Zur Stärkung

14:48 Dec 15, 2012 

I concede on the question of "grub". But only one term is allowed per question. Entering a Widerspruch for convenience translation outside the term being queried while raising no objection to the solution for the core term is ridiculous. Nobody does that.

06:42 Dec 13, 2012 

Thank you all for a wealth of suggestions. I managed to elicit from my client that the "Brotzeit" is served on a plate and for people sitting down, it happens at lunchtime and it is relatively substantial (except for vegetarians who would be left with bread, butter and a slice of cheese). Thus I can call it "lunch". Unfortunately I had to decide against the more colloquial terms such as grub (definitely an uncountable noun in this sense) or the Winnie-the-Pooh allusion. Not knowing how sophisticated my readers are likely to be, I have to play safe and so I am calling the Brotzeit a hearty cyclist's lunch.
@Horst: sorry; I work for an examination provider and we say NS all the time.

22:25 Dec 12, 2012 

A PA friend of mine would say "for sustenance", but that may not please the native speakers (I wouldn't write NS). And I thought a maverick was a horse. No, the Radlermaß was probably not intended. A Brotzeit is more substantial than a snack, it's more like brunch.

19:02 Dec 12, 2012 

It might be a bit too Winnie-the-Pooh for the context, but "a little something to sustain you" springs to my mind.

07:11 Dec 12, 2012 

For a NON-PRO there is quite a lot of input here!

As the tour is part of an excursion into the Frannkonian Wineland, the "Stärkung" is not likely to include the drink Radler, at least not officially. The text ends "Zur Stärkung reichen wir eine zünftige Radler-Brotzeit in einem Weingut". So sorry I left the last three words off, I didn't realise they would be important. I will ask my client what this "Imbiss" consists of. I rather suspect it is a sit-down cold meal rather like the British pub lunch but accompanied with wine or Weinscholle.
It's always tricky to couch these things correctly so that the tourists are tempted by the offer but without their being disappointed by what they get. So if I call it "lunch" and it is only a Schinkenbrot (for instance) I'm in trouble! The same applies to the Spargelimbiss, really.

22:36 Dec 11, 2012 

Can you exclude the drink "Radler', which is also translated 'cyclist'?
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radler
Perhaps this ambiguous term is taken volitionally as that drink accompagnies the cyclist's snack.