How Germans Don't Fit Into American Stereotypes of "Europeans" 🇩🇪

There are certainly things to know before coming to Germany and after moving to Germany, every expat in Germany can tell you that in many ways, life in Germany is not what Americans imagine "life in Europe" to be like. There are easy European and easy german stereotypes that people make all the time, but how do they compare or contrast to each other?? 😊
#AmericansInGermany #GermanyVlog #MovingToGermany
_____________________________________________________
PATREON: / passporttwo
INSTAGRAM: @passport_two
/ passport_two
TWITTTER: @PassportTwo
/ passporttwo
_____________________________________________________
💻 Get 3 FREE MONTHS, unlock every countries' Netflix, and protect your private information online with ExpressVPN here: www.expressvpn.com/passporttwo
🛏 Get $40+ off of your first Airbnb by using the following link!!
www.airbnb.com/c/aubreya242?c...
🎵 Like our music? Download these copyright-free songs here:
www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
These are affiliate links. If you use them and make a purchase, we get a small commission that goes towards supporting our work! Thank you so much if you use them!! 😊
_____________________________________________________
❤️Aubrey was a Speech-Language Pathologist, Donnie was a graphic designer, but we both had a dream to #travel the world and experience cultures. After three years of being married and dreaming about if something like this great adventure would be possible, we decided to quit the rat race and take on the world. We sold everything we had, quit our jobs, and took off! After 9 months of aimless and nonstop travel, we now get to fulfill our dreams of #LivingAbroad as #expats as we move to #Germany!
00:00 - Intro
1:40 - Disclaimer
2:40 - Thing #1
5:21 - Thing #2
6:52 - Thing #3
8:33 - Thing #4
12:15 - Bloopers

[@PassportTwo]

Busting stereotypes is one of our favorite parts of travel and living in a foreign country! It helps us grow, opens our eyes to more world views, and helps us understand other cultures better! What stereotypes have you found to not be true about certain countries or cultures?

[@spacefan36]

xD yes, I love it, how we can like destroy every stereotypes but also can make new one, that will get destroyed after xD

[@ninifarcazar3030]

Something has changed in my life span of 53 years. I live near the French city of Strasbourg but on the German side. In my childhood you have seen no one who greeted each other in the French way with kisses. But from decade to decade it became more common with family and good friends. Corona may change it again.

[@amrimi8371]

I wouldn't say that everybody in Europe except Germans greet each other kissing. It is more of a divide between northern and southern countries. Southern countries kiss, northern countries don't.

[@sherrysimpson9536]

Dr Abiola cured my HIV virus 🇺🇸 with his herbal medicine ❤️🌿 #drabiola

[@janpracht6662]

Only a few European countries kiss when greeting (Switzerland, France and the hand-kiss in Austria). In North-and Middle Europe you will not see it often.

[@terayaxd9660]

I‘ve always got a feeling „european stereotypes“ are more „french stereotypes“…

[@PassportTwo]

This is definitely a fairly fair statement! 😅 The exception may be that the French still don't really eat "late," however they do eat latER than Germans and Americans, but not as late as Portugal and Spain.

[@aphextwin5712]

@@PassportTwo The sun sets later in France than in Germany and even later still in Spain. That is part of the reason why dinner happens later there. As you go further south, the higher temperatures during summer likely also push dinner time until it is a bit cooler later in the evening (which might be linked to working hours and the siesta).

[@naneneunmalklug4032]

@@PassportTwo my french host family ate Dinner from 8 to 10 pm. Yes, two hours. Every night. I considered it very late, almost falling asleep at the end of dinner. I was 13 yo then and accustomed to 6pm lunch and 8 pm sleep/book reading time. Long social activities always exhaust me, let alone in a foreign language. T'was a tough two weeks lol.

[@brigittelacour5055]

@@naneneunmalklug4032 I'm french, living in East of France, Franche-Comté (yes the comté cheese is from here) We have dinner between 19:00-21:00 maximum 45mn, more it's a special meal (holiday meal, guests)NB 21:00 is the beginning of evening TV programs. But it's according work's, school's, hobby's and transport's schedule. So could differ from family, days to days.

[@naneneunmalklug4032]

@@brigittelacour5055 so.... maybe they did all those long dinners for their German guest? 😴 We did have familiy members over too from time to time, namely the one grandparent who spoke German and would tell endless stories about the war.

[@noname-gv3ct]

"Wir sind hier nicht in Amerika!" was a typical rant of my parents if I didn't behave well while eating :) or if I put my feet on the table

[@mathsiecat]

Hiiii! Wir Kindern hörten immer: ‚Wenn du dich am Tisch nicht benehmen kannst, dann bitte im Stall mit den Amis füttern!“

[@noname-gv3ct]

@@mathsiecat das ist auch gut ^^

[@ismt9390]

Pfff that's cute, my Romanian grandma always threatened to *skin* me if i didn't behave... like rip my scalp off ❤

[@genesis209_gd]

@@ismt9390 holy shit

[@MasumiSeike]

@@ismt9390 somehow that sounds about right

[@hatvielehobbies]

German food is mostly meant to be easy and filling. Most of it is considered for working and middle classes (bürgerlich) and is rather budget friendly. Many starchy products, sturdy local vegetables and meat. Spices aren't local and traditionally very expensive. Tomatos aren't local so nearly every thing is made with gravy and dairy based sauces.

[@alicemilne1444]

Yes, but you do get some amazingly good cuisine. I've had melt-in-the mouth dishes like venison marinated in buttermilk and juniper berries, with wild mushroom and wild garlic sauce, stewed pear and whortleberry (Preißelbeere) jam and spätzle. Or fantastic trout or Zander (pike perch) with creamed kail and bread dumplings. My Parisian French family certainly would not and did not turn their noses up at those dishes when they visited.

[@Timinator0815]

Some spices and herbs are pretty typical for German food, though: Caraway seeds, parsley, lovage, dill (in Northern Germany), and marjoram.

[@xaverlustig3581]

That's no excuse. Any traditional cuisine is meant to be cheap and easy. But look what the Italians have achieved with the same approach. Tomatoes aren't local anywhere in Europe, but then neither are potatoes.

[@yanzi8543]

@@xaverlustig3581 ??? Italy has a much different climate than Germany. We used to eat what we grow. Even when I was a kid we never had Zucchini or Aubergine at home. Even my grandparents still don't eat garlic. So what do you know about it? And who said simple is bad?

[@xaverlustig3581]

@@yanzi8543 But the difference between German and Italian cuisine is mostly due to culture, not climate. There is no climatic reason our ancestors didn't develop a German version of pizza, it would just have to be different toppings. But most German dishes are just meat + vegetables + potatoes, in endless variation of the same basic topic. There is no climatic reason for this.

[@ToyTiger666]

There's actually a historic reason for German food not to be (overly) spicy: Germany never had a huge Colonial Empire like the British had. (They had a much smaller one, but only for a few decades.) Consequently, most spices had to be imported and were expensive. One of the very few spices that can grow in German soil is cuminseed (Kümmel) - often used in special bread ("Kümmelbrot"). Therefore, traditional German cuisine relied far more on salt, onions and herbs rather than spices. Even garlic is not common in traditional German food because almost all of it has to be imported. (Wild garlic or "Bärlauch", which does grow in Germany, is sometimes substituted.) It is interesting how slowly such habits change. Rice is imported, too, because it cannot be grown in Germany. It is cheap enough, however, so Germans could eat it every day if they wanted to - but they don't! Our family had rice maybe once a month which I think is about the German average.

[@paha4209]

I agree with you for the most part but there are spices that can grow in germany, mostly herbs like Bärlauch, Pfefferwurz, Rosmarin, Liebstöckel etc. Also germany has huge salt mines.

[@anitapenkert389]

Agree on the first part of your comment. However, there is a traditional garlic growing region around Nuremberg called the Knoblauchsland where garlic was cultivated as early as in 1600 (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoblauchsland). A traditional Bavarian Schweinsbraten needs some garlic for seasoning!

[@regineb.4756]

Actually, no. In Medieval times, Germans consumed many imported spices (the main reason for e.g. Marco Polo to travel to China was trade) an many recipes of this period demanded for huge amounts of spices like peppercorns, which turned these meals sometimes nearly inedible. Therefore the term ‚Pfeffersack‘. This habit of overwhelmingly spicing vanished, but surely not for financial reasons.

[@swanpride]

We might not have Garlic, but we have Bärlauch, which is imho preferable over Garlic.

[@picobello99]

British and Dutch cuisine are both known for being blend and lacking spices as well despite having overseas colonies and trading spices for centuries.

[@ppd3bw]

I (German as a German can be) was once invited to a wedding in Poland. Everyone kept kissing each other after the church ceremony and I felt really bewildered... a good firm handshake was what I had expected. But the party after that was excellent I must say :-)

[@durchschnittlicherzuschaue9733]

I really like these videos. However, I do object to some of these strange comparisons. The Guide Michelin is heavily biased towards French cuisine and had had a hard time to accept other cuisines. It has only recently come around to accept e.g. the Italian and Japanese cuisine as being equal. It also takes into account all sort of non-food criteria like the number of front of house staff. It's also quite weird to treat a 200 €/head dinner at a Paris restaurant as a true representative of French cuisine, while the German equivalent seems to be a Matjesbrötchen for 3,50 € bought from a vendor in a van. German cuisine requires high quality ingredients and a skilled cook to really shine. The same happens to be true for traditional English food. As to fashion, the only really almost uniformly elegant dressers are the Italians. In France that standard doesn't even make it all the way to the Périphérique. As to fashion in Germany it obviously also makes a difference whether you live in Munich, Düsseldorf, Hamburg or somewhere in the countryside.

[@ToyTiger666]

There's also no Guide Michelin for Canada. It has to do with the fact that a restaurant has to PAY in order to be included in the Guide Michelin, which obviously creates all kinds of distortions.

[@plueschteddie8223]

To the point of the country side, there is a little village in the black forest with several awarded one or more stars. But it isn't a good measurement for cuisines. It's very focused on french and in later time Japanese cuisine. These are high end restaurants mostly exchangeable in location and not representative of traditions. You won't find as many Mexican, Turkish, Greek, Indian, thai Chinese or Vietnamese restaurants. Mostly because these styles are not famous for fine cuisine, the economic factor is additive

[@shelbynamels973]

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

A french magazine having a priority on french cuisine. Who would've guessed.

[@KilledKenny01]

It’s even hard to define a German stereotype. The country we know as Germany today came to life during the time of Bismarck and changed dramatically due to… emmm… let’s call it history. Bavaria as an example is so different to Hamburg … but actually much closer to Austria. The same for other regions as well. What is German or as we call it sometimes “Leitkultur” (which is a super controversial topic for it self) is from my point of view not easy to define.

[@letzte_maahsname]

True. I live in Baden (the, obviously, better part of Baden-Württemberg ;)) and especially our cuisine is very much influenced by our direct french neighbors from Alsace. Actually there are only a few regions worldwide with a higher concentration of Michelin Star restaurants, especially when you exclude the big cities.

[@AlexandraVioletta]

Leitkultur ist nicht kontrovers, sie wird nur so dargestellt als wäre sie es. Ich diskutiere mit niemandem darüber, ob es sie gibt und ob sie gut ist. Die Antwort ist, in beiden Fällen, nämlich JA.

[@lisaparder24]

@@AlexandraVioletta Stimme zu. Selbst auf der Webseite der Bundesregierung bekennt man sich zur Leitkultur.

[@UserJWR]

@@AlexandraVioletta Du hast zwar gesagt, du diskutierst nicht, aber ich will dich trotzdem fragen: Kann eine Kultur "gut" oder "schlecht" sein? Wenn ja, was macht eine Kultur gut oder schlecht? Meine Erfahrung ist nämlich, dass Leute, die ihre Kultur als "gut" bezeichnen, sich auf Werte berufen, die ihrer eigenen Kultur entstammen, was ein logischer Ring- und damit Fehlschluss ist. Als Beispiel: Menschen, die einer Kultur entstammen, die Drogenkonsum verdammt, würden sagen, dass ihre Kultur (oder dieser Aspekt ihrer Kultur) gut ist, weil Drogenkonsum moralisch verwerflich ist und damit die Leute, die Drogen konsumieren, schlecht sind. Diese Argumentation höre ich häufig von US-Amerikanern, die sagen, dass alle Drogenkonsumenten faul, unnütz, gewalttätig etc. sind. Dieses Denken entspringt aber dieser Kultur, die Drogenkonsum verdammt. Das ist, als würde man sagen, dass die Bibel wahr ist, weil das so in der Bibel steht. (= "Meine Kultur ist gut, weil die Werte meiner Kultur das so sagen.") Also was genau macht eine Kultur gut oder schlecht? Ich will übrigens gar nicht bestreiten, dass es eine deutsche Leitkultur gibt. Auch wenn der deutsche Staat als solches nicht einmal 200 Jahre alt ist, ist in dieser Zeit genug passiert, dass sich Deutsche auf eine gemeinsame Geschichte und eine daraus gewachsene gemeinsame Kultur berufen können. Ob alle Menschen in Deutschland sich zu dieser Leitkultur bekennen sollten, ist dabei eine andere Frage. :)

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

There is no german stereotype simply because there is no single german culture to make stereotypes of. Every region has pretty much their own stereotypes, cultivated over more than a millennium of history, and we keep telling those stereotypes to each other.

[@erniefrijole2618]

German food contributes more color than that of any other nationality to our Thanksgiving food offerings. Thank you German red cabbage (Rotkohl aka Blaukraut).... it's actually a stunning shade of purple. Definitely not beige!!!

[@LarsEllerhorst]

@@baranobama5375 Oder halt rheinischer Sauerbraten, lecker.

[@grandmak.]

You may try and kiss a Scandinavian when you meet him/her - good luck with that ! As far as I know this left - right thing originates in France. As for dinner time the late times are in France, Italy and Spain, Norwegians eat dinner between 4 and 5 pm and Germans eat dinner at very different times depending on school, kindergarten or working hours. The best, most colourful and healthiest food of course can be found in the mediterranean countries and has influenced the German cuisine a lot. But what do you expect with Europe consisting of so many different cultures, languages and climate zones ? Of course it is too diverse to be characterised like one country.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The further down you go the more common it gets. Italy, Spain, parts of France, etc. If you move far enough north a nod of the head from the other side of the road is enough to be a greeting.

[@Erdfreak]

I'm a chef in training (Kochausbildung) in Hannover, germany and work in a 4 Star hotel. We have a variety of food from different cultures on our menu, influenced by the cultures our chefs worked in. Head chef lived and worked in Thailand for 2 years and is married to a Japanese, sous chef was born and raised in Ukraine before coming to East Germany in the early 90s, another one came from Italy in his early 30s and has lived here for about 20 years now. With this crew, we creat something like fusion kitchen like a regional river fish with japanese Koji coleslaw and a French inspired fish sauce. It really depends on the way the menu creator thinks. If they don't think about borders and are creative, Germany as a Salat bowl of cultures can create a very interesting kitchen.

[@megalordcartman]

Courtyard am Maschsee? :D

[@Erdfreak]

@@megalordcartman Leider nein, leider gar nicht. Ein kleines Hotel außerhalb der Stadt.

[@megalordcartman]

@@Erdfreak Großes Uff. Aber trotzdem voll cool dass du Deutsche Gastro Kultur weiter bringst!

[@moriebam]

@@Erdfreak das muss ich mir irgendwann mal ansehen, das klingt richtig gut. Ich war noch nie in Hannover, aber jetzt habe ich ja einen triftigen Grund, um hinzufahren 🤤😄

[@Gruoldfar]

I like the fact that “americans” and “the US” very typically are used synonymously by US citizens. That stereotype holds true.

[@sshreddderr9409]

that is true anywhere really outside the american continent I guess. I am german, and the term american and america are used in place of US or us american. Some people use words like USA, US american, or the states , but much less frequently. most of the time, Its just America and American .

[@dansattah]

@@sshreddderr9409 That's highly context dependant though. In Spain, the average citizen thinks of "America" as South America or both Americas before they think of the USA, due to the history of European migration to the Americas and the Vikings' earlier failed (and less known) settlements in North America.

[@sshreddderr9409]

@@dansattah true, I used to live in spain for 3 years and they always spoke of the united states instead of america when referring to the united states.

[@dansattah]

@@sshreddderr9409 What a coincidence! 😅 I used to live abroad for 3 years too, as a German in Russia, during my school years. And have an English and Spanish teacher as a mother. 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇪🇦🇷🇺

[@xliax4930]

A thing I really don't like: comparing american states and european countries.

[@jessicaely2521]

You do realize food can be completely different from state to state. For example South Florida has a lot of Cuban food. If you go to Georgia you won't find Cuban food. It's extremely rare to find Cajun or Creole food outside of Louisiana. It's rare to find Key Lime Pie outside of Florida. The places you'll find Key Lime pie outside of Florida is the grocery store Publix. The business was started in Florida and since the business is the name you get the pie everywhere. The other place you can find a Key Lime Pie outside Florida is by a Floridian moving to a different state.

[@adeliocarneiro9953]

@@jessicaely2521 Same can be said about European Countries, no country is a monolith, you will find a lot of different food in different parts of a country. Much like U.S.A states are different from each other, regions or even states (in case of germany and few others) of europeans countries have different gastronomy.

[@lhpl]

@@adeliocarneiro9953 food and cooking is one of the things that unites us as humans across time and space, since the first time in prehistory, when meat was cooked or roasted over fire, porridge was made from starchy vegetables or grains, bread was baked from some remains of porridge in a clay pot, risen from wild yeast over night, beer was made from other porridge remains, boiled with water and fermented. Same with cheese, meats etc. Things like potatos, chocolate, red peppers - all from South America, but so embedded in European cooking, that we don't consider them "exotic" in any way. Cooking has always had an aspect of globalisation. It's just wonderful.

[@j.a.1721]

I never really got the "German food is boring" thing. Especially when I compare it to some of the most popular italian dishes for example.

[@steemlenn8797]

Yeah, it's all noodles and basilicum :D

[@m.s.3041]

@@steemlenn8797 but the real Italian food isn't just Pasta... That's a great misunderstanding... Italian cuisine is known for their variety of seefood disches, because of the enormous long waterfront... And many more, but pizza and pasta is very cheap and known as THE Italian food.. so that is often the only thing they serve in Italian restaurants...

[@j.a.1721]

@@steemlenn8797 it is obviously not that simple, but dishes like risotto, bolognese, carbonara, pizza, they usually don't have a lot of spices in them, they have simple ingredients, a bit of salt and pepper, some herbs, not much more usually. And they are absolutely delicious.

[@chaosmagican]

@@m.s.3041 When I was a kid I was in an italian port and my child-me was shocked to find out that there were ONLY fish sauces. My 8 year old ass just assumed that you can always get bolognese or a tomato sauce. They ended up making a tomato sauce for me though :) Very nice and chill people.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

The thing about Italian cuisine is that it's regional and consists of good fresh ingredients. I follow the same approach within Germany.

[@qobide]

There maybe no filter for "German" on the Guide Michelin website, but you can filter for "Klassisch" und "Traditional". So it feels strange to say that only restaurants with non german cousines have stars in germany.

[@lapisinfernalis9052]

My roommate (who is from Bangladesh) asked my once if I was missing some spice for my meals, because he only saw me use pepper and salt (and maybe some herbs). I had to explain to him that I like my food to be simple and that many people don't use much seasoning here (at least if it's typical german food) and that we consider some spices like cinnamon more of a seasonal and "special" spice.

[@GivenNotStolen]

I always laugh when I hear the whole expression of a "European Stereotype". Europe consists of many countries. So for obvious reasons there's no "one" thing that fits all.

[@shelbynamels973]

Norwegian, Italian - tomayto, thomahto.

[@dansattah]

@@shelbynamels973 The different dialcts of English (British, American, Scots, Indian ect.) still move inside one language. With the exception of Africa, Europe has more spoken and written languages than any other continent, which reflects its cultural diversity. The EU, NATO, and other organisations haven't changed that.

[@shelbynamels973]

@@dansattah Have your sarcasm meter checked. I don't think it's working right.

[@dansattah]

@@shelbynamels973 After years on KZbin, it's still hard to decipher when Brits and Americans are sarcastic or not.

[@danilopapais1464]

Well, I am from Hamburg, so the end slice of the bread is "Der Knust" or a bit less used "Der Kanten" while the combined outer part of bread is "Die Rinde". Btw, I think the most similar food to German food is Irish food.

[@PassportTwo]

We actually were surprised to find out how integral the potato played in German cuisine after moving here because we had always just heard that as a major part of Irish food. Even just that aspect alone makes me agree with you on that fact! 😊

[@k.schmidt2740]

@@Wolfspaule "Knust" here in Hannover.

[@kat76woman]

@@PassportTwo makes sense as potatoes grow here. And in that regard I guess I'm very German, because despite them taking way longer to cook than pasta or rice, l still choose potatoes way more often

[@connectingthedots100]

Many dishes are similar to their European neighbors. There are versions of Flammkuchen, Zwiebelkuchen, Kartoffelpuffer, Kroketten, Schwarzbrot, Tee mit Milch, Sahnetorten, Braten, Knödel, Eintopf, Schnitzel, Pfannkuchen, Apfelmus and so on. You've got to look more central and East European. Food is a continuum in Europe. It does not stick to borders.

[@eloflaith7074]

end of bread: "der Knapp" here in the Sauerland - I think polish food is quite similar too - potatos and bread culture

[@twinmama42]

Europe is very diverse in every aspect of life. How can anybody define something as typically "European" when in Germany alone there are so many differences between the regions. What is beer glass to people from the Rhineland (Cologne/Dusseldorf) is a shot glass for my fellow people from the Palatinate and the regions are a mere 200 km or two-hour drive away from each other. Have fun finding similarities between Cypriots and Icelanders or Portuguese and Russians. Random question of the week: I only have a German answer for this question. In standard German, you may call it "Anschnitt". In my region, however, it's "Knerzel" or "Knorze" (which is named after the shape of a grape-vine. Have you ever tried the bread-roll "Weinknorze" or "Woiknorze"? It's delicious). PS: I like the picture of John Belushi in "Animal House". Ah, toga-party and fountain and the horse in the second floor's hallway and the walking ladder... I love that move, despite its stupid German title "Ich glaub' mich tritt ein Pferd".

[@PassportTwo]

Exactly! And the same is true for the US as well. Of course, maybe not always as extreme as Europe because of historical reasons, but there are major cultural differences across such a large country that makes it really difficult to say anything is true for all Americans.

[@twinmama42]

@@PassportTwo Tell me, in 1996 we made a road trip from Atlanta to New York city to visit friends. And the more north we were the less (southern) hospitality there was, food was different, language was different, cars were different (so many Lexus in Atlanta, so few on Long Island). And before that vacation, in 1991 we visited the west coast (drove from San Francisco to Seattle and back), New Orleans, and Charleston S.C. Three very distinct and different locations.

[@uriulrich4918]

But our Wine glasses hold a volume of 500ml as well.

[@twinmama42]

@@uriulrich4918 Nothing better than drinking wine from the Palatinate from a Schoppeglas while sitting at the Schubkärchlers at Worschdmarkt.

[@lapisinfernalis9052]

never forget, that for a Bavarian, "a glass of beer" is a pot with 1 liter of beer inside. and even in bavaria it differs between 0.5 to 1.0 depending on where you are. but you can usually get both. but yes, an Alt or a Kölsch is usually served in 0.2 liter glasses.

[@naneneunmalklug4032]

Knust for both ends, although grandma only calls the first slice Knust and the last one Knapp.

[@PassportTwo]

I've never heard of there being different words for the different ends! How interesting 😃

[@spacefan36]

oh, interesting

[@naneneunmalklug4032]

@@PassportTwo honestly, as a child I was more surprised that both ends of a sausage don't have any names. I loved these pieces when my grandma cut them, but she just called them end pieces which disappointed the 4yo me that had just learned about Knust and Knapp.

[@Razefummel]

As a german: In other Cultures... we just roll with it. There is a saying :"Wenn du in Rom bist, verhalte dich wie ein Italliäner, dann fällst du nicht (negativ) auf." the literal translation is " When you are in Rome, behave like an Italian, that way you won´t stick out." Wich translates to: "If you find yourself in another Country, behave like an Native so nobody will frawn at you."

[@grace-yz2sr]

When in Rome, do as the Romans do 😉

[@derhuibuh1761]

*as se romans do

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

7:15 I find it amusing that this guy is apparently "dressed to impress" by American standards. He didn't leave home in his sweatpants, but that's hardly some elaborate costume. He just put on his pants and shoes and a shirt, it's a very casual outfit. As for German food, I'd say high-grade German cuisine is primarily focused on quality and craftsmanship of the ingredients rather than on elaborate, inventive dishes. So the best sausage you've ever tasted will be served about the same way as the one from the food truck outside your office.

[@steemlenn8797]

And they might be the same.

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

@@steemlenn8797 There's also that. The best sausages I've ever had come from a random farm-and-butcher's outside the small town where my great-grandmother lived. They're cheaper than the mediocre ones from my local butcher's.

[@keepinitkawaii]

I wouldn't consider that dressing to impress🤣🤣 looks pretty basic to me. Though southerners and someone from California or new york will have different ideas on what "dressing to impress it". The amount of people i saw wearing overalls and camo to restaurants in Mississippi was a complete culture shock to someone from California

[@BeardedSkunk]

I was just reminded how when i visited an American high school i had to learn not to extend my hand for the obligatory handshake i was expecting when meeting mates for the first time that day. Dont think they did anything much but say "how are you" ... and that also took some time to learn: dont answer but just ask back

[@Anni13091992]

Growing up in Germany I'd say that my family never really strictly "only" ate what might be considered German food (except maybe for bread and potatoes haha). I think a lot of it is a mixture of different countries and cultures even though there are of course a lot of people who like the traditional food, for me personally it's just too much meat! Right now I'm in the US teaching German at university and the students recently asked me about my opinion on which city in all of Germany has the best food, such a weird question :D I said that they have to specify what type of food. Btw busting stereotypes is my main mission during my time here, especially when it comes to Oktoberfest and Lederhosen. However, I am also planning on busting the stereotypes my German friends and family have about the the US when I get back! It is often said that the friendliness of US Americans is superficial but I believe there is no harm in being kind to people (even strangers) and enjoy this sentiment over here. I'm from Dortmund in Nordrhein-Westfalen where a lot of people say "Knapp" to the end pieces of bread but it's crazy how many variations there are around the country. Love your channel and all you do (recommending you to my students as well)! Keep up the good work!

[@PassportTwo]

How awesome! It was in university that I fell in love with travel, Germany, and German culture! Keep inspiring those minds 😊

[@TheLtVoss]

In the Oberlausitz we call the end pice of a bread "Ränftl" or "Kanten" knapp is new for me

[@b.k.3313]

@@TheLtVoss bei uns, Regierungsbezirk Schwaben, heißt das "Giggele".. zumindest kenne ich es so. Es gibt bestimmt noch andere Bezeichnungen dafür

[@Harzer37520]

In my area in South Lower Saxony the end of the pieces of the bread is a „Knust“.

[@silkejung4269]

Hi, I agree, Knapp or Knäppchen in my family😊 NRW, Münsterland/Sauerland/Ruhrgebiet

[@lekasa1508]

As a German living in the US, let me just say I hate when people speak of “the Europeans” because Europe is a continent with an immense variety of cultures! You can not generalize all of the European countries with one stereotype, because there are so many different cultures! For example Italian culture is immensely different from German culture, which is immensely different from Spanish culture, which is immensely different from Swedish and so on and so forth. But you get the idea: there is not one European culture, but a huge variety which makes Europe very special in my opinion!

Sherlock is at it again lol

[@nebulaone908]

We know, Sherlock. We do generalize Europeans as a continent because it's easier than saying, "I went to Spain, Germany, Sweden, Poland, and Italy." If we want to talk about your country specifically, we will. It's also because Euros as a whole are ideologically different from Americans. So you might hear the word "Europeans" when we compare our cultures.

[@lhpl]

I am: South Jutlandic, Danish, Nordic/Scandinavian, North-Germanic (not north German - but my grandmother was until 1920), North-European, West-European, European, and a Human Earthling - and just me. I like to generalise maximally: we are all human beings, and united by living on this marvellous marble of blue and green, our Great Blue Ship on the long voyage around the Sun that feeds us all while we are following it through the Universe to the end of our time.

[@dansattah]

@@nebulaone908 I guess that this reflects different attitudes towards travel. From a German perspective, it sounds weird to visit more that one or two countries in one trip. We rather stay in one town or region and get to know it in detail before we look for the next possible vacation destination.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@nebulaone908 The ironic thing is, when we do it the other way around and group the US together with Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the rest of the islands as "north america" (which according to some is only half of the american continent), people don't understand either. And yes, Mexico is also in north america, but the culture is quite different from the US.

[@AdZS848]

Top tip from a diplomat kid: when greeting someone, put your hand out as if to shake hands but also put your face out in case it's the kiss thing. Then follow the lead. The greeter will then do their customary greeting and you can just follow

[@12tanuha21]

Will not work in Japan, where they bow their heads ^^

[@AdZS848]

@@12tanuha21 very true, but in Japan that is the only way of greeting whereas in Europe, it's really hard to know what the norms are. For example, in Belgium, it's four kisses with strangers but only two with friends.

[@blaiseducdaumont1280]

@@AdZS848 I bet all this kissing has stopped with Covid, correct?

[@AdZS848]

@@blaiseducdaumont1280 no idea. I live in Germany now.

[@Yotanido]

@@AdZS848 And to be fair, the Japanese see a white person and will probably go for the handshake anyway

[@michaelkloters3454]

HAHAHA Thumbs up for your acting in the beginning !...and best wishes for the othert two family Members😉

[@skn31]

The Swabian term for the end slice of a bread I know and use would be "Kneisle" :) !

[@dnocturn84]

4:11 "Not because I wanted to kiss a lot of Europeans" Oh come on! Of course you wanted. That's basically why you are here. I've read the warnings, about this strange American couple, that terrorizes everybody with their kisses. You can't fool me!

[@PassportTwo]

😂😂😂

[@dnocturn84]

@@PassportTwo 😘

[@vladlu6362]

Hey, Portuguese man here! In day to day life, it's more common for most of us to eat between 7:30pm and 8:30pm, although yes, in vacation and in some other circumstances (such as weekends) it is not unusual to eat later. But personally, I've never had full on dinner at 10pm!

[@sonkeschluter3654]

My favorite food is Grünkohleintopf (Hearty Kale dish with salted Meat and smoked sausages) , Möhreneintopf (equaly hearty carrot dish). One is green the other is orange so not very beige. Bonus answer: Kanten.

[@petraingenbleek7497]

Ach, ich liebe es. Ich lebe schon seid 30 jahren in neuseeland (bin jetzt 60) und vermisse gute hausmannskost. Vor allen dingen gerauchertes fleisch und wuerstchen. Und das Brot!!! An dieses bloede, labberige weisse Brot werde ich mich ein Lebtag nicht gewoehnen. Und verdammt noch mal , JETZT HAB ICH HUNGER!!!

[@KnAtteslander]

While the beginning of the bread is called the "Ahäuel" the end is sometimes called the "Bhäuel".

[@ZerosWolf]

German Cooking is based to preserve the flavour of the ingredients more than the spices used. And as we are practical thinkers, plating it nicely isn't really on our mind here. I call the end pieces of a Loaf of Bread "Kappe" (Coming from Ostfriesland)

[@erwinfriedrich7569]

In Bavaria it is "Scherzl"

[@Patrick-on2ty]

Kanten in Berlin\Brandenburg

[@MikeDrube]

​@@Patrick-on2ty same here in sachsen-anahlt

[@VolkerBruggemann]

I call it “Knust”.

[@Speireata4]

I am from the Bonn area and I call the end slice of a bread a "Knäppchen".

[@PassportTwo]

Nice! Don't think I had heard that one yet 😊

[@VoodooMcVee]

On the north-western edge of the Ruhr region, we call it something similar, namely "Knäppken".

[@katjabaark3863]

Although being from Hamburg, I adopted the Saxonian word "Renfdl" for the "Brotknust" because a friend used it years ago and I just love that word.

[@karowolkenschaufler7659]

"Renftchen" is the version I'm familiar with. I would say it's "hessisch" because that's where I grew up, but my family has moved across the german speaking part of europe quite a bit in the past 2 generations and picked up words from all over the place. so I'm actually not sure if it is "hessisch".

[@moni7649]

Here in Schleswig-Holstein we call the end if the bread Knust ( spoken with a long U)

[@BFDT-4]

End slice of a loaf of bread. ;P From my Bavarian background: "Schätzl", where the "l" is a diminutive. In the States, the "heel". In Peru: La "Punta"

[@peterhomann2140]

There are 2 things that stood out to me: 1. Greeting / Hugging / Kissing As a German living in the Northeas of of the US, I find that shaking hands is much less part of a greeting than in Germany. Mostly it is simply a nod, a "Hi" or "How are you?" (do not answer this question), Of course lately the fist bump is popularized by what I would like to call "Covid culture". Lastly I see a big ethnic and racial difference in greeting someone. I work mostly with the Latino and African-american communities where I found much different greets are used. And overall hugging is much more common in the US than in Germany, not when meeting someone for the first time but almost certainly as of a second meeting and that even includes professional relationships, unthinkable in Germ any. The whole hugging thing in the US flies squarely into the American personal space thing... go figure. 2. German food I once heard that both the US and Germany have little culinary achievements to be proud of. I disagree entirely. Unfortunately "good food" is mostly associated with high cuisine, something most of us do not eat and/or can afford outside of very special occasions. The French have successfully occupied this genre and somehow convinced the world that it is only them who can cook. But when we go away from the high end restaurants the real world looks quite different. As far as everyday fare is concerned I take REAL Italian (not the American degradation of it) as the ingredient driven cuisine over the technique driven French approach. And circling back to German food: the cliché of the hearty, cheap, filling German food is so 50ies and 60ies. Today Germans are increasingly moving to sustainably grown, organic foods. Visiting a discounter like Aldi or Lidl I find more of these foods (at reasonable prices) than in the higher end American stores like (in the Northeast) ShopRite, ACME, the notable exception being Whole Foods or Wegman's which is out of financial reach for most. The same approach enters the German restaurant scene: "Nachhaltigkeit" is a common motto, meaning high quality, sustainably produced ingredients while in America plate size and volume matters the most; to make up for the expected quantity the restaurateur must skimp on quality, using mass produced, cheap ingredients.

[@spacefan36]

Jack Wolfskin jackets are the best! I love them...also the shoes

[@PassportTwo]

Haven't gotten any Jack Wolfskin apparel yet...but I'm sure it will come with time and as we Germanize more and more 😊😅

[@spacefan36]

@@PassportTwo xD

[@wtsalive8210]

You’ll find greeting kisses more on southern European countries and it used by closer known people. Typical known for their kisses are French people.

[@PassportTwo]

Wonder what it is about being closer to the equator that causes more kissing? 🤔😂

[@spacefan36]

@@PassportTwo or more to the french people...

[@wtsalive8210]

@@PassportTwo 🤣 Due to my job as driver I traveled a lot through Europe and as you, I live close to France(Saarbrücken). I saw the “kissing culture“ in Southern European countries(Spain, France, some parts of Swiss, Italy and Greece, sometimes I saw it in the BeNeLux-States, but never in Scandinavian countries.

[@e.8196]

@@wtsalive8210 Here in Austria it's also quite popular :-)

[@joegoss30]

One thing the French do that isn't common in the US -- kissing on the cheek close relatives. This seems true even when they are teens and living together. We hug our relatives, but I wouldn't think of kissing my sister on the cheek.

[@airliners6430]

I guess I’d just call it the end piece! Another great video, thanks!

[@mizapf]

Hessen / Frankfurt area: We call the end of the bread "Krüstsche" (standard German "Krüstchen", diminutive of "Kruste").

[@hmvollbanane1259]

Towards the Spain comparison: you seem to be ignorant of the Spanish time problem. Basically they at some point decided to go with central european time, despite being in a different time zone, so while they might eat when the clock shows between 9 and 10 pm in reality it is pretty much the same "natural" time as when us Germans or apparently also you Americans eat

[@andreasschmidt7215]

Hmm, I disagree. Their "natural" time zone would be that of the UK, which is a difference of one hour. Germans eat at 6 pm, the Spanish at 9 or 10. So the time zone does not explain it completely. (I'm German and I hate eating at 6, I always enjoy having dinner late)

[@germangarcia6118]

@@andreasschmidt7215 It's in a small part due to the "wrong" timezone, but it's majorly because Spain business and shops have a stop time for lunch so they close late (8pm being the most common hour) so dinner happens one or two hours after shops closed.

[@thomasbenck9525]

@@germangarcia6118 Siesta!

[@herzschlagerhoht5637]

Always liked this comedy style of your channel! ;)

[@noradanae]

In my family we say "Krüstchen" or "Kruste" for the end of the bread loaf. But I've heard my father say "Knäuschen" before as well. We are from Frankfurt(Main), but my mum is originally from the North of Germany - if that helps you in any way 😊

[@taschak3889]

In my Family we say "Po" (Butt) lol

[@cecilj4129]

Kruste oder Kappe

[@24hourstolive]

"Knust" (my family is from Bremen and the Lüneburger Heide)

[@planelover4480]

Hey, we’re from Frankfurt, too. In our family it’s called „Knüstchen“.

[@Tspetri]

We say "Krüstchen" in my family too, from the Taunus

[@535phobos]

Kissing in Germany isnt really a thing (unless its your Partner of course or your child). Hell, even hugging freaks me out. The best thing about Covid is that all those things are now gone, even hand shakes. Makes greeting large groups so much easier and quicker. Just wave. Thanks, Covid.

[@gerhardadler3418]

I like that too, one of the few good thinghs covid brought into my life.

[@ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard]

The end of the bread is Knäppchen where I grew up. Not exactly sure of the origin but Knäppchen seems to be from "Knapp" wich means "short" or "close" and so it might indicates that you have a small end piece of bread haha

[@nico9178]

Wait a second, is the second clip from Trier on the Hauptmarkt? Been a long time since I've visited this place

[@mweh3936]

Great video again - thank for your outside-in perspective. Knäppchen is of course the word for the end slice of a bread, and are the first slices eaten here from a fresh bread. One is for my daughter, one for me.

[@dansattah]

Very interesting to hear this. Growing up in Germany and Russia, I haven't really experienced this "kissing culture", except for one big outlier: My father's Syrian/Arabic side of the family. Edit: And to my family, the end slice of a bread is "der Kanten".

[@emilwandel]

The one spice I am always unsure other nations even use is Bohnenkraut (bean spice). Without it green beans just taste as if something is missing. It is the exact spice beans need. I never know if other nations even use it.

[@lhpl]

Moin Emil! I have been able to get it, fresh in a pot (it's called "sar" in Danish) once in a common chain store here in Aarhus (and it was from a local producer), but it seems not to be commonly used in Denmark. I bought it, because I wanted to try _Bohnen, Birnen u. Speck_ - which is a dish from the German side of the region I was born in. It also is great with Spitzkohl.

[@mikebegonia6134]

It's called savory in english.

[@jj_fantabulous4405]

End slice is Kruste for me! :D

[@schutzenfest6691]

The end slice of a bread? Knust (Knuuust) in the northwest of Germany. Die Sache mit den Gewürzen: Wir sind manchmal Stolz darauf, möglichst wenige zu verwenden, damit der (hoffentlich gute) Geschmack der Grund-Zutaten (Gemüse und Fleisch) zum Tragen kommt. Salz und ein wenig Pfeffer reicht da oft schon.

[@martinmeinname]

Dude I just don't get why you are so incredibly wrong about german food! It may be true that there are not many german Restaurants in Germany and in the Rest of the World but you need to see that its a very vital Element of our german Style of eating to incorperate food from all around the World. It means that we take food from somewhere else and put our own spin to it and innovate it. I'm sorry but your take is simplay wrong. Also if you look more careful you will discover a lot of reginal food that thrives in its specific areas even if its not in a restaurant. Just take southern Germany for example with food like Maultaschen, Spätzle, Knödel and Zwiebelkuchen. Or look at northern Germany which has Fischbrötchen, Marzipan and Labskaus. I am sorry but the metrics you used don't reflect what you said because they don't take the expirience outside of restaurants into account. PS: Also since Germany is and was a Melting Pot of Cultures for a long time its just natural that the best parts of other cultures get absorbed by our own to the benefit of everyone.

[@muetze4032]

Best examples are Spaghetti Eis, Döner or Currywurst!

[@sofijones5048]

a German spin - well yes, but actually no 😏

[@peteralthoff6920]

The comparison between the "Dinner" times might be misleading. Although it looks like it's nearly the same time in the evening there is a hughe difference. Dinner is the main meal of the day in the US where as in Germany traditionally the main (and warm) meal is the "Mittagessen" and the "Abendessen" or more often the "Abendbrot" is a smaller meal similar to the "Frühstück" just without the sweet bread toppings. So in this regard german dinner is or was (it has changed over the last few decades) way earlier than in the US.

[@PassportTwo]

This is also partially dependent on what part of the US you are in or what industry you work in. For example, a lot of my family are farmers in the south and for them, the biggest meal of the day is always in the afternoon as well. They need big meals in the afternoon to get them through the work day and then would eat light in the evening before bed. In fact, they don’t have the word “lunch” in their dialect of English but rather refer to the afternoon meal as “dinner” and the evening meal is “supper” (which comes from “soup” because that is what they traditionally would eat in the evening).

[@melindar.fischer5106]

@@PassportTwo same is true for my grandparents and great-grandparents: farmers (in Missouri) had the large meal in the middle of the day and called it "dinner". The evening meal was smaller, and they called it "supper". Even though my parents were not farmers, we used the word "supper" for our evening meal, and I eventually learned that other people from other parts of the USA didn't do that! "Dinner" sounded odd to me (for the evening), because that was the word my family used for special occasions or holidays or feasts, such as Sunday dinner (served mid-day) or Thanksgiving dinner (served mid-day in my family). I grew up knowing "dinner" as a large mid-day meal, but now I use the word "dinner" for the evening meal, whether it is large (like a feast) or not.

[@corona407]

This opening scene was superb 😄

[@hamhamjoarjoar3726]

The end slice is a “Knus” 😁👍🏻

[@gromotion933]

When I travel I always love to watch the other people from other countrys in the kitchen. The french always gone wild in the hostel kitchen, chinese food made the kitchen stinky but tast deliticous. italiens also know how to cook...Germans where somewhere in the middle, americans always know where to order a Dominos pizza...and the britishe guys eat something out of the can which the french would not give to a dog.... So from the food perspective it was a mistake of history that Britain conquert the world and not the French or Italiens...because today you get a perfect baguette in Vietnam and in the british ex colonies they serve you uneatable meatpie which they call food and cheap toast which they call bread. But maybe it was the lost of their taste which helped the british people to sail around the world with rotten food on board....

[@jessicaely2521]

Just wanted to say the toast you're talking about is called bread because it isn't toast to English speakers. Toast is when you stick the bread into an oven and get it lightly browned. The full name of this bread is Sandwhich Bread. A lot of English speakers are lazy and drops the word sandwich. Yes if you want plain old bread with butter sandwich bread isn't the one to go with.

[@avi.chan23]

Your last comment is hilarious 😂

[@Mamaki1987]

The end slice of a bread? Scherzel (I think that is an expression from Lower Austria? I'm actually not sure. My German is all a weird mix of dialects). Yes, German food might not be the most refind food in Europe but oddly enough, it gives you some kind of comfort, no matter where in Germany you are.

[@fionasabre]

There way are more words for Scherzel. Anschnitt, Kanten, Gigele, Gipf, Knerzl, Knurrn, Ränftl, Riebele and dozens more It depends on the regional dialect but the term in standard german should be Brotanschnitt if I'm not wrong

[@bellathemusicaddict]

We say Scherzel in upper Bavaria as wel! :)

[@xSweetFreaky]

3:34 That's my city 😂😂 The "Hauptmarkt". Behunt the left shoulder the wine stand and begin the head you would see "Porta Nigra".

[@gabrielruiz5813]

Good intro man!

[@alphonsbretagne8468]

Traditional german food isn't fancy, it's more rustic-style 'ish. So based on these roots, the cuisine might be underrepresented in the fancy starred chef universe ;) End slice of the bread is "Kanten" (Central Germany)

[@KriegerT]

Germany is the country with the second most Michelin stars after France....

[@tokre8880]

It's the Kanten everywhere.... Kanten and "Tote Oma" ..... love it. PS: I wasn't talking about a dead grandma

[@totaleNonale]

@@tokre8880 it's "Kantel" where I've been, but that's basically the same

[@Obsidianen]

I would love to see a michelin star reviewer try a Schweinshaxe ;)

[@NataLia-sy1cs]

I live in the north and we say "Knust" :D

[@gemjamjones2656]

Heel of bread: I've found that German food is much like the fashion its for comfort and practical. It may not look fancy, but after abend essen you'll be so full of good suppe, knuddeln, salami, wurst, brot, cheese etc you'll not be able to move! I had haxe with knuddeln and rot Kräut on my 2nd day in Germany and had to be rolled home.

[@Freiya2011]

"knuddeln" 😂 you mean "Knödel"? And Rotkraut. Don"t create an inflation of äöü!🤫😉 Dinner is between 12 and 1 p.m. That's our warm, main meal. Abendbrot is our "late" meal, between 6.p.m. and 19.30. And it is often bread, cold cuts, cheese, pickles, butter, tea or other frinks.

[@Skybreath17]

That intro😂👍

[@tjb62]

In northern Germany the end piece of a loaf of bread is called Knust...and, my favorite part

[@rasmusgornandt7062]

Well, its always nice to hear about german food. One would say it is like the more practical clothing. German food is very close to earth, in the past spices were extremely expensive, so most german food uses the basics that grew in germany like salt, parsley, rosemary, thyme. Also usually german food is known to be quite heavy. Especially older germans see food as a necessity to fill up your energy ressources. Fine cuisine is usually for rich people beeing able to pay for something that tastes nice but usually leaves you hungry. I can remember when we went to a 3 star restaurant 25 years ago, each dish was about 25 DM, we were there at a buisiness meeting. Fun fact after the meeting we all went together to a normal restaurant and eat a dish for about 8 DM because everybody was still hungry and drank a good beer.

[@TheMissileHappy]

Oh, that kissing thing reminds me of a time in middle school when suddenly all the students started kissing each other on the cheek as a greeting. I hated it, as I don't like physical contact. But our teachers shut it down pretty quickly anyway, because the flu cases skyrocketed that year :D My grandfather called the end slice of bread "Renfdl" so that's what I call it, too.

[@VolkerBmovie]

Kanten. Donnie, you do a damn good job. Research, presenting, editing, and now even acting. I miss Aubrey's part, though. All the best.

[@chkoha6462]

The end is called a Knust! At least in and around Hamburg

[@patrzepny6379]

Growing up in Milwaukee Wisconsin, as a descendant of German immigrants, I must say I and my "people" are a pretty close match to the German cultural aspects you discussed. Therefore, I would never expect a German greeting to include kisses. We call the end of the bread the heel. My city has had several excellent German restaurants. I love German food such as schnitzel, spaetzle, sauerkraut, braunschweiger/liver sausage, rouladen--(served often in my family), and German pastries, as we had several bakeries started by German immigrants--Grebe's, Meurer's, etc. I never considered the food to be bland.

[@Balion1976]

as a german, I must agree, "bland" isn't the word I`d use; the colors "beige or brown" are more accurate though^^; the end of a bread has in germany many names, as many as Brötchen, etc. Here in northern germany we call it "Knust" and the darker the bread, the more delicious the Knust ;-))

[@user-bs4qu7tb2g]

@@Balion1976 Des isch a Kruschte

[@pfalzgraf7527]

@@user-bs4qu7tb2g noi, a Knaisle! kohsch mer glauba!

[@SephirohsReunion]

In austria (at least in the part im from) we call it the "scherzal"

[@anitapenkert389]

Regarding the comments that Germans do not eat for pleasure: You might be referring to the protestant work ethic which includes industriousness, faith and austerity to praise the lord. In the southern catholic regions the sensual pleasures were not understood as a contrast to a pious life (that's why you find those magnificent baroque churches e.g. in Upper Bavaria), including hearty meals and a good beer (or wine, depending on the area).

[@holger_p]

The better association is: Germans don't like to spend much money, for the pleasure of eating. They choose meal A vs. meal B to have fun with. But they make (almost) no difference between a cheap version of meal A and an expensive Version of meal A. A Schnitzel is a Schnitzel, and most don't pay any extra for veal.

[@swanpride]

@@holger_p Or maybe they simply prefer pork over veal. Germans are pretty much of the "I like what I like" mindset, and they don't really care about how it is packaged. But that doesn't mean that they don't enjoy a good meal, or can't appreciate something especially skillful made.

[@holger_p]

@@swanpride Well, I don't often hear complains, other than serving time or price, hardly ever the taste. Main goal is to get full. Worst case scenario for a german is, to be 'hungry' after a dish - where the french would say, OK, let's have some cheese. It's not so much "I like what I like", it's more a "I don't want, what I don't know".

[@tanjaka7659]

End of the Bread? Where i came from (Saxony-Anhalt) it's called "Knust"

[@kuldan5853]

The end slice of a piece of bread is called a "Knust" where I come from.

[@reconciliation86]

I also feel so confused about the stereotype of "German food" when personally the thing I cook most is Lasange, the kind that takes hours on end because the red sauce needs to cook for at the very least 3 hours. I never think of it as Italien or French cooking, the Mirepoix in my mind is just ... universal?

[@reconciliation86]

Ig if that is foreign food the only German food that I know that can compare is venison with Leberknödel (The Bavarian kind, not the northern kind, with the chunks in it) and Rotkraut. A goose will always work if there is no venison. That is a "Festmahl", ig, but nobody tell me people in Italy just casually have food that has been prepared for hours every day.

[@karowolkenschaufler7659]

grüne Soße... national dish of my homestate. very not beige.

[@spacefan36]

the answer is: Kruste xD but not especially for only that thing...it's the hard area around it.

[@PassportTwo]

Oh interesting! So very similar to the word "crust" in English which is also used to describe the hard outer part of the bread 🤔

[@spacefan36]

@@PassportTwo yeah, but actually there are some words for this part, but in other states of germany

[@Lyzaid]

The end-slice of a loaf of bread is called a "Knäppchen" where I'm from in the Rheinland :-)

[@bluedragon3657]

The end slice of the bread is called Kneisle where I live

[@k.schmidt2740]

End of the bread? The heel. // As for German food: Much of German food is of high quality. It may be bland - which is why Germans often go to restaurants to eat what their European neighbours cook (Italian, Greek, French, Yugoslavian - but also Mexican and Chinese, Thai or Indian). At home they cook as high a quality of food as they can afford - which is one reason why fritzing around with the genes of foodstuffs is a legal no-no. This food is then not "over seasoned", as they really enjoy the taste of the ingredients. When you put broccoli in something, a fine taste that goes well with almonds should be dominant - and not a storm of diverse peppers. Eating out is one thing. Being comfortable with your German home cooking is the everyday.

[@PassportTwo]

Great and interesting take 😊

[@hape3862]

@@PassportTwo I've heard several times in videos from American expats that they never tasted pumpkin's own taste, but grew under the impression that "pumpkin taste" was the same as the "pumpkin spices" it is usually seasoned with in the U.S. … No wonder they find the *real* taste of food "bland" …

[@steemlenn8797]

@@PassportTwo Different cultures do different things. Japan goes deep into seperating ingredients for example. It's to concentrate on the single flavor. At the same time they don't see waiters etc. as important. That resulted in the Michelin guide having to change their criterias because nowhere else did they encountered a star restaurant with 6 seats in an underground parking garage. Or one where you get only 1 food.

[@swanpride]

I don't think that Germans liking the cuisine of its neighbors has anything to do with blandless and more with the desire to eat something "special" if you bother to eat out. Though lately restaurants which offer traditional German dishes have become more and more successful, I guess partly because less and less Germans have the time to cook a good old German stew or soup or god forbid a roast, and now seek the taste in restaurants.

[@666rsrs]

In my family and with the friends of my family we do the smoochie smoochie lol, idk where that comes from maybe my family and the social cycle surrounding it is unusually francophile

[@PassportTwo]

Haha, how interesting! Does your family come from somewhere closer to the French border and maybe that had an influence?

[@spacefan36]

yeah, like one or two friends are doing that, but many others not. It's not related to France in their cases...don't know if it's in other family's

[@666rsrs]

@@PassportTwo well i'm from rheinland-pfalz, but like you i have rarely seen other pfälzer do it, so i don't know if that explains it

[@FrauMeyenrose]

End slice of bread is a "Knust" (south of Lower Saxony)

[@Patricia-ol9rs]

In my neck of woods (Pfalz/Saarland) the end piece of a loaf of bread is called "Knerzje".

[@berndhoffmann7703]

I do love funny and hilarious stereotypes, but when I am actually coming across people who really believe in them - I am having fits of laughter. I do have to admit, that I am watching some American travel channels coming to Europe and watch them connecting and linking synapses. It is always a sublime moment. One can see it in their faces when the link is established that Europe consists of different countries and cultures. I know it is confusing as with Schengen, some rules are standardized, but others are not, hard to tell which ones are and which ones are not. Moreover when they are about to grasp that there are different cultures in each European country - I love to tell them that they vary within the country, sometimes every 20 KM :) I do not get it, why they are not prepared to understand it, I do not see identical cultures in Texas, California or East Coast, I am sure they are aware of that. America is huge and has obviously different slangs, cultures etc. itself. Therefore I do not get, why some of them are not prepared to understand that Europe does consist of different cultures.

[@pfalzgraf7527]

Which is why, when I see some SciFi films, I always wonder how a certain culture can be assigned to a whole planet …

[@keepinitkawaii]

There exists Americans who usually do not leave their environments just like I've met Italians or Germans who have never left their country or town and base their knowledge of other countries on tv shows or what they see on the news and thus don't fully understand that asking someone from California why people in Mississippi carry guns and voted for trump as if they live in the same environment 🤣 believe it or not, when you're an American traveling, you get the same wildly generalized stereotypes even if you tell them which state you are from so apparently it goes both ways.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@pfalzgraf7527 I always assume it's the humans that are the odd ones and that kind of global culture is the norm.

[@christophergaudig5761]

In the Bremen area we call the last or first slice of a loaf of bread Knust. K-noost

[@bauchbart]

The end-piece of a loaf of bread is called Kniesje. Greetings from the neighboring Saarland to you!

[@alestev24]

Here's a Stereotype, that is absolutely true: American men live to wear sweatshirts with buttons. Or in general shirts with buttons but no collars. 😄 Proven once again in this video. Love your videos, keep up the good work. 👍

[@spacefan36]

Actually I never kiss someone on the face...only if it's my partner...not even closest friends. Also not really in my Family, but also there are some families that do like one kiss somewhere on the face...some also on their mouth! wtf... The eating part: we try to eat at 12-13 and at 17:30-19...

[@PassportTwo]

It is pretty typical to kiss family on the face in the US, but the mouth typically stops after toddler age for parents and their children 😊

[@erstdenkendannschreiben]

The end slice of a bread is called "Knäuschen", as mentioned in the Hänsel & Gretel fairy tale, Knusper-knusper Knäuschen.

[@MHobl]

Der Start ist wirklich lustig!

[@Baccatube79]

Being a Jochen myself, I HAVE to put my foot down here. The ch in Jochen is pronounced the same way as in the Scottish Loch, e.g Loch Ness. It does NOT rhyme with "jokin'".

[@Llortnerof]

Hallo Jocken 😜

[@lpcaiser]

How dare you stereotype us with one broad stroke claiming we don't conform to European stereotypes! Tsk, that's such an American thing to do ... ;)

[@PassportTwo]

😂😂

[@alexriedel3067]

In the Erzgebirge and in Annaberg-Buchholz especially we call it "Ränftel"

[@iskewitz]

Here in Lower Franconia - or at least in my part of it - it's called "Köppla"

[@spacefan36]

Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der BRD.

[@PassportTwo]

That didn't long for this to happen this time...😅

[@spacefan36]

@@PassportTwo we are like demons. You summon us with only one German word needed in a 30 minute video.

[@535phobos]

Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Kommentarbereich.

[@spacefan36]

@@535phobos lol, den kannte ich noch nicht xD mega!

[@grandmak.]

@@535phobos gruselig.

[@Cornu341]

Important question before answering yours: Are you thinking about American "bread" or German bread? :D JK, in our family we call it "Knust" or "Knüstchen", sometimes simple "Rand" or "Randstück" or "Kruste". The last slice of American "bread" is just another "Scheibe Toastbrot". There is nothing to distinguish it substantially from the slices from the middle.

[@steemlenn8797]

Here it's called the squished slice. Because it always looks like someone stepped on it.

[@merath7656]

In Hessen, at least in my area and in our local dialect, we call the end slice Knertz or Knertzi if it is a small one.

[@marxel4444]

9 o´clock at night ITS THE LATE EVENING! :,D

[@marie9814]

I once was an exchange student in France and my host family wanted to introduce me to the rest of their family. We went to a nice restaurant and I don't knwo, they were maybe 8-10 people coming and EVERYBODY greeted me with this "fake kissing". And as I seemed to be a family member, nearly everbody granted me about 3-4 kisses. Each one of them. It was kind of a kissing marathon. Socks in sandals is indeed a thing. I rember beeing a teenager and I was travelling with my parents. We were visiting Ljublijana, the capital of Slovenia, and my father was wearing shorts, a tanktop, a sun hat, sunglasses, socks in sandals and a big camera. My sister and me were kinda embaressed about the look and were walking in a distance to them so that nobody thought we were related :D

[@tilmanrotationalinvariant2257]

well sandals are very uncomfortable without socks...

[@fridadanke9076]

I would not call german food beige or bland at all. its the food that stands for itself, with its natural taste, instead of overpainted wirth so many seansoning floavours taht the acual food isnt there anymore tastewise. I love good old veggie soups and maultaschen. I make sourkraut myself and its the best.

[@PassportTwo]

Sometimes spices or, in particular, salt can be used to enhance the flavor of the natural taste of foods as well 😃

[@Nelsathis]

The end slice of a loaf of bread.. I actually dont really have a name for it, but my parents called it 'Knieschen'

[@janiso12345]

The end slice of a bread is called 'Knust' here in northern Germany.