11 Weird Things in the Czech Supermarket

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[@Sorr-Tec]

sojovy suk roughly translates to "Soy Knot". A "suk" being commonly used to define a wood knot (the circular branch stem in a board, or the general cylindrical shape that wood knots have) which if you pull out of a wood piece will roughly look just like a sojovy suk. I'm guessing that's where the name comes from.

[@zack9777]

New Jersey where im from has the strongest liquor licenses requiremets in the US neighboring PA has alcohol in gas(Petrol) stations

[@thetjatj]

Hi guys, i really enjoy your videos and you do amazing work. I come from Serbia and i've been to Prague two times and fell in love with the city. I plan of going back again and again but there is one thing i usually look for when i visit some place. I'm really into music and i would like to know if there is a chance for you guys to cover some alternative music scene. I'm sure you guys have a lots of bands bit some kind of interview or a concert visit would be great. Which ones are the great places to visit for alternative/underground music maybe etc.. maybe a top 10 list of albums in Cech republic (that you must listen before you die:) This is a question for you or any Chech person that reads the commments. Google is not really the best place i can rely on cause it gives mostly commercial names but i'm looking for more underdog music scene. Huge pozdrav from Serbia!

[@michaelasrutkova]

Sojový suk is like marzipan made from soya. And jesenka isn't dried milk but it is condensed milk/cream.

[@Christentum_enttarnt]

0:33 The only bizarre thing you didn't mention - it's that anyone can touch the bread and the sweet part and then you can put it back on the table - sneeze, cough...

[@Foxcb27]

Janku, takový drobný postřeh - Jesenka, piknik a pikao nejsou "dried milk" ale "condensed (and sweetened) milk". Sušené mléko existuje taky, ale to je v prášku - v podstatě Sunar.

[@FilipArt-ystyczny]

I've tried pikao, it's really good

[@nachtzugfahrer9408]

The 4 "must buy" in a Czech supermarket for me: 1. Kofola classic 2. a local beer 3. the newest Birell Beer-Lemonade mix (they taste really good and helped me already to avoid a hangover, esp. when you drink it before you go to bed 😉) 4. A unknown but weirdly cheep candy (also often that waffle-chocolate-bars for less then 10Kc). Next time I look for Sojovy Suk 😁! Greetings from Germany!

[@itanek]

Tatranky or horalky waffles

[@kgilich]

The inspiration for one of our most popular summer drinks - Birell, was the Bavarian radler, so thank you Germany!

[@wernerleinberger9847]

@@kgilich Birell has nothing to do with Bavarian Radler. Its just (a very good) non alcoholic Pilsen. Radler is a beer/ citon lemonade mix

[@kgilich]

@@wernerleinberger9847 You're partly right. Birell also makes unflavored non-alcoholic beer (several varieties including IPA and it's very good). But it also makes a large number of non-alcoholic radlers, and here in the Czech Republic the word Birell is often used as a slang term for non-alcoholic radler :) We even have those fruity flavours on tap in almost every pub.

[@wernerleinberger9847]

@@kgilich no difference, but remember: A Bavarian Radler is half beer and half citron lemonade. Yes, BAVARIAN RADLER IS WITH ALCOHOL (reduced). BIRELL IS NEVER WITH ALCOHOL.

[@CZpersi]

For Americans, the biggest surprise takes place at the cashiers. There are no baggers putting the groceries into the bag for you at the cashier. You are expected to do it yourself, while also handling the payment etc. It tends to become quite hectic in some stores. We are used to it, but Americans are always surprised.

[@Pidalin]

It's really a weird idea to let someome pack it for you, because they can't know how you want to pack it, they don't know if you are there by walk or by bike or by car and in each case, you will pack it differently, you don't want to pay for some "packer person" when you will put it to a backpack later and throw their 10 plastic bags to a dust bing, it's really a weird ide. It could maybe work in some hypermarkets next to highway where everyone goes by car, but nowhere else.

[@brekkoh]

no groceries have baggers these days save some places like Trader Joes, and moreover most places you have to bring your own bags (a la Aldi) I can't imagine having to bag your own groceries would throw off anyone

[@RegulareoldNorseBoy]

@@Pidalin Lol They're Americans. They go by CAR. exclusively ;-) I've never seen a grocery bag packer here in Norway, or anywhere in Europe

[@JonBerry555]

As an America, this varies by store in the US. Some have a dedicated bagger such as Kroger or Jewel, others have the cashier bag such Walmart or Meijers (these are not dedicated grocery stores but mass merchandisers with grocery sections equal to dedicated grocery stores) or places like Kroger or Jewel during slow hours, others do have you bag such as Aldi. I should note that "bargain" grocery stores also have you bag you groceries such as Food 4 Less which is owned by Kroger. Plus with self checkouts taking over like a plague we are being forced ring up our items and bag them on top of providing payment -- Walmart is the worse for this. The Americans who travel overseas have more disposable income so they will primarily shop at the dedicated grocery stores and are more likely to frequent the high end ones (such as Mariano's which is owned by Kroger) which are even less likely to have you bag your items. One last thing, my examples are from the American Midwest near Chicago; store brands and their services (such as bagging) will vary by Region.

[@Pidalin]

@@RegulareoldNorseBoy I know and that's exactly the reason why they don't pack it for you in europe. It could kind of work here in a little town where most of people shop with car, but even here, there is still a lot of people who go on bike or just walk. When supermarket is like 5-10 minuts walk from your home and you need something not that big and heavy, it's kind of ridiculous for me to just think about going there by car. In these days, I mostly order heavier things online and they put it into box which is at gas station like 300 m from my home, so I really don't need a car at all. All heavy things like fridges, washing machines etc...you mostly order oline and they bring it to your home in these days, only redneck villagers go to an electro shop and then mount it on the roof of their cars and drive with that like an idiots. 😀

[@malfas9876]

The best candy bar I've ever eaten is Kofila! I love it, it has very strong yet sweet coffee flavor.

[@reddwoodd]

I actually like Sojovy Suk. It's kinda like marzipan (texture and that vanilla like flavour) and not so sweet. When I (grandchild of Czech grandparents but from Germany) go on a Czech supermarket spree, it's always Slovak cheeses, Niva spread, rohliky, Kofola, Jesenka, Fidorka, Studentska, Sojovy Suk and Pernik. You could have also mentioned Karlovarske oplatky and Mattoni ;)

[@Seawater195]

I see you are man of refined tastes, you've earned the sympathies of a Czech man! PS.: Yours and ours beers are the best so cheers!

[@linogalveias]

Studentská chocolate bars

[@reddwoodd]

@@linogalveias Yes, with the nuts and raisins.

[@reddwoodd]

@@Seawater195 Austria, Poland and Belgium make good beer too; even Serbia!

[@beckerskarl]

​@@linogalveias I always found the one from the company Orion. Is there any other company producing it?

[@lkrnpk]

In Latvia you often have products with Estonian and Lithuanian names on them since we are small countries and product is sold in all of them. Used to be lot more Russian naming also but due to politics there are much less products also exported to Russian speaking markets

[@edwardmeade]

So we went to the Baltics last fall. It is standard practice for my wife and I to browse a local supermarket to find something that we don't have -- but should have -- back home. We actual found quite a few items but the gem was mushroom-flavored potato chips. 👍

[@wernerleinberger9847]

Yes, and on Pilsener Urquell is the german name Pilsener Urquell, because a lot of this beer is sold in Germany 🤫😄😄😄

[@horrigan495]

Also works for nordic countires, there will be 4 names on the product package.

[@FlashheadX]

I spent a month in Tartu last summer and most products in the supermarket didn't have any English labels. I learned basic Estonian there, but I was lucky enough to know some Russian because I found that language almost everywhere

[@hammalamiri12]

I love the supermarkets in Riga, often wander in them with my Latvian gf and she’s always surprised with my fascination.

[@wernerleinberger9847]

When i go to czech supermarkets a few things are always on my bucket list: 1. Rohlik, kind of a roll. You can eat it with everything and its a super cheap czech basic. You can even start fire with it. It is so interessting how czech people pick up products with the simple hand in the bakery dept 😂 2. Kofola, not everyone likes it, kind of a Fanta Story but in this case with lack of original Coca-Cola in the communist era 3. Utopence in Glass, best to Beer 4. Yes Birell is great, love also polotmavy. 5. I always buy special czech beer latest one cerna barbora 6. Horcice / Mustard. The best is the one in the cheapest plastic, all czechs know what i mean 7. The big variety of "pomazanka" esp. the ones with garlic or eggs 8. Garlic Chips, i ve never seen in another country, they are so good, but you smell like hell 9. Yes also Olomouc tvaruzky, also in different varities. The original is named Olmützer Quargel and it is nearly the same like german Harzer Roller... and in the End a typical word in czech with german origin: Gsindl like Gesindel = rabble

[@Pidalin]

You are supposed to use gloves or some picking tool which they mostly have, but everyone is lazy to do that, you are mostly trying to not touch other breads or rolls when you do it by your hands, but some redneck villagers can be really disgusting and when you see them, you think that we should maybe also force some other way how to pick bakery. It happened to me in Vienna that I grabbed a bread with my hands and someone started yelling to me that I can't do it like that. 😀 But when it's something soft, like with a jam or something on it, like koláče, it can be pretty hard to grab it with some pliers.

[@beckerskarl]

Bro, you forgot the Klobasa! 😉

[@Oncus2]

Garlic chips is fine, but chips with mustard is just vile. We could not even go through a single bag of it.

[@wernerleinberger9847]

@@beckerskarl Have them here in Germany... try them, than decide 👍

[@leenaslunicko]

I love Cerna barbora too :) this beer is so delicious! :)

[@Xrusader]

US States have different alcohol laws per state. In many states, you can buy all your alcohol in the grocery store. One of the first things I check out when visiting a new country is the grocery stores. In my experience, there's very little difference overall with the basic products or how they're operated. The region specific products are where the fun begins.

[@joshzytkiewicz]

A lot of the similarity is probably because many grocery stores are owned by the same large multinationals. Walmart, Aldi, Carrefour, Lidl, Tesco, SPAR, etc.

[@pandorazikki]

@@joshzytkiewicz Thankfully, no Walmart operated businesses in Europe yet (well, maybe in UK)

[@Robin-mq2fd]

Same with European countries.

[@koobs4549]

Not just by state btw, the city I live in bans the sale of hard liquor anywhere but a liquor store. So you can get liquor at Costco, Walmart & grocery stores that are one town over but not the ones inside city limits

[@Robin-mq2fd]

@@koobs4549 dry counties...

[@nataliedolakova427]

Sojovy suk is the best!!! It is very hard to describe because there’s nothing quite like it. The texture is very similiar to play dough that has dried up just a little bit and it’s still soft. The taste is coconut forward with a rum essence, but very subtle. Overall I love it so much and I think that it’s very unique. For the price definitely worth trying even if you end up not liking it.

[@pedrostormrage]

4:09 "Here there's only one bottle of absinthe. In the city center, it's the other way around. So no, Czechs do not drink absinthe" I love that kinda of cultural insight, so thanks for the episode (looks like absinthe is just another tourist trap)! I remember an article written by a veteran traveler (Mr. Miles) saying that "going into a supermarket is like going into someone's house", since it tells you what people are buying (and even how often they're buying each thing, if you take the available quantities into account - just like you did with absinthe!). He also recommended (though it's probably outdated advice nowadays) to buy a newspaper (even if you don't understand the language), since it can give you a good idea of what kinda information people care about (depending on how long each section is, for example). 8:46 "Sójový suk" translates to "soy knot", but I've found it referred to as "soybean bar". The usage of "suk" as "knot" seems to specifically refer to "tree knot" (the base of a tree branch), so it looks like the candy is called that way because it resembles a tree knot. 9:24 The hašlerky coincidence (the fact it tastes like absinthe) is very amusing. The herb you mentioned is anise (anýz in Czech), and it is indeed a common ingredient of both.

[@stanislavbandur7355]

When I am abrouad I use to wandering through the supermarkets. It is really interesting insight into peoples fridges :)

[@LucyWoIf]

I remember the gum cigarettes, I loved them but they were so rare to come across.

[@iglhamm]

I also remember chocolate cigarettes

[@brick6347]

You can still buy it in Poland. It's called _Johny bee bubble gum powder effect_ if you're feeling nostalgic.

[@nnctnlav]

In Brazil we head little cigarette shaped chocolates, it was also banned because it could encourage kids to smoke

[@marcin_travels]

Yes so do i we got them in Poland when i was young @@iglhamm

[@FIN86fi]

In Finland we had chocolate cigarettes 😅 just like them, wrapped in a paper that looked like a cigarette.

[@Songguy1985]

I've been here for three years (from UK) and still, the weirdest thing about the Czech supermarkets is that there will be a section for cheese, ham and sausages. You think "oh, that's a pretty small selection" and make a purchase anyway. Continue around the shop with your trolley... Oh, another section of different cheeses, hams and sausages. Continue again, and yep, you've guessed it, yet another section haha.

[@erurainon6842]

And then you continue and see butcher section, also selling wheels of cheese :D

[@hydramag_dragon1244]

@@erurainon6842 The "butcher section" is more like a charcutierie where they sell raw meats, cured meats, and cheeses in different fridge display things as to not contaminate the food.

[@frantisekdrtikol9717]

8:41 Spíše by jsi měl cizincům vysvětlit proč v supermarketech u nás se objevují na cedulkách produktu dvě a někdy i tři cenovky, a která z nich ve skutečnosti na kase platí. Zrovna tady není cena 20 centů (5,90) ale ta vyšší 12,90 protože asi nemají zrovna nějakou tu kartičku. A co se týká té basy piva, tak tam se platí záloha nejen za sklo, ale i za přepravku.

[@mikiqex]

Ono vůbec české cenovky by možná zabraly celou epizodu. Mimo změněného dále občas využívám, že je na nich EAN, protože v obchodech (za mě hlavně Globus, poslední dobou ale i Lidl) je v regálech chaos. Nebo novinka posledních let - nejnižší cena za 30 dnů. Nebo super věc - cena za měrnou jednotku. To tuším také všude nemají.

[@jirkau555]

@@mikiqex cenu za měrnou jednotku dneska už musejí udávat všude

[@morganfarr5886]

Having lived in Andel, this supermarket is dear to me... the Nostalgia of buying a couple (Often 4-6) Litres of Kozel, and cracking them when I got to Lake Dzban was a memory I'll cherish for the rest of my days.

[@janjelinek3828]

4-6 litres of Kozel at Džbán sounds like a pretty good chillout! :D

[@vitezslavnovak2077]

You could mention Vinea - the wine grapes soda drink. It can be white or red (which is my favourite).

[@mikiqex]

I like Frizzante, it's not that sweet and to me tastes like a sweet(est) white wine, only without alcohol. There's also Top Topic, but it's too sweet for me.

[@Fleur24]

Sójový suk is the best autism friendly candy. It taste always the same, always kinda like a dry wall, never over the top when it comes to flavour or texture. I honestly love it. It is not healthy at all but it is one of the best autism comfort food/candy ever made.

[@strikehun2006]

I have autism too but I eat and drink all kinds of foods and drinks regardless of their taste changing or not.

[@Fleur24]

@ autism is not a single thing. It is a huge spectrum of different symptoms with different severity. Some autistic people are totally ok with eating anything, some are super picky about texture or taste etc. some may suffer from ARFID…

[@strikehun2006]

@@Fleur24 I know

[@mkyral]

I think that first non alcoholic beer in Czech(oslovakia) was Pito, but Birrell is much more popular.

[@PatricksRacingEncyklopedia]

Pito was popular among drivers in soviet era (PIvo - stands for beer, auTO - stands for a car)

damn I forgot pito existed

[@OttoStrawanzinger]

@@PatricksRacingEncyklopediathat name is hilarious. In Communist East Germany, they actually developed the first German non-alcoholic beer, and they called it Aubi, short for Autofahrerbier, lit. car driver‘s beer. From what I read, it was actually more popular among steel factory workers than car drivers, not unlike Czech glass blowers can still drink low-alcohol beer on the job.

[@spineal]

@ it still exists

[@matejleher]

@@spineal its actually right next to brown birell here 6:56

[@SakuraMiyawaqueen]

Okay but I think Czech CHEESE is UNDERRATED. I love Olomoucké tvarůžky and Hermelin

[@MrMajsterixx]

everything about our country is underrated unfortunetly, the remminiscance of the cold war

[@SakuraMiyawaqueen]

@@Maxშემიწყალე Karlovy vary is really cool

[@wernerleinberger9847]

@@Maxშემიწყალე I travel the whole country and discover a great heritage

[@Pyrochemik007]

@@Maxშემიწყალე Tourists do not ruin country, immigrants do. And natives. Like the ones making "traditional trdelník" instead of 20 other real regional pastries. Or the ones who allowed WCdonalds to city centers.

[@cetterus]

Everything Slavic European is underrated. All hams, truffles, olive oils, cheeses, wines...even whole recipes were mostly invented by Slavs and branded as western European achievement. Even people, literature, art, science...

[@raedwulf61]

Sweetened milk paste in a tube? Genius! I really like exploring European markets.

[@paolagrando5079]

Nestle does it too. But I'm not sure that it's exactly the same. I never tried the Czech tube.

[@happymaker2344]

But don’t buy it from Nestle. Nestle is evil,

[@kentkasha3211]

I remember when I first moved here in 1991, I went to the supermarket and asked for otec (father) instead of ocet (vinegar). The lady there had no idea what I was asking her for. I was teaching English in a motorcycle factory in Strakonice for a year and a half and sometimes I would end the lesson with my advanced students by going to the grocery store and they would tell me what things were. They really enjoyed those kinds of hands on exercises, and it helped me too... Now it is often evident by the packaging, but back then the packaging lacked any identifying features. But I had to go to the self-service shops (samoobsluha) where I could pick and choose, because the other option was a shop where everything was behind the counter, and you had to tell the person working there what you wanted, pay for it, and then they would give it to you. When my Czech wasn't very good, it was not easy to shop there... I also loved going to the deli and getting one of the many mayonnaise-based salads, like my favourite Vlassky salat or simply Vlasak! Yum.

[@kalenc515]

I’m American and all the grocery stores sell fresh baked bread/pastries and they are all great. It’s not rare for most of the US to have a fresh bakery section in the US

[@samjosh4hjbf]

This guy has only been to NYC and probably not the whole city just the tourist spots…. I think I need to make a KZbin channel debunking Europeans!!

[@Big_Caesar1]

Yeah, i don't know why Europeans think we don't have bakeries in supermarkets? At our supermarkets, you can purchase basically anything. My local supermarket carries guns, live lobster, tools, exotic goods/fruit, theres a pharmacy, a hardware store, butcher, deli, optometrist, car service, restaurant, and i live in a rural town of about 8k people.

[@frantisekzavadil10]

9:12 já ti dám takový taste less JANKU, sojový suk je extrémně dobrá věc. a upřímně jsi první člověk, o kterém jsem slyšel, že mu to nechutná.

[@FlameEmber]

I really loved this episode. I appreciate you showing us around a Czech supermarket and so many interesting things! As a tourist, it would feel really overwhelming to shop in a supermarket for the locals.

[@galek123]

About the bakery and "fresh pastries" - sure, it's much better than the pre-packaged stuff, but most times, it's nowhere near fresh - it's prebaked, deep frozen, then reheated in-store :)

[@stepaniero]

Depends on store.Some of them have "real" bakeries.

[@EdinoRemerido]

​@@stepaniero why you put real in "" ?

[@TheConcertmaster]

True, but even them pre-baked breads, especially the rolls like "kaiserky" (both white and multi-grain), is a step above anything you'd find in a typical American supermarket.

[@DaChef1974]

I'm from Germany, so the differences to Czech supermarkets are not that big. It's still fun to shop at our neighbors. That tube with dried milk? Does it have a chocolate milk flavor, too? We had that in Germany when I was a kid 40 years ago and I've been hoping for something similar ever since! And I will definitely try the weird candy roll, the Absinth mints and especially the smelly cheese. It's called Harzer here and I'm a fan. I'm interested if there are any differences. Oh, and I've been to the exact same Tesco ;)

[@TheHansel35]

Yes and it is called Pikao 😊

[@DaChef1974]

@@TheHansel35 Great, can't wait to get it on our next visit!

[@davidpelc]

Actualy there are three classical kinds in CZ: Piknik-condensed sweet milk, Jesenka-condensed sweet cream, Pikao-condensed sweet milk with kakao. 🙂

[@a.s.2322]

Do people really think that Harzer is a smelly cheese? I find it doesn't smell at all or just a little bit but you need to go very close with your nose. A smelly cheese would be Limburger/Romadur for example.^^

[@JeroenJA]

really, belguim here, and i was really surprised ... by that milk thing, the 'tasteless' candy bar, and only the idea of big PLASTIC beer bottles? and what was that abscent like tasting thing exactly? :D so no, at least half was not general for an 'european supermarket' , but the fresh bread certainly is! :)

[@ThisPossumKnits]

"Their language is just slightly off" 🤣 that burn

[@bidda123]

Unnecessary

[@Pollicina_db]

@@bidda123 agree

[@JosefSchneider]

The weirdest thing for me is always the sweets section with so many things we don't have in Austria. I always buy some of them when I'm in Czechia, even though most of them are not that good. The rest is pretty similar to home for me.

[@GroovThe]

If you're into sweets, I know tourists come for Pedro.

[@herbie1975]

The first thing (as a swiss) I go to in an austrian supermarket is going to the mustard section then go buy some krakauer and semmeln and not to forget Almdudler, and oh did I mention Käsekrainer?. Every country in Europe has stuff you will not get at home (and you probably would not buy at home because it is related to the country and it is special to you when you are there) 😊

[@cqix]

​@herbie1975 Yes, putting cheese into sausages is really typical Austrian. When I lived in London for some time, I always brought my Käswurst. I think the staff at the airport did already know me for that 😂 And yes, when in Czech Republic I also always have to check out the sweets.

[@jpkral]

lol we're from Brno and we occasionally drive to Vienna to pick up some groceries and candy. Groceries because there is a difference in freshness. Funny you do it the other way around!

[@cqix]

@jpkral There are always things which are better/cheaper/worse/more expensive in other countries. So whenever travelling and you have some space available, always check the local supermarkets. For example I just bought a few kg of Thuna in France. Great local quality and way cheaper. And easy to carry by car.

[@OttoStrawanzinger]

That cheese is actually pretty amazing. In Austria, we use cheese like that to melt it with butter and milk and season it with caraway to turn it into a cheese spread, makes it even more aromatic and intense, and absolutely delicious.

[@kralevic3297]

That sounds very familiar! We also turn them into spreads. My favourite method is cutting them up into small cubes, putting them into a jar and covering with heavy cream. That's it, now you let them hang out in the fridge and after a few days, just mix it up and your spread is ready. Enjoy it with caraway and some raw onions!

[@OttoStrawanzinger]

@@kralevic3297 whoa, that sounds amazing. Does the cheese spread have any particular name so that I can google it to find out more about it?

[@RandomTheories]

jeez, you need hazmat suit for cooking, right? 👀😁

[@OttoStrawanzinger]

@@RandomTheories not at all. The pungency of this cheese is overstated, in my opinion. Or maybe it‘s just something you get used to when you grow up with it. In any case, I always found it to be absolutely delicious.

[@nnddii]

@@kralevic3297thanks for the recipe . Will try

[@mikezamos]

No way! I love sojový suk! I buy those by hundreds😂

[@PetrNo]

2:13 This map is broken! There is Poland instead of the Czech Republic.

[@Monsux]

I just want to try that dried milk sucky thing. Everything else was 100% normal.

[@Moruga-vy3qb]

It's awesome

[@Pidalin]

There are actually 3 types of them, one of them is chocolade called Pikao and everyone is sucking it. 😀 But it's quite expensive these days.

[@pepavasata6790]

It's the best thing ever, definitely give it a shot.

[@michelq29]

This is addictive 😂 We also have this condensed milk with sugar things in France, small portion for children, with chocolate or vanilla or strawberry flavour, or big unflavoured 300g ones for cooking.

[@PatricksRacingEncyklopedia]

The chocolate one, Pikao is kinda similar to Hersheys sirup in my opinion. Only difference between them is that Pikao is not so liquidy.

[@jackielinde7568]

Regarding supermarkets and alcohol in the US, what you commented on was in New Jersey. While we have states that have regulated alcohol to only be sold in specific stores or even state-owned stores (I believe Utah is similar with New Jersey in that respect), most states allow supermarkets to sell alcohol in the same manner as the Chech stores. I live in Arizona, and all of our grocery stores have at least one isle dedicated to alcohol. Same for our neighbor to the west of us, California. And a lot of states also allow for alcohol to be sold in convenience stores, like the little outlets that are part of gas stations.

[@Santiago-in1xf]

I was in Czechia long ago and a friend ordered olomuc in a pub...I will never forget the smell and the fact that it was delivered under a cloche.

[@Pyrochemik007]

well you dont wanna chase guests away from entire pub...

[@Sand1955]

As for alcohol being sold in grocery stores or not depends on which US state you are in. Some states, as was mentioned, sell alcohol only in state ran liquor stores. But most US states allow liquor to be sold in grocery stores.

[@ludwig2345]

And the European country you go too. In Sweden we have a governmental alcohol monopoly that means that there is almost no alcohol in normal stores.

[@Sand1955]

@@ludwig2345 Oh, interesting. I visited Sweden several years ago. But stayed with friends, so didn’t need to go shopping for groceries. I have lived in Poland since 2013. It is like most states in the US, selling alcohol in grocery stores. But for many years we lived in a county of Kentucky USA, that was considered a "dry" county, meaning no alcohol was allowed to be sold at all in that county. I went grocery shopping at the next county over.😉

[@upstatenydude8322]

Beer and wine, yes, but not hard alcohol. I would be surprised if there are places in the US where you could buy a bottle of whisky or vodka in a grocery store. Any good sized grocery store in CZ is stocked with as much hard alcohol as you would find in a small liguor store in the States.

[@Sand1955]

@@upstatenydude8322 I was born and raised in Southern California. You can buy hard liquor in the grocery stores there. According to a newspaper article, in many of the 50 US states you can buy hard alcohol in grocery stores. From the article "There is no common rule across the United States on whether alcohol can be sold in grocery stores. Whether hard liquor can be sold in grocery stores usually depends on whether the state is a "control" state. That means state governments control the wholesale retail of distilled spirits and, in some cases, wine and beer. According to the National Beverage Control Association, 17 states fall into the "control" category, and in 13 of those, the government controls retail sales for off-premises consumption, meaning there are state-owned or state-designated liquor stores. Many states have moved to expand what can be sold in grocery stores to include beer and wine, but only 21 states allow the sale of hard alcohol outside liquor stores". I have been to Prague half a dozen times and have lived in Poland for over ten years and yes, hard alcohol is sold in grocery stores in these places. The Kaufland near my apartment has a great selection, even carrying my favorite scotches.🥃

[@FlashheadX]

You unlocked some German 90s childhood memories with Robby Bubble and bubble gum cigarettes

[@stevethepom]

I'm a brit living in Australia for 20yrs but I immediately recognised the supermarket as a Tesco store !

[@nickmanistef2371]

Weird fact about 6:21: There's a non-alcoholic sparkling drink in Greece called "Μπυράλ", which is pronounced "Beerall". It's made by processing fruit pomace and adding sugar and carbon dioxide. It used to be very popular in post-war Greece until its popularity was superceded by Coca Cola. It's probably the closest thing to "Fanta Klassik" still being sold, though it doesn't have any whey.

[@mikiczsk6853]

4:45 - Those sites are blocked because they would need to coply with GDPR and since they are mainly targeted for US customers, they just dont bother with making the site compliant.

[@vaclavpecha1629]

which is good

[@strikehun2006]

And because some websites and KZbin videos are region locked because of copyright laws and licences.

[@DodoDodo-eo2su]

For me the weirdest ever thing I've seen in any supermarket in the world, is that weird rabbit shaped piece of ham they sell in the Czech Republic during easter season.

[@katisk5322]

Ooohh, that brings back memories from my childhood, I completely forgot they existed.

[@paulterpstra6705]

Our classics when on visit in CZ are venečky kakaové and oplátky čokoládové. Although these last ones are getting more expensive on every visit. I remember them long ago costing around Kčs 15 for 10 pieces in a luxurious metal box, now almost Kč 70 for 5 pieces. But we and our kids still love them. And of course a fresh koláč!

[@wernerleinberger9847]

Kolac and Oplatky are great, thats true. Yes, they getting more and more expensive. Problem is Czech Korun... Word of the year is "nutela" in CZ, google why?

[@jago2278]

@@wernerleinberger9847 Because Czech Prime Minister Fiala went to Germany for cheap shopping and was surprised that Nutella is cheaper in Germany than in the Czech Republic. Now the prime minister in CZ is nicknamed Mr. Nutella.

[@inescosta2671]

2:49 omg it is like champomy we have it in portugal and if your oarents allowed you to serve this in your birthday party, you would be considered the coolest kid on earth❤ It is a apple juice that has gas (like a coca cola) to make it look like wine. For obvious reasons, parents avoid buying this😂

[@Miodowy]

I once saw a guy from the USA reviewing a Polish food ration with condensed milk in a tube. He added them to his coffee. He was the first person to do this in the world.

[@Chinothebad]

Stevemre1989?

[@Miodowy]

@@Chinothebad Yes. (if I remember correctly)

[@cqix]

I like that Olomoucký tvarůžek cheese as well. It is called Quargel here in Austria and you can also buy it in every supermarket. And yes, don't go on a date after eating it 😅. Btw. what I missed on your list are the Marlenka cakes. I think they are really special and I love them. When taking the CZ I love to eat them. I just try to avoid buying them in the supermarket, since someone told me, that those 800g packages are not 1 person serving packages 🫣

[@wernerleinberger9847]

Yes, the original name is: Olmützer Quargel 👍

[@davidpelc]

Actualy you are right, its not cheese but quark.🙂

[@wernerleinberger9847]

Marlenka is very good... but its a kind of Trdelnik Story. Its not originally CZ. Its an old Armenian Family Receipe. Its also mentioned on the package. Only the Fabrication is in Czech-Silesia

[@Pyrochemik007]

Indeed, 800g is not one man serving. They sell 1000g for a reason. Now, did you know they are making 3 kinds? One is the traditional, second is with a bit of cacao on top and third one uses apricot jam inside the cream. But if you are weak and failure as a man, the cakes last a few days opened, just keep them in fridge and covered.

[@cqix]

@Pyrochemik007 Did not know the apricot jam one. But original vs cacao I go for original.

[@tyrgoossens]

I don't remember bubblegum cigarettes in Belgium, but we definately had chocolate cigarettes. The chocolate was generally horrible though.

[@kOstA8pSychO]

Well, the bubble gum wasn't great either, it was mostly so hard that you felt like breaking your teeth and after few chews the taste was gone. So basically seems like both the chocolate and chew tasted like, cigarettes ( pretty bad ) .

[@BrendanR403]

Three things: the automatic orange juice makers make the best juice anywhere. The LIDL/ADLI have the strangest organization for a grocery store. In the middle there can be anything like chainsaws to mechanics tools alongside vodka and cheese. The last is many stores want you to weigh and print the label for your vegetables and fruit prior to checking out so it can be scanned like everything else. The cashier gets grumpy when you don't and may quietly whisk the item to the side instead of adding it to the bill.

[@jimmyjohansson2016]

We have same return of empty bottle and cutter bread here in Sweden and we had chocolate cigarets but not longer. So it is similar Sweden and czech

[@herrkulor3771]

Yes, and we have Pommac in Champagne bottle. The bread cutters I think you will find in german named stores, I am not sure about ICA, WILLYS, HEMKÖP and so on. Please correct if wrong.

[@cetitm]

I am totally missing your Surstromming fish cans here in CZ!!! And all the tubes with all the spreads in it, which are great for hikers. Here they really have only this condensed milks.

[@martinwesterstrand]

I LOVE the way you film and present your content! You are my happy place. Always a little smirk with all that funny/serious information. Love from Sweden

[@fvl548]

It's like a spinoof of most beglian supermarkets. Love that you brought up the smelly cheese. 1 small difference is that in Belgium. The beer section is ussually more limited and if you want something specific or fancy. You're better of going to a drinkscentral. Wine on the other hand gets a full row in almost all supermarkets except the cheaper ones like Aldi and Lidl. I'd love to see Czechia, so I'm gonna plan it for next year. Cheerz

[@jmsmilfajt]

As a Praguer I can confirm that Belgium is for Czechs weirdly similar in many ways but it's hard to describe. Our cuisine is partly German/Austrian, partly Italian and partly French. We love all kinds of meat with a stew and something fried with it. We love seafoods although they are not fresh here (due to CZ being a landlocked country). Oddly enough, Polish cuisine feels much more off than Belgian. Also the Beer culture is similar. Nowadays many Czech breweries try to make their own Witbiers. For historical reasons, Czechs are not really French lovers but they somehow like Belgium (apart for some weird anti-EU nationalists).

[@mjouwbuis]

When I was in Prague in 2002 we often shopped at Delvita which is named Delhaize in Belgium. They also had Tesco, which is also named Tesco in the UK.

[@elyoporto6865]

I so love this channel, I am not even skipping the commercial. Hahaha

[@georgesagan]

3:52 Small world, you used a stock image of a liquor store from my home town!

[@boing7679]

Haha, that's amazing, where is this?

[@georgesagan]

@@boing7679 Savannah, Georgia

[@alexandermieske797]

Nice video with a wink, thank you. Much of this can also be found in other European supermarkets. A big difference to a German supermarket, however, is the open bread and baked goods. For hygiene reasons, in Germany you can only find this behind folding plexiglass compartments or with splash guards. Which is better when I think of some Alberts in Prague...

[@ondrejnovotny6666]

Yeah, I totally agree. I am a local, and when i see some people handling the baked goods and then putting it back, or doing something unhygienic, i would love at least some plexiglass to be there.

[@PtrkHrnk]

6:21 former CEO of Heineken once said that kids who grew up on sweet drinks like Coca-Cola, now as adults they don't want bitter beer anymore. Guess she was right, that's why lemonade flavour radler beer is in such demand...

[@theoteddy9665]

she? thats the same problem as us bud light, disney, victoria secret..hollywood...women tell men what they should like😂 ok, it always works out when women say its because.... 😂

[@PtrkHrnk]

@@theoteddy9665 coincidentally it's the highest quality for money lemonade on the market. No artificial flavours, colouring or sweeteners... Lemon flavour is a staple, but I also like lemon-elder-mint

[@theoteddy9665]

I dont claim its not, but statisticaly speaking how others company turn out to be after feminist and woke movement in last years, it might be the only hit.. btw in germany/czech it was always normal to mix beer with coke or sprite.. so it isnt even original idiea..

[@PtrkHrnk]

@@theoteddy9665 well, I tried to ignore your baseless misogynistic accusations. She's former CEO, as I mentioned. There's somebody else now, and the company is just fine, as heartless multinational corporations can go...

[@theoteddy9665]

@@PtrkHrnk no mysogynistic accusations, its statistic, not me, but whatever, hurt feelings have no effect on facts..

[@dreamsky2]

I think the thing I learned that wasn't mentioned in this video is that grocery stores across the United States (and Canada) vary greatly. You can buy alcohol in some states in the grocery store in a lot of states, including Massachusetts where I lived for 8 years. In Ontario, Canada you can only get liquor at the government owned liquor store. They recently allowed beer and wine at grocery stores, but this is limited and the government still retains most of the revenue. Bottle deposits exist in a lot of US states and Canadian provinces, but not all.

[@mobimaks]

03:12 As a kid I used to pretend I smoked, like adults, with these chewing gums. Well, I haven't smoked one cigarette in my life and I am disgusted by the smell of smoke and tobacco. Banning those has the same reasoning as the "computer games make children violent"

[@aru9259]

Hello! American here, we also have sparkling lemonades and juices that look like champagne bottles. And while our bakeries are not nearly as expansive we usually have a bread slicer as well but it depends on the store and area of the country.

[@aaronhurst4379]

On the champagne-esque branding of that sparkling lemonade: we used to have chocolate sticks that were designed to look like cigarettes, in the UK Also, I visited the Budejovicky Budvar brewery in Ceske Budejovice this week for a tour and beer tasting, which was really cool!

[@petrnovak7235]

We had those cigarette chocolate sticks in Czechoslovakia too. As far as I remember they didn't last even until the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993 😁

[@DrCarlBooze]

We have chocolate cigars and both bubblegum cigarettes and cigarettes that are made of a chalky candy like those horrible necco wafers or candy hearts.

[@WelsyCZ]

So happy you visited my home town! I hope it was great.

[@kentkasha3211]

Yeah, Popeye candy cigarettes, I loved those. Though I bet I'd find them pretty digusting now. @@DrCarlBooze

[@nnctnlav]

We had little chocolate cigarettes in Brazil, they were banned aswell

[@vincentstuer]

1:08 here in the Netherlands we also get this with dutch and french as those products are then also sold in belgium which is half french speaking

[@danielwatts7375]

My trip to Prague for New Years' 2018, I stayed at the Galerie Royale in Karlin (on Křižíkova). I decided to try and act like a local by going to the Albert market across the street. One thing I didn't realize until I was checking out was that they didn't have any plastic bags for me to carry the groceries back across the street. It was funny seeing me walk back across the street with snacks and toiletries stuffed in my jacket pockets...lol.

[@siloton]

Hehe I would bet it was somewhere not on plain sight. Did you ask the cashier? :)

[@DutchmanCalypso]

They are normally under the conveyor belt

[@karlmodry716]

Unlike in US you can no longer have a plastic bag for free in our shops. Czechs usually STORE (yes, really) used plastic bags and reuse them until they tear apart.

[@linogalveias]

or just some grab some empty card box to take your groceries

[@danielwatts7375]

@@linogalveiasYeah. When I travel back, I will definitely bring my own bag to put groceries in.

[@marekochotny]

In Poland there was a time when some beers came in 1,5l plastic bottles. Cost/amount they were slithly cheaper but they didnt survive. When you poured then to three glasses at one, they didnt feel different than regular, but if You drank it from the bottle is was flat half the way

[@danbulowski7013]

The fish salad in the deli freaked us out🤣 also, the anchovies that are rolled up with capers inside, they freak my family out, but I love them👍😂

[@MsLenkaaaa]

About the champagne for kids - I remembered as kid it was only for NY and it was awesome to have some process of drinking of special beverage just like an adult. And it was sweet, so double cool. But now I adore that in Latvia we have special non alcoholic sparkling beverage that looks not like those crazy-pink-too-much-sweet-for-kids-lemonades, but interesting sparkling drink in a champagne bottle - it's Mežezers from Livonia, that makes it from apple and other juices, makes its taste balanced (not too much sweet or too much sour), but interesting and sparkly. I bring it to all party's, because there's always someone driving and it definitely expands the experience of drinking in a company ❤️

[@kessas.489]

2:57 We do have Robby Bubble in Germany too!

[@Pidalin]

What a coincidence when mostly german supermarkets sell it here. 😀

[@darmokVtS]

It is a product of Schloss Wachheim AG in Trier, Germany.

[@satzmann666]

Hate to be the ackchyually guy, but here goes. 0:31 Not like they have actual bakery where they prepare the dough or anything. It's just that they get frozen pre-baked (half-baked) stuff and finish the baking process in-house. Still far superior to the packaged "bread", but not as good as a bread from proper baker. 1:32 It's actually a condensed milk. Dried would be a powder, not paste. 2:03 It's just sparkling wine, period. Prosecco is, believe it or not, also a product with protected designation of origin just like Champagne and the smelly cheese. 8:38 Kofila in picture is not "coconut stuff". It is a chocolate bar with coffee filling. 8:47 It's a simple confection made of soy flour, sugar, solidified fat and dried milk with pretty long tradition (all the way to 50s). Doesn't taste nearly as bad as advertised.

[@ICXCTSARSLAVY]

I used to love "bílá kava" when I lived there 30 years ago. Not sure anymore what it was, but the kids drank it in the morning. I think it was made with grains (brandname Melta?), sugar, and coffee.

[@WwarpfirewW]

Oh yes! It has long history, we had it as kids too, there's a plenty of variety still around, reminds me of coffee from coffee machines at train stations, mainly people who can't drink caffeine drinks it or served in hospital, although it's good hot drink with only milk 🎉

[@stanislavbandur7355]

it is called cigorka/cikorka too. It is roasted barley and roasted chicory roots.

[@jerry2357]

When I was a child in the 1960s, in England we had both chocolate cigarettes (which actually had a paper wrapper like a cigarette) and candy cigarettes made of sweet white sugar. I liked the chocolate cigarettes, but I have never been a smoker...

[@andreagruber5813]

We in Austria had these as well. I also loved those chocolate cigarettes and well, I NEVER started smoking, because of it. But might eat them today, if they still would be around. 🤫 Just that "milk" in the tube he was talking about (which I do not know either.) I hope I got across, what I wanted to say.

[@wanderersinblack]

We have been to Prague a number of times but mainly focused on the pubs & the Absinthe shops. Will have a ‘proper’ look at the supermarkets next time. Big cheers from Melbourne 🍺🥂🍷!

[@ComteChuckula]

I LOVE watching grocery store videos from around the world. THANKS for yours.

[@petrnovak7235]

Fresh in-store bakery that makes most, if not all, things from frozen semi-product that they either overbake or defrost in the store 😁 There's hardly any real fresh product in those aisles, though there are some, very rare, exceptions, like Globus and some things in Albert Hypermarkets (but not Supermarkets, to make things more confusing). But in most cases, there's nothing "fresh" about those "freshly baked products". It's just a customer trap in most cases. One that you should actually mention, Janek.

[@pipapowatauchso6138]

True, I was also a bit shocked that he praised this stuff. You can't compare the taste to fresh products from a real bakery.

[@surojitguha]

Love such insights.

[@imirka5925]

Fully agree! And it''s totally unhygienic to keep all those breads and bakery items out on the open - in every season. I've witnessed every time that people are touching the items with their bare hands, not using the fork or the plastic gloves. Very disgusting. I have never bought anything from those shelves, and the best breads are usually found in some Italian or Balkan shops and bakeries in Prague.

[@TONAL03]

They are maybe defrost but also undervalued.

[@robertritchie2860]

But it is still miles better than repacked / wrapped bread.

[@bellare]

inventing the 0.0 beer was a stroke of genius

[@Uber_Markus]

Back in the day in the UK, we had chocolate sticks that looked like cigarettes that are no longer available

[@Pidalin]

someone here said that they still have them in Belgium

[@Trueseeker-r8q]

I remember them and most the time we ate them in the paper because peeling the paper off was a pain😂

[@Pidalin]

@@Trueseeker-r8q exactly 😀

[@AthynVixen]

and Coconut tobacco which I used to love

[@10jpmorgan]

Thanks for this enjoyable and informative video! I've been to Prague six times, but I've never been in a Czech grocery store!

[@robertmaxa6631]

We can get "Kozel", beer, here in Canada also, along with "Pilsner Urquell", and some other Czech brands. In Canada and in the US, genuine "Budweiser", is labled as "Czechvar". We have family members that send us "Haslerky", they're good. Is there a checkout at that store that takes cash?

[@robinsebelova7103]

Yes, most self-cashiers have both options, but you can also find card-only ones.

[@robertmaxa6631]

@@robinsebelova7103 Thank you for the response. My family is from the Czech Republic, I've visited a few times. I've been to the mall, at Smichov, it's a nice mall.

[@wernerleinberger9847]

Cash and Card you can easily use both. Come to Europe 👍

[@davidpelc]

All shops according the law in Czech Republic have to accept cash, so don´t worry. And in most of Czech supermarket you can pay with two currencies (Czech Crown and Euro)

[@matruxas]

In Lithuania, they banned kids champagne (like in the video) in 2020, but kids can still buy non alcoholic beer and wine. 😂

[@lkrnpk]

What I fund interesting regarding supermarkets is that Central Europe is so big on hops drinks like lemonades and alcoholic cocktails based in beer, like he showed. We certainly have them in Latvia but mainly it is cider country here. I was surprised when I was in Poland and it was actuall rather hard to find a good selection of ciders in stores as all kind of flavored drinks were actually beer based as it seemed or had very specific beer taste. Then again even if we have a big cider selection here in Latvia this is not very historic, they have exploded in popularity only during last 10 years or so.

[@JO-nh6mo]

I remember very tasty white kvass from Riga, but i dont know if it is authentic Latvian or from ruSSia.

[@Filip-uw9jp]

I live in Poland near the border with the Czech Republic and to be quite honest, our supermarkets are quite the same, the beer variety is better in Czechia tho.

[@schink01]

I love Vincentka. The taste is just addictive.

[@jakubjandourek2822]

As children we used to get boiling hot milk with Vincentka for the flu. Well, I still hate it to this day, :-)

[@robvanderburgt]

Growing up in the Netherlands we used to have choclate sigarets during the Holliday period as a treat. Used to love them as a kid since it was a nice gimmick. Was banned years ago for obvious reasons

[@jimbyles7539]

None of these are weird to me as I live in Slovakia, but another thing which people visiting may find strange is that you can open multi packs of drinks and just take 1 out like a six pack of beer

[@Digger513]

I finally tried the Budweiser there on my last trip, and it was just ok. I'll take the Pilzen ANYTIME. We have it here in Cincinnati, and I LOVE IT! Jedno Pilzen, prosim!

[@TONAL03]

"Plzeň" (Pilzen) is better beer than budweiser but Budweiser is more famous because of the lawsuit against it. Czech Budweiser "Budějovický Budvar" is the real original. It is named after the city where it is made.

[@JohnnyX50]

I am looking forward to my holiday in March to Prague. It isn't my first choice as I wanted to go to Brno but flights are only from London which I live noooooway near. I have found your videos extremely interesting and helpful. Looking at the Albert website I have found UK prices for similar/same products are 2 to 3 times more expensive when you convert Ck to GBP. One day my dream is to live in Vsetin, the home of my favourite Ice Hockey team. That is the fault of a Czech friend who came to the UK for a while and made me fall in love with the country and his home town. Sadly I have lost touch with him when he returned home and shortly before a certain virus hit our shores. I miss him greatly.

[@saiien2]

Just take a train or rent a car and you will be in Brno in 2-3 hours.

[@danasebelova9840]

go by train, it is very easy by train, you will get from city center of Prague to city center of Brno

[@cj4607]

The majority of American grocery stores have bakeries! Also some states do sell alcohol in grocery stores like Meijer in Michigan.

[@MartinDrey]

Jesenka - Condensed Milk , I suck it until today. Vincentka we use for gargle when you are sick in throat.

[@dewillowe6958]

In Lidl is "sójový suk" which is kinda good but it's because it has vanilla filling and shredded coconut on top

[@darkmatter6467]

What surprised me are the prices (as non Czech who lives in Czech Republic for 2 or 3 months per year). They are crazy high compared with the average monthly income for the Czech Republic. Yes, you can find cheap stores like Lidl or Aldi, but stepping inside something like Globus or Tesco would send you to bankruptcy rather quickly.

[@Jamhands9]

Really? I went to the Tesco in this video, and it was really cheap, cheaper than the ones in Ireland.

[@Starkiller935]

​@@Jamhands9 Look up the average salary in Ireland vs. Czechia...

[@wernerleinberger9847]

You are absolutly right. Czech word of the year is "nutela"... Google why? There was a short Trip of CZ PM to a german Lidl Supermarket in Waldsassen.

[@darkmatter6467]

@wernerleinberger9847 I've found the article. Thanks for pointing out. Apart the prices, I would also add that quality of the goods are rather worst that any German, Belgian or Italian counterpart (same brand/same product). One example are the diapers. Pampers diapers for the German or the Italian market are 10 times better than the one sold in Czech Republic. Another example, coffee: Illy coffee pods sold in Czech Republic are simply not drinkable (they should not qualify as espresso coffee pods for how bad they are), but are perfectly fine when bought in Italy (and in Italy are way cheaper). I could keep going with many other products I use to buy everyday when I'm there. Something bad is going on in Czech Republic, and I can't figure out what it is.

[@wernerleinberger9847]

@@darkmatter6467 One of the Problems is: They keep their own Currency at every price due to nationalist reasons. Their CSR Brothers in Slovakia voted long time ago for Euro. But CZ thinks, its a national thing. Its Trauma of Munich treaty 1938

[@alsanaflessi6564]

"Freshly baked bread" in the supermarket is not really a fresh thing. It is deeply frozen, sometimes for months (depends on sales of the product in the shop), then it is baked in oven and offered to customer. This "fresh" bread doesn't usually taste as good as the really fresh bread from the bakery and it usually degrades much faster. Donuts sold in supermarkets are always defrosted. They are baked in a factory, then deeply frosted and defrosted right before they are offered to customers. That's why they are wet sometimes. Good apetite :P (Worked in supermarket few years ago).

[@querky.7183]

Sojový suk is a bar that tastes somehow like marzipan and a touch of licorice and vanilla to me.

[@davidpelc]

please, don´t offend marzipan.😂

[@zzizahacallar]

I miss shopping in Europe. The store you are shopping at reminds me of this store I visited in Croatia. Yes I bought all the beers even the plastic bottle ones. I bought most of the items you featured. Thank you.

[@PtrkHrnk]

0:27 it can't legally be called *bakery* if it doesn't bake the products from ingredients on location! It's just _oven_ that *defrosts* (an unpackaged bakery product that the operator has frozen in a finished state but is offered to the consumer in a thawed state), finishes by baking *from a chilled semi-product* or finishes by baking *from a frozen semi-product* (a bakery product produced elsewhere than in a bakery by baking from pre-baked chilled or frozen semi-finished product).

[@jmsmilfajt]

It's usually like that but not always. For example, the so-called "hypermarkets" have sometimes their actual bakeries such as Tesco Extra at Prague Eden. Some big Alberts do also have their in-store bakery, not only an oven.

[@petervansan1054]

usually breads are always in house baked and if they only have defrosting baking they only sell packaged breads

[@stanislavbandur7355]

defrost is quite inadequate. If you only defrost them they will be raw. I experienced wrong "recipe" and we need to ask central for new one, because our pastries were raw inside (it was T... Supermarket). But it is not only chain ever existed.

[@mikiqex]

I remember (almost 2 decades ago) my American aunt was amazed how big the yogurt aisles are in the CZ and how small the breakfast cereal aisle is. I'd say it's still valid to this day.

[@jst4444]

I miss the antiperle. I can't find them anymore in any shop. I would have love to show my children the sweets we got from our family in cezch.

[@jago2278]

Anti-pearls under the MIRAMINT brand are offered by the Bohemia Marketing Bomark e-shop

[@hanazborilova4274]

I think Lidl sells them, just under a different name. They should be somewhere around the checkout zone.

[@damascus6478]

My New Jersey supermarket has a huge section, almost as big as some smaller grocery stores, that only sells alcohol.

[@ramonkoens319]

what is funny for me is you can buy a lot of alcohol in the supermarket in czech but for a simple painkiller or bandage you need to go to the pharmacy

[@wensdyy6466]

you can buy bandages (and other medical things) in supermarkets (and even small grocery shops). Where did you hear you can´t?

[@ramonkoens319]

i live in czech and you can not buy it in the supermarket but you have to go to the lekerna most of the times next to the supermarket @@wensdyy6466

[@Catwoman1464]

I loved your bread dumplings, which you can cut into slices. Got myself a loaf to bring back home.

[@Чех-б2ю]

Sojový suk was apparently a communist attept to find a replacement for almond paste. They had the best intention, but it turned out as usual. If you are a foodie or so, go for it. It consist of soy (preferably GMO), high-fructose sirup, palm oil, rum aroma (suspected carcinogen) and bunch of stabilizers. Your kids will love it ❤

[@Pidalin]

I totaly hate it, but I know a lot of people who like it, for example cyclists use it when they cycle for far distances for some reason and other sport-based people also eat it, I don't know why, maybe there is something magical in soya.

[@Чех-б2ю]

@@Pidalin There is nothing magical there, it is just quick sugar in a form where nothing can melt, so it is kind of handy to have on you while you are exercising…

[@ivajungmannova]

It is like marzipan for poor people, but I kind of love it :D

[@avmz111]

When I'm in the Czech Republic, at least Kastany, Sladka, Kofila and - very important - Pardubicky Pernik (they're all sweets) always travel back to Germany with me. 😋

[@JonnyRowntree]

I love Birell, especially the Mango Citron one. I found it at a Billa in the city centre and thought it was just a fizzy drink. Wasn't aware it was a non-alcoholic beer!

[@afiiik1]

Be careful, there's still a litt e bit of alcohol in it so it is not suitable for children.

[@biegaliusz4439]

“Fresh” bread is made of frozen dough, all the markets do is bake them

[@AndriiA939]

some supermarkets in poland and ukraine actually make a fresh dough for their breds

[@Pidalin]

Yes, but it's still much much better and "fresh" than what supermarkets have in villages or little towns, you can't even imagine what shits they sell our of big cities with their hypermarket bakeries. Even vietnamese little shops have mostly better bread.

[@litaveccz]

Unless you go to Globus.

[@DexMASTER94]

Not in Globus supermarket. They really bake everything in the house. Its more expensive, but really worth it.

[@collan580]

It depends. Simple things are made on site, like bread and things like that. More complicated stuff are frozen, but still better than if they made it off site and ship it

[@nnddii]

Twaruzki are great. Bought it in Olomouc. Love it.

[@matejbosela9093]

Vincentka is also used as inhalation substance solvent. Moreover, I would rather call it mineral water, rather than spa water (as they are produced by and bottled at mineral springs). For the Birrell - the original name comes from Germany (Radler beer). The brewer run low on beer so he mixed fruit syrup, water and beer and sold it under name radler. Mönchshof is probably the best one out of the German radlers (have usually 2.5% alcohol content) that Ive had while working there. It is also popular in Slovakia, as it usually contains under 0.5% alcohol (most are actual 0% alcohol, made out of syrup/lemonade - which helps when driving, as Slovakia has 0 alc content in breath while driving permitted).