4 Surprising Foods We Learned Germans Love To Eat, That Are Illegal In The USA 🇩🇪

[@PassportTwo]

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[@gehtdichnixan3200]

haha ayou should addvertise for pfalz beer

[@Hamsterdam91]

@@silkyregina How is it surreptitious? It is pretty obvious advertising just nicely embedded in the video so it is not too annoying

[@petegerardini2455]

I'm over Paprika flavored everything.

[@janpracht6662]

Horse meat has lot of iron and less fat than beef, but also less vitamines. I tried it a few times, it is not bad. It tastes a bit like delicate Bockwurst, in Hamburg are some snack bars offering it beside normal Bratwurst and Krakauer. As you said, it is a bit laborious to find a butcher for horse meat, but yes- why should I not eat it?

[@anna-ranja4573]

Try Sauerbraten from horse in cologne 😊

[@Mabrix92]

As a German: I ask myself if you've ever tried "Mettbrötchen mit Zwiebeln" ? .Because this would be a thing I think you've missed in your list :D

[@agp11001]

Screw the Mettbrötchen. Embrace the Mettigel.

[@windhelmguard5295]

yea raw pork, raw egg and whole caraway seeds are potential deal breakers for a lot of people, put them all into one dish with raw onions and you got a recipe which really takes some getting used to. the raw pork and egg are also the reason why you can't have it in the US, nobody wants to serve anything raw in a country where people will slap you with a lawsuit over their shit being liquid for a day.

[@eric_oleander]

@@windhelmguard5295 it's not raw, it's smoked!

[@HenryLoenwind]

@@eric_oleander Mett isn't smoked, Mettwurst is. Slight difference.

[@HenryLoenwind]

Let's up this to eleven and suggest Tartar. (Let me quote Wikipedia for those who don't know it: "Steak tartare is a dish of raw ground (minced) beef[1][2] or horse meat.[3] It is usually served with onions, capers, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and other seasonings, often presented separately, to be added to taste. It is often served with a raw egg yolk on top". Horse, raw meat, raw egg, ... all in one nice bundle.)

[@derodmaranas]

America is like: „Sweets with toys? No!!!! Guns for everyone? Yes, please,

[@noahluppe]

guns are too large to accidentally swallow and choke on..

[@daguido742]

"guns dont kill people...people kill people"

[@philipp128]

germans: driving 300mph and drink beer while this? yes, please

[@ScreamyBanana]

Drinking and driving is not allowed in Germany, with more than 0,5 per mill in the blood.

[@philipp128]

1 Beer isnt 0.5 per Mill to most Person 🙃

[@theopuscula]

Horse meat hasn't really been popular in Germany in the last 40 years or so and there even was a horse meat scandal some years ago when it was discovered that supermarket frozen products, like lasagnas, contained horsemeat (without any advertising for that on the packaging). So many people have probably tried it without knowing, but if you look at the absolute numbers of production, it certainly doesn't come close to beef, pork, chicken...

[@amrimi8371]

After the horse meat scandal, I discovered that I didn't liked the frozen lasagnas anymore. So I guess the type that I usually bought had a lot of horse meat inside. Without it it had a different flavor. 🙈

[@MatzeAppel]

@@amrimi8371 I'm in the same boat x😆

[@Llortnerof]

That was one really weird scandal. It's not like the meat was even lower quality or anything, it just wasn't correctly advertised.

[@myvillagelifeintheupperhar607]

There is a food truck that sells it every weekend in Seesen, and there is always a line. Some people have a standing weekly order and purchase a large package of sausage to take home. My husband loves horse sausage and eats it anytime we go to Seesen. He has been purchasing the sausage in Seesen since he was a little boy. He is now in his fifties.

[@martinjunghofer3391]

@@amrimi8371 Mal ehrlich: was war denn daran eigentlich wirklich der Skandal? Alle haben es mit Genuß gegessen, keiner ist tod umgefallen, nichts ist passiert! Im Gegenteil: da Pferdefleisch VIEL weniger mit irgendeinem Scheiß belastet ist - Hormone und was sonst nicht noch alles - haben die das Glück gehabt, viel gesündere Lasagne zu essen, als sie gewohnt waren, sie hatten einen Profit! Der sog. Schaden ist nur im Kopf entstanden! Eingebildete hypothetische Konstrukte!

[@royblack2395]

The picture you show is not a mirabelle, but simply a yellow plum. Mirabelles are much smaller, barely larger than large cherries and they are red on one side with small brown dots. Many mirabelles are grown in Lorraine; but they are also commonly found throughout Germany.

[@benjaminjakob1906]

Exactly! There are Mirabell trees throughout Germany. We used to have one in our neighbour’s garden. They are delicious for jam and cakes and they’re brought to distilleries. By the way Zwetschgen are not Pflaumen! Zwetschgen aren’t round shaped but longer and ripe very late in the year. They’re delicious for cakes und a jam called Latwerch or Latwerge, in our region.

[@GunnarMeyer]

@@benjaminjakob1906 A Zwetschge is one kind of plum.

[@youtubevoice1050]

@@benjaminjakob1906 This has always confused me a little bit, because the distinction isn't always made clear. Are "Pflaume" the ones whose stone doesn't separate easily from the more fibrous meat, also called "Ringlor" (or something similar)? Or is that another species entirely?

[@idnwiw]

Actually, there are both orange and violett-colourd Kriacherl bushes.

[@mjbrommelberry8108]

@@youtubevoice1050 Ringlo is actually the Pfälzisch word for Reineclaudes (french pronounciation) or Renekloden (german), which is a different kind of small plum with a greenish yellow color.

[@m-a-l-3000]

I'm German, 42 years old, and I've never eaten horsemeat, nor seen it for sale anywhere. I've heard friends talk about a bavarian horse meat called "Pferdeleberkäs" though, and I'd probably be willing to try it. In contrast, I did eat a lot of Kinder-Überraschung as a child (here they are also known as "Ü-Ei"). And I survived...

[@gerarduspoppel2831]

in Belgium you come across quite often. I used to be more commen than now. horse meat is actually quite tasty.

[@finnagain236]

I'm from Vienna, and here Horsemeat is fairly popular. For example the "Gigerer" a variation of Leberkäse but with above mentioned Horsemeat. Also Sausages. We have spezialized butchers that sell only Horsemeat, with Gumprecht as the largest one. I love it!

[@Xerlash]

you should really try it, makes like the best Sauerbraten you can find in my opinion. Also since its like pure muscle its very tender and good meat.

[@nachteulchen]

In München gibt's eine spezielle Pferdemetzgerei, da bekommt man alles, vom Steak bis zur Bratwurst.....

[@BusinessTravelVlogs]

Klar hast du.. außer du bist Vegetarisch/vegan oder isst nur billig Supermarkt wurst. In fast jeder Salami und anderer Wurst ist ein Anteil Pferdefleisch.

[@lisamirako1073]

This is a misunderstanding. It is not the name of the fruit variety "Mirabelle" itself that is protected, but only the specific term "Mirabelle de Lorraine". This has been an EU-wide protected designation of origin since 1996. This label guarantees a fruit size of at least 22 mm and a certain sugar content. It also stipulates that mirabelles with the designation "Mirabelle de Lorraine" may only come from a specific, narrowly defined area of Lorraine. The general designation "Mirabelle", on the other hand, is permitted and valid without restriction.

[@idnwiw]

Ah ok, I was very confused by the info in the video. Kriacherl trees are growing here in the wild everywhere. I had assumed that the fruits aren't sold in supermarkets because the ripe fruit don't have as long of a shelf life as other, heavily modified/cultured commercial fruits.

[@Utubemop]

My grandmother used to have a Mirabelle tree in her garden and they are common here in central Germany as well. One of my favourite fruits.

[@Andreas_Cologne]

I used to live in Belgium and talked to a horse butcher there. He told me, that he often went to Germany to buy horses, because it was (and still is) not very common to eat them in Germany. Sauerbraten vom Pferd ist unglaublich lecker!

[@Stoffmonster467]

In the region exists a horse butcher. Crazy people send him mean letters because he kills sweet ponies (usually he gets horses who had accidents, broken legs e g). I have no subtitles, so I don't know whether he explained that horses can be treatened with pharmaceuticals that cause severe kidney problems if humans eat later the meat of these animals. That is maybe the reason they forbid it in the US.

[@Flugkaninchen]

@@Stoffmonster467 There are strict regulations. Once a horse is registered as "Nicht-Schlachtpferd" it cannot be slaughtered for consumption. Most horses are registered as Nicht-Schlachtpferd because the owners want to be able to treat them with all possible medication in case of illness or injuries.

[@SeemsOffTopic]

This is correct. In german you wont find horse meet in a store or so. Its a very specific thing you can find on some specific markets and so but its defnetly not a regular food. Also, butchering a horse is very strict on rules in germany (when it comes to medication and so on, like 90% of Horses arent allowed to use for Human food in GER).

[@ReinholdOtto]

French and Swiss are known for eating horse; in Germany - apart from these special dishes - horse meat is quite unpopular.

[@marcusklein227]

that heavily depends on the region and social circle you are from. I got the taste from my family in the northern Parts of germany, were the local butcher sells horse meat and it is tasty. It kinda is like beef, but with less of the bad tasting fat. i don't know how to describe it as it is just different meat. And when you try it, it is definitely different. Besides the whining about it beeing the glorious horses, similar to the whining about eating dogs and cats. It was way better recieved than other kinds of sausages and minced meat, before (we all) got to know that it was horse meat. So it is basically just trying it. And as it is quite unpopular in the US, you won't find it in the culture of young people much.

[@ullireusch12]

I have heard about Salami containing donkey meat, but I've never tried... Since 27 years I 'm keeping my food kosher... Since 19 years I'm the Type of vegetarian that sometimes eats fish... Horse is definitely not kosher !

[@Ecstasia1]

@@marcusklein227 Yea but I think what Joachim is referring to is that here in Switzerland for example they serve horse meat as a daily choice in the students mensa and its in every supermarket right next to the beef. While nobody would be shocked to hear about eating horse in Germany, it's still nothing they advertise in REWE or Lidl. It's just less common.

[@ilonasmukke5715]

@@ullireusch12 Eselsalami ist sehr bekannt in Spanien :-)

[@ullireusch12]

@@ilonasmukke5715 von Osteuropa hörte ich das auch... Die letzte "exotische" Salami, die ich probierte, enthielt Hirsch... immerhin ein Paarhufer...😅

[@christiandust1195]

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[@mirajolinardiaglionis399]

Love your advertisement for Pfalz Limo. Never heard of it before, but thanks to you, I'm gonna try it! Schöne Grüße aus Norddeutschland 🏖️☀️

[@PassportTwo]

Nice! It really is really really good stuff! Had a bottle of it with lunch today 😃

[@Anson_AKB]

@@PassportTwo until now i really only drank real limo and no _false limo_ :-) if i see it around here someday (not very probable, and then probably not cheap either) i'll give it a try at least once, most of all the versions with more uncommon "limo-fruits".

[@Andreas_Cologne]

@@Anson_AKB Not false but Pfalz 😂😂😂

[@Nightey]

Horse meat is very lean and tasty. Kind of like a mix between beef and deer. Due to it being a pretty musculus meat it's rather fibrous and therefore "processed" meats like sausages, minced meat and Leberkäse are more popular. Or goulash, which you have to simmer for hours (then it has a flaky, condensed pulled pork consistency but the meat stays juicy and moist). My favorites are horse Käseleberkäsesemmel and horse goulash 🤤 And all the way Winter Olympics, as an Austrian that's my duty :D

[@AdZS848]

Have you ever had Waldmeister? It's really popular here in North-rhein Westphalia, used mostly as flavouring in drinks and desserts. It's delicious and I've never seen it anywhere else (lived in 6 countries, travelled to 27). In English it's called Woodruff and it's a bush.

[@PassportTwo]

I LOVE Waldmeister! But yes, had never seen it before coming to Germany 😊

[@swanpride]

@@PassportTwo It's a typical German thing. Traditionally used in Maibowle. Speaking of May, have you ever tried "Mairübe"? I think you can guess when they are in season. VERY tasty. There are also some things which are hard to buy in the supermarket, but is popular with hobby gardeners, like Melde. And I guess you have tried Quark by now....

[@martinjunghofer3391]

When you concentrate the main ingredient in Waldmeister, the coumarin, it's rat poison! Only we Germans drink it with pleasure - that, among other things, makes us so unique (kicher, lach, grins)!

[@swanpride]

@@martinjunghofer3391 Pretty much everything is poinson if you concentrate it.

[@asaris_]

Ooooh I'm addicted to Waldmeistergummibärchen... And mixing Büffelgrasvodka with sour Waldmeistersirup. 🤤 Looks like glow-in-the-dark alien puke but super tasty.

[@catriamflockentanz]

About eating Horsemeat: Sauerbraten yes. I also tried making Lasagna with Horsemeat as the scandal that pre-made Lasagna had high amounts of horse in it though being sold as "Rindfleisch-Lasagne" was prevalent and found out that there wasn't much of a difference, despite being a good part more pricey.

[@chrisrudolf9839]

The French also use blackcurrant to produce a creamy fruit liquor (usually about 20% alcohol) called Creme de Cassis, which mixed with Sparkling Wine or Champagne make one of France's most popular festive cocktails, the "Kir" (or "Kir Royal", if true Champagne was used)

[@brigittelacour5055]

That an other famous food products from Burgundy. The chanoine Kir, mayor of Dijon agree to give his name to this aperitif very commun in the region ( dry white wine of Burgundy plus some blackcurrant liquor) Relatively cheap. Blackcurrants were local, as the "factories"

[@thomasreininghaus1025]

Hi Donnie, I have once eaten a very good horse steak in east Germany near the polish border and I must admit that it was best steak I ever ate (an believe me, I also ate Kobe beef in Tokyo but it didn’t match this rich flavour)! It’s certainly worth a try if you can find a restaurant that offers this on the menu.

[@Anson_AKB]

quite a while ago (in school) we learned that in france they not only have lots of baguettes, but also horse butchers were not uncommon. when we saw "bistecca di cavallo" in italy, we simply had to try it at least once, and found that it was not much different from beef, but cost twice the price, and thus probably won't eat it ever again. ps: i couldn't help misunderstanding Donnie talking about false limo all the time :-)

[@martinjunghofer3391]

Vorschlag: selbermachen!

[@claudiakarl2702]

In the Netherlands you quite often find rookvlees made from horses.

[@ericdaseichhornchen9444]

I remember there was this "scandal" a few years ago, as some producers of lasagne for supermarket chains put horse meat in them and labelled it as pork or beef. So I guess many Germans ate horse meat back then without even knowing.

[@PassportTwo]

I read about that in my research! So wild 😂

[@janpracht6662]

As far as I remember the Horse-Lasagne was found in England. It was not possible to trace back where this horse meat came from. Apparently it travelled 5 times through Eastern Europe, got 10 times stored somewhere and got 15 times relabeled... 🤔They suspected organized crime (a food-mafia) behind this scandal.

[@grafrotz5286]

I remember a joke about this: Child to mother: "I want a pony for my birthday Party", mother replies: "all right, we will have Lasagne"

[@noahluppe]

even the IKEA meatballs weren't sold anywhere as some of them did contain horse. The pesron in front of me even did ask for some with horse, but didn't get them...

[@baronbrummbar8691]

wasn´t that in like 2012? also i pretty sure that that lasgna came from romania nad was sold in france uk and many other nations

[@nicolesalzmann5119]

I don’t know if anybody else pointed this out but research has shown that currants are NOT responsible for the death of the white ash. They are no longer prohibited in most of the states. The problem is that nobody knows them so the demand is not big enough for nursery to grow them. It took us a while but we now have several plants of black, white and red currants in our yard. We hope they will develop nicely so we can propagate them. They are one of the things I miss the most!

[@anitapenkert389]

If you are looking around in international gardening forums you will find US Americans cultivating both different currants varieties and Mirabell plums

[@pw3207]

Mirabellen can be grown and sold everywhere. Only the 'mirabelle de Lorraine' must be from that region. Mixed Curling and Handball are the best sports ever invented. Therefore both winter and Summer olympics are great.

[@michaelodonnell824]

Need to warn you - to Irish and many in the US, our "Handball" is very different to Olympic Handball. The Irish handball is more like squash played using your hand instead of a racquet. Olympic Handball is more like soccer, except that you use your hand not your feet.

[@professorfink]

your ease in front of the camera. production quality & content are looking very professional! GREAT WORK!

[@Mr.Knallfrosch]

I love black currants a lot. So yummi🤤 We always grew bushes of black, red, and white currants in the home garden, and I still grow them.

[@ingevonschneider5100]

Was soll das denn auf Deutsch sein?

[@Mr.Knallfrosch]

@@ingevonschneider5100 Du meinst "Currant"? = "Johannisbeere".

[@dbbdw3921]

@@ingevonschneider5100 schwarze, rote und weiße Johannisbeeren

[@MrKhushrenada]

Horse is delicious. Be it steak or salted or smoked sliced really thin between a piece of bread. It's a fairly common meat in Belgium and you can find it in almost every butcher and supermarket.

[@martinstubs6203]

"KIinder" (the word is just German for "Children") isn't actually a German brand either. The Kinder products are sold by the Italian company, Ferrero.

[@bern6543]

Seasoned with salmonella in belgian fabrics😕

[@bonnhoffchristian2563]

Horse meat is also popular in Switzerland. A nice horse meat on a hot stone delicious.

[@gattakatz622]

I grew up in Luxembourg where horse meat is also sold and I just love horse steak or if you prefer a more gentle taste foal is delicious. You should try it. If you are uneasy about eating horse, well cattle are also very friendly animals and who knows what a cabbage is thinking when it is being cooked ;)

[@Stinkehund]

Horse is absolutely delicious, but it's a real hassle to get here in the east. If i want to eat it, i have to order it online.

[@sthenzel]

I want to see a small child which is able to get the plastic capsule first into the mouth and then accidentially swallow it! The old FDA rule comes from a time when much smaller items where embedded into some candy/chocolate and could only be separated be licking or chewing around it. For such the rule makes absolut perfect sense, but not with Kinder Surprise.

[@MyvIsLove2]

you are talking about a country where u can get millions from suing Starbucks because the coffee was too hot... common sense is not a thing over there

[@jessicaely2521]

This isn't 100% the reason why. The side effect is the reason why. It's to protect people from companies doing shitty things to consumers. The real reason its banned is because the US doesn't allow confectionery or drug products to contain non-nuitritive objects. This law came into effect because in 1937 103 people died after taking a sulfanilamide elixir. I just don't understand the rave over Kinder Eggs. It's a shitty tasting chocolate with a cheap ass toy. I brought one in Switzerland and brought it back to the US for my nephew. My nephew broke the toy in 5 minutes. My nephew also spat the chocolate out and said it's awful. I had a taste of the part he didn't have in his mouth and I have to agree with him. Cailler, Läderach, Phillip Ashley Chocolates, a Canadensis (its in Pennsylvania) Chocolate (I can't remember the name and you only find it in Canadensis area), and Ghirardelli Chocolate before it went to the Swiss companies Lindt and Sprüngli is far far far far far better than Kinder Egg. Ghirardelli tastes the same as Lindt and Sprüngli. The UK had 3 children that died after eating Kinder egg. 10 children have died worldwide after eating Kinder Egg. Now what they don't say is when they died. Did they get the chocolate apart, parent assembled the toy, and child pop toy into mouth or was it because of biting into the egg?

[@Allpaka]

@@MyvIsLove2 Not the perfect example, though. The woman that story originated from had pretty severe burns on her legs, I believe.

[@mkine]

Horse sausage tastes absolutely amazing. You need to try it!

[@gabak1292]

Mirabelle is actually only the grafted form. The wild form is called "Kriecherl" you can find it still in some gardens all over Germany, Switzerland and Austria. They are quit tasty!

[@mephistomaul]

Kriecherl gibt es in Österreich seit ca. 6000 Jahren und ist damit die einzige Österreichiche Frucht, alle anderen sind aus anderen Ländern importiert worden

[@jimlahey6692]

They are quiet tasty but you will loose interest in them when you habe doozens of kilograms every year and they rot in garden ^^. This tree is on crack literally. But in my childhood my brothers an me would climb on this tree and eat the fruits all day long.

[@moorelifeandtravel]

Just found you from Magnificent Germany with Darion and subscribed. Can’t wait to watch more videos

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

The first horse butcher I encountered in Germany was at a farmer's market in Dresden in the 1990s. In the South, where I grew up, horse meat was not a thing, even if it was known that the original receipt for Rheinischen Sauerbraten was based on horse meat, and that many varieties of Salami contain horse or donkey meat.

[@atdynax]

Not only horse meat is available but also Ostrich and Kangaroo meat.

[@chrishalle1982]

Mirabelles grow all over germany. You could just go and search for them.

[@PassportTwo]

Still not technically “Mirabelle” though if they don’t come from Lorraine 😉

[@asaris_]

Are we talking about the bigger yellow ones that just are yellow instead of purple or are we talking about the small fuzzy ones? I'm currently a bit confused. Around here we're calling the small and fuzzy ones Mirabellen... 🤔

[@lisamirako1073]

@@PassportTwo This is a misunderstanding. It is not the name of the fruit variety "Mirabelle" itself that is protected, but only the specific term "Mirabelle de Lorraine". This has been an EU-wide protected designation of origin since 1996. This label guarantees a fruit size of at least 22 mm and a certain sugar content. It also stipulates that mirabelles with the designation "Mirabelle de Lorraine" may only come from a specific, narrowly defined area of Lorraine. The general designation "Mirabelle", on the other hand, is permitted and valid without restriction.

[@Sunny-ik2jj]

@@lisamirako1073 Ah, good explanation! Because here in the lower Alpine region, be it german or austrian, Mirabellen are quite common. And my grandparents from Moravia and Bohemia also grew them and called them Ringlotten.

[@dansattah]

Black pudding or blood sausage definitely is a classic across all of Europe. There are quite a few variations. My all-time favourite was a fried rice blood sausage in a bar in Barcelona, Spain. EDIT: Also, to my knowledge, in German we sometimes call Mirabelle Plums "Eipflaumen" (egg plums).

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

yes but you could say every "nation " or even region has its ohn blood sausage so there is not one black pudding or blood sausage but thousands

[@PassportTwo]

Have tried a couple blood sausages and have liked some, but not others...so I'm not sure how I feel about it yet 😅

[@gottfriedneuner3721]

@@PassportTwo it's best fried up a bit I think. Raw I always need some mustard with it

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

@@PassportTwo pan fried potaoes with a bit of blood sausage and liver sausage melted over them spiced with salt pepper marjoram and some nutmeg .... a real traditional meal

[@aimizonoroff9959]

Sometimes those Mirabelles are also called Kriecherl

[@ulliulli]

Eating horse meat is something that is very prussian. Here in Berlin, there was a horse butchery on the way to my school. Every other day I bought horse bouletten or sausages. Great meat. It was VERY common till the mid 80s. Also, proper Sauerbraten is horse meat

[@martinjunghofer3391]

Ist das Rheinland Preußen?

[@ulliulli]

@@martinjunghofer3391 Ähm... ja, war es! In Geschichte nicht aufgepasst? Sagt dir Rheinpreußen nichts? Nie hinterfragt, wieso viele rheinländische Fußballklubs die lateinische Version von Preußen, nämlich "Borussia" im Namen führen? Mal von Preußen Münster gehört? Das Rheinland war über 120 Jahre lang preußisch, Teile davon sogar noch länger

[@martinjunghofer3391]

@@ulliulli ähm? Rheinpreußen = Beutepreußen, Mußpreußen! Da sitzt ein König jwd (kurz vor Sibirien) und sagt: "Ich nenne euch Preußen!" Heute würde man sagen: "geht´s noch?" Und Münster ist nicht im Rheinland- es sei denn, man guckt von Sibirien!

[@ulliulli]

@@martinjunghofer3391 Blablabla... dennoch, Rheinland war preußisch. Stell dich von mir aus auf den Kopp, aber an der Tatsache änderst du nichts. Ihr Geschichts-Revisionisten seid echt ne Plage

[@arposkraft3616]

@8:15 its funny to me your suprise, as horsemeat here is not only available on the farmers market or specialized butcher, you can get it in any regular supermarket

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

Afaik it is only the "mirabelle de Lorraine" which has Protected Geographical Indication, with a guaranteed minimum fruit size of 22mm and a guaranteed sugar content. Two main varieties origin from the Lorraine, the Mirabelle de Metz and the Mirabelle de Nancy. Other varieties are cultivated all over Europe, and you can also find wild varieties (which have smaller and often less aromatic fruits). We have a cultivated one in our garden and a wild one at our fence, and another wild one grew at the corner of our plot at the side of the street. There are also "Reineclaudes" (or Reneklodes) - I think they are called greengages in English. Most varieties become greenish-yellow if ripe, but there also golden, red and purple ones. It is assumed the name refers to Reine Claude de France (queen consort to Francis I of France and ruling Duchess of Brittany 1515-1524).

[@henningbartels6245]

not all small yellow plumbs crown wild in Grermany are mirabelle plumbs. Often you will find seedlings of Persian plumb as well, which is more an ornamental shrub popular in German gardens. While mirabelle plumbs taste truely sweet, Persian plumbs have bitter not to them. So better try a few first before you pick a full bucket. Though some people make jam from Persian plumbs, too.

[@chrissen87]

That ad was great! I like it when creators get creative with that! I didn't feel like skipping it at all!

[@lellemaris3731]

Congratulations on the growth of your family!! As a German from the South, I have heard of horse meat, but have never seen any of it that was actually sold. Not at butchers, not in Restaurants - perhaps this is mor specific to western Germany?

[@stevenvandemsky7290]

No

[@hmvollbanane1259]

In the Rhineland we still have some horsebutchers and make e.g. the original Sauerbraten with it

[@dorisw5558]

Had some horse meat in a restaurant in Munich (by accident really)

[@agp11001]

Austria, too. Mostly Pferdeleberkäse, which is just awesome on a whole new level.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

The popularity of eating horse meat in Germany is a regional thing but it's not a clear North-South distinction. Horse meat is also popular in Saxony. And in Switzerland, where I live, it's quite common, even sold as a niche product in normal supermarkets. It's tasty, and less expensive than beef.

[@MysteryDetektiv]

My Family had about three Mirabelle Plum Trees in our Garden. Every Year i collected many of them, my Mom made often jam out of them

[@robertfeltham6554]

Hi Donnie, though now live in Hesse, I grew up in a small village near Bristol UK where blackcurrants were grown by the agriculture research department of the local uni. They developed a fruit cordial called Ribena ,which is high in vitamin C , around 1950.

[@Ned-Ryerson]

My English wife, who obviously grew up with it, loves the stuff. As a German, I prefer less sweet things, and therefore, I nice black current Schorle is what I normally have.

[@ninototo1]

I am from the black forest region in southwest Germany. Mirabelle plums are so delicious! I feel like they are less sour and more sweet compared to regular plums. They grow in many places here, orchards and forests.

[@LythaWausW]

There's a tree/bush around the corner I was trying to figure out, asking everyone what it was. I thought it was a hawthorne, because they have similar white blossoms. Then it was covered in tiny little yellow balls and I ate one and it was the sweetest plum I'd ever had - mirabelle. Horsemeat? Well yes, I really used to love those frozen Aldi lasagnes, and everyone who eats those things has unwittingly eaten horse. I have a horse and must apologize, I really did my best to live my life without eating them.

[@suzannes5888]

You an get blackcurrants in some US grocery and farmers markets - but more commonly found made in to jam. I have some at home (here in the US) now.

[@speedy3749]

To clarifiy something about the horse meat: While pigs and cattle are bred for meat, horses are not. Usually they did (and do) serve as riding horses or were working horses. The reasoning was more like: "Why let perfectly good meat go to waste?". So with less working horses, the overall amount of horse meat produced is going down constantly. I don't know of any attempts to breed horses for meat, it's just not efficient compared to other animals. Horse meat was always a byproduct of horses used for work. So yes, I have eaten horse meat. It's good and there is no reason not to eat it. On the other hand, there is no reason to breed horses especially for meat either. And then there is the sentimental issue: With working horses not being in wide use anymore and riding horses being prevalent, people treat horses more like pets and form strong bonds with them. That makes it harder to send them to the horse butcher, instead they live out their lives and in the end, when you really have to take them down the meat isn't really good anymore. That is also the reason why the scandals happened: Those weren't healthy horses at the end of their working life that were sent to the horse butcher, they were ill and really worn down. It was cheap sick horses unfit for consumption that were mixed into normal meat products. Think of it like when you have oxes for your wagon. You will plan for the time when they get too old to serve as working animals, but before they get seriously ill or weak, you replace them and butcher them. No one would questioning eating an ox, and so there was no reason to question eating a working horse either.

[@2Hunky]

Mirabell Plums - Eierpflaumen...I just had to run down the garden , jump over a fence and there were three trees with this wondferfull fruit , allso apple trees , "normal" plums etc. pp. Nice childhood-memories.

[@martinbruhn5274]

-Currants are also called here in Baden-Württember "Trieble", so, little grapes. -Ooh, I love Mirabellen, we have the best here in the Kinzig valley. Also, they do not only exist in France, they are a big thing in Lorraine, more than anywhere else, but they are not exclusively grown there. My parents got a couple of Mirabelle trees in their garden and Mirabellen have a long tradition in the region. They are not a recent import. - yeah, I have eaten horse meat, it tastes alright, nothing special about, not going to eat it again though, for I have since the last time I ate it become a vegetarian. Totally unrelated to the horsemeat though

[@maro8885]

Grüße aus Offenburg

[@martinbruhn5274]

@@maro8885 Grüße aus Haslach

[@brigittelacour5055]

Mirabelles are a sort of plum. It's the Mirabelles from Metz and from Nancy (both in Lorraine) who have an IGP, le first one is smaller, but you can plant one in your garden if the climat is good, but can't sale the fruits with as Mirabelles de Lorraine ( IGP). There are over sorts of Mirabelles, this fruit tree grows easily in north, northeast France, Germany,...

[@PassportTwo]

I didn’t say Mirabellen only grow in Lorraine, in fact I said they grow in Germany as well. But technically only those from Lorraine are legally “Mirabelle” in name 😊

[@martinbruhn5274]

@@brigittelacour5055 Well, we have the exact same trees in our garden, as they do have in Lorraine and people were having them in the region for quite a long time. We don't call them Mirabelles de Lorraine, but simply Mirabellen. Same thing, except for the different geographic origin.

[@peterwitt1739]

Born and raised in the Ruhr Valley, moved to Alberta, Canada 40 years ago. Grandpa always made Sauerbraten from horse meat and I miss it to this day. Still have a Mettbroetchen with onion whenever I visit. The Kindersurprise may be illegal in the US but is available everywhere in Canada, and my kids still like them even all grown up. I also still like the occasional Malzbier, sweet, dark non alcoholic available everywhere in Germany, unfortunately hard (but not impossible) to find in Canada.

[@kat76woman]

I'm German and have never eaten Horse meat or have even seen it anywhere. And it has been something we made fun of for years, that Kinder Surprise eggs are dangerous for kids under the age of 3 and ALL Americans. So apparently your ability to separate the toy from the chocolate is considered to be at the level of a 3year old kid. (Considering that it's apparently not too dangerous for everyone to buy and own guns, but a toy inside of chocolate is a problem is ridiculous...but that is a whole different kind of discussion)

[@Midnight.Creepypastas]

Since there was a horse meat scandal a couple of years ago, you probably did eat it without knowing.^^

[@knowshistory8740]

My grandparents told me, that after the war, they had several bushes of currant in their garden. One was a black currant bush, the others were the red variant. Since blackcurrant was in high demand to make medicine, they sold all the blackcurrant berries and ate only the red ones.

[@Mr.Knallfrosch]

I have never eaten horse meat in my whole life, at least not intentionally😉 It's just not common at all where I live, Siegerland (Nordrhein-Westfalen). I've never even seen it for sale anywhere🤷‍♂️

[@Cau_No]

It was more common once, but has become a specialty over time. The classic "Rheinischer Sauerbraten" recipe originally uses horsemeat, but has now mostly been replaced with beef. I 've personally seen a special butcher's shop / restaurant at Cologne, but it seems to have closed down a few years ago. I've also seen some special displays at a mongolian resturant close to my home, which contained some other meatsources than usual.

[@Mr.Knallfrosch]

@@Cau_No yeah, I've heard about that rheinischer Sauerbraten is originally made from horse meat, but I always liked the Sauerbraten made from Beef, so I didn't ever feel the need to try one made from horse meat. I like "Wildfleisch" a lot though.

[@malte_hoffmann]

Mirabelle Plumps are yellow or red and the trees often stand on the side of the road (in some regions more than in others). Sadly they are relatively rare to find even in Germany to buy. I only saw them in summer for maybe 3 weeks at some places. It also doesn't help that they usually rot in a few days.

[@archiegates650]

Th US ban on Kinder Überraschungs-Eier is the basis for one of my favorite memes on american culture, especially on the second amendment: Showing side by side the candy/toy composition being illegal and a very legal AR-15 assault rifle. And although I value the concern for the life and health of children, I never heard of a toddler seriously harmed by an Kinder Überraschungs-Ei.

[@shailaparveen293]

Glad to know this thanks for ur information

[@hanshartfiel6394]

Yes, Kinder is a German word and means "children" in English but the confectionery is actually Italian and produced by a company called Ferrero. Horse meat isn't illegal here in the UK but it is impossible to buy. Every time I go back to Germany I try and make sure that I get at least once my belly full of horse meat. My son is British and he loves it.

[@m_lies]

yes, it's from the Italian company Ferrero, but the products with the name kinder were mostly produced in Germany, which was the first marked outside of Italia, and it became fast the biggest marked for a long time, which is why the variety is very very big and has a cult status in Germany in comparison to most countys. and you won't find any horse meat in Germany in 95% of places, because it is extremely controversial...

[@claudiabock9365]

Born and grown up in Kaiserslautern, you mentioned that horse butcher and I instantly knew who it was. Went with my grandparents every saturday to the market and each time got a "Frikadelle". Miss it.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

I love horse meat! :-) The sausages are great, but even greater is the "Sauerbraten" made from horse! :-) Do you know what's epic? Spare-Ribs from a horse! Just imagine how long/tall they are! :)

[@jezzeantras8066]

I grew up in Portland (Oregon) and TIL after decades of life that most Americans haven't tasted black currant. I have family all over the US and it never ceases to amaze me how different life is in the other states.

[@karinbirkenbihl2053]

As the Us is such a big and geographically diverse country that seems to be quite normal.

[@RealBasle]

I live in Switzerland and Horsemeat is very common here. I tried Horsemeat for Barbecue and it tasted like normal Beef.

[@mariabs81]

Gestern noch beritten, heute schon mit Fritten.

[@evil_apple_of_doom6409]

I eat my Horse Sausage every Wednesday on the Market.😋

[@sulfosalt3451]

Should you visit Vienna, be sure to try Pferdeleberkäse. Usually consumed in a bread roll (Semmel). I'm not a fan of Leberkäse and haven't eaten any for a long time. But when I did, I enjoyed the horse variety more than the others. It's distinctly more aromatic. I was surprised that you didn't mention Mett. I was under the impression that for some reason (superstition?) raw pork is a taboo in the states.

[@aasphaltmueller5178]

second for the Pferdeleberkäs; many Austrians like it, but it is teh only orse meat they wil ever see. In the old days in Austria, Horsemeat was considered for the poor.

[@HuSanNiang]

Sure we all love our Pferdeleberkässemmel -- now lets them try to pronounce that word.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

Leberkäse mit süßem Senf in Brötchen, beste.

[@susanne022]

Mirabell plums are common in hedges and on the fields. You will find them overall, every one can pick them

[@amrimi8371]

Kinder Joy was created especially for the american market. In Lüneburg the horse butcher is situated right next to a very popular playground 🙈. The butcher was there first. I always thought this was a very strange choice of location for a playground.

[@Robin93k]

Kids: Can we have a Play Station. Parents: We have Pony Slaystation at playground, what more do you want?!

[@KilledKenny01]

Most areas in Germany don’t serve Horse anymore. But it’s not impossible to find if you really want to. In the region you live there seems to be Horse is still available.

[@th60of]

Are you sure about Mirabellen? I think only "Mirabelle de Lorraine" is a protected name.

[@PassportTwo]

100% 😅

[@dansattah]

Possible. What do you call the yellow plums? The German part of my family is from the Baltic Coast and when we see tons of these plums in Poland, we call them "Eipflaumen" (egg plums).

[@th60of]

@@PassportTwo I looked up the relevant EU regulation No 1107/96 (yeah, I got time today ;)): "Mirabelles de Lorraine" is a protected geographical indication (PGI); without the de Lorraine bit, German Mirabellen are still Mirabellen (and really all over the place).

[@alphonsbretagne8468]

was listening to your video while doing some cleaning, than suddenly took a pause thinking "what the heck is he talking about? False Limo?" Only to realize, that it's Pfalz Limo 🤣

[@Leo-uu8du]

The mirabelle plums are called Ringlotten in Austria and the wild version is called Khriacherlan, so we just don't have to care about the name Mirabelle. They grow all around Austria and we are famous for the jam we produce out of them. Now for the currants: They are calles Ribisel in Austria and Johannisbeeren in Germany. We produce a special wine out of them, namely Ribiselwein.

[@ThomasRenneis]

Mirabellen und Reine-claude sind hier zwei komplett unterschiedliche Sachen . Schon alleine vom Geschmack und der Größe her.

[@mjbrommelberry8108]

@@ThomasRenneis Da muss ich zustimmen. Reineclaudes/Renekloden sind auch eher grüngelb.

[@patrickkeller2193]

A little mixup with the plums: the two photos you showed were regular purple and yellow plums, which are significantly larger and round. "Zwetschgen" are not that kind of plumes, but rather fresh prunes (smaller, oval and blue). And Mirabelles are also smaller and a mix of red and yellow.

[@ArtaghVril]

As a German it's very surprising to see the US don't have those fruits 😱🤭 Yeah, of course I already tried horse but as you said it's only sold by special horse butchers. So it's a very regional thing. e.g. in my region I don't know a horse butcher at all, we are more in venison 🐗🤤

[@derkerlmann67]

Ja, Wildbret ist sooo gut, wahrscheinlich besser als Pferd, aber es kommt darauf an, welches Tier, Reh und Wildschwein sind sicher besser, aber Hase ist meh, sowie Steinbock

[@ralfchristophersen6521]

Mirabelle are widely spread all over Denmark/Dänemark. It is one of the first bushes/trees that become foliated in spring and blossoms as one of the first too. Horsemeet was common in My childhood and tastes quite good. A little sweet. Very Lean meget, almost No fat. It is, at this day and age, hard to come by.

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

hahaha i remember that current thing they are called schwarze johannesbeeren in german when i was a kid nobody realy nobody cared about those things they could rot away and nobody cared but than some body marketed them as cassis .... and than they where cooooool for softdrinks and ice tea flavours and all that

[@PassportTwo]

That's hilarious! 😂 It's all about marketing 😅

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

@@PassportTwo itwas a bit of you know your grannys garden berrys not cooool to eat for a kid and nobody sold them i dont remember any product with johannesbeere or current in it but when i was about 13 or 14 years old a kids drink with COOL CASSIS came out some ice tea stuff its kind of funny if you call something by its german name it usually is not a cool good selling item give it a frensh or english or just english sounding name and its a bestseller ( handy for example for cell phones sounds english has to be important and new and good) and by the way i am so happy that i am a horse eating pagan horse is realy tasty

[@Mr.Knallfrosch]

Hm🤔 I've known and eaten them since I was a little child. We always had bushes of red, white, and black currants in the home garden, and we still have. The black variety is my favorite though.

[@asaris_]

We used to have huge bushes of black, red, and white ones in the garden. But no one in the family liked them. They always made a huge mess, so we got rid of them. (Together with the rhubarb patch. I still have to laugh so hard when my mother tried to kill the rhubarb by dropping garden waste on top of it but it just grew better than ever before. So she dumped more green waste on it. And the next year we had even more. Until I happened to watch a gardening show in which they explained how to best grow rhubarb... by burying it under garden waste... 🤣)

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

@@Mr.Knallfrosch mine too they make great jelly and great frech friuts for the summer ;9 and great liquor as well hahaha

[@BERNDWERK]

I live in germany near Koblenz, we have a mirabelle-tree in our garden and I have NEVER heard of that mirabelles need to be from lorrain!

[@samfetter2968]

Horse meat is just fine. Never had reason to complain about it 🤷‍♂️

[@PassportTwo]

Haven’t given it a try yet! Maybe one day 😅

[@samfetter2968]

@@PassportTwo Well...there is at least no reason to be afraid of it. As a roast or steak it pretty much tastes like a combination of deer and cow. It isn't particular good, but not particular bad either. But as you said...it isn't that prevalent in german cooking anyway. The only reason I ever got to eat it was when one of my familys horses died it was one so beloved by my father that he couldn't bear the thought someone else eating his horse...so he made the butcher sell all of it to us. Lasted us years. It was a big horse after all 🤷‍♂️

[@tasania5541]

the horse meat one caught my dad of guard hes from ky and he braved it, said it tasted like a cross between goulash and boar

[@daseteam]

Interesting, thank you. Could you do one about the additives that are forbidden in the EU?

[@PassportTwo]

Maybe! I'll look into it 😊 Thanks for the suggestion

[@atconnys8786]

@@PassportTwo Hi, actually there is an interesting vid on youtube "Foods that are banned in Europe, but not in the US". Actually, maybe you could even do a reaction video to that, would be nice. Don`t worry, it starts out harmless... Horse sausages (Bockwürste im Glas) and burgers as well as other sausages (fresh but packaged) are avaiable in our local Edeka. Meat, I haven`t seen there. It`s a matter of taste :) Pure meat is a bit dry like deer, should be larded with bacon. Neither sommer nor winter. I say you don`t loss weight by watching sports LOL PS: Didn`t know about schwarze Johannesbeeren, many make Schnaps out of them. Tastes really good! Keep up the nice work, Greatings from Vogtland

[@V100-e5q]

@@PassportTwo Perhaps you can do in collaboration with "Our story to tell". I think Rissa is into food professionally.

[@chucku00]

For Americans who want to taste blackcurrant, a good way to do so is to find blackcurrant syrup or "Crème de Cassis", a blackcurrant alcoholic (30° proof) liquor that is used to make Kir cocktail with white wine, or Kir Royal with champagne. You can also find blackcurrant jelly.

[@andreaseufinger4422]

I have never eat horse-meat knowingly. But some years ago, there was a scandal in germany, because lasagne in a supermarket had been declared as beef and actually was horse. It was totally ok to eat, but nevertheless a scandal.

[@seleyav.7101]

I've eaten horse meat quite often. Of course it tastes different than other meats, but it is delicious. You could start with a horse sausage, easy to warm up and not expensive. If you like the taste you can try the "real" meat.

[@AmericasGotGermans]

Even though I am German, I believe that I have never eaten a horse 🤔 It is definitely not popular and I did not even know that you can find it 🤔 Thanks for clarifying that not all Germans eat horses 😅😁

[@Llortnerof]

It's more like with cow tongue and liver, people don't eat them much anymore. Much to my disappointment, as i like a well done liver quite a bit.

[@AmericasGotGermans]

@@Llortnerof I am not to much into liver either. But everyone has a different taste 😊

[@McGhinch]

@@Llortnerof Don't try horse liver...unless you like to have the feeling of eating it right in the stable. The scent of horse liver in your mouth is something else...

[@tom.shanghai]

vergesse nicht den Pferdefleisch Skandal haha. Sei dir nicht so sicher, dass du noch keins gegessen hast :l

[@jetteramsey9292]

When I were a kid,we had a lot of bushes of black currant,grew up in Denmark!

[@Dezwischegebabbelt]

I never ate horse meat, it´s not very common in Germany.

[@PassportTwo]

Definitely a decreasing trend!

[@gottfriedneuner3721]

I have seen it in some speciality shops, but I never ate it. And I think there is a bit of a taboo about it. Never talked to anyone who didn't have a problem with it. Might be generational though.

[@gottfriedneuner3721]

Sauerbraten actually started as a way to make horse meat palatable, still never seen one made from horse on menus anywhere

[@Dezwischegebabbelt]

@@gottfriedneuner3721 definitely, somehow it feels like eating a pet. 🥴

[@dominikmanthei4546]

@@gottfriedneuner3721 interesting because I have never eaten horse meat myself, But when talking about it noone seemed to have a problem with it no matter if they had tried it or not.

[@ArlosPA]

Yes I have eaten horse sausages. We have a fair once a year which back when in the old times also doubled as a horse market. Now there is still a small horse market and right next to the horse market is a stall that sells horse sausages.

[@else8]

We had our own mirabell tree. And it is a different plum than on your picture. It is totally round and little and in the best type spreckled with little red points and doesn't smell like Zwetschge or plums. The marmelade made with a little Mirabellenwasser is a delight

[@cyberpunda.productions]

I like the Winter olympics because i am Faszinated by the Ice Skaters. They look so elegant and like from a different sphere

[@Eurograph]

Yes, I have eaten horse. Not very often and the last time is more than a year ago, because it is very difficult to find, but the taste is good. Also you will find sometimes flesh from Pigeons, Wild Boar, Stag, Roe Deer, Pheasant, Partridge, Quail, Frogs (more in France), Snails (more in France), Goose, Sheep, Goat, Duck and some more. A good supermarket where you find sometimes such delicate foods is Globus.

[@SternenLegion]

yeah my grandfathers neighbor had horses and from time to time he butchered one or two and made sausages out of them. i actually really like grilled horse sausages

[@Bursykovski]

In the northern parts of the Ruhrgebiet around the city Recklinghausen you can find all sorts of horsemeatproducts in supermarkets. It tastes quite good, but i dont eat it more than a few times a year.

[@robfriedrich2822]

I never ate sauerbraten with horse meet, I know it with beef. I treat the beef with buttermilk for about 2 days, it won't become too sour. I get rid the milk, I roast and cook it and add creme fraiche to the sauce

[@terayaxd9660]

As far as I know only „Mirabelle de lorraine“ is a protected designation of origin. Mirabellen can be produced everywhere and are still called Mirabellen, just not „Mirabelle de lorraine“

[@Herzschreiber]

I only ate horse meat once. I was about 17 or 18 years old, when a friend invited me to have dinner. And there they were: Fole steaks with some garlic and a delicious sauce.

[@LythaWausW]

The way you guys filmed the scene with Aubrey giving an unexpected product placement-type ad was very Truman Show of you.

[@schlawa]

Horse sausages taste quite well. It's something than can be bought on local week markets, nothing that you see regularly in Supermarkets. Btw. Dog-meat was legal to be sold until 1986 in Germany. The consumption is still legal.

[@JustShiiro]

yea we have some horse meat at home now and then but it's more of an occasional thing here in germany because you can't buy that stuff at every corner and it's pretty expensive. We usually only have horse meat at home when the butcher on the "Wochenmarkt" (A market that's on weekends in my hometown) sells it, which is pretty rare.

[@Flugkaninchen]

Your Pfalz Limo commercial is comedy gold. 😂

[@markusoberndorfer4634]

In Germany we have a great Rock Band called "Fury in the Slaughterhouse". This relates to the tv-series and some novels about a black stallion called "Fury" that was famous in the mid-fifties.

[@c.k.4770]

The horsemeat discussion made me want you to try "Blutwurst". It's a sausage made with lots of conjealed pig blood, fat and spices. We usually cook them for a while on the stove and serve them with potatoes. It's delicious. Greetings from Austria!

[@PoldLp]

We have a Mirabell Plum tree in the Garden

[@TheMissileHappy]

The plastic eggs inside the Kinder Surprise eggs used to be soooo much cooler. As kids we used them as crafting materials, but then they changed them, so you couldn't stack them on top of each other anymore :( and they became pretty useless.