 In the cider taverns, ""Handkäs mit Musik"" is offered as a snack, a sour milk cheese served in a marinade of onions, vinegar and spices.The kitchen of the Palatinate, a region in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, is largely determined by regional dishes.They are sometimes quite hearty, not least because the cooking recipes were sometimes developed in times of need or in the context of heavy physical work.