Exchange Student Attempts Thanksgiving in Germany (+ what even is Thanksgiving??)

[@TheSuperft]

when annika came in to save the day with the MASSIVE knife 👌

[@TheKeule33]

"thanks for reaching 1k" - Well, you cover interesting topics, the video and editing is good + you are cute, which counts a lot on the internet. Keep doing these and you'll have 100k soon. Now that I think about it: Thumbnails and titles are also very good. Did someone teach you?

[@MontanaShowalter]

Aw thank you! The thumbnails I’ve just been experimenting with on different apps :)

[@Tarel1000]

Nice video. Now we are waiting for your new series „Cooking with Montana with metric recipes.“

[@Emulleator]

Its really great of you to cook for your host family, especially the pumpkin pie from scratch. And maybe next year you will find the courage to try cooking a turkey. We grow from facing challenges, failure or success.

[@FirstSaint]

The word thanksgiving came actually from the german word Erntedankfest wich is an very old tradition in the EU.

[@loswochos9176]

How old is this eu your talkin bout? Mean europe?

[@patrese993]

Erntedankfest (thanks for the harvest celebration), which would be the closest thing to Thanksgiving, is on the first sunday after the 29th of September. But it's not common to celebrate it, only in very rural areas with lot of agriculture. The problem with the pasta: What is called Maccheroni in the US, is actually a variation of Gobbetti or Pipe, not Maccheroni, which are thinner and straight. Barilla.com has pictures of almost every variety.

[@janabarkowsky9488]

I live in Bavaria,too and I'm also 17 and I love watching you explore Germany and its culture it's really interesting to see things from your perspective cause I'm just so used to german culture:) keep going👍

[@franzschubert246]

😂 That's so cute. Hope your family appreciates

[@derneesch7589]

I'm German and I spent about 7 months abroad last year and it's just really interesting to see how others of the same age feel doing this. Defo looking to watch some more of your content ^^

[@Poth94]

„But the macaroni they had wasn‘t real macaroni“ - speaks the Italian chef 😂 You‘re cute and your content is great, be more confident about it, you have every right 😊

[@timefliesaway999]

Thanksgiving (the American version) is my favorite holiday, but sad,y we don’t celebrate it here in Germany. Rip my life.

[@Nikioko]

All imperial units are defined by metric units - so you should be able to convert: 1 lb = 454 g 1 tablespoon = 15 ml 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 240 ml If you have an electric scale, you might be able to switch from kg to lbs.

[@ChristopherLRussell]

I swear you could be Elle Mills' little sister. Great vlogs, Montana. Keep up the good work and welcome to the American in Germany vlogger world!

[@nikoplangger]

Wow your so cute and sympatic Im impressed how confident you are

[@1fabi0]

It's stunning you say thank you for 1k and have 5k and last video 100k of clicks like your videos👌 cause they're cool + you look good hopefully you soon get more subscribers

[@MetrakitProRaceII]

What is very nice with you videos is the positive energy. Thumbs Up. I hope you have a good time here. regards

[@arnekapischke1161]

I like your way of speaking openly in your videos and you laughing all the Time that makes me happy to! GO on it is fun to watch! (sorry for my english i didnt pay so much attention in the english lessons |Google translater helps me xD)

[@kingjulian1428]

This Video was epic 😂 You arrived 1k so quickly and are at 1.3k already

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

Turkey is "Pute". A ca. 5 kg bird, frozen, will cost about 20 to 25 Euros.

[@samfetter2968]

Congrats to your cooking and to over 1k subscribers. 👌 We still need that Glühwein taste test video tho...just sayn' 😏😉 But keep it up honey. You're doing you so far has made for some fine videos. 😁 Looking forward to the next one.🥰

[@tjyrinj]

Impressive how your video quality improves every week, just as your German skills do. Let alone the number of subscribers! (Please keep your naturalness, even if it‘s gonna be 100k pretty soon...)

[@MontanaShowalter]

danke :)

[@philsaunter]

Your german is already pretty good, I am impressed. So did you have contact with the German language before ? Oh and just ask Siri to convert recipes. You can also get cups and everything on Amazon, makes it easier if you want to cook more often. P.S. congrats on reaching 1k :D.

[@MontanaShowalter]

I had ZERO contact with German before arriving in August. The only thing I think I could say was ich heiße Montana! Part of me wishes I prepared more, but also I’ve loved learning everything while living here. It makes for a very different experience.

[@gluestickgenius2644]

@@MontanaShowalter your German is super good, especially considering you only learned for 4 months

[@mromane3120]

They do have pumpkin in cans in REWE! Look in the cans section. Though I wouldn't be surprised if they only have them in Autumn.

[@HuntsmanBG]

This was a super cool thing to do, it’s so interesting to see the subtle differences in things like supermarket food options. As an idea for a future video, it would be cool to see what a day in the life of your German high school is like, especially for all of us high school students around the world.

[@max.bintener]

Well, Luxembourg is definitevely a shot worth, a day trip, or 2 is already enough since it is quite small, 1 for they city, and 1 for the countryside, especially the north. If you‘d need a guide, I‘d be happy to help;) Otherwise, the South of France is great. I have currently an exchange semester here in Montpellier, and I just love it here!

[@jpdj2715]

Cup - go to Google. Type "unit converter". In the drop down menu choose Volume. Set to US Legal Cup and convert to milliliter or liter - everybody understands that in Europe (if they don't understand milliliter, it is the same as cc or cubic centimeter). Milli is the diminutive of thousand - mille in Italian and French - so it means a one thousandth, or there are 1,000 units in the one that you get when you remove the milli. Or there are 1,000 milliliter in a liter. By the way, a US Legal Cup is 240 cc or about 1/4th liter. It is really surprising that you can find all these things there yourself, especially for cute young girls that may be used that everybody runs to their rescue for anything. ;)

[@peterdoe2617]

All smiles, here! (Not laughing at all. Very important point!) I do know a thing or two about cooking. 1st thing: I think you did a great job in only have so may ideas and trying to make them real. That was a huge list! When I was your age, I tried to focus on one or 2 dishes that I thought I could manage. Hat's off to you! One misconception: you could not handle a whole turkey: Rule of thumb: the bigger your roast is, the less chance to fail. 'Cause it will take hours. Unless you don't watch it at all: you'll be in control. A "good steak" is much more complicated. And I will give you an example, down below. The Hokkaido pumpkin you can get here does not have to be skinned. You can use the skin, too. The way to use it for a soup: core it, slice it, cook it in broth, blizz it. Maybe use some carrots or leek the same way. (Clean the seeds, soak 'em in salt water overnight and roast 'em in the stove (at 180° C ?) About the "cups" in the US: I made myself an excel file: "The cup". It always drives me crazy! The problem is, that a "cup" describes a volume, instead of a weight. How much is "a cup of onion", roughly chopped, vs an onion puree? Still "a cup of onion". We don't have "kosher salt", here in Germany. "Kosher salt" has a flaky structure. Our (and your) table salt will have twice the weight of kosher salt in a cup. So tricky! I could go on and on. But I wanna encourage you to cook! So here are 2 examples: Chef John from NYC. He is an amazing chef! Great sense of humour, like only the best have: he even shows his mistakes, still. He's not shy to share it. He has proven to be a great chef. (And he makes a lot of european-based recipes, too.) (LMAO!) I just picked one. And it's Mac and Cheese. And he's again soo funny. And I bet it will taste great. I just trust him. (But that is only me!) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJSXpWaYoKyYers Another one is a german chef. (And I saw that you do understand quite some german, already.) And he's showing some traditional german recipes. And does no wrong, from what I've ever seen: "CALLE kocht". He's cooking in Buxtehude, not that far from me. And I can't wait to go there and eat. I sent this to my gf in Australia and she loved: the meal. And his passion for it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip6npoyOnKuiiKc Cabbage rolls are quite popular, here. Another example that I've already tried (fantastic!): Jenny Jones also cooks: my sister-in-law (from the US) remembered her from her childhood. (Maybe your parents do?) She never knew that this woman was into cooking: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5TOfJirfZ6db6M Welcome here! Wanna meet the "cold and unfriendly" ones? Come to meet us here, up north ;-)

[@kiaramari8224]

this was such a mess but so cute 😂❤️ I miss u cant wait to see you when u come back in april

[@ronni2664]

A bit late comment - But about the deodorants you asked about in one of the first videos. A lot of the stuff (antiperspirant and germ killing ingrediences) there is in American deodorant are illegal for health's reasons in Europa, as they influence hormons levels and other things like making germes more resistans to treatment (triclosan). That's why the products are less efficient and difrent here. If you look up "Eurofunk" smell there is a lot of accounts of the "smell" diffrence from EU and American, and thats why there are more perfume in European products.

That is very interesting. I imagine you are talking about zinc, which is an additive in most American antiperspirants. Americans also bathe a lot, mostly everyday. I knew a stewardess who used to tell me that Europeans were the smelliest people in the World, but her perception was that it was because they did not bathe very often. But that was 20 years ago.

[@ronni2664]

@ zinc is not illigal here, but the amount you can put in the product is lower. And I think they mostly use aluminium instead. But no, it's the triclosan and other products like that, that act like a germ killer. It purely a synthetic thing that is added. You can compare it to Atamon you use to clean glasses if you have to pickle things. Really toxic stuff with the bonus that it get into you'r body through the skin contact and attached itself on receptors in you'r body and confuses it's hormonal balance. But I don't think there is any different in how much people bath. Here we bath every day + the high amount of sport makes a big group bath more then once a day (wich also can be bad)

[@hanzospel4053]

That was a realy interresting vlog! Brillant

[@miabeth917]

Fellow CBYXer and your video came up in my recommended! I’m very impressed you did the pumpkin I didn’t have the will to do that lol😂

[@roseofred95]

I bought last week at Woolworth in my hometown a series of cups bc I want to try American and Australian recipes 😊

[@onkeldusty89]

Montana, you are 17! Why you don't ask people in the Supermarket for Help? You will get many tips, learn a little bit more German and when you told the People you miss your Turkey you will invited for Dinner with Brathändl😏 Have a nice time in Germany and also a merry Christmas!

[@scottstorck4676]

The pumpkin you choose can be cooked whole and then cleaned an carved. ;) It can be cut really easily when cooked.

[@TylahAli]

props to you for making the pumpkin pie from scratch! i had my host mom order me the puree off of amazon LOL (we are not the same)

[@janab.7037]

We do have canned pumpkin 😂🙈 just go into the baby section, they have blended pumpkin 😂

[@mattinakynen6139]

Converting measurements is easy nowadays. Just write your conversion in google. For example 1 cup to dl. In cooking measures are rearly exact so you should be able to calculate those conversions in your head once you know the conversion factor. If you are not good at calculations, I'd like to courage you to practice approximation calculation, it will be useful in life.

[@gerdahessel2268]

Meine Gasttochter hat uns auch ein Kolumbianisches Essen gekocht. Sie war auch sehr aufgeregt ;-) Bei 10:15 sehen wir pumpkin pie? Das sieht sehr lecker aus!

[@MontanaShowalter]

ja! sie sind “pumpkin pie bars” weil wir keine Kuchenform hatten!

[@oskarsrode2167]

IKEA has many measuring cups etc with both metric and imperial units, and electronic scales often come with an option to switch units. As for tablespoons and teaspoons, I think the difference was negligable. If you are using android, I would absolutely recommend the unit converter, it does all kinds of units most people will never even hear of. Probably also for iphone.

[@aenwynsnow2828]

I have a small Cup I use for American recipes. I don't think that a few mililitres more or less are important as long as the proportions fit. 1:2 etc

[@daweedbekhemm8549]

Frohe Weihnacht Montana

[@Gerhard-Martin]

There´s some similar christian Holliday in Germany: It´s called "Erntedankfest". But I think it´s also on a different Date of the Year. 8-/

[@lauraczk6614]

Strange advice. Whenever I am too lazy to prepare pumpkin from scratch I use the puréed pumpkin in the baby food aisle ;) seems weird but it’s without anything added and my pumpkin pie always turns out great :D

[@lauraczk6614]

You should be able to get it at most dm and Rossmann store www.dm.de/hipp-gemuese-kuerbis-nach-dem-4-monat-p4062300257597.html

[@davidtrieb13]

btw you dont actually have to peel potatoes like that :D If you slice around once in a circle slightly just to penetrate the skin you can cook em, later you just pull off both sides of the skin :)

[@GermanCubeGirl]

Wow, you’re doing fast now! In this Video you said, that you reached 1000 subscribers and now there are over 3000

[@peterpain6625]

Cooking is learning by doing. Just keep at it. Looked alright. Aldi/Lidl sometimes have pretty decent frozen turkey-breasts on sale. Not the whole stuffed turkey-experience but at least some turkey. Not sure how to get the "thanksgiving-turkey-taste" right without stuffing though :/

[@caccioman]

Wow you got such a pretty handwriting! But yeah, good luck finding a turkey 😂 has been very entertaining to see how you created your very own German thanksgiving 😄

[@carpediem5232]

Turkey is Pute in German. It's not that hard to find.

[@ferdinand.hamburg]

carpe diem It is not though, Turkey=Truthahn

[@carpediem5232]

@@ferdinand.hamburg Truthahn is wild turkey. The majority of turkeys sold are domesticated which makes them Pute.

[@gluestickgenius2644]

I don't think you haave to scoop out the pumpkin, the skin of hokkaido pumpkins is edible.

[@beageler]

Hokkaidos skin goes soft enough if the whole pumpkin is baked soft enough. And since you used a mixer, I think you could've used the skin of other ones, too :-)

[@davidstahr8025]

Where are you in Germany? I am from Austria (upper Austria)

[@MaidLucy]

It would be soo cool if you came to my hometown Regensburg. It's not far from Passau either! We have a nice antique downtown and are a former Roman colony! c:

[@MontanaShowalter]

I’ve been there twice now! It is so pretty :)

[@MaidLucy]

@@MontanaShowalter thank you very much! owo

[@swinter9936]

I know that it does not have anything to do with the video but I live near the dutch boarder and I've once been to Amsterdam and in some parts of the city about 3/5 shops have sth to do with marijuana -> merchandise or weed (cause there are lots of German tourists in Amsterdam and in Germany it is illegal to smoke weed so they go to the Netherlands to smoke)

[@pitchblack8858]

A Tip. Brown sugar in Germany is not the same as in the US. Brown sugar in the US includes molasses. German brown sugar is more raw sugar.

[@lillibeth2586]

We actually do have can pumpkin, you could have got it at REWE 😇

[@cookies370]

Schönes Video mach weiter so!

[@BLACKDIMMU]

hey come to the Luther town Wittenberg, its´s on the Train Line Munich Berlin. it was nice to see you there, well maybe :P

[@pyrointeam]

She has the most perfect teeth and natural beauty i've ever seen.

[@Rush___Tv]

Stunning

[@crusch99]

Die Maße kann man umrechnen, ich hatte das Problem schon mehrmals :-) 1 cup (US) = 237 ml 1 tablespoon (US) = 15 ml ( = 1/16 cup ) 1 teaspoon (US) = 5 ml ( = 1/3 tablespoon ) 1 imperial cup = 285 ml 1 tablespoon (UK) = 15 ml (genauso wie US) 1 teaspoon (UK) = 3,75 ml ( = 1/4 tablespoon )

[@Jay-in-the-USA]

Please make a Glühwein taste video 😊

[@thomaswolf2896]

Cheddar gibt's aber bei Kaufland, war gerade erst im Angebot;)

[@MontanaShowalter]

achso!! danke

[@winggame008]

So typisch deutsch 😂😂😂

[@rashomon351]

some really tasty pumpkin stuff from germany (shoudn't've said that, I know, that's a thing also in the netherlands, at least ;): try "Kürbiscremesuppe" (see kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2WppYV4htaop8U for an old-school recipe ;) I'd like to put in some orange juice at the end. And if you like to add some texture, you could try some croutons.

[@laurenphelps5808]

Awe!! I know there was a science or math teacher that taught you metric conversions--haha :) Miss you!

[@karlbenz3806]

oh my goodness to cook

[@Nikioko]

Macaroni and cheese... typical American. Maybe you should try the Germen version: Käsespätzle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4sesp%C3%A4tzle Btw.: "Macaroni" in the sense of hollow noodles, there are so many: Penne, Rigatoni, Maccheroni, Cornetti, Tortiglioni etc.

[@maxbeckmann3063]

Turkey is just 2-3flighthours away lolololol

[@caprisonne5471]

Ist die von us nach Deutschland ausgewandert?

[@melaniekonrad1610]

1500 Abonnenten 🔥🔥

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

Neat handwriting.

[@RichardFriedlaender]

I learned by trial and error....only when I found out what I could do, it what I cook.

[@wabbelboss9638]

Why did you go to Germany, i mean there are so many other countries that you could have gone to for your exchange year?

[@brelandlocktin5060]

What grade are you in? I’m going to be 18 my senior year and I think that would be a good exchange year for me.

[@nathantang9964]

Will you go to college next year or go to US high school for one more year?

[@MontanaShowalter]

College!

[@braxy1009]

I always thought thanksgiving is a religious festival or day 8n the US... 🙈

[@jakeschefers7306]

Have you experienced any homesickness? If so, what have you done to overcome it?

[@jan-maltedeeken1491]

Where in germany do you stay?

[@_wustenhuhn_6555]

what think your guest familiy about your videos?

[@reko7264]

What comes to my mind when you slaughter the pumpkin... i would give half a dollar for knowing the thoughts of your mom when she see this.... but nevertheless very cute to see you cook.

[@f.r.4329]

Das Erntedankfest ist nicht so eine große Sache hier, ja es gibt Gottesdienste aber das war es dann auch...

[@blockhunterlp8748]

O M Giiiiiiii

[@luciferakuma]

cool and nice videos keep it up :) gonna watch more videos of you:) #fromgermany xd

[@Paul-NH]

Well.. many people in germany just don't really like Turkey Just because of its leader though

[@marcelbork92]

Saublöder Witz.

[@izzet984]

In welcher Stadt bist du?

[@J0nas.]

a big difference between germany and the usa is the medical health

[@J0nas.]

@@MrHaro187 ja xD sorry

[@J0nas.]

@@MrHaro187 Alles gut :) :D

[@Babavibe]

Do you know how to ski? :)

[@izzet984]

In sich City are you?

[@peterdoe2617]

Just to show some love and respect: a little challenge for 2020: what would you use to make this recipe? (I'm thinking of smaller chunks. Pls ask your host family to find "Pfanni Knödelpulver" and help you with the choice of the cheese.) Sros is living in Cambodia. I'm in awe of her cooking skills. Just shared this vid with my family, too. Question is: how would you make this? All help and suggestions from others allowed. Make this: "your own recipe". But also reply to her. I bet she'll love to have responses from all around the world. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWjVdmZnYp2kn80

[@another_alex8738]

great. now I'm hungry.

[@dominikbreu4541]

passau jawoiiiii!! :D

[@RichardFriedlaender]

Msg me about XMAS (German cooking).

[@J0nas.]

of course rewe has cheddar xD

[@dominikinimod]

And there is a cheese bar.

[@Reineke_CH]

you are so cute. I follow you now.

[@georgieHenleyfan1995]

I feel offended by what they called gouda cheese! That aside, keep up the good work. If you are interested in someone who makes the same type of content you should check out Joey Jaq, he's an american that moved to the Netherlands and he can confirm a few things sbout the change an American can go through in Europe.

[@michaeltschuertz]

all i see are excuses for not making turkey! protip for next time: do it in parts and us a thermometer to change the internal thems.

[@michaeltschuertz]

no cheddar. oh well in rewe ja. well do a mix of light and sharp cheeses then.

[@Hannah-io3fw]

Only Time I Heard of thanksgiving was on gossip girl

[@Schniblogg]

Deine Zähne sind voll schön :O

[@andreawirtz2728]

„I am 17 years old, I can’t cook a turkey” some 17 year olds can do. I don’t think it’s about the age 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Mo-bb5rs]

unglaublich hübsch :)

[@Michael-vv8im]

Was denn? Du kannst keinen Türken kochen? Just kidding! :-)

[@Paul-NH]

Wir deutschen aber vor Wut kochen :)

[@daweedbekhemm8549]

Bratwurst

[@ThatSux]

We know what "Thanksgiving" is. But we see that different as you US Americans. Its ridiculous that "Thanksgiving" is a Day to Celebrate for you.