000

Kaugummi is “gum”. Kaugis means literally “chewies”. The verb to chew is kauen.

By: Ev

Ev — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:19:00 +0000

Katjes is one of my favorite Germany candy companies, two must tries from them are Saeure Johannisbeeren (no american equivalent, but great texture and sour) and Joghurt Gummis, they are these soft and creamy but really flavorful (Pear is my favorite, though all are good), I have only seen both once in the US, in this little german import shop in San Francisco, very expensive though.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:44:19 +0000

Wow, that does help. Thanks!

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:47:19 +0000

“Kaugi” is sort of a cool neologism on the German word “Kaugummi”, in the same way “thingy” is a tweak on “thing” in English… sort of a contraction of the word “Kaugummi”. “Kaugi” is a word parents would use with very small children, much in the same way Dada refers to Daddy, etc… “Kaugummi” is a candy that is chewy or can also refer to chewing (kau) gum (gummi) in German. Hope this helps.