In Der Federation aus Bleistift, men tend to stay home and take care of the kids. They do most of the cooking and cleaning to give the women a break from the corporate world. Because of this stereotype the cooking styles are distinctly different. When it comes to pasta and rice, they tend to make it al dente. This means that it is slightly undercooked and chewy. They also water down their sauces so that they dont really taste like much.
There is also a certain meal that the Der Federation aus Bleistift people love. It starts out with a light salad, drenched in Thousand Island dressing. The salad consists of old lettuce that is just barely edible, moldy carrots, and soggy onion thingys.
In the traditional Der Federation aus Bleistift meal the soup comes next. It is called gruel. They start by boiling fish bones to make Fish broth. Then they add the liver and intestines of pigs and cows