Regularly ruins German fellow's food (8)

I believe the answer is:

risottos

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'regularly ruins german fellow's food' is the definition.
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'regularly ruins german fellow's' is the wordplay.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'german fellow's' becomes 'otto's' (common German name).
The alternate letters of 'ruins' are 'ris'.
'ris'+'ottos'='RISOTTOS'

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