5 Uniquely German Things Americans Have NEVER Seen!

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There is a lot of German culture imported into the US and American culture imported into Germany, but some things just don't make the trip across the pond that could cause a little bit of culture shock. From German food that Americans have never heard of to the way some holidays are celebrated differently, there are just some differences between Germany and America that we couldn't have expected. In this Germany vs. USA video, we wanted to share 5 common German things you won't find in America! 😊
0:00 - Start
1:23 - Intro
2:03 - Chalk Blessings
4:54 - Die Ordnungsbehörde
7:39 - Audience Appreciation
8:20 - Almighty Quark
9:48 - Wurst Vending Machines
11:40 - Stairway to Heaven...uh...The Chimney
13:52 - Appreciating Differences
14:27 - Bloopers
Filmed: Kaiserslautern / Ramstein, Germany - January 2021
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@PassportTwo 3 года назад

We learn so many other funny small differences from you guys so we want to hear more! What do you know about?? 😃 We may have covered some of them in our other “differences” videos, so be sure to check some of them out on our channel as well 😊

@RAF-KEBBACHE98 3 года назад

Great content Donnie & Aubrey! Keep going

@schrm 3 года назад

as an austrian, i have learned some new aspects about the sternsinger, too!

@dererstespieleramtisch4504 3 года назад

Maybe you’re interested in the fields in the countryside, where you can pick flowers yourself and you have to pay for it yourself. that’s associated with a lot of trust. I have seen so far only in Germany

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Covered those in this video 😊 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qN3PvV4xDjA.html

@Rick2010100 3 года назад

The Ordnungsamt has a lot of jobs, if you visit the homegape of your town or city, you see there listet wich responsibilities they have there. If a shop owner eg want´s to use public space in front of his shop, he has to ask the Ordnungsamt and they decide how much space is OK, so that the pedestrians did not have to walk a slalom. The uniformed field workers of the Ordnunsgamt manage minor misbehavior (dog problems, parking, pollution, missuse of public spaces, security concepts for public events, etc.)

@VOLTAIRE_DORTMUND 3 года назад

Typical in Germany: In Germany every child gets a free slice of sausage (mostly „Lyoner“ or „Fleischwurst“) when shopping at the butcher. It doesn't matter whether it's a normal butcher or a butcher at Edeka or Rewe.

@s.b.907 3 года назад

Same in the Netherlands. Lovend it as a child. ☺️

@Xnhl 3 года назад

You know you're getting older when that stops 😔

@AP-RSI 3 года назад

Leider nicht mehr so oft. Oder ich bekomme dies zumindest nicht mehr oft mit...

@blankseventydrei 3 года назад

I told my kid to enjoy it while it lasts... But at our Hieber(Edeka) they give them out... Lyoner is his favorite.

@Xnhl 3 года назад

@@blankseventydrei Yeah for some reason. Kids tastes...I already loved salami 🤣

@robertzander9723 3 года назад

Germany has also the most unique secret service, old ladies watching out of their windows, take note of everything you are about to do and yelling at you if it's wrong 🤪😂 Especially with recycling your stuff.😉

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Hahaha, so true 😂

@robertzander9723 3 года назад

@@PassportTwo it's the real Ordungsamt and much cheaper for the community.☺️

@HalfEye79 3 года назад

There is a saying: "Gott sieht alles. Die Nachbarn sehen mehr." ("God sees it all. The neighbors see more.")

@janpracht6662 3 года назад

@@PassportTwo More than 20 years in Hildesheim we had a neighbour like this (do you still you remember the US TV-comedy "ALF" and the curious neighbour Rachel Ochmanek? Then you can imagine what I mean). She asked other people's visitors what they want here, she was hiding in the dark until the neighbours came home and whenever you left the house she opened her door and came out, too... But the ONE time when Romanian burglars came and tried to open the window (luckily they failed!), she was not at here post...

@robertzander9723 3 года назад

@@janpracht6662 my parents had an couple like that on the ground floor at their apartment house.

@aubreylucinaking 3 года назад

I'm an American happily living in Stuttgart, Germany. I moved here 2 years ago. I'm actually kind of obsessed with quark! Nobody in America knows what I'm talking about when I am raving about it on facebook 🤣 I first discovered it when I tried Quarkbällchen! They might look like donut holes but they are nothing like donut holes. They are heavenly! Everytime I go to the supermarket I get them from the bakery. I also love quark on baked potatoes, for breakfast with fruit added or as a dessert. I'll have to try making what you mentioned, the dip. Looks delicious!

@bluray4687 2 года назад

I graduated high school in Ludwigsburg. Lived in Goeppingen.

@dreamn8 3 года назад

The vending machines have less to do with the opening times of the supermarkets and are mostly stocked by local farmers to sell their products outside of the farm shops. Therefore, they are usually found in smaller communities and not in large cities.

@petereggers7603 3 года назад

Mal auf deutsch: Kommt ein Frosch in einen Milchladen. Was bestellt er...? Quaaaaaaak 😂😂😂

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Wir lieben Kommentare auf Deutsch 😊 Diesen Witz haben wir noch nie gehört 😂😂

@petereggers7603 3 года назад

@@PassportTwo To be honest... it's a joke told by my father back in the 70s. Nowadays you have to explain what the hell is a dairy shop (or as they were called back than "Butter-Eier-Käse-Geschäft") because this type of shops became very rare.

@yt-viewerfromger320 3 года назад

@@PassportTwo In den Bloopers hatte Abrey ja das Wort 'Quark' geübt und es auch einige Male völlig korrekt gesagt, ist dann aber abgedriftet in etwas das sich eher wie 'Quaaak' anhörte! Das ist aber wohl fast zwangsläufig, kann einem Deutschen auch leicht passieren, wenn man das Wort 'Quark' zu oft nacheinander ausspricht.. Kann einem mit anderen deutschen Wörtern auch schnell mal passieren! - Fällt mir jetzt (natürlich wieder) kein passendes Beispiel dafür ein.. Hier bei uns in NRW kennen wir auch "Pellkartoffeln mit Quark", wobei der Quark natürlich nicht 'pur' zu den Pellkartoffeln gegessen wird, sondern mit Kräutern nach Vorlieben. Ich mache ihn zB. so: ⊙ je 250g Magerquark und vollfetten Quark (40% Fett) ⊙ 1 mittlere oder 2 kleine Zwiebeln (kleingehackt) ⊙ 1 Bund (oder Topf) Schnittlauch, alternativ 1 Topf Gartenkresse ⊙ Peffer und Salz nach Geschmack (Pellkartoffeln sind ungesalzen) ⊙ einige Eßlöffel voll gutes Pflanzenöl, vorzugsweise kaltgepresstes Rapsöl 》alles gut durchmengen, bei Bedarf noch etwas Frischmilch zugeben, falls der gemischte Quark zu fest ist; im Falle der Kresse diese erst zum Schluß unterheben, da (selbst die frisch geschnittene) Kresse aus dem Topf durch Umrühren schnell unansehnlich wird... im Falle des Schnittlauches kann man zur Not auch ein kleines Tütchen gefrorenen Schnittlauch nehmen (gibt's bei Aldi/Lidl etc.) Mit kleine/mittlere Zwiebel meine ich übrigens normale/weiße Zwiebeln mit ca. 3/5 cm Durchmesser. Diese großen 'Gemüsezwiebeln' die in den USA wohl bevorzugt werden (WO habe ich das nur wieder gehört..?) sind mir in der Handhabung zu umständlich und sind wohl auch nicht so scharf. Meiner Meinung nach sollten Zwiebeln ruhig etwas Schärfe in den Quark reinbringen. Deswegen übrigens mit dem Pfeffer nicht übertreiben, wahlweise weißen oder schwarzen Pfeffer, auch gemischt nehmen. Statt der weißen können natürlich auch rote Zwiebeln oder Schalotten genommen werden.. Und nun noch an alle Nachmacher: guten Appetit!

@heha6984 3 года назад

@@PassportTwo Kein richtiger Witz, aber ganz lustig: Please pronounce "Magerquark" ---> Maagaaquaaak :) LG!

@hartmutbohn 3 года назад

Froschschenkel sind auch eine Art von Qua(r)kspeise!

@Campino170 3 года назад

In Germany the chimney sweeper has to come to control and clean a gas heating system once a year. He controls, if the exhaust gas values are okay and if there is any danger of an incorrect combustion process. Also cleaning the chimney helps for a more efficient combustion process due to less exhaust back pressure.

@tinoj9661 3 года назад

and its a safety concern. many a house fire is caused by sut built up in the chimneys that blows up. newer gas heaters only need an inspection every three to four years. wood heated systems every year.

@martinweichsel5278 3 года назад

Das ist nicht ganz richtig. normalerweise kommt der Schornsteinfeger nur einmal im Jahr aber rein rechtlich muss er nur einmal alle 5 und zweimal alle 7 Jahre kommen. ew

@martialme84 3 года назад

Also cleaning the chimney reduces the risk of the built up soot finally catching fucking fire and damaging the house. Fire fighter here.

@JakobFischer60 3 года назад

I was a Sternsinger at the age of 16, 40 years ago, and we got some liquor at every house we visited. So after some houses, we just started to laugh when we got offered an other shot and had problems to sing our songs. But when we got home to our parish priest, we were told to sit down in his office. Then the housekeeper went in and asked. "Boys, you want some Gluehwein?" We bursted out in laughter.

@paavobergmann4920 3 года назад

Haha....I grew up in a protestant region, and the same happened to me when, as was customs there, the "trombone choir" made its round through the villge at Christmas Eve to play carols at various street corners. Religious differences must not keep you away from the boozze, right? XD XD.....I was pretty giggly when i got back home for dinner.... Even better: It was so cold, that the valves in the instruments would get stuck, so our conductor poured a little pear schnaps down each instrument as anti-freeze.....I forgot to clean mine....2 weeks later I opened the case in the public music school´s orchestra rehearsal.....people around me looked genuinely worried. The cloud of stale booze was literally eye-watering, and I was like what, 15? XD XD XD

@Katharina-rp7iq 3 года назад

That happened to me, too, when I was 16 and forced to accompany the little ones (the youth choir was 'asked' for the groups of very young kids because you can't send parents along!). I'm 30 now. Btw did you have the song and text for the doors written on the back of the star back then, too? Cause I remember going around and then reading off the star at the start every time when I was a kid.

@1982limerick 3 года назад

😂 Genial. 😬

@jkue7016 2 года назад

I was also a carol-singer for thirteen years, but we got more cocoa and candy ... may also be because I started when I was three and stopped when I was sixteen 😇 But your Story sounds really great 👍

@HanjovW Год назад

In our region, the Sternsinger get a lot of sweets. At least one person of the goup is completely busy with carrying all of the sweets in several sacks.

@Dahrenhorst 3 года назад

I've never seen a sausage vending machine, and I lived in Germany all of my life. The number of 570,000 is not sausage vending machines, but all vending machines in Germany including bus/train tickets, beverages, cigarettes or condoms. Sausage vending machines may be a few hundred or probably one or two thousand. What is coming up more and more recently is milk vending machines, mostly in one corner of a farmer's homestead, together with a box full of eggs or potatoes. But again, here we are talking about maybe a few hundred of such vending machines across Germany.

@jagadeep75 3 года назад

I come across many parts of Germany and there are quite many of these sausage vending machines. Mostly in rural areas though. They also vend fresh milk, eggs and other foods. You can find them at entrance of farms

@Dahrenhorst 3 года назад

@@jagadeep75 As I wrote, there are some, maybe a couple thousand at max. I live in a rural area and we have several farm shops here, but none of them have a vending machine (or box) which offers sausages. There are definitely not more than half a million sausage vending machines in Germany.

@martinohnenamen6147 3 года назад

@@Dahrenhorst More and more butchers have vending machines for their off hours. I know of at least two in our town.

@Dahrenhorst 3 года назад

@@martinohnenamen6147 There isn't even a butcher in my town anymore, only supermarkets now ... So you think that there are tens or even hundreds of thousands of sausage vending machines in Germany? I personally haven't seen one sausage vending machine yet.

@patrickkern6643 3 года назад

@@Dahrenhorst I also live in Germany and I think there´s maybe a few thousands but definetily not more...

@MrOpacor 3 года назад

"Sternsinger" are only catholic, but they come to every house that will except the blessing, regardless of the denomination or even religion.

@magmalin 3 года назад

Never had any of those Sternsingers come to my place in a large Bavarian city. Of course I know of the custom, but I suppose it is mainly practised in country regions not in the cities, where people thankfully don't care much about religion.

@helmutliebelt1328 3 года назад

@@magmalin it depends on the local church. In the northern part of my town they come, in the southern they dont, since that community isnt very active

@thiesschroder5587 3 года назад

@@magmalin Thankfully? I doubt that Sternsinger, which mostly raises money for humanitarian causes, is such a bad thing. Or is it? Religion is not something bad or something opposed to any kind of progress you know.

@Peri2C 3 года назад

We are given the blessed chalk at my large Catholic parish in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas. It's definitely a Catholic practice and not simply a German practice.

@Mi-qg4dm 3 года назад

Da wir hier ja anscheinend alle aus Deutschland komme, schreibe ich einfach mal auf deutsch... Die Sternsingeraktion wird je nach Pfarrei anders geregelt. Davon abhängig, wie viele Kinder zum Beispiel teilnehmen wollen (manchmal müssen die Erstkommunionkinder laufen, oft ist es aber freiwillig), können nicht alle Häuser besucht werden. Bei uns muss man sich inzwischen auch anmelden, wenn man auf jeden Fall besucht werden möchte, weil der Haushalt sonst nicht unbedingt besucht werden kann. Jede Gruppe bekommt dann einen Bezirk mit Adressen der katholischen/ angemeldeten Haushalte mit. Oft laufen sie in ihrem eigenen Bezirk und besuchen dann auch Haushalte bei denen sie wissen, dass die BewohnerInnen sich über den Besuch freuen würden. So läuft es jedenfalls bei uns aber wie oben geschrieben, macht das jede Pfarrei sehr unterschiedlich (bei uns der Stadtpfarrei variieren sogar die Lieder von Gemeinde zu Gemeinde).

@tanjahopfl8734 3 года назад

A German here: I like to have Kräuterquark (Quark with herbs) together with cooked/baked potatoes. Or, mix Quark with honey and walnuts. It's an healthier alternative to Greek yoghurt wiht honey and walnuts.

@schrm 3 года назад

kein auflauf?

@tanjahopfl8734 3 года назад

@@schrm Quark im Auflauf? Nö!

@moranjackson7662 3 года назад

We always had kräuter quark, with potatoes and Matjes.

@KitsuneHB 3 года назад

Potatoes with quark with herbs (selfmade) and linseed oil! :) More common in East Germany but I, a "Wessi", adapted it.

@nesaroth 2 года назад

no it´s not, yogurt has just 3,5% of fat and quark has 20% it´s definetely not healthier as any yogurt

@valentinmoeller 3 года назад

I love the style of editing. Must take a lot of time. I appreciate it!

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Thanks so much for that! Each video takes minimum, about 24-30 hours of just editing time 😅 It means a lot to hear that because of that fact😊

@Ashley-jp4nn 3 года назад

@@PassportTwo thanks for putting in the effort 🥰

@elianenfahne9845 3 года назад

I actually find the face zooms unnecessary and overly dramatic. But I don't know if there are more people that think so too🙈

@connyklein5447 3 года назад

Grab a large bowl, put in half Quark, half whipped cream and mix until its smooth. Then put sliced fruits in the mixture (I prefer strawberrys), add sugar or honey as you like and a little bit of vanilla extract. Let it cool in the fridge. It's called "Quarkspeise mit Früchten" and it is a very good and simple dessert.

@gerritschmidt-foss8034 3 года назад

Talking about the "Ordnungsbehörde" (or the "Ordnungsamt")... That's what people mean when they say "defund the police". Why would you send an armed policeman to a bunch of kids having a party, when you could send unarmed people from the Ordnungsamt to tell them to behave more quietly.

@arnodobler1096 3 года назад

well said

@swanpride 3 года назад

Or to write up someone who is parking in the wrong place, or to talk to someone, when some neighbor has something to complain about.....

@Alcanan 3 года назад

We call them bi-law officers here in Canada. Noise violations, parking, etc.

@elnino0841 3 года назад

Exactly!

@brittakriep2938 3 года назад

Not all members of Ordnungsämter are unarmed! In some towns the Ordnungsamt is called ,Polizeibehörde' and the personal is armed. Also in Stuttgart there are two branches : the ordinary Ordnungsamt ,whose personal for example controll parking lots, and the armed branch ,Feldpolizei'. This name is misleading, it is not military police, it means field guards ( Feldschütz, Feldhüter etc.). Those Ordnungsamt officials are the descendents of former nightwatchmen, towncriers ( Büttel) and field guards. I understand the fact, that some Ordnungsamt personal is armed, because more and more people have lost respect and and honour and attack firemen, medics, doctors in hospitals etc., and there are in my eyes much to much persons, who allways have an excuse for such violent behaviour.

@claudiabetia5515 3 года назад

Best cheesecake is made with quark. Much lighter than cream cheese and I love the slight tangy undertone. Otherwise on bread with jam. I always use it to make Tsatsiki (Greek dip with cucumber, dill and garlic). Or on jacket potatoes with chives.

@Opal-Joerg 3 года назад

A tipp, how to speak the word Quark: "Qu"estion in the d"ark"

@xNINJUTSZUx 3 года назад

Versuch es mal mit Topfen

@Nikioko 3 года назад

But "dark" with a British, not an American R.

@ladyalexandra2980 3 года назад

Quark is not only food. It also is used in traditional "Home healing", like for sprained ankles or so. It is called " Quarkwickel" or here in Austria "Topfenwickel". Spread some quark on a piece of cloth and wrap it around the part of the body, that got hurt. Put plastic foil over it, to hold it all on place. Leave on over the night. - it soothes inflamation and helps to heal.

@tanjahoffmann5855 3 года назад

@@xNINJUTSZUx die sind in Deutschland, da sagt kein Mensch Topofen zu Quark

@xNINJUTSZUx 3 года назад

@@tanjahoffmann5855 schicken wir den Strache rüber, dann lernen die es schon.

@alanbarr9327 3 года назад

One of my favorite dishes: Quark with fresh wild berries! ( Raspberry, strawberry,etc!)

@Lovely_Kawaii 3 года назад

Hey guys, i am from the northern Germany and we also have eggs vending machines and milk vending machines. It is a possibility for the local Landwirts =) to sell their products directly to us cusmoters. Keep up the fun channel !

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

We do have a milk vending machine but not an egg! That seems to be the last vending machine missing in our area 😃

@petereggers7603 3 года назад

Yep, also seen in the rural area between Köln and Bonn (the Vorgebirge)... eggs & potatoes 😊

@gluteusmaximus1657 3 года назад

It is a way for small farmers to have some income. If i remember correctly, they may keep all the money from "on the site sales" without paying taxes on this income.

@calise8783 3 года назад

I live in the south and have and two dairy product machines in my tiny village. One sells just eggs and milk. The other milk, eggs, potatoes, cream, cheese and more. We also have a vending machine from a local butcher and sells great grill items all summer long. Our grocery stores stay open (pre Covid curfew) until 9 and 10 pm. We still love the locally produced items from the vending machines.

@petereggers7603 3 года назад

@@calise8783 Not related to Germany, but once I learned in a TV documentary, that in southern spain butchers installed cooled vending machines to sell products during the 4 hour siesta... 😉😁

@sinjaja5836 3 года назад

Pellkartoffeln mit Quark are so yummie! But I Wonder whether the Ordnungsamt has not committed a Ordnungswidrigkeit when driving Off Road 😂

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Haha, they were driving up the walking paths and people were having to step off into that mud for them and then finally they moved themselves for once and it didn’t work out 😅😂

@dorderre 3 года назад

Funny tho that potatoes with quark and onions is one of the very few dishes I absolutely can't have. Probably bcs I only ever had these in school cafeterias and you really learn to hate certain dishes when school food is your only reference :D Maybe I should ask my parents to make it for me once I'm able to visit them again with the current situation and all. I managed to love spinach after all, so potatoes with quark should work, too ...

@nightstorm5914 3 года назад

yeah, taste great and is not so expensive; but i like more with salted potatoes; and then with a bit linseed oil for extra taste

@webidu 3 года назад

I‘m not 100% sure, but isn‘t the Ordnungsamt only for static traffic and not for moving traffic? On the other hand the border between is not exactly clear in this Special case. 🤔

@michaelgorman2662 3 года назад

I thought that quark was just a Nother name for sour cream! I love to have quark with potato chips! 😋

@NikolausUndRupprecht 3 года назад

The Ordnungsamt hast virtually all the legal authority the police has. The significant difference between them and the police is that they don't carry weapons. Hence, they will rarely use force themselves but call the police for assistance. However, in Germany the power to arrest people is not restricted to the police. The legal basis for arrests is so broad and universal that in principle anyone can arrest someone who has been caught red handed. The so-called Jedermanfestnahme. A supermarket detective would, for instance, arrest a thief if that person is caught in the act. Naturally, you cannot hold people indefinitely. Hence a supermarket detective would call the police immediately, so that they can take over. The Ordnungsamt does similar things, but in a different context. When there are disoriented persons that refuse medical treatment, the Ordnungsamt will sometimes accompany paramedics when they need to treat people that are a danger to themselves.

@JensFrank 3 года назад

At least here in Frankfurt even "Ordnungsamt" officers are carrying guns.

@maryreynolds8568 3 года назад

We have the ability to make a citizen's arrest, which is the same thing.

@foty8679 3 года назад

@@JensFrank Die beschützen uns nur vor den wilden Offenbachern

@TigruArdavi 2 года назад

@@JensFrank In Frankfurt the Ordnungsamt's executive force is called "Stadtpolizei" literally "city police" and they are deputy police officers according to the Hessian law, in Germany all policing is a matter of the states, with a few exeptions on federal level like train traffic security and other things which is a matter of the federal police "Bundespolizei". Thus the Stadtpolizei does indeed have all the rights the state police has (within their area of responsibility), also to arrest, and they are trained with weapons and allowed to use them.

@TigruArdavi 2 года назад

@SchnuffelWuffel Depends on the state and also the municipality, in Frankfurt they are indeed deputy police officers by Hessian law, carry guns and are basically allowed everything a state police officer is. Also no one hates them, except a few idiots like left- or rightwing extremists, Reichsbürger, Querdenker and all the rest of the vermin who are a threat to our democracy. Yes there are assholes everywhere, so naturally also among police and Ordnungsamt, but they make a good and not so easy job by and large and the public can be and is glad to live in a well organised country with the right of law and a proper enforcement of it. Anyone who claims to generally hate the police or other authorities I consider an enemy of the state and our law, liberties and democracy, because they are.

@TotallyNotAFox 2 года назад

Where I live we have 1 mandatory visit of the chimney sweeper at the end of the year - they control the gas burner, look for gas leaks (natural gas, CO2 and such), write down the emissions the system causes and take a look at the chimney if it requires sweeping. They are more like mechanics/engineers nowadays than simple chimney cleaners

@HD-ty8ng 3 года назад

In northern Germany you will find the blessings as well. But mainly in Catholic areas like the Emsland.

@bastiaan4129 3 года назад

I have photographs of several of these writings i took over the past few years, and noone could ever tell me what they meant. I'm glad i know now, although it's a lot more boring than i thought.

@janpracht6662 3 года назад

In Lower Saxony and in Hamburg never in my I life saw Sternsingers anywhere. I thought that is a tradition only in Southern Germany?

@jensschroder8214 3 года назад

You can also see these signs in NRW. Often you can tell which house is Catholic.

@ebbistrangeling 3 года назад

@@janpracht6662 mostly only in catholic regions

@chrisk5651 3 года назад

I did the New Year’s blessing in chalk while a student in upstate New York although I am a native Catholic New Yorker.

@lphaetaamma291 3 года назад

The "space frogs" (german youtube channel) have made a video about the "Ordnungsamt-Mann", a funny satire about when the police gets obsolete because nobody commits heavy crimes, but the "Ordnungsamt takes its tasks too seriously

@edwardthejust4452 3 года назад

I made your exact exodus 34 years ago. I went from Tinker AFB in OKC to Ramstein Air Base, where I lived for three years. My youngest daughter was born at LRMC. My oldest at TInker. FYI You both have excellent communications skills...you really come across as genuine and informative on camera. Keep up the good work! Glad the infamous "algorithm" led me to you both.

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Hey there! Very cool to hear. I (Donnie) was born in Tinker as well 😊 Thanks so much for the kind words. It encourages us a lot!

@tirirana 3 года назад

The weirdest interaction I ever had with the local Ordnungsamt was when they wanted to check if a friend of mine, who is disabled and wheelchair-bound, was treating her dog well. When my friend was unsure whether she had to let them into her apartment the guy from the Ordnungsamt actually argued that he didn't need a warrant to enter and search other peoples homes, specifically because he wasn't a police officer. In the end we could solve the problem without legal trouble, but I still don't understand how he thought that was legal.

@ytstigto 3 года назад

I'm from Norway, we also have quark, called 'kvarg' here.

@baumgrt 3 года назад

It’s pretty common all over Europe, maybe with the exception of the southern or Mediterranean countries

@ytstigto 3 года назад

@@baumgrt In Italy they have 'stracchino' and 'squacquerone' which are pretty similar if I remember correctly

@baumgrt 3 года назад

@@ytstigto I wasn’t aware of those. From the pictures I’ve just googled, they seem a bit more cheese-like than the quark I know

@kaltesbier4846 3 года назад

For 2 weeks i buy kvarg with Peppers on it, in the Supermarket (called REAL) in Germany, tasty too.

@lindatisue733 3 года назад

Sverige också.

@cedricfranzen8558 3 года назад

Okay, trying my luck at explaining the chimney sweeping the best I can. Pretty much all German houses use central heating with a furnace these days, most of them natural gas, some are still burning heating oil. More CO2 friendly options like a heat-pump are also becoming increasingly popular, but that's a thing for another day. So in my house we have a wood burning fire place (for the nice atmosphere in the living room) as well as the normal gas furnace for the real heating of the house and hot water. The chimney for the fire place is swept once a year and every two years the chimney sweep also carries out the emissions inspection on our gas furnace, in order to check that it still complies with emission control regulations. Of course the little plastic chimney that comes out of that doesn't need to (and can't) be swept. Now as you are aware many German houses can be quite old, so they were built with these large brick chimneys for the coal fired heating places of that era. Now when oil and gas heating became a thing, the new furnaces were usually connected to the old chimneys for convenience. So while they don't need to be swept anymore these days they still need to be visually inspected as they're made out of bricks and not a continuous metal or plastic tube.

@torstenwinkel2183 3 года назад

The "chimney sweeper" has some more duties... We own some flats and have gas fired central heating (per flat) and the "chimney sweep" (Schornsteinfeger MEISTER!) is responsible for the safe working of the gas system: One time the chimney sweeper tested the gas burner. That meant he put it into full power and measured the emissions, every thing ok, then left. Because the gas burner was usually not powered up that high and tenets living there did not clean the dust of the "gas therme" it began to smell strange: They were SURE it was the smell of gas, THEY HAD A GAS LEAK! (bullshit, but hey...) Who was responsible for the safety of the gas installation: the "chimney sweep". So 10 min later he came, smelled the "not gas leak" (and measured with a probe) and left again. It was just heated dust from the unusually hot gas burner....

@lasseolscher8730 3 года назад

As a German, I have no idea how often a chimney needs to be swiped. Basically the chimney sweeper rings the door bell and then does his thing. Great video btw!

@VOLTAIRE_DORTMUND 3 года назад

Another good video! Thank you very much for your cool content.

@caseyv9500 3 года назад

Best thing with Quark is cheese cake. When I lived in the US I missed Quark, but then I actually found a store which sold it. So it is available in the US. Never heard of calling the Ordnungsamt if there is a loud party. As far as I know everybody calls the police (I would never do it though)

@wizardm 3 года назад

Zuständig für Lärmbelästigung ist tatsächlich die Ortspolizeibehörde (Ordnungsamt). Allerdings hat die Ortspolizeibehörde oft zuwenig Personal und ist auch nicht rund um die Uhr erreichbar so dass häufig die Polizei sich darum kümmert.

@Alexander_01 3 года назад

@@wizardm Bei mir im Ort arbeiten beim Ordnungsamt 1-2 Leute, sodass die für so etwas nicht zuständig sind. Allerdings fehlt es da in Deutschland an Organisation, wen man in welchem Fall in welchem Ort anruft.

@miadifferent7306 3 года назад

Häufig gibt es Regeln, dass das Ordnungsamt nur tagsüber zuständig ist und abends/nachts die Polizei. Im Hinblick auf die gesetzlichen Ruhezeiten ist es daher vermutlich deutlich häufiger der Fall, dass sich die Polizei um Ruhestörungen (also nachts) kümmert.

@SiqueScarface 3 года назад

In a certain way, the Ordnungsamt/Ordnungsbehörde is the municipal police (for instance, in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Saxony, the Ordnungsamt is called the Polizeibehörde). But other Bundesländer have separated the police and the Ordnungsbehörde into two separate entities. Basically, the Ordnungsamt does everything you can do without special police authority like arresting people or using force. And for quark: Please don't forget Quarkkeulchen and Quarkbällchen, which are (sweetened) Quark baked in a pan or in boiling oil. Quark is slightly curdled, soured milk stripped of the liquid. If you let it stand for some time, you get sour milk cheese (acid-set cheese), which are also a staple of the German diet and called Handkäse in Hassia, Harzer Käse in Northeast Germany, Graukäse or Quargel in Southeast Germany.

@vinccx 3 года назад

Sehr gut recherchiert! Good video!

@myxochi 3 года назад

Canadian here: my husband, who is not Catholic, nor German writes beside our door in chalk the year w/ crosses between each number. He always does this on Epiphany. His German heritage goes back to his great-great-great-great-grandfather. He didn’t think it was a German tradition but he only knew it was always done by his church (Anglican ~ Episcopal in the US)

@anikabrautigam2286 3 года назад

That's awsome

@DrMulm 3 года назад

our chimney is cleaned twice a year and my grandma still cooks on her oven to this day and we live in an old farm with a half-timbered house

@alexanderkupke920 3 года назад

That sounds a lot like a coal or wood fired stove. I think if you have any of those or a fireplace they have to sweep two times a year. And depending on how old the building or the roof is you still may not even have steps, they became only mandatory over time for work safety reasons. On newer buildings or roofs with windows and living spaces behind those, you may also find steps or like a platform beneath one of the windows as well. Those may by the way serve as an exit for the chimney sweep to get roof access, but they are actually like a fire evacuation path where the firefighters have a safer place to put a ladder to in case of a fire.

@DrMulm 3 года назад

@@alexanderkupke920 what

@anna9496 3 года назад

'Quark macht stark 💪... Quark aleene macht krumme Beene!' Schöne Grüße aus Berlin :)

@TFN82 3 года назад

In Finland sporty types and body builders like to eat loads of fat-free quark, as it is a good source of protein.

@everydayharpermae8790 3 года назад

We are in our 6th week and love how well you cover all the fun stuff experiences we are going through. Well done! Oh, and Chow! I think

@Boriliose1 3 года назад

It is sooooooooo mutch fun to see your Videos ty a lot ^^

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Thank you so much! 😊

@KelbenArunsun 3 года назад

As you guys reside in Rheinland Pfalz, give the following recipe a try: Boil some Pfälzer Kartoffeln in saltwater, peel them while theyre hot, take a pound (500g) of quark, season it with salt and pepper, maybe some chives or spring onions and enjoy. If you want it extrapfälzisch, take some Pfälzische Leberwurst (the grey stuff, that reeks of liver) and put that on the plate too. So in the end youll end up with Pellkartoffeln mit Quark und Leberwurst. (Hot peeled potatoes with spiced quark and liver sausage). Its one of the dishes with the most memories attached to it, cause my grandparents used to eat it a lot! Otherwise, for me, Quark has become a butter substitute, i try to eath healthier (and so i mostly buy the Magerquark), and i recently baked 1kg of Quark into a Quarkstreusselkuchen for my gfs birthday.

@froggiheart 3 года назад

Sometimes I eat Quark on a Brötchen with Nutella or simply with butter and sugar on top. My favorite snack at the bakery are Quarkbällchen. Comes close to a doughnut in texture. It’s just much richer and juicer - try them! They are amazing little sweet clouds (my area is Northrhine-Westphalia).

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Thanks so much for that recommendation! I have seen the Quarkbällchen online, but I don’t know if I’ve seen them at our favorite bakery 🤔 Will ask for it next time! 😃

@froggiheart 3 года назад

@@PassportTwo my grandma made them herself - it was heaven! I got friends in Tulsa iam going to visit ASAP btw. Can’t wait to see Oklahoma. Going to make me enjoy your videos even more!

@yekaterinahawkins-vf7lf 4 месяца назад

Love your videos.reminding me of so many things from my growing up years in Germany. Please keep going

@PassportTwo 4 месяца назад

Thank you! Will do!

@debbrown5648 3 года назад

Love the video

@WurstCase 3 года назад

"Quaak!" Ich kann nicht mehr 🤣 "Quaak!" Once more with feeling! 😆

@MagnificentGermanywithDarion 3 года назад

Very interesting subjects here. I loved them all but the sausage/meat machine blew me away lol. I have never seen that before. I will be on the lookout while I am on my next visit :). Thanks, guys.

@fiesehexe8133 3 года назад

You'll have to look hard. They aren't very common

@christiandengler6689 3 года назад

You are pretty much spot on with the parking attendant comparison!

@deniseimhof8986 3 года назад

Born and raised in Germany and I never knew what those chalk writings on doors mean 🤣 so, thanks for that!

@abraxxas2013 3 года назад

Never cared to ask?

@deniseimhof8986 3 года назад

@@abraxxas2013 It's not really common around here and walking up to a strangers house to ask seems really weird lol. I guess I could have looked it up on the internet :/

@herzschlagerhoht5637 3 года назад

When you leave us in Germany you have better and more detailed knowledge about the country than the average German! ;)

@annwyche5471 3 года назад

For the neighbors party you usually call the police, the Ordnungsamt is usually checking on some like parks, they give you a Ticket for peeing in the bush, dog pooping and you don’t pick it up.... you make cheesecake with Quark, I love it with potatoes.

@jheyerlein 3 года назад

It depends on the region though and the time. Here, for daytime action the Ordnungsamt sees first (for loud music, dogs ect not for violent family arguments) and after their opening hours the police visits. Its one of our funniest Moments in Hamburg when the 100% nordisch police officer screamed through the backyard with his mag-lite pointed at the youngsters on one balcony and said "Moin,... sech moa, tudas noooot?... Waddema, ich komma hoooooch zu oooich"

@APerfectPinnapple 3 года назад

Thanks for this lovely channel. Having moved out of Germany as a kid I often go back to visit family.... and every trip I realize just how much I missed not having spent those formative years there. It can be embarrassing as an adult to not know some basic stuff. These are great for me to study up on!

@JoelCoffeeholic 2 года назад

I am from Germany and saw it often but never researched what it meant. Now i know that its a blessing. Thx.

@Pewtah 3 года назад

I (German) have learned that the letters C*M*B are the initials of the three kings at Jesus' cradle Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar. I never heard of Christ Mansionem Benedictat, but now that makes more sense for me.

@Arsenic71 3 года назад

Same here, always heard CMB were the initials of the 3 holy kings.

@nirfz 3 года назад

The initials were just to easily remember in which order to write the letters. And over time everybody (except priests) only refered to them as the initials. (Same here in Austria)

@MrKaba1985 3 года назад

I lived about 9 years in Austria and the names are wrong it's the only thing many get in mind as they see the letters.

@seimen4348 3 года назад

Ging mir genauso. Aber lustig, dass es so doppeldeutig passt^^ Und mal ehrlich: warum nicht beides. ;)

@marenhuwald1445 Год назад

Since childhood my breakfast: 1 slice of dark bread, spread butter on it, thick portion of Magerquark and topped with strawberry jam. Missed it in the USA, just like fresh herrings.

@RocketJo86 3 года назад

I staopped to say: Your pronounciation of Spundekäs is absolutly on the spot! Great work! Our chimney sweep comes around New Year's and then whenever he is around the street. So two times up to four times a year.

@anikabrautigam2286 3 года назад

Oh, I'm a Sternsinger myself from thuringia and we were allowed to go from house to house. Actually there are Sternsinger all over the country in every state. We even visit the Bundeskanzler/in on the 6th on January (normally)

@KaiFaber 3 года назад

Wie oft ein Schornstein gereinigt werden muss hängt von der Art des Schornstein und des Brennstoffes ab. Bei einer Holz oder Kohle betrieben Feuerung muss mindestens 2x im Jahr gefegt werden. Bei einer Gasfeuerung mit Abgasrohr wird gar nicht mehr gefegt, nur kontrolliert ob das Rohr frei ist.

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Danke für die Informationen 😃

@henningbartels6245 3 года назад

At my community the sweeper only comes once a year, either he cleans the chimney at wood and cole heating or does controlling checks at the gas heating system.

@swanpride 3 года назад

@@henningbartels6245 Same here....and every few years he checks the oven itself, tests if the wood is dry aso.

@MrKaba1985 3 года назад

Dazu muss man aber sagen egal wie geheizt wird (Gas, Öl, Holz oder Kohle) alles muss vorher Kontrolliert werden. Wir haben vor 5 Jahren 2 neue Kachelöfen bekommen 1 Jahr drauf Buderusherd und Küchenofen und Heizung. Alles musste Kontrolliert werden und man muss die Typen schilder vorzeigen können für 5 Jahre bei den Öfen.

@wagvox 2 года назад

you are so sweet ... talking german. please, i think we all want more outtakes ... quark quoark - love it

@alisa_isy 3 года назад

I'm from NRW and the Sternsinger are a thing here, too. As a kid I always participated and now I am their supervisor.

@TheChobyter 3 года назад

As a German I suggest you try "Pellkartoffeln und Kräuterquark" its Potatoes cooked in their peel served with quark mixed with herbals ;-)

@lphaetaamma291 3 года назад

The best was to eat Quark is as a bread spread together with Zuckerrübensirup (=Beet syrup), the equiyalent to Maple syrup from the Rheinland. Zuckerrübensirup is black and has the consistency of viscous honey. It is a byproduct of producing sugar from "Zuckerruben" (="sugar turnip") and can also be eaten with Pfannenkuchen (literally pan cake, but the german version)

@Astrofrank 3 года назад

Try Reibekuchen/Reibeplätzchen (made of potatoes) instead of Pfannkuchen.

@lphaetaamma291 3 года назад

@@Astrofrank muss ich nicht probieren, ist auch lecker, hatte ich nur bei der Aufzählung nicht dran gedacht

@birolb1211 2 года назад

Ich könnte euch stundenlang zuhören, wie ihr einfach nur Quark sagt 😊

@PassportTwo 2 года назад

😂😂

@Pewtah 3 года назад

Quark is a versatile ingredient. You can use it for salty and sweet dishes, raw and heated. My three favorites of quark-y dishes are simple: * a slice of german bread layered with quark which is layered with plum jam (Pflaumenmus) * quark with herbs (Kräuterquark) and cooked potatoes * Käsekuchen, literally cheese cake

@ryas_1507 3 года назад

I've been living in germany for about 13 years and I never heard of sausage vending mashines Sorry if my english is bad, I'm still learning english

@CaptainOnePocket 3 года назад

Uh,.... your English is perfect!

@SiNa-ov9tj 3 года назад

Haha 😂 you have to visit the "Spreewald" in Brandenburg in the Summer! You will find the main dish to be "Pellkartoffeln mit Leinöl und Quark" and it's the best! Also we are famous for all our different kinds of pickles and other stuff. 😁

@couchcamperTM 3 года назад

Cucumber Country :-)

@leahrobling 3 года назад

Hallo! Es ist so interessant zu sehen wie euch Sachen überraschen, die für uns ganz normal sind. Tou have to try quark with a little bit of sugar, and strawberries..so delicious! Bleibt gesund

@NeoMicy 3 года назад

My tip especially for you guys would be quark with straberrys. It is easy sweet and such a great snack during the summer. You can also pick cherrys or whichever berry you want! But my favourite recipe is actually an old dish from my grandma. She fled from eastern prussia after WW2. Is Quark Dumplings but not as a dessert but as a side dish for a piece of meat which has a lot of fat, or kassler. Great stuff.

@fayeprime9631 3 года назад

Its mind blowing that the americans, and probably most of the world dont know Quark! 😂

@xAngelReix 3 года назад

A lot of countrys do KNOW Quark 😉 Austria, Poland, Italy, Russia, and so on...

@killerkraut9179 2 года назад

@@xAngelReix maybe why the half of the nations was invaded by the Germans !.

@Benniabi 3 года назад

Everybody knows Sternsinger... they are even received by the chancellor every year

@swanpride 3 года назад

They are actually mostly a catholic thing....I am living in a "mixed" area, so I have to explain the Sternsinger regulary that I don't want them writing something at my doorway, even if I give them a little bit of money. I don't believe in the symbols, hence it doesn't feel right, but I certainly support the cause. You can always see who is catholic in my street by paying attention to who has the signs at the door.

@TheSailingsilver 3 года назад

Not everybody knows, I'm from the north-east, where the few Christians are protestant and I've never seen Sternsinger in my life. I only knew because I wondered about the door symbols and googled it at some point.

@ericazahn9689 3 года назад

As far as i know, they are a tratition all over Austria. Sorry for the bad gramma

@marvindiercks8608 2 года назад

Love the duck scene at the end

@yaff1851 3 года назад

I live in Stuttgart and we do have inspections for our gas heater from the local chimney sweeper, albeit not in our apartment but for the entire building.

@Blessi85 3 года назад

i lierally never seen a sausage vending machine wtf ^^''

@fiesehexe8133 3 года назад

And I have to add, 36 hrs of no access to shopping facilities isn't a "veeery long period of time" (you have no chance to starve in that time span! Not if you tried), and even as rural and remote as I live there is no way of getting to that time span of no shopping possible, even in cycling distance. As for walking distance: if really in need of anything, ask your neighbours (the famous "borrowing of a egg")

@mariae.170 3 года назад

Ich habe auch erst vor ein paar Jahren in einem fränkischen Ort einen gesehen und war entzückt ob dieser Absurdität 😂

@lhuras. 3 года назад

those vending machines aren't actually because of locked Shops and/or opening periodes. it's mostly because some local producers that dont want to sell their products for less money. In my City there are plenty of vending machines who sell milk, cheese, canned meat and other stuff made by locals.

@magmalin 3 года назад

Well, there's something similar to Quark in France, fromage blanc.

@danyael777 3 года назад

07:32 - that is pretty much the Ordnungsamt. Perfect description.

@taprinamilburn397 3 года назад

Very interesting!

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Glad you thought so 😊

@MichaelBrunsLippstadt 3 года назад

Ich esse Quark gerne mit Himbeeren oder Stachelbeeren

@h0n0lulu83 3 года назад

Oh, about the Quark: when I was little, my uncle used to make a dessert called "Sahnequark mit Mandarinchen" which I looooved! It's super easy and quick to make: put one packet of Quark (500 g) into a big bowl, add whipped cream (max. 200 g, but 100 g works, too, if you want the dessert a little lighter) and mix thoroughly. Then add 1 small can of pickled tangerines - including the pickling fluid - and mix that in, too. If the mix is not yet sweet enough, you can add some sugar, but for me personally the sugary pickling fluid from the tangerines usually suffices. And tadaaa: Sahnequark mit Mandarinchen, in memory of Onkel Hans ❤

@phil4quest 3 года назад

My mother used to make this as well. She is originally from Southern Germany. Here in Switzerland I don’t think it is a thing.

@haraldpeter5828 3 года назад

Most people I know, use oil or gas for heating their houses, and the chimney sweap (Schornsteinfeger) comes at least once a year, sweeps the chimney from the top, cleans everything from the bottom, there are openings, where everything falls down to after sweaping and they also control the airquality, particals that come from the chimney, and loads more related to the quality and the efficiency of the heating system in the boiler room. ....

@Toto_Muc 3 года назад

We have a wood burning fireplace just as a second heating system and it’s used more for a comfortable ambiance. So our chimney is sweeped once a year. I think a lot of new houses have these wood burning fireplaces for the same reason.

@hans-jurgenoberfeld343 3 года назад

Der Schornsteinfeger kommt einmal im Jahr und reinigt den Kamin. Weiterhin ist es seine Aufgabe die Abgaswerte der Heizung zu messen, was dem Umweltschutz dient. Sollten die Abgaswerte zu schlecht sein, muss der Hauseigentümer für eine Verbesserung sorgen. Sollte das nicht möglich sein, ergeht die behördliche Anordnung eine neue Heizung zu installieren. Das wird dann sehr teuer.

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Danke für die Informationen 😊

@michelroerig7825 3 года назад

try mashed Bananas with Quark

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Have to admit, at first glance, that sounds very unappetizing, but we‘ll have to give it a chance! 😊 I‘m not a big „mushy“ texture fan, but if the flavors are good, I’ll give it a go 😃

@juliar1225 3 года назад

@@PassportTwo you shoud beat it with a handmixer and some creme to get it cremy. Banana and strawberryquark was a staple at my "kindergeburtstag" some 40 years ago.

@stevenkohut3932 3 года назад

I'm new to your channel, but not new to Euro/USA cultural difference channels. I greatly enjoy your content, but I want to commend you on the respect and interest you show in both cultures rather than the judging of specific cultural differences as "weird" that I see in many other channels. Looking forward to watching more. Toi! Toi! Toi!

@m_fan_heroo 2 года назад

This is awesome, I was a Sternsinger (star singer) myself as a kid😂😂

@jbmcdoogle 3 года назад

The blessing above the door is common through out Czech Republic too. Even atheists do it!

@shannaford100 3 года назад

American in Berlin for 20 years - I have never seen chalk blessings on Buildings. It may be a Southern German custom.

@steffenebener7332 3 года назад

@@shannaford100 it is more likely because Berlin is Gottverlassen

@shannaford100 3 года назад

@@steffenebener7332one thinks this depends on who your God is

@steffenebener7332 3 года назад

@@shannaford100 touché

@hansmiller8465 2 года назад

In Poland, too.

@user-sm3xq5ob5d 3 года назад

Did you know that even in the US Quark is ubiquitous? Look up Quarks, up - down, strange, charm, etc.

@gabrieleboecker8058 3 года назад

Had to lol. While living in the States, I missed Quark for baking cheesecakes. But also great in desserts. Chimney sweep here comes once a year. Again and as always very informative. Keep it up :-)

@larsroedig5219 2 года назад

Hello Guys, I love watching your videos. I work as a chimney sweep. And I really had to laugh about your new experience with the steps on the roof. Viele Grüße aus Andernach im Norden von Rheinland-Pfalz Lars

@maja-kehn9130 3 года назад

I was surprised that Mett wasn´t on your list. I think only the French have something similar with their tartare. Otherwise even within Europe, I think Mett is uniquely German.

@maran.7693 3 года назад

No it's not . Eastern European countries have the same

@Isabell2109 3 года назад

Ich komme aus dem Norden (Hannover) und bei uns kommen auch von der evangelischen Kirche die Sternensinger von Tür zu Tür.

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Interessant! Danke für deine Erfahrungen 😃

@benediktlanger9480 3 года назад

Hannover? Norden? Passt nicht so ganz zusammen meiner meinung nach. Alles nördlich von Hamburg ist da eher passend. Aber trotzdem grüße nach Hannover

@peter_meyer 3 года назад

@@benediktlanger9480 Es gibt ja noch den "hohen Norden". Hannover ist halt nicht "nordisch by nature" aber "by location"

@Isabell2109 3 года назад

Also ich fühle mich mein ganzes Leben als Norddeutsche ehrlich gesagt :)

@peter_meyer 3 года назад

@@Isabell2109 Da stimmt dir ein Hannoveraner zu.

@WINCHANDLE 3 года назад

Congrats on speaking and enunciating your English well. Trying to learn French and Inner French, Hugo is great. It really helps people trying to understand English

@nono-ug4jv 3 года назад

You guys don't eat Quark? 😆

@PassportTwo 3 года назад

Had never even heard of it! Going to start to try incorporating it into our diets now 😅

@peter_meyer 3 года назад

Pronouncing the "Qu" in Quark, just try "kw" - still difficult, i know. For your american viewers: regarding the "Ordnungsamt": that's what is meant by "defund the police".

@calise8783 3 года назад

Qu is more qv with English pronunciation. Qw would work in a German pronunciation.

@jensschroder8214 3 года назад

Qu = Kuh ? Aber ist eher kuwark

@annefuchs9668 3 года назад

Hi guys, I'm German and I'd like to answer your question about quark. My favourite way to eat quark ist to mix it with ordinary plane yoghurt, salt, pepper and some herbs. That gives you a wonderfull white, delicious sauce that you can dip vegetables in or bread (rostet dark bread is the best here) or you can take it to a BBQ. It fits to so many thinks. Tonight actually I will have this white sauce with a whrap, fresh salat and chicken on it. I'm so looking forward to that. Love you guys. You are amazing!

@jonasfilmstudio 2 года назад

watching your videos while eating my homemade Semmelknödel mit Rahmschwammerl hits different 😂🇩🇪

@dererstespieleramtisch4504 3 года назад

12:22 there is a German Sirenen on the rooftop.

@uteziemes5633 3 года назад

Yes, a motor siren (looks like an upside down bowl).

@christophmichel9496 3 года назад

Like how you say "Quark" 😁. I am from Homburg by the way but i am out of Germany since 10 years and i am shocked about the sausage vending machine.

@bodorittershofer8467 8 месяцев назад

I have lived in many cities. The chimney sweeper always came once a year. They clean the chimney and check the heating system for exhaust fumes (carbon monoxide) and damage. In the Middle Ages, when houses were still built with a lots of wood, entire cities often burned down. The risk of a chimney fire was prevented or reduced by chimney sweepers who cleaned the chimney. As a result, house and city fires occurred less frequently. They probably already checked the fire pit for safety back then!

@Jess_96 3 года назад

Spundekäs is awesome ❤️ And don't forget "Handkäs mit Musik" 😂

@drdomml 3 года назад

Hey there and thanks for the great video! I love seeing how our country is being received by people of other cultures. I live in Nuremberg, Bavaria and we actually do call the police for noice complaints. I have actually never heard of usual citizens calling the Ordnungsbehörde or Ordnungsamt at all. They just do their duty and are being called upon by either the police themselves or the emergency dispatchers. Nevertheless, really interesting video and I hope you have a great time here in Germany!

@mowana1232 3 года назад

I am from Berlin and in Berlin dialect Quark is called "weißer Käse" (white cheese). My favorite way to eat it is with fresh herbs, salt, and onions (or chives) and Leinöl (linseed oil), with a side of potatoes boiled in their peel (Pellkartoffeln und Quark). I rarely buy Quark though, but prefer "Schichtkäse" (layered cheese), which is closer to what you get when you make Quark yourself at home. When I lived abroad I had to learn how to make Quark myself, because, like you said, outside of Europe it is pretty much unknown. You mix fresh milk with lactic acid bacteria (either buy online or use a few healthy dollops of creme fraiche) and leave it in a warm place for a day or two until it becomes sour milk, which is similar to yoghurt. Then you drain the sour milk in a "Mulltuch" (muslin cloth /cheesecloth) over night, which gives you Quark and Molke (whey, which is a very healthy low-calorie drink). It is very similar to making drained yoghurt, however Quark, especially the homemade version, has a slight champagne effect on the tongue.

@Mer4ydin 3 года назад

I Love Quark when it is mixed with sparkling Water and fresh fruits it is so tasty and refreshing during hot days.

@ClarissaMeyer 2 года назад

Sweetened Quark (with lemon juice and vanilla for seasoning) and fruit. Like fresh strawberries etc.

@MechmanGetrieb 3 года назад

Bread, Quark, and some jam or jelly on top is awesome. Or jacked potato´s ( called Pellkartoffeln in German ) with salted and peppered Quark with some chives ( Schnittlauch ) in it. Classic summer dishes.