culture shocks from an american in spain // choques culturales de una estadounidense en españa

[@xabier1552]

yo uso un cortador laser para las pizzas, lo malo es que tengo que cambiar de mesa cada vez

[@RachelAnne_]

jajajajaja

[@carmenperez4602]

Excelente respuesta!👍

[@xabier1552]

@@carmenperez4602 Bueno, excelente excelente,...nivel medio humorístico, diría yo.

[@carmenperez4602]

@@xabier1552 No sea usted tan humilde! Para mi un humor y actitud excelentes!👍Jeje

[@franciscojoseverapichatdo9607]

Ah pero las pizzas se cortan!!! 😹

[@jesus41182]

99% de los que vemos esto somos Españoles para ver que opinan de nosotros. Y lo sabes.

[@RachelAnne_]

No esperaba que me vieran tantos españoles! Me alegro mucho :)

[@rcs7210]

Yo creo que todos somos españoles también ! Yo vivo en Canadá y extraño España mucho ! Esta es mi felicidad ver gente hablando de mi país ! Me encanta

[@JR_MTB_78]

Yo no sé cómo he llegado aquí sinceramente, jejeje

[@ornellacorradini5066]

JAJAJA siii

[@lareinalia7740]

😂😂😂😂real

[@paulaardanza4739]

We cuss in almost every sentence if it's not a formal conversation or with parents, but we do eat fruits with skin

[@RachelAnne_]

HAHAH love this comment

[@jimmysantander]

@@RachelAnne_ fucking love you mean

[@javimateo154]

I agree with her here. I don´t cut pizzas with a scissor but i don´t eat the skin of fruits, and i´m not the only one. So i guess she just told us what she has lived and seen here.

[@albertoyustevela7368]

The reason we don't eat the fruit's skin is relative new: We are afraid of pesticides. Some people wash the fruit and eat it with skin.

[@RachelAnne_]

That’s totally understandable.. it’s sad that we have to worry about those things in modern day society

[@angyliv8040]

Yeah but despite this we eat some skin of fruits. I don't why She is saying this.

[@RachelAnne_]

@@angyliv8040 this has just been my experience with the Spanish people I've been around and i thought it was interesting to share :) obviously not everyone in an entire country have the same habits! coming from my american POV, I found it interesting how many more fruits are skinned here vs. the US. definitely doesn't apply to all spanish people!

[@prometheusnostromo9493]

​@@RachelAnne_ If it's YOUR experience, then allow me to tell you that you should omit comments like: "No one eats the skin on fruit" so categorically, and I point out 'No one' or "In Spain no, no fruit will have its skin on it when it enters their mouth" bc by saying that you're implying that the whole population of the country doesn't eat the skin of fruits contradicting yourself with your comment just above: "doesn't apply to all Spanish people". Some of us, like me, eat the fruit skin and others don't. It depends on the person, everything's relative. Keep up the good work with your channel, wish you the best!

[@noah-yp1jm]

@@prometheusnostromo9493 omg chill down u ppl she's just talking from her experience (which is pretty much impllied in cultural shocks, like they're a thing you experience, not a thing that exist outside personal experience) about FRUIT SKIN like it's not even that deep stop making a circus about everything. rachel just ignore them lmao they're just so pressed

[@RachelAnne_]

ahora he conseguido añadir los subtítulos en español!!! perdóname por no lo haber hecho antes! un saludo :)

[@ligthyagamy8552]

Señorita Rachel, como un pequeño consejo debería poner su propio comentario como fijado así nos enteraremos de lo que nos quiere decir en escrito y no se perderá en la multitud.

[@jordantoovey4581]

You only eat the skin on the fruit if your abuela told you to

[@RachelAnne_]

Always listen to abuela!!

[@OnesFan1]

Thats the whole point of having teeth .. arent you supposed to chew? lmao

[@FRKKNFH]

Eres mi idolo

[@cristinalopez2362]

Hi, i'm spanish and i eat apples and pears skin! (But washing It before...just in case)

[@RachelAnne_]

👏 and same, I would never eat fruit without washing it!!

[@belarhuts3055]

I even eat unpeeled peaches

[@OnesFan1]

Yo me como las mandarinas con piel

[@israelfernandezlemus3734]

Me too. I eat all skins that I can eat. :)

[@Arcordior]

Aquí no tenemos playas de topless, simplemente tenemos playas, que una chica haga topless es algo normal, nadie le da ninguna importancia ya que es algo 100% natural en nuestra cultura

[@otigroj2]

@@kike.asekas293 Hombre pues no se, que quieres que te diga, pregúntale a los celtas si era normal en su cultura ir en coche o que le pusieran un pincho con la caña... no se en que año nacerías tu, pero yo habiendo nacido en los 90 si que veo algo normal de mi cultura el hacer topless.

[@laurarovira9003]

​​@@kike.asekas293 En Catalunya por lo menos sí es muy normal hacer topless. Yo personalmente no lo hago pero muchas lo hacen. Incluso mujeres más mayores. Muchas amigas de mi madre hacen topless.

[@josemunoz0]

As a Spaniard I gotta admit, this is so true and u explain it in a hilarious way. The cussing culture is wonderful because it's too boring to always use the same swearword, like in english f*ck, for example; so we have a lot more variety xd. More videos please, loved this one!

[@RachelAnne_]

more videos coming very soon on this!! thanks so much for the kind comment :) and I agree that cussing is much more fun in spanish, although i'm too scared to do it and say something wrong haha

[@bix0fresa]

And we have really ✨creative✨ swear words

[@alyssa8658]

Esto es cierto de puta madre. En inglés, tenemos palabras like fuck you or son of a bitch y en español tenéis palabras como que te folles un pez o me la suda o hostia, sabes? No sé si mi español y mi juramento es bueno.

[@martaalgo1457]

Aquí jurar o juramento tiene otro significado muy distinto, cuando decimos palabrotas estamos soltando tacos jeje, y sí, podemos ser bastante creativos 😁

[@CarlosLopez58]

@@spaintony Pues a mí siempre me ha parecido que la malsonancia de "Hostias!" viene precisamente de la blasfemia.

[@danielrequenaperez7803]

As a Spaniard, I can tell you the shocking number 4 is not always true. I always eat the skin on fruit and a lot of people who I know, too. Another thing is cussing, It depends on the part of Spain you are visiting, here in Andalucía the closer your friends are to you, the more insults you give them, with soft spot. However, it's just a stereotype so depends on the situation.

[@OrihuelaClubDeAlterne]

No mientas

[@kaylenesingson7724]

hahaha yes!!! i always eat the skin, no. 4 is not always true here in spain. peeps we eat the skin, maybe some dont, but mostly spanish people eats the skin of a fruit

[@OrihuelaClubDeAlterne]

@@kaylenesingson7724 well I never eat the skin

[@kaylenesingson7724]

@@OrihuelaClubDeAlterne oh great jajaja i didnt say all of the spanish people does eat the skin though, rather i said MOST, theres a big difference from the word all and the word most

[@OrihuelaClubDeAlterne]

@@kaylenesingson7724 yeah I know but it's true that due to the lack of food during the Civil War makes sense people ate the peels of every fruit, but nowadays it's less and less common

[@SBVCP]

"...cussing is like an art" *laughs in argentinian*

[@almirCCR]

Los insultos a aquel entrenador argentino fueron epicos, que arte !!!

[@user-uk6dw9kr2w]

Hola Rachel , o Raquel . As you wish 😊, el tema de la piel en la fruta es algo cultural y ancestral. Desde antiguo los mismos productores/ cosechadores de fruta en el campo, cuando durante la jornada comían desde los mismos árboles la fruta, y como no disponían de agua, más allá de la que vevían, peleaban la fruta, porque se la suponía sucia, de polvo de tierra del propio campo y excrementos de pájaros e insectos, lo más rápido e higienico era pelarla, después. Ellos en casa hacían lo mismo, y claro su familia lo imitaban, y eso generación tras generación, quedó como un hábito, y como la práctica más común, y actualmente aunque sabemos que los nutrientes más importantes están en la piel, la mayoría de nosotros, seguimos o siguen haciéndolo. Esa creo que es la razón., 😂😂😂. Pero claro que tienes razón. Talogooo !! 😂😂😂😂

[@jordantoovey4581]

I’ve not seen another video mention that invitar is to treat or pay for someone, good one🇪🇸✌🏽

[@RachelAnne_]

It’s important for Americans to know!! It confused me so much the first time someone “invited me”! Haha

[@letsgobrandon987]

@@RachelAnne_ I’m of Cuban decent but am proud American. Usually yes in Latin culture when someone formally invites you to eat it is expected that they pay but that’s pretty much the case everywhere even in America. Still though offering and insisting to pay the bill is just the courteous and classy thing to do especially if that inviter has helped you in some way or is very close to you. So what I’m saying is don’t worry you didn’t really do anything wrong and I’m sure she appreciated the offer.

[@joseamategarcia9276]

If you are in a bar with some friends and you say "invito a una ronda" It means you want to pay a drink for all of them.

[@Jaycee.79]

I'm English and have always cut pizza with scissors for no apparent reason - I must have been Spanish in a past life :-)

[@SweetLilyofPeace]

Practical. I hate those pizza cutter things :)

[@letsgobrandon987]

That’s pretty funny. Out of 333 million Americans I don’t think any of us have ever cut a pizza with a scissor. Just seems like it would destroy the Time Space Continuum or something lol.

[@Jaycee.79]

@@letsgobrandon987 Be daring and be the first one to try it! Once you've done it though I'm afraid there's no going back!

[@Jaycee.79]

@@SweetLilyofPeace So you're not even tempted by the novelty cutters shaped like a bike?

[@SweetLilyofPeace]

@@Jaycee.79 Haha not a bit :)

[@Agares7]

Sólo quería corregirte con el tema de que la fruta se come pelada en España, no dudo que tu experiencia sea esa en el circulo en el que te relacionas. Pero la verdad es que la gran mayoría de zonas la gente come fruta con piel ( uvas, manzanas, peras, melocotones, albaricoques...) Sólo quería puntualizar eso ya que trabajo en el sector y he recorrido España. Un saludo y buen vídeo

[@TheRaul45]

En el Norte nunca he visto a nadie quitar la piel a la fruta.

[@garaziarandia7412]

@@TheRaul45 lo mismo digo jeje

[@editorialbisonte5264]

En algunas frutas, la mayor cantidad de vitaminas está en las cáscaras.

[@rhymesofarcadia3576]

@@TheRaul45 Soy de Cantabria y aquí nadie le quita la piel a la fruta, como mucho a algún niño pequeño pero eso son cosas de crios xD.

[@josetorres-gt9ci]

Yo también me como la fruta con piel previamente enjuagada claro, y en mi zona, Alicante, igual. Tan sólo en restaurantes pelan la fruta para servirla.

[@daneeinglis1894]

I was not warned by my Canadian husband about the costumes before going to my first Semana Santa procession and I freaked out! As it came around the corner into veiw I thought I was looking at a KKK rally! AND they were carrying a statue of a man on a cross! My husband was taking a video and you can see the shock and panic in my face, I think I even said "Babe, lets get out of here, it's the KKK!"

[@RachelAnne_]

Hahaha I had the same experience! Super scary if you don’t know what they are dressed like that for!

[@daneeinglis1894]

@@RachelAnne_ Or that the KKK actually took the costume from Samana Santa in Spain as inspiration for their hoods and robes!

[@joseluislopezretuerto7053]

I need to watch that video, please! XD

[@APV_79]

Is only culture..

[@i.f.3477]

@@RachelAnne_ The meaning or symbolism of the Holy Week dress (especially in men with those hoods and completely covered), is that they themselves are the ones who are doing a penance, to ask Jesus for forgiveness (in the context of Catholicism), or also for something they are very sorry for. This is the meaning at this time, to do a penance anonymously (they usually go barefoot too). Unfortunately, the origin is in the centuries of the Inquisition, as a public derision to the accused (their faces were uncovered and carried a sign), in a completely opposite sense to the current one (Francisco de Goya, 1746-1828, painted it in many occasions). Surely this custom was brought to America in the 18th century, or earlier, in the context of Puritanism, and transformed over the years into what it represents there today, something, yes ... deeply terrible, as was the Inquisition. Luckily, at present the meaning of this dress in our Holy Week has nothing to do with it ... Thank you very much for all your interest !! Kind regards from Madrid.

[@hectordavidsanchez5559]

Normaly in Spain, The birthday person pays for the dinner (in a restaurant or at home) and the guests can bring a present.

[@Reqwulf]

Yeah but not always, where I live usually its the other way around.

[@AriodanteITA]

another thing that Expats from anglo saxon countries never understand and explains most of their culture shocks: In Europe the "appearence" doesn't define the essence like in anglo-saxon heritage countries, also we can contextualize, we don't take things as a general (explained otherwise: in those countried you if you LOOK rich, you are , if you LOOK honest you are, if the cake LOOKS good it IS good). So, as long as you drink in public, but from a bottle whose appearance is covered, you are "not drinking"; or if you see a naked body through a wet t-shirt, you can do it, as it is "technically" covered; or a more recent example: have you noticed how the "gun" and the razorblade emoji have been recently replaced - since the standard originated in asia is now managed by an US-centric entity - by a "water gun" and a "disposable" razor, as if the pistol-emoji or the free-blade razor themselves were "bad"? In Europe we have a different attitude that translates in less attention to form and appearence ("please", "thanks", makeup, norms bla bla bla) and more attention to the actual substance of things. We don't have (yet, but of course americans are rapidly colonizing us also culturally): "banned words" or banned things (you CAN'T drink if you are not of a certain age and so on), no obsession against SEX (seeing half a nipple already the end of the world), no obsession against alcohol or smoke or anything else. For us it sounds stupid using "f-word" "n-word" and so on, resulting in giving even more focus in the statement to a word that it would have been just a word, in mainland Europe, we contextualize. Things facts and Words aren't negative per-se, it all depends on the use you make of them. You can use a gun to shoot a baloon or to shoot a person. That's why for in mainland europe (UK is a world apart) you can hear "bad words" used in a normal colloquial way, depending on the meaning, the tone, and the context. As well, depending on the situation, you can do "forbidden" things, in a controlled environment. This overloads of restrains and "CAN'T" also has the opposite effect: creates huge desire to break the schemes, that can be released whether getting totally wasted on a saturday, or even in some worse thing.

[@sebastianmatz2828]

A lot of lessons for such a young lady..

[@pacorubio7520]

Un gusto haber pasado por tu rincón. Me tomo la libertad de recomendarte un libro divertidísimo no muy extenso y con el que te podrás sentir muy identificada. No me sorprendería que lo conocieses. Título, "La tesis de Nancy"; autor Ramón J. Sender

[@pillapaaroh]

Genial. Viví y trabajé en Texas tres años, y soy de Granada, pero ahora vivo en Madrid. Tú eres de Texas, viviste un tiempo en Granada y ahora estás en Madrid. Me parece fabuloso ver tus vídeos, en la que cuentas tu experiencia, en cierto modo, tan similar a la mía (al menos en el aspecto geográfico de la misma). TU ESPAÑOL ME PARECE MAGNÍFICO!!! Lo has aprendido en una academia, o en el día a día con la gente? Muchas gracias por tus vídeos, y sigue haciendo más!!!

[@pilarbcn1]

,jajaja soy española y en mi casa la pizza se corta con tijeras. Teniendo tijeras para que comprar un cortapizza. Quizás depende de cuantas veces a la semana comas pizza. En mi caso, las pizzas las hago en casa y como mucho 1 vez al mes.

[@josepedraza7471]

Yo las corto con un cuchillo

[@jinsparklyeyes]

Yo corto las pizzas con un cuchillo, como si de pan se tratara xd

[@edu9franco]

Técnicamente la masa es pan.

[@josetorres-gt9ci]

Y yo

[@Cedemonio]

Yo es que cortapizzas en casa no tuve en la vida, así que siempre la cortaba con cuchillo. Eso sí, desde que vi a una amiga cortarla con tijeras, con tijeras la corto. Debo decir que flipé bastante al verla cortarla con tijeras, pero luego probé en casa y, oye, pues ni tan mal. Los cortapizzas que usé alguna vez, ni cortaban, ni nada, así que...

[@romaho25]

Buff la gente aquí vive a límite cortando masas de pizzas 😳😳

[@germangarcia6118]

No deja de ser una tostada con queso.

[@m.x.]

Actually, the birthday treat ins't a norm but something some people do. About the pizza, very few people cut pizza with scissors in Spain, most just cut it with a knife or with a pizza cutter like in US. About the fruits, people used to eat the whole thing including the skin but they stopped doing it due to the pesticides. Many pesticides remain in the outer peel and some even enter the fruit flesh. If you go to the county side, you still can see people eating the whole thing if they know the fruit is 100% natural.

[@impartial.observer]

I love that you love our culture!!! Cutting pizza with scissors is also a thing at my house that I taught my kids and now our oldest son has shown his (American) wife to cut pizza that way. :-D Great video, guapa!!! I´m now following you!!!

[@noticierovinotinto398]

In all Spanish speaking countries the people are like that, I’m from Venezuela and I have been living in United States for 2 years and the culture is so different, sometimes the Hispanic people don’t understand the American people and I know the American people have the same problem.

[@ReniSetGo]

New sub! You're hilarious, and I love this video and the others! - Another non-native Spanish speaker from the U.S. One thing I know shocked my partner (who moved here from Mexico a few years ago) about California was how people don't get more "done up" to go out and run errands. He still wears a polo, jeans, and loafers every time we go to the store to pick up milk. I think a lot of people who come to CA (and maybe the US in general) are surprised by how casually people dress.

[@RachelAnne_]

Thank you so much cutie! 🥰 and yesss ugh having to get done up to go to carrefour is truly a struggle... that’s one thing I miss about the US! But in general I really do like the dress up culture here :)

[@dubmait]

Spanish people do eat fruit skins. I've never seen someone who doesn't. The invitar thing is 100% right

[@yadiracamacho499]

En Italia también cortan la pizza con tijera, al menos en los sitios de pizza al taglio lo hacen

[@joseangelvillalba9230]

Normal. Una vez compré una rueda de esas para 'cortar' pizzas... directa a la basura se fue.

[@JuanGarcia-qi4ze]

First of all welcome and good video. I am Spanish and I have never seen pizza cut with scissors. The fruit was always eaten with the skin but not everyone does, some peel it for fear of pesticides, especially if you eat outside the home and you don't know how they washed it. Greetings.

[@brendapadillaericksen2794]

Me encanta este vídeo Rachel. ¡Gracias!

[@marfernandez368]

I'm Spanish and have lived in Spain for my entire life and I've always eaten the fruit's skin 😂 but for the rest of the cultural differences I totally agree

[@PaddingtonSoul]

Awww... You're so cute. :D

[@RachelAnne_]

thank you!🥺

[@CulturaeIncursu]

I am planing on doing the opposite on a video. I am a Spaniard from Madrid living in Portland (OR) and there are a lot of things that are shocking to me, even after 11 years living in the US! I am working on it :)

[@RachelAnne_]

I would love to see the vid once you make it! I’ve never been to Portland but it’s definitely on my list! It must be amazing since you left Madrid and stayed for 11 years!

[@CulturaeIncursu]

@@RachelAnne_ It will be on my channel next week and will be in Spanish (now that I finally started working on my videos more consistently)!

[@RachelAnne_]

Muy bien!! Estoy intentando hacer lo mismo :)

[@CulturaeIncursu]

@@RachelAnne_ I posted it right now (Oregon time). If you want to take a look at it, it's on my channel. Hope you like it!

[@musicneutral233]

I'm a spaniard living in the US and I love your video. I agree with all you say!

[@RachelAnne_]

thank you so much :) more vids coming hopefully in a couple days!

[@j.a.torregrosa7777]

Rachel , la mayoria de las frutas llevan pesticidas a no ser q sean organicas, pues le quitamos la piel.

[@marcosaranda82]

Si no tienes un corta-pizzas en casa pues no te queda más remedio que usar unas tijeras que son más comunes. Pero te puedo asegurar que normalmente utilizamos corta-pizzas, siempre y cuando tengas uno... Me a encantado el video, a ver si te animas y los haces también en español. Buen trabajo!

[@GerackSerack]

Nah, todos tenemos un corta-pizzas en casa porque nos lo regalaron con un pedido de Telepizza. Lo usamos dos veces, vimos que era basura, y desde aquel día de 1998, usamos tijeras de pescado.

[@joseantonioprieto9714]

Si en español también España me gusta 🇪🇦🇪🇦

[@carginfer2353]

It's so fun hearing the opinions from someone that's closer to my age since we have different priorities and points of view to those of older people.

[@Martitalanita]

Incluso tenemos "palabrotas para niños" como "jolines" o "jopé" 😂

[@exosoma]

O Palabrotas para viejos como tolili (lo digo por los audios de Florentino que están saliendo)

[@josemartinez-ws2we]

Hola Rachel, yo español, de Murcia, y por casualidad, encontré tus videos, son muy interesantes las comparaciones que haces entre la cultura española y estadounidense, sin juzgar nada, sólo comentas tu experiencia y de forma agradable y simpática. Por otra parte quería comentar, que en un vídeo tuyo decías que la sanidad (seguridad social), médicos, enfermeros, etc, es gratis, esto no es verdad, es un error, incluso entre los españoles. A todos los trabajadores el gobierno nos descuenta de nuestro sueldos un porcentaje, en el que pone cotización a la seguridad social, y eso dinero que el gobierno recauda es para mantener las pensiones y la sanidad pública. Y también servicios sociales. No todo el mundo paga igual, el que más gana más paga y el que menos gana paga menos, así poniendo un poco cada uno, se puede mantener el sistema sanitario. También te descuenta otro porcentaje de irpf (impuesto) y con eso se mantiene el resto de servicios públicos, educación, policía, infraestructuras, etc. En Españ existe lo que se llama un pacto social intergeneracional, los jóvenes que trabajan, mantiene s los ancianos. Saludos. Jose

[@GaRmEnDi0]

No creo que los españoles seamos malhablados en general... "maldecir" (cussing) es algo que hacemos entre amigos. Es como un signo de confianza. Si un español habla contigo y suelta un par de tacos, probablemente le caes bien. Pero no nos cagamos en la ostia hablando con la cajera del supermercado, ni con desconocidos en general. En esos caso solemos ser bastante correctos. Entre amigos, un insulto incluso puede ser una muestra de cariño, o de admiración.

[@Thrashgu]

No todos cortamos la pizza con tijeras, eso se hacía más bien antes, yo tengo el típico cortador circular italiano como casi todo el mundo. Lo de las tijeras creo que es más de gente mayor.

[@RachelAnne_]

Si? Pues todos mis amigos de mi edad usan las tijeras pero a lo mejor dentro son abuelitos 😜

[@goncerex9521]

Con tijeras es más fácil xq el cortador se desgasta y no corta del todo la pizza, q es muy molesto la verdad, pero si tienes un cortador bueno si es mejor xq es más rápido

[@paulasalas1746]

@@RachelAnne_ Vaya en mi casa y en la de todos mis amigos usamos las tijeras. Lo raro es que alguien tenga el cortapizza y al usarlo solemos desesperarnos, volviendo de nuevo a las tijeras ajajajaja

[@goncerex9521]

@Juana Marín Androjosa eso sí que no lo he visto en mi vida jajaja

[@hepcadiz]

Si las tijeras son más eficaces, por qué utilizar un cortador de rueda.

[@inconstantsorrow27]

En España, aun en las grandes ciudades, es difícil encontrar a gente comiendo sola en algún restaurante. O haciendo alguna actividad de ocio en general.

[@ivanjetix5346]

Hi, i loved the videdo, but i honestly in my house we have that circled tool for the pizzas and thats what we use for cutting them. but yes, in many other houses they do use scissors. I'm from Madrid btw.

[@victorcondado9183]

Las manzanas llevan muchos pesticidas porque siempre hay muchos bichos que se las quieren comer. No es una buena idea comerse la piel de las manzanas. Conocí una finca en la que los conejos se comían las que se caían al suelo y morían por docenas. Todos los días pasaba un señor con una carretilla recogiendo los conejos muertos que después tiraba a un hoyo. De cuando en cuando los quemaban a todos.

[@RachelAnne_]

😰😰😰

[@gillesetjohn4161]

en Alemania estuve en el parque Englischer Garten " Jardin ingles" y habia un hombre totalmente desnudo. por suerte, yo habia leido en mi guia de viajes que existe algo llamado " free body culture". asi q yo estaba un poquito preparado a un choque cultural. Tambien estuve en una playa en Grecia donde estaba escrito en les letras mausculas " FKK " = Freikörperkultur (free body culture) . esto fue para mi el principal choque cultural en Europa

[@Dertinus]

Hi, my name is Joseph, and since you've mentioned all the spaniards never eats the fruit skin, I have to specificly say something important you have to know about it ( and there's a reason for that ). Since the fruits are harvested & collected later, everyone knows there's a step in which all the hervesters applies toxic products over the vegetables & fruits, just to keep the insects away from those products. That's why, if we see anyone eating anything without peeling it, we advice that person to don't do it unless he/she wanna gets poisoned him/herself. Every product shown on the markets and on the shops sems to be as much cleaned as possible but, for being safer, after buying those products, one have to ""clean"" them to not being poisoned so easily. We know we gonna loose some beneficial properties by eating the skin but, "" that's the prize we have pay for it "".

[@RachelAnne_]

Very interesting! Thanks for explaining the mindset behind it :) I guess in America we don’t think about that.. which we should. Or the people that do just buy 100% organic fruit! Which is much more expensive

[@rewo1987]

si no te consideras español, por qué hablas en nombre de españoles??

[@Dertinus]

@@rewo1987 a santo de que viene esa pregunta ??

[@rewo1987]

@@Dertinus no me parece normal que reniegues de ser español y estes aqui comentando en nombre de españoles, aclarate, o es que te gusta mucho la chica esta y por ella tirarías tus principios a la mierda?

[@bezsie8518]

.. And in nudist beaches there are men, women and children so they are used to it when they grow up.

[@goodaimshield1115]

I think most people do eat the skin of the fruit, just not if it is bought in big supermarkets, but most people certainly do if they buy the fruit in small fruit shops.

[@irnphuh5826]

En mi casa la pizza se corta con cuchillo (? jajaja

[@Juan_Dystopian]

4:32 I think this "tradition" comes from many decades ago when it was usual to use pesticides on fruits and sometimes farmers didn't wash those fruits before selling them therefore they were toxic. Now they're not but consumers tend not to be sure, therefore we peal our fruits before eating them :-) I know, that's a bad idea.

[@RachelAnne_]

Good point! I could definitely understand that reasoning.

[@die2006]

to give you an idea, our Spanish culture is very similar to that of our Italian friends, culture from southern Europe🇪🇸❤️🇮🇹

[@natalillabot7772]

Mmmmm not really, italian are more conservative with the food, be naked, sexy clothes for women etc...

[@die2006]

@@natalillabot7772 but our culture, way of living life and our languages ​​that are very similar relate us a lot to them

[@die2006]

@@natalillabot7772 It is the country of our continent that most resembles us

[@CarlosLopez58]

@@die2006 No, Portugal is much more like Spain than Italy.

[@die2006]

@@CarlosLopez58 The Portuguese are the gypsies of the Iberian Peninsula😂

[@jorgec7087]

Nice video Raquel ;-). As a Spaniard I agree with your shocking examples, but the fourth one... I have grown up eating the skin of the fruits you mentioned (apples, pears, peaches...), and I know I'm not the only one ;-). True is, though, that my wife prefers to peel them (even grapes... which is really shocking to me!)... and my kids are becoming to get used to that... but I do not think this can be generalized... Cheers from Almería

[@AriodanteITA]

....As an italian I can tell you that even if they will never admit but often also italians cut pizza with scissors - especially homemade pizza.... we don't have the wheel (and the knife often makes a mess)...la tijera del pescado toda la vida :D

[@CEIVE4EVER]

Lo que me he reído coneste momento 4:09 JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA Te has mimetizado muy bien con el ambiente, porque además lo dices en el mismo tono que lo dcimos nosotros. Por otra parte, si estás en Granada, la "mala follá granaina" intensifica mucho más ese tipo de cosas.

[@carnaciocarmante6068]

I think some people cut their pizzas with scissors because they just don't bother buying the "wheelsaw". I have one at my home, but many of my friends don't (and it drives me a bit crazy on the inside).

[@RachelAnne_]

Lol!! I prefer the scissors honestly it's much more fun! But for me, I grew up with the normal pizza cutter so maybe that's why I prefer scissors :)

[@carnaciocarmante6068]

@@RachelAnne_ Fun = cutter. Scissors = disgrace :-) :-P

[@beltrangarrote1982]

From a Spaniard and my point of view: - Americans are obsessed with guns and fire power related stuff. Owning a fire arm is a very serious thing in here. You'd have to get a permit, take a mental health test, go to shooting school (like the driving license) and register at the Police station. And that's for hunting rifles. Common people are not allowed to have guns for any reason. And forget about explosives. - Pizza and Scissors: ain't it cool? - We take pride in paying for the meal. It's a way of telling people to relax, order whatever, don't mind the bill and pay attention to the real deal: the birthday's guy. - Pealing the fruit. I agree with you. It should not be done. - Cussing is like poetry. Enough said. You'll get a ton of respect if you learn how to poetry cuss. Adding some dark-acid humor is a plus. And when a foreigner does it my heart silently melts...so coollllllllll! - Topless. We men may look at gorgeous topless women, we are human and men after all you know, but we'll make sure to not stare and respect their privacy. My cultural shocks in the US: not walking. I mean, l got stared at for walking to the movies and noticed the police passing by a few times looking at me. Great vid, keep it up.

[@RachelAnne_]

Yessss the not walking culture in the US is the worst :( I always feel so lazy when I go home because we don't move as much! It's not incorporated into the lifestyle. You have to make the decision to say "okay, I'm going to go on a 30 minute walk" and that's not as easy as just doing it when you have to go to work/grocery store/restaurants/literally anywhere haha.

[@TheRaul45]

No generalices. Nos criamos viendo a mujeres en topless en la playa desde que somos bebés y no miramos. Que tú lo hagas no significa que lo hagamos los demás. Se vive con naturalidad. Los insultos es lo que mas me averguenza de mi país.. hay una costumbre a "cagarse" constantemente. No podemos imaginar lo horrible que suena en otros idiomas. Es vergonzoso. Paso verguenza cuando tengo a un invitado de otro país y en la calle alguien se caga en Dios.. por ejemplo. Es lo más ridículo y vergonzoso que he visto en ninguna cultura. Cosas que provienen de la guerra civil, donde tanto se odiaba a la iglesia y se mataban a los que pertenecian a ella.

[@MerMary222]

@Buddy Aces MXBC exactly we have enough with this new government trying to take away our right to bear arms as stated in the constitution

[@coco_espacialdonut907]

@@TheRaul45 pues me cago en tus peluches

[@luigicastagnola7760]

@@TheRaul45 Claro que hacer topless se toma como algo natural. Pero cualquier hombre (o mujer) con sangre en las venas y ojos en la cara va a mirar a una chica con pechos bonitos haciendo topless... La gran diferencia es echar una ligera mirada a quedarse como un pervertido salido mirando o hacerlo a menudo... No mientas, no manipules. Soltar tacos o cagarse en dios puede sonar grotesco, sí... Yo lo veo como una acción de no represión... Todos tenemos derecho a perder la paciencia de vez en cuando y soltar tacos o cagarse en dios si la situación lo amerita... Eso sí, sin faltar a nadie.

[@AlexanderJBC]

La fruta que se puede comer la piel,sila comemos,tambien depende de lo buena o mala calidad que sea ...pero si .mucha gente no le gusta sobre todo la del melocoton

[@andreucaparius3269]

Interesante canal!!!! Espero que vaya bien... saludos desde ibiza 👍🏼

[@ramonbeltran8265]

Hola. Soy muy fan de tus videos, me parecen divertidos y muy interesantes. Me caes muy bien y ademas eres guapísima. Espero q llegues a los 100.000

[@albertmas3752]

I use one of those round cutters for pizzas. I hate touching food with hands (to be more precise I hate getting my hands dirty) and less when other people are gonna eat that pizza too. When I'm cooking pizza I divide it in the pieces needed, then put it in the oven so when it's done all pieces are already cut and easy to separate. But MY piece of pizza will be eaten with fork and knife.

[@withzhen]

Yo soy español y muy pocas veces he cortado la pizza con tijeras

[@RachelAnne_]

pues a mi me parece super divertido cortarla con tijeras! jaja

[@raquelmg95]

Que bien dices Raquel, toda la gente que he conocido con el ingles como lengua materna han pronunciado mi nombre mal jajaja pero tu lo pronuncias perfecto! :D

[@raquelpereziglesias8242]

Verdad, mi hostfamily irlandesa me llamaba Rakkkquel

[@papis-peppers]

Very fun, entertaining and informative ❤️

[@RachelAnne_]

Thanks 🥰

[@helenacox6446]

You made me laugh so much xd I’m still figuring out the birthday inviting part and I’m Spanish (half Spanish half English, so at home we have a mixture of cultures and that makes me have some cultural shocks sometimes with Spanish things hahaha) and also the pizza with scissors... the first time I saw that was at my boyfriend’s house and I was so shocked, they acted so normal while doing it 😂😂💗💗

[@RachelAnne_]

hahaha I'm so glad I could make you laugh!! glad to meet another person who experiences both cultures :)

[@newhuskytwenty]

Yes, we are used to watch pears with skin on beaches. Wait... were those two different matters? Greetings from Pamplona.

[@raquelpinto4654]

Hahahah its so funny to see Americans react to the most normal things here hahahahahha

[@RachelAnne_]

Forgive us 🤠🤠

[@raquelpinto4654]

@@RachelAnne_ hahaha dw I love watching it😂😂❤️

[@daneeinglis1894]

A few years ago a school football team of 14-16 year old boys from the USA was visiting Benidorm. Their chaperones had to get them off the beach because they were standing around the topless sunbathing women staring!

[@RachelAnne_]

Danee Inglis oh my goodness!!!! Im not surprised at all though!

[@joserafaellluberesreyes]

Cutting a pizza with scissor.......DIABLOSSSSSSS.....JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJJA

[@ulises8718]

" stop stigmatizing everything " ,estoy de acuerdo con tigo teneis muchas contradicciones jeje

[@katherinemccubrey852]

My Swedish mother was cutting pizza with scissors in the 70s 🤣🤣🤣

[@carlosberdejo7143]

Ohhh Rachel En la piel están las vitamins y tambien todos los tóxicos que usan los agriculture, y la suciedad del transporte hasta llegar a tu tienda. Puede lavarse, pero pelándolo estas seguro que comes lo sanito.

[@roserm1352]

We do eat fruit with skin, mainly apples or pears

[@ladyvero1990]

La fruta en mi entorno siempre se come con piel! Saludos jajaja

[@ainaantelo4690]

We do eat the skin of the fruit, like it depends, like some people don't care about the skin (and they eat it) and some people don't like it.

[@lucasgamero9411]

I can’t imagine eating peaches with skin but Inest pears especially the tiny and delicious peras de San Juan and peros or small apples which are also delicious. I confirm that we cuss a lot but only in informal conversations and always with people we know well.

[@lexuamzaled5515]

2:28 You only pay for everyone else when they let you pay for them, but, yeah. It's like when someone goes to your house and you invite them to have dinner, the people you invite are your guests; you don't make them cook or clean in your house, why would they have to pay when eating outside? 3:20 I'll be honest, maybe I knew about cutting pizza with scissors, but not anywhere I know or go. We use or that pizza cutter circle thing or we use knives. Not scissors. That may depend on where in Spain you are or with who you are. 4:35 As others pointed out, it depends. Some people don't, some people do.

[@asapb]

“cussing culture is like poetry here” nah u are so right

[@RachelAnne_]

LOL it’s truly beautiful

[@guille224]

Raquel, activa los subtitulos!!! Que no me entero de nada!!!😅 Besos, guapa...!!!

[@RachelAnne_]

Ahora lo miro es que no sé cómo hacerlo perdón!!! Pero voy a subir un video en 2 días totalmente en español :)

[@guille224]

@@RachelAnne_ OK. No hay problema. Gracias de todas formas. 💪😎👍

[@adriansardina-ilustrador6959]

cuando ivitas a alguien, esa gente invitada son tu regalo (para mi) osea, que tus amigos se presenten en tu cumpleaños es tu regalo, aqui se aprecia mucho la compañia de la gente, la conversacion etc... pero la gente que no tiene dinero pues te invita a comer algo barato, tambien no tiene porque invitar el cumpleañero, cuando celebro mi cumple la cuenta la dividimos entre todos como siempre se hace en las quedadas. Al final el cumpleaños es una excusa para ver a la gente y quedar

[@fernandopoblacion1152]

Buenas!! Dos cosillas, el tema de las tijeras con la pizza NO es tan común en España… Yo lo hago y mucha gente me mira raro. Y sí que nos comemos la piel de l fruta!! Bueno de una piña no😂 pero tú me entiendes.. Me lo paso muy bien con tus vídeos. Un beso

[@boomerrmadrid6980]

Jajajajaja, cuando digo Rachel nadie me entiende. Jajajaja

[@octaviobarrancoalbarca9515]

Hola rakel... Me gustan más los vídeos en español porque me encanta tu dialecto cuanto hablas en español. Un saludo desde Austria.. Octavio

[@lucasgamero9411]

One thing that shocked me in the US is seeing people buying a large bowl for the salad bar or soup bar if you can refill it as many times as you wish. Same applies to drinks. What’s the point in paying for a large soda when you have free refills ???

[@elQueFaltaba]

re: skin in fruits -- this might be on a family basis, but my whole family eats all of the soft fruit skins. I don't think this is accurate for the whole of Spain.

[@RachelAnne_]

that's good to know! love to hear it :)

[@maesepedro9550]

Guapísima y simpatiquísima. Perdón, quise decir beatifull and very nice 👏👏😃

[@RachelAnne_]

jaja muchas gracias :)

[@SantoRedentor]

I do eat of the skin of all fruits with edible skin. But it's so true that I remember all my grandfathers and grandmothers always peeled the fruit with a pocket knife thst they wore on them at all times (except for sleeping, I hope)

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

I have always eaten the skin of fruits except orange and melon and banana, and thought it was a common thing. But I´m from Barcelona, and when I came to Granada for living I had also a kind of culture shock. Even in Granada, though, I haven´t noticed people don´t eat fruit skins (at least apples and pears). Also, I worked in a pizza restaurant and we used to cut it with these special round metal wheels. But I suppose some people don´t eat pizza so often, so they don´t feel the need of having that kind of tool at home.

[@SweetLilyofPeace]

Lol the US makes me laugh with all their beach rules. As someone who started my topless experience a long time ago in the South of France and it has been normal in many parts of Europe for a long time, I find it strange the US still gets so strict on this. I also undertand certain region bye laws they get funny about thongs too :) I am from the UK and even we over the years have slowly embraced more topless or even nudist beaches. Not quite up to France or Spain levels but that is more about the weather here :) Any country as long as you keep it to on the actual beach it is a much more relaxing experience. These countries you could still get arrested if went onto the sidewalk topless. So in its correct place it is fine. Hopefully the US will eventually catch up and be a bit less uptight about such things. :) The first time I went topless was over 40 years ago :)

[@RachelAnne_]

I hope the US changes their mentality as well about topless beaches! It’s so normal here and nothing to freak out about :)

[@mallory7236]

the first one is so ironic because i just learned in my spanish class (my teacher’s from spain) that invitar doesn’t just mean to invite but also that they/you will pay which was interesting

[@RachelAnne_]

Exactly!!! You have a great Spanish teacher if they taught you that :)

[@celiamayo8997]

Cuidado con la piel de las frutas, porque contienen una proteína , que puede generar reacciones alérgicas a ciertas personas. Por ejemplo, en los melocotones y manzanas. Yo soy alérgica a la piel del melocotón, y les di un buen susto a mis padres de pequeña. Puedo comer melocotones perfectamente, pero la piel cuanto más lejos mejor.

[@user-tb8sz6xr2b]

En España pelamos la fruta porque se dice que ahí es donde están los químicos que se usan para protegerla de los insectos. Supongo que es algo cultural. Yo suelo comer las manzanas con piel pero un melocotón? No podría. Ufff que grima. Xd Buen video

[@JackDespero]

I ate the skin of the fruit, but I agree that there are plenty of Spaniards who don't. They do it because things like insecticides can penetrate the skin, so even if you wash the fruit, you might still be eating it. Also, in the beach in front of my house, between a fifth and a third of women go topless. I wasn't aware of how "uncommon" that is until I went to other countries and got shocked when I learnt that in some places it is not only not as common, but it is actually illegal!

[@pellax]

About peeling the fruit it depends on the person more than a country culture. In the beach of curse we look, but we don't do it like watching the cinema you know, that would be too rude and ashaming for both, but we do have eyes in the face.

[@mimoleskine6954]

GRACIAS POR SUBTITULAR

[@estebanfranciscogameromose5561]

Niña no te comas el sentido ca uno es como es, y sino no es. Un beso.. Eres una muchacha muy guapísima.

[@nicomagliaro]

The reason to use scissor for cut pizza comes from italian culture and actually try to not lose the air inside the crust. It doesn't make sense tu cut a Domino's that way at all since is crap quality. Real pizza has crist, good muzzarella cheese, dough shold rest for 24 hs. It's ok to cut New Yor style piza with the rounded tool since is flat type.

[@RachelAnne_]

this is so interesting I had no idea! thanks for sharing :)

[@1125Mig]

I like your post and I agree with all except the fruit skin. I eat the same skins as in USA, in apples, grapes, peaches, pears, etc. at the same time we don’t eat orange, banana, grapefruit skins, etc. I am from Spain, but live in USA.

[@enjotax1191]

Hey! I am Catalan and I DO EAT the skins of all fruits! Even Peaches!!

[@rubenmoreno1119]

Jajajaja pues esta mañana desayuné dos manzanas con su piel jajaja. Muchas veces se pela la fruta pero son más manías personales que costumbres. A los críos sí que se les pela la fruta para facilitar su ingesta o que no se pongan remilgosos con la comida. Buen vídeo ;)

[@joseangelvillalba9230]

Eso mismo estaba pensando yo. A mi me encanta la fruta con piel, pero a los niños...

[@esthervizcainoruiz403]

The fruit thing is weird because it’s different for every person. Some people i know don’t eat the apple’s, some do, same with pears. I, for example don’t eat peaches skins but I eat strawberries

[@RachelAnne_]

Very interesting!