The punters may have already placed firm bets on Chancellor Angela Merkel to win her fourth term on Sunday, but Germany's general election is still turning up surprises. Cook like the chancellorEight years after she revealed that she can whip up a "really good potato soup", Merkel has finally disclosed her recipe. "I always pound the potatoes with a potato masher, not a blender," Europe's most powerful woman told Bunte magazine in August. Playing favouritesShe has had heated exchanges with political opponents, fielded thousands of questions from journalists, but never has Merkel revealed so much about herself as she did in a unique press conference on Sunday. READ ALSO: Challenging what it means to be German: meet the hip hop party running for election

Source: The Local September 20, 2017 06:56 UTC