Every like helps me afford a trip back to Germany just to eat some bread 😭because.... I would really love a Kürbiskernsemmel with a bissl Butter 🍞🧈 watch my opposite version here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mgxwy4iO86s.html
Haley, you are more than welcome, to come back to Germany ❤ Remember, I am a nursing teacher and we REALLY need good people in our hospitals, community health care and nursing homes. If you study in our school for three years and pass the examn, you automatically get the permanent living status in Germany. The Ausbildung will be paid from the state. With your knowledge, you will pass the examn like nothing and I could help you with Nachhilfe if necessary. Politics even discuss now, to accept people from abroad without further special studies to be a Erzieher to work in German kindergardens. Every day Kürbiskern- and Kartoffelbrötchen, real porcelan plates, Fußbodenheizung and farmermarkets.....
Couldn't agree more about the brot Hayley - if I ever leave, I will miss it for sure. I used to make my own bread in the UK - I've only made bread once here. Mind you, it was pretty good but it's also great to be able to go to a bakerei and just get something scrummy for a euro or two
I understand some households might require paperplates. I knew someone that had 9 kids and they used paperplates because trying to clean everything up after the fact was way too much work...plus they didnt have a dishwasher. I give some wiggle room for certain scenarios and I also try not to judge people too cruelly because you never know what their living situation is but it just seems excessive to use paper plates and that you don't care about yourself.
@@HayleyAlexis Yep i absolutly understand that scenario and everybody should and can do what they want. I also dont judge that at all 😊. My example i wanted to point out was in wich i have a guest at home and would serve them with paper plates. They would think i hate them 😅. ,,Nur das beste für unsere Gäste,, ,,Only the best for our guest,, my grandmas slogan 🙂
exept you have 20 or more people as guests and not enought plates. Otherwise always real plates 🙂 especially for guests. Than you pull out the realy good and expensive one not the every day one (if you have two sets).
Guess it depends where you live in Europe. In the south it’s not standard but in the middle to the north it’s very common. P.s. most Americans are shocked that in germany even most taxi are Mercedes
@@paulpanter1092 is that supposed to be a joke or are you just clueless? there’s no modern homes being built in Germany mate that’s why we have a housing crisis And even if we had modern houses then most people would still live in 50 year old houses
The only place where normal plates are not allowed is beside swimming pools. Or where suicidal people live. The ecological aspect is very important to people. Even Ball pens or lighters which cannot be refilled make people angry. And when we take a look on the enormous (a) mount of all this waste they are absolutely right! And someone who has the time for netflix or play station has ten minutes to wash the dishes!
Paper plates are for picnics, kids birthdays, and when you're feeling too lazy to cook and do the dishes (e.g. order a pizza and eat off of paper plates). The idea that 'real plates' are a luxury for Americans is completely absurd.
We always est even pizza off of real dishes. We have paper plates (because Florida and hurricanes), but they are from when we moved back to Florida four years ago. I think we might have used 10 of them (because I baked cookies for my coworkers a couple of times. My mother, who lives with, grew up during the Great Depression, and considers paper plates to be scandalously wasteful. She imparted that same attitude on my sister and me. We have everyday plates (bought on clearance at Macy's) and my Mom's fine china (1966-era Minton Ancestral Gold) which is only used for the big three holidays (Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas). I'm not well-off, but using paper plates for normal meals is mind-blowing.
Exactly. And, farmer's markets are very regional. Some will be very expensive and others won't be. But, you can get great produce at grocery stores, too.
Hey when we go camping or staying at my wife’s home we just use the stainless multi compartment military chow trays. No need to wash a bunch of dishes. One for each person and done. Plenty of room for every item.
Actually to avoid waste we even bring plates and Glases from home if we have outdoor events with our kids. Maybe this is not always standard, but in our town and neighbourhood in Germany this is normal.
There’s s German lady who opened a bakery near my home in California and she’s tapped into the market for fresh bread here in the US. Lines down the block. All using natural ingredients. She just opened a second location in the next town. More Germans should come here and do the same!
Why should more germans go to messed up usa to bake more bread for americans? why can't americans finaly up their low grade cheap lifestyles 1 level, learn and bake quality bread for their family, friends or a business
good german bread seems to be in great demand in the usa and could also become a good source of income.🤔 if you want to have good bread you should look for the receipe for natural sourdough and good ingredients for it.then you can bake your own good bread at home and also know what's in it. you only need 2 ingredients,a little bit time 3 days in a row and a glas jar with a lid whit a hole in the lid to make the sourdough for a wholemeal rye bread: wholemeal rye flour,a little water and a jar with a lid that has a hole in it.
While this is nice for your community, I would never want to move to the US. I consider it a big downgrade. Been to the US two times and my best friend lives there and... I didn't really like it.
@@LanHikari90of course, no one’s forcing you. A lot of Germans come here for jobs in tech. I thought it was interesting that this couple moved here for his job in tech, she missed good bread and taught herself to bake, and now he’s working for her!
We use Paperplates only on a BBQ or Birthday Party. Es ist ja auch eigentlich Party Besteck Haily ;) Paperplates in a Hotel ? I would just ask them what for a Bruchbude das hier ist :D
Germans are world champions in segregating trash for decades and they are very environment conscious as well as everything regarding the waste. After moving to USA directly from Germany I consider the Americans the very opposite. There is a lot of waste and buying too much and using too much energy. Because it's all much much cheaper
In Denmark paper plates are only used for informal bbq parties or if you have a picnic in a park. I have honestly never seen (or even heard of) anyone using paper plates for their daily meals at home.
Same here in Germany. If you are outside in your own garden we use plates for the BBQ, but if there is a bigger BBQ for lets say at a public BBQ Place, you bring paper plates and plastic cutlery
Same here (Slovenia). I was a little bit shocked to find out people use them as regular dining plates. Imagine the waste if Billions of people would do that outside the US.
When I was a student in the US I couldn‘t believe that everybody ate from plastic/paper dishes that were thrown away after every meal! What a lot of waste.
also a waste of money, paper plates ane not for free, and dishwashers are not so terribly expensive, so in the long run you save money by buying a dishwasher machine!
Like Chinese started to use one time chopsticks for each meal after the standard of living grew instead of washing them. Square kilometers of forests in Siberia cut down each year just for the use as material for chopsticks...
Paper plates are only good for camping or a barbecue with lots of people, but in daily life it is a sign of having no culture and not caring about environmental damages caused by this.
for camping I use stainless steel plates and my Bundeswehr Feldbesteck. I don't think paper plates are good, as you then need to carry around the waste and they are also susceptible to moisture, which is common outdoors.
We bake our own bread since we moved to Canada. It took us a while but the bread you can buy here has nothing to do with bread. Your German is so lovely!!!
8 gr. Hefe, 8 gr. Zucker 12 gr. Mehl 550er und 370 ml. Wasser. Mehr braucht es nicht für sehr gute Brötchen. 😂 Einfach in YT. "so backs du schnelle Brötchen wie ein profi" eingeben 👍
Wie kann man heute noch als Deutscher nach Canada oder in die States auswandern? Geht doch nur, wenn man viel Geld importiert und Arbeitsplätze schaffen kann, oder? Ich würde sooo gerne in Arizona leben, aber das ist absolut unmöglich, vor allem, weil ich gerade berentet bin. Darauf wartet dort niemand.
Selber backen 🙂 Kartoffelbrot mit Kürbiskernen 500 g Kartoffel(n), mehlig kochend, geschält gewogen 1 TL Salz 175 g Weizenmehl Type 405 300 g Weizenmehl Type 1050 2 TL Salz 85 g Wasser, lauwarm 1 Prise(n) Zucker 14 g Hefe 3 EL Olivenöl 130 g Kürbiskerne # # Zuerst die geschälten Kartoffeln mit 1 TL Salz in kochendem Wasser fertig garen. Abgießen und entweder mit einer Kartoffelpresse durchdrücken oder mit einem Stampfer sehr fein stampfen. Anschließend auf Zimmertemperatur abkühlen lassen. Die Mehlsorten mischen und beiseite stellen. Die Hefe in 85 g lauwarmen Wasser auflösen. Die Prise Zucker und 2 EL von der Mehlmischung unterrühren und ca. fünf Minuten stehen lassen. Jetzt zu den Kartoffeln das Hefewasser, das Öl, das Salz, die Kürbiskerne und das Mehl geben. Alles etwa fünf Minuten zu einem glatten Teig verkneten. Ich verwende hierzu meine Küchenmaschine mit Knethaken. Dann zu einer Kugel formen und abgedeckt ca. 40 - 50 Minuten gehen lassen, bis das Volumen gut zugenommen hat. Einen Römertopf oder Alugusstopf mit Backtrennspray einsprühen. Alternativ kann man den Topf auch mit Butter einfetten. Den Teig nochmals kurz durchkneten, dann zu einem Brot formen und mit dem Schluss nach unten in den Topf geben. Ich habe zum Backen einen runden Alugusstopf genommen, deswegen habe ich ein rundes Brot geformt. Wenn man einen ovalen Topf nimmt, muss man entsprechend ein ovales Brot formen. Den Deckel aufsetzen und auf einem Backblech auf die mittlere Schiene in den kalten Backofen geben. Den Ofen nun auf 240 Grad Ober-/Unterhitze stellen und das Brot 50 Minuten backen. Wer mag, kann 10 Minuten vor Backende den Deckel herunternehmen (Vorsicht: heiß) dann bekommt das Brot eine schöne Bräune. Klingt das Brot beim Dagegenklopfen hohl, ist es fertig und kann auf einem Gitter abkühlen.
It took me to become an injured worker before I really began to focus on my health and well-being. Hayley is right. Value yourself because corporations value money.
They will replace you in a second and try to screw you over. I had a friend hurt themself on the job and they did not do the proper protocol regarding workmans comp and now is getting screwed left and right with medical bills.
@@HayleyAlexis If a work accident happens in Germany, the Employer's liability insurance association (Berufsgenossenschaft) pays all medical treatments and rehab. All employers have to pay for this insurance, and if there are many accidents at their site or branch, they have to pay more. If the employer messes up with the protocol, the statutory health insurance takes the costs and charges the employer later.
@@Nikki.Penguin yes, they do, but they are not supposed to dry them since that changes the temperature of the heater, resulting in more "work" for the heater and the heating system.
Sorry, but this is not true! A properly calculated heating system doesn‘t rely on a towel heater, as it could be blocked by a wet towel. A towel heater is also not available in different sizes (heating power) and therefore not adjusable regarding the size of your bathroom. It is just a additional comfort thing - not more, not less! ;-)
@@patricktanner60it will probably be the only source of heating in a bathroom that has no floor heating, at least in the houses/appartments that I know them from. So it also serves as a heating device for the bathroom
@@patricktanner60 in Germany thousands of houses are built with only a towel heater in the bathroom as heating method, myself lived in such a house, the bathroom was always comfortably warm an the towels quickly dry, heating costs were ridiculously low. But maybe I misunderstood your point.
I was quite stunned about the paper plates. I have been living in Germany since 14 years now and people will always use their best plates and cutlery when they invite you. The only time I was served on a paper plate was at a students‘ party.
I live in the United States and it would never occur to me to use paper plates for my guest or family unless I was on a picnic. It’s wasteful, cost more to buy paper plates and it’s definitely doesn’t take much time even for can dishwashing to just fill the sink with a little bit of dish soap and water. Wipe them and put them to dry.
Even in the school, when they come together with the class, with kids and parents, every family takes their own plates, may be reusable from plastic, but even there you try to avoid any waste, like one-use plates. Yeah, with bread, we get everyone!
@@bognagruba7653 Polish bread is also very good... as a German I can confirm this. In general, the bread in Europe is better in comparison than the spongy white bread that Americans eat every day... when I think about what is made in the Balkans from a simple wheat flour dough, hmmm yummy.......even white bread doesn't have to taste so boring. It's not that there aren't any good bakeries in the US and you can't get good bread, but such bread is more expensive.
I also found it very interesting that in some schools (even early years) kids were served food in normal "porcelain" dishes. This wasn't always common but I did see it happening a few times which was so baffling.
If I went to a house, and they served me in paper plates, I would think they really hated me. I live in the UK, BTW, where even my employer provides real plates for use by the staff.
"where even my employer provides real plates for use by the staff" Same in Germany. It would be a bit disrespectful to satisfy the employees with cardboard. 😄 I mean... the toilets, the stairs... the whole house is REAL. And not made of cardboard.
Depends if you get the right ingredients. What i have learned watching many videos is that most generally available ingredients in the USA are unhealthy or even dangerous for your health.
@@wa2804 We have local farmers who sell their produce to the local Raiffeisen, that is the biggest agricultural cooperative in Europe or have long standing contracts with e.g. Agrana a local manufacturer of many agricultural products. Some produce apple juice, pumpkin seeds and pumpkin seed oil which is sold in the local grocery stores. Some sell flowers (cut your own and pay what it is worth to you), strawberries, blackberries, apricot, quince, potatoes, cheese, ham, bacon, spices, paprika, poultry, chicken, eggs. Also all other plants that grow locally and are edible. In any form, raw, marinated, dried, or as flour. They are usually a bit cheaper than grocery stores because they do not have to pay taxes for such small amounts. And nobody will check on them. They are specifically exempt from taxes as long as they stay below the threshold of 20K per year. We do not have zoning for general jobs like farming. But for pigs, ostrich (yes we have some here), many chicken, cows you need a permit and must follow zoning rules. Only if you produce much noise or dust, emissions - you will be scrutinized and possibly forbidden to continue doing the job. One speciality: Our eggs are not stored in the fridge and not cleaned or washed. Our hens and poultry is not desinfacted but only a butchery with the correct permits is allowed to do the job. We do not have a Walmart or Costco, not even a Tesco (next one is in hungary). But we have Lidl, Aldi, Penny which do not sell local products and Spar, Billa, Adeg which all sell local produce as well. There are farmers markets mostly in the bigger cities. Here in the country side there are just not enough customers. In Vienna we have a permanent farmers market that goes back to the 19th century. That was founded in 1820. Some sell venison they shoot locally. But only in autumn when it is the correct time.
@@wolfgangpreier9160 German here. I regularly bake rolls and pretzels. It is wheat flour, water, yeast, salt. Everything else is optional. Are these 4 ingredients hard to find in the US? Difficult to understand for a German. It's so easy and cheap...and healthy with no chemicals. and delicious. The whole house smells. In fact, I think baking has many benefits. It begins with the meditative preparation of the dough. The smell that makes your mouth water. It naturally prepares the stomach for digestion. Nothing artificial.
With you Haley, paperplates is for when normal service isn't really an option, like if you're hauling a big picnic, if you're moving and have just packed up the last bits of the kitchen etc...
I'm a German and live here for 60 years but I never had an appartment with heated floor or this towel rack in the bathroom. On the other hand I do not think of cars like BMW 3-series or Mercedes C-Class as luxury cars (like many Americans do). Maybe there we have a kind of a balance.
I also do not think of certain German branded cars as "luxury" vehicles... Don't get me wrong... If I had a bunch of money, would I get a matte black BMW m8 competition 🫣... yes!
Fun fact. In 1975 I moved from Denmark to England to work for one year. In Denmark a luxury car was a Rolls Royce or a Bentley. In England they may be luxury cars too, but not something any sane young man or woman would dream of buying. To them a Mercedes was luxury ... and half of the taxis in Denmark were Mercedes then 😂 In 1989, when we bought our first car (a very used VW Polo) which we bought from a mechanic who was about to renovate an older Mecedes 500 for then 250,000 DKR (40,000 $), more than 15 times the money we paid for our Polo.😂
I have a towel rack, but never had a heated floor. I think it is still not common. Yes, the "big" cars. Too expensive and no parking places in cities. And no swimming pools!!
My husband lived here in Germany all his life. No floor heaters, no towel rack heaters, either. I think they are newer and the older places don't have them. Many of my friends don't have them either. A few do. I really could have used a floor heater in Leipzig when I lived on the ground floor and the cellar was one of the stone cellars that was one of those dungeon-like things that held the cold in winter.
As a norwegian, yes, it is not a luxury! A cold country as Norway (and Sweden and Finland (Suomi)), it is a nessessity with heated floors. Though the building code is also different between US and Europe, I am thinking about how to keep the buildings warm during winter, our very loooong winter... I am a single woman, and does NOT use paperplates, ever! (or plastic cups!) Real china, glass and cutlery! The only time used paperplates/cups, is when we are on the beach or hiking. Though ALWAYS bring it back to dispose it properly, NEVER toss anything during hikes!
Good point! The idea that there could be any private individuals out there legally running around with guns seems completely absurd to me. I don't think I'd dare leave the house.
I couldn’t believe it when in the US the supplier I was visiting displayed a sign outside the building saying that I wasn’t allowed to bring my gun inside. Like … what? 🤣🤣🤣
Like in a good old western movie..😅 . But honestly, the american obsession with running around with firearms all day long 😢is quite unsettling for us europeans. We have the rule, that using forced is the privilege of the state. 'das Gewaltmonopol des Staates'. Nobody has the right to inforce his right with violence. You have the right to defend yourself or others. But you have not the right to run around with firearms all day just in case you have to defend yourself or others. If nobody is allowed to carry arms, there is no need to defend yourself or others with firearms. And that is not luxory, that is simple logic. If your law inforcement and your legal system works well, then there is no need to take your right by in your own hands.
@@harmseberhardharmseberhard9908 It's a matter of perspective. As a European I see your point and in our reality it works out fine so far. The US has a different history and a different reality as well. Life would be better without weapons, but it's a long way to general disarmament. As long as people live in fear and danger there'll be no change. And there's a huge industry behind it as well (European too).
I live in Germany and yes, you can buy paper plates and plastic cutlery here. But if anything (at least the people who I know) would never use them for "at home", only for BBQ or parties 😊
My local farmer's market is just a shed where produce is dropped off in the morning. You go there and take what you want, read the price from a list on the wall, weigh the stuff yourself, and throw cash into a bucket. Works fine.
Regarding the farmers markets and the mixed vegetables box. I live in the south west of Germany and in my area some farmers offer a subscription service for such boxes. Once a week you will get a box with mixed fruit or veg or both delivered to your front door. Just tell them how much stuff you want, ie for a single person or a family etc. Some of them make a point of including stuff you won't easily find in a supermarket and even give a recipe suggestion in case you are not familiar with this specific item.
Hi my Dear...German-Aboriginee here ;)...I cannot send you bread...but here is my favourite recipe..for baking BRÖTCHEN at home in almost NO TIME/effortless..NEBENBEI....as you let the dough rise overnight (not even in a fridge ) and bake THE BRÖTCHEN in the morning (for 15-20 min)..they keep fresh for at least a week...(without fridge..just put them in a BROT-Kasten or bag on your kitchen counter ) But usually they are soooo good, that they do not last a week ;) I did this because over here in Germany the really GOOD BRÖTCHEN are somehow slowly being sold like solid Gold in the bakeries and in supermarkets you cannot really find them anymore..and also you do not really know what kind of flower-mixture and artificial ingredients the supermarket stuff contains...(like they put colouring in the dough to make it seem as if it was wholewheat..or rhy or DINKEL...where as it is just cheap quality wheatflower..) ...and I did not want to eat that... Recipe: prepare in the evening: (takes 5 min) YOU NEED for the DOUGH: 500g Mehl (Dinkel, Weizen, Roggen) gemischt is best ;) 1 Päckchen Trockenhefe OR a tiny bit of fresh yeast (höchstens 1/5 Frischhefe-Würfel) 8-12g Salz 8g Zucker / Sugar optionally: 10g Brotgewürz (von Sonnentor)...I mix my Brotgewürz myself...it contains Kümmel, Fenchel , Koriander mainly..but also Anis, Kardamon, Schwarzkümmel, Mohn (according to your taste) 375 ml warm (not hot) water...(for the yeast to rise) Put all dry ingredients in a bowl, mix them...add the 375ml (not more)..of warm Water and KNEAD them (by hand) or with a Knet-handrührer..quickly until the dough is a lump that doesn't stick to the bowl..(doesn't take more than 2 to 3 min) put this dough into a another (greased (I take oliveoil) bowl or glas bowl..that is at least 3 times bigger as the dough as the dough will rise overnight immensely..Put a lid or tea towel over the glasbowl..for the dough to rest over night.. The best result is when the dough is left to rise for 10 to 12 hours...(but you try +/- 2 hours) So..when I want bread...I prepare the dough in the evening..say like..8pm...and I can bake the BRÖTCHEN in the morning at 8am.. Next morning: Preheat oven...Ober-Unterhitze..to 260°C, and ...for baking... get a glas/ovenproof bowl of (200ml) Water (to be put at the bottom of your preheated oven) DO NOT KNEAD the raised Dough again...(as kneading will destroy the fluffiness of the dough); Put flower on your kitchen counter..and then turn the bowl upside down..lifting it up slightly to let the dough simply and slowly fall out of the bowl by itself...have patience there... Cut the dough mass in 8 pieces...(with a sharp knife )..and put them on a Oventray/Backblech (you can use Backpapier, but not necessary), Treat the dough gently, NOT squeezing...touch it gently and caressingly as if it was your lovers cheek (quote from a professional baker ;)) You can sprinkle seeds of your choice on top of it..Sunflowers, poppyseed, Sesam..all optional. IMPORTANT: Before you put the tray in the oven...YOU MUST PUT the Bowl of Water in the preheated oven..the watervapour is needed for the dough to remain its moisture while baking. Bake for 15-20min..or until nice and crispy...(I bake it for 25min..as I like them crusty..) ENJOY...:) with butter and chives and a bit of salt..or honey..or ...Gurke..;) Give it a try...especially with the Brotgewürz and a mixture of your favourite flower-types..you will find..that preparing these Brötchen...is a quick and easy...as brushing your teeth.. it will simply blend into your daily life.. and you will have a little bit of German paradise at your place... and also it saves you a looot of money..just buy good ingredients (like good spices in single..mix them or use them single..and try ..what tastes best for you ...HAVE FUN.. lots of love..and GUTEN APPETIT....Seleina :)
movable shower heads, insulated windows, burglar-resistant doors and windows, affordable golden dental crowns. That' what came in my mind while watching 😎
In NYC apparently having your own washing machine and tumble dryer is considered a luxury. I follow this property agent fella and he often shows apartments and it always seems special if a unit has its own laundry closet stocked with the appliances. Regarding paper plates - maybe for a barbecue party they would be used over here in Germany or after a party to give people some leftover cake to take home, but what is the advantage of not having to clean them (ever heard of a dishwasher for real dishes?). I think plastic cutlery and straws are slowly being banned in Germany for obvious environmental reasons. Tbh. I's rather be served food on a real plate with real functional cutlery than something disposable that is made so flimsy.
I don’t have a dishwasher but even washing dishes manually isn’t a problem. Nobody has dinner parties with lots of guests every day. The few times that there are many dishes I can either suck it up or my friends will help me😉. And in families with many children it’s normal that the children do the dishes.
Also in Switzerland, I moved to Switzerland in 2000, I had all 14 days 1 washingday, feed the machine with 20Rp-pieces, it was forbidden to put the own washing machine in the apartment. Also now, the more expensive apartments have own washing machines, cant affors that
I am pretty shocked that people think paper plates would be _cheaper_ than normal plates - I could understand why one would think ordinary plates are time-consuming when you don't own a dishwasher (but then - I had guessed dishwashers are as usual in American homes than in German ones?), but cheaper?! Heated floors are also considered kinda luxurious in Germany, too, because most people live in older houses and heated floors are kind of a Neubau-thing. But of course you are right, they are not only in expensive homes - it is more a "You have heated floors? You're lucky" than a "You have heated floors? You're rich"-thing, I guess 😄
True. When the family of a friend of mine moved into a renovated home they got heated floors and they are not rich. I live in a very old house (my great grandfather built it) and I've got only a heated floor in tiny room by 'accident' because a pipe for hot water is under the floor and so that part is heated lol.
I now live in an old house in Hessen, Germany (relocated from the USA), which is 70 years old, and it already had heated bathroom floors. I've visited even older houses, and they also have heated bathrooms. Seems to be the usual thing here.
Interesting, you brought up so many points that other Americans also bring up when they lived in Europe. When they are asked what they love about it, health care, life-work-balance, food, public transport (granted, Germany is not t he best in that regard) and walkable cities are among the top things. And yes, no German, or person who is germanized or has some close ties to Germany does't love the bread *lol* But what would also be interesting to know: what do you love about being back in the US? And do you plan to live in the US and Germany in the future?
I am making a US version of this video as well :) I am also planning on making a video with Mike so he can talk about all the things he loves about the USA!
This is also an interesting point of view for a European or even German, as we probably don't really value the same things or hold them in high regards, because we don't know that it can be worse or because we compare ourselves to different standards. (So for example I wish public transport would be way cheaper, more in time, cleaner etc. and cities could also change a lot to be more accesible and safer for pedestrians.)
Public transport not the best? Well, when we talk about the infamous Deutsche Bahn that's probably pretty true. Local / Regional Bus- and Tram-Companies though are usually pretty reliable...they may have occassionaly a single unit that's 5 - 10 minutes late or so, but in the case of the local companies that's rather the exception while for Deutsche Bahn it's the standard :D Edit: And well, of course the situation in more rural areas is pretty tough too, that's indeed a problem when the bus only drives once a day.
German markets 🥰, good quality of fruits, vegetables, local honey, olive oil from greece, meat and often fish have a fair price. And on market day in my part of the town, we use it as a meeting point with friends. A fresh, hot coffee and "Brötchen" during shopping is a pleasure. And mostly everything is not in plastic, no waste.
Kackwohnung got me :) About the work-life boundaries: In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and so on you got laws. Switzerland in special, for me: If your boss wants you to work more then 8.5 hours a day, he has to pay extra or give you free time 1to1. IF he wants you to work after 6 PM (18:00), he has to pay 25% more per Hour. Or give you 25% per hour more free time. (It depends on the industry you working IF he want's you to work on Saturday, he pays 50% more per hour. If he wan'ts you to work on Saturday after 18:00/6 PM he pays 25% additional to the 50% more per hour. If he demands you to work on Sundays (christian free days) he pays up to 85% and additional stuff like after 18:00/6 PM +25% and so on. It is forbidden to crush your workers with more then 45 hours per week and so on. This incentivise the conpanies to M A N A G E and be efficient instead in throwing away peoples lifes. You in the US need really to cultivate your freedom to notwork.
I have noticed that millennials are requiring this work-life balance, and I am in favor of their I rarely had difficulties because I was able to be choosey about where I worked and who I worked for. A person shouldn't have to be choosey.
My SIL uses paper plates all the time! She even has a dishwasher so that's not a reason not to use the everyday dishes she has. When we visit, we insist on proper plates and bowls, and using the dishwasher.
I know plenty of people that use paper plates here in America. Most often they are used for BBQ’s, kids that just lean to eat from a plate, kids birthday parties and picnics!
We do use paper plates, but to cover food in the microwave, and then the same one for a sandwich later. It's usually relatively clean. Never for dinner guests. Otherwise just picnics or when regular plates are not an option, like if you're moving and have packed up everything. Also, for the picnics I like to use the ones that are eco-friendly and will break down very quickly. This goes for the "plastic" utensils as well. If I can wash and re-use them I will. I don't have to worry about losing regular silverware. Hubby uses them at job sites where their "lunch room" is a seat on their coolers in the shade in summer. Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don't.
In the USA people will fight to the death over their right to eat crappy "food" from paper plates than for healthcare and human rights. When they go overseas and are forced to eat healthy, they whine about there being no hint of modern civilization, i.e., Taco Bell. Ah, the American Dream: to make the rest of the world be just like America. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm under the impression that American "rights" and "liberties" mostly consist of freedoms that a sane person wouldn't actually want, like the "right" to get cancer from second-hand smoke, the "right" to go bankrupt from medical bills, the "right" to live in constant fear of violence, the "right" to need a car to get anywhere, the "right" to eat crappy food that makes you sick. They call these "freedoms", but they all seem rather worthless to me. I prefer having enough vacation days so I can spend Christmas with my elderly parents, or being able to call in sick without having to fear losing my job. It's a simple matter of quality over quantity.
but is not in all America, its only in the US! (America is not a country, it's a continent! US citizens don't know that, do not step into the same trap)
@@bernhardneef7996 In Europe, when someone says America, they usually mean the USA. Otherwise we just say North or South America. Which are 2 continents btw. There is no one continent called America. Thats why for us America is just the USA.
Floor heating hasn't been that common for a long time because it's more costly and difficult to install than radiators. More recently heat pumps and district heating are becoming more widespread and since the temperature is lower than that from oil or gas heatings it requires larger areas to heat up. Nowadays a floor heating is standard in new apartments/houses. As a barefoot person I appreciate that in winter.
@@timhartherz5652 never had a german house/apartment that had floor heating. Here in Switzerland, it is de facto standard. What I find funny is that Europeans care more about insulation and proper building materials and then cheap out on any HVAC costs. Even modern houses are often not fitted with air conditioning and ventilation, leaving the need to open windows (with all the pollen, insects, noise pollution coming in) and just walking around in underwear in the summer or everyone stinking up the place with their sweat. Americans are the other way around. No desire for proper insulation, but paying 300 USD per month for electricity is ok.
Also Floor heating depends on the structure of the building. Older buildings often cannot have floor heating, because it is technically not possible to add them or it would be so expensive, that it would be better to tear down the whole house :D
I think someone made a valid point... Dependent on where you live your house could be made completely out of plywood (or something similar) and it might not be the best option to install heated floors. Also a lot of homes have central AC/heating unlike in Germany so it is just a "difference" based on building preferences I suppose.
Actually it’s totally a modern thing to me and not something you regularly have in Germany - that being said, I am used to apartment hunting in Berlin and have seen dazillions of old „Altbau“ places, even with coal ovens and all that stuff.
I live in Germany and I consider floor heating a luxury... Only fancy new buildings that are expensive to rent have such stuff. I've only been once at a place that had it and that was rich person
Seriously, you're making me homesick. I never felt so truly happy and of my own self as when I studied in Germany. Back to my roots, I grew up hearing my great granny speak German in her beautifully German accented voice. Hayley, wo sind meinem Brotchen mit Butter?
Oh! We were served dinner on paper plates while down in Florida and were perplexed -- here in Canada they're reserved for picnics and children's birthday parties. And don't get me started on the bread. You can hunt down good stuff from bakeries, but from a supermarket? Nope. And sooooo sweeet, it's almost like cake down there. Our sliced bread is sweet, too, but not THAT sweet, and it also comes no sugar added. Even from Aldi. We fell in love with Aldi down there :)
Back in the nineties in Denmark we were volunteering for our daughter's swimming club arranging regional and national swimming events. We soon found out that it was much cheaper to rent real plates and cutlery than buy and use paper plates and plastic cutlery. After only 3 meals it was cheaper, and it was most appreciated by the swimmers and staff. Swimmers eat an awful lot and when they fill their plates with hot spaghetti or rice with hot tomato sauce or Indian curry they have great difficulty carrying the overfilled paper plates to their tables. A China plate will last for ever and be a stable base for bigger portions 😊 I have never used a paper plate in a private home in Denmark, not even when I was young or as a student except for kids birthdays.
It is a normal part of the American culture now in the 2020's, to use paper plates and the standard red plastic cups in the USA. My classmates and colleagues would eat off paper plates all the time, at home, when we were working on projects or work (no party or event). It's either paper plates, aluminum foil or plastic plates, when I visited homes.
...und ich freu mich immer noch wie blöd, wenn Du Deutsch sprichst. Ich kenn's jetzt ja schon ein paar Jahre, aber es ist jedesmal wieder überraschend, wenn dann das breitestmögliche Boarisch dabei rauskommt - oder sowas wie maybe a bissl Schinken... 🙂 Don't ever change!!!
ich habe es nicht verstanden, dass man Dir Hayley in Deutschland nicht die Chancen gegeben hat zum Erlangen Deines Traumberufs. Wer schon vor Jahren, erinnere mich an Dein Interview mit den Sender, so schnell die deutsche Sprache konnte, schafft andere Anforderungen mit links.
@@psrfpsrf Vielleicht irgendwann komme ich wieder aber das hat (gerade) nicht so gut gepasst und ich habe mich so "lifeless" gefühlt. Ich finde es nicht so schlimm wieder in den USA zu sein weil Mike dabei ist aber ich weiss nicht wo ich in der Zukunft will be :)
My parents were German and I lived there for 5 years when I was very young. I live in Canada and there are a few stores that do sell quite a few European breads, mainly Roggenbrot. As for brotchen, those are tough to find so I've started baking my own as well as Streusel kuchen and Ruhrkuchen. I never liked North American cakes (too sweet). We've now moved to another province in Canada and havoe found that there is very little European food to purchase here. People don't realize how good German baking, breads & cakes, really are and they really are missing out.
So as you most likely know: In Germany we most likely use paper plates for events like "Grillparty" and so on, when you simply don't have enough plates for all your guests (or when it gets wetter(alcohol wise) and you don't want to risk to lose your expensive plates to drunk guests... ) [and of course they are broadly used at festivals, concerts and volksfest ect.] I for myself am getting more and more environmental aware and i'm trying to use less and less "one use items" for such occasions. Also towel heaters and heated floors are not standard in Germany and are more common in newly build flats/houses or renovated ones.
I looove your comment on the Kackwohnung, beautiful! I once lived in a tiny, ugly Kackwohnung, too, in Osnabrück..but it also had a towel heater in the bathroom :D!! Now I live in some kind of a palace (for me) with heated floors, a towel heater, a huge bathtub and a balcony. Living my best life :DDD
Oh yes.... I remember when I finally left that apartment I was dancing around but sometimes I think about it and miss it so much. I was so broke but had so much fun in my little Kackwohnung 🥺🥺 may have had the loudest neighbors, the smelliest bathroom, and the tiniest fridge known to mankind BUT I was happy :)
That Reinheitsgebot also has a negative impact on innovation, trying out new ideas. In Belgium without such a "Gebot" people try to make beer from anything legal.
Farmer Markets are grotesquely expensive in Germany too, the vast majority doesn't buy there. Those wall hanging heaters are getting popular but they aren't the norm. Floor heating is rare in most places. Those things are found in newly built homes, but most buildings have a much lower standard somewhere in between the standards of 1960 and 1980.
Really? Where do you live? The Viktualienmarkt near Munich’s Marienplatz is quite pricey but others that are farther from the city center are very reasonable.
Where do you live? I'm in rural Germany and the prices at farmer's markets are perfectly normal. Okay, they can't compete with discounters, but they are usually a bit cheaper than Edeka. And they often add something on top, like a free salad or one or two apples extra. Plus, their products are fresh and local.
Woah. We in Germany use paper plates as well. If you are going to a local barbecue or a rock concert or just having an open party, you can assume to get your food on a paper plate. But in my HOME? I don’t even own a single one. But is it really a luxury in the States, if normal plates are sold quite cheap? I suppose it’s more like a convenience thing so that you don’t have to do the dishes. And if you miss German bread - there are plenty of recipes to find online. You won’t get a 100% bakery result, but delicious anyway and a lot better than these white leafs you call bread - although I enjoy them from time to time - mostly when I am in the Netherlands. Have a nice day!
I've lived in Schland since 1999. There's a farmer who drives his big truck around and stops all over our town and surrounding towns and he sells vegetables! I just have to walk out the door at 9:30 Friday mornings to buy produce. I also think you should mention that there are no "sick days" here. If you're sick, you're sick and you don't go into work and get everyone else sick. And along with the work-life balance, the vacation time in the US is quite pathetic in comparison to Germany. And people here take vacations! Every year! I always feel sad when my Amis visit and they have a maximum of 10 days and want to do it all in that time.
Once I don`t understand dear Hayley, why people eat from paper plates and not from porcelain plates? Because most people probably have a dishwasher to wash their dishes.😉
Yeah, it's different over there. It is remarkable if a US American doesn't "feel" at home anymore and wants to go back. Have a save trip back to Germany.
Yeah...Once my current school program is over I will have a lot more time to travel back to Germany and visit for a few weeks/months. My next program is completely online so I have a lot of time :)
I grew up in a 50’s ranch house here in the US with radiant heat, but I know that’s unusual. I loved the heated floors in the winter! I only use paper plates if I have a bunch of people over for a backyard cookout. I never use plastic forks though.
The only time I used paper plates was when I hosted an outdoor birthday party for my kids who were 3 or 4 years old. Any other use would have put me to shame.
After suffering through crappy bread for years in the US, I finally learned how to make my own sourdough, German-style bread. I haven’t bought bread in about three years now, and I am so glad that I learned it. It’s not that hard. But I do miss proper Brötchen. I haven’t mastered making those taste authentic. If you live near a WinCo supermarket, their fresh pizza dough works really well for pretzels. You dip them into a boiling solution of water and baking soda for about 30 seconds before baking, and they taste great. You need to thickly flour the baking sheet, though (cover it with parchment, or aluminium foil, which is completely covered with flour). Bake at 220 C until golden brown. You need to get creative here to get better tasting food. Also….paper plates….the first time I saw that I was incredulous. I live in a state that is very much into the environment, and even here people don’t bat an eye using them. SMH
We use paper plates at our house normally because when you compare the cost of water and electricity in our area to wash dishes after a meal, it works out the same. Plus, the plates we use we can add to the yard waste (compostable) barrel so they don’t add to the landfill. That being said, I would NEVER use paper plates for a guest.
To all the people saying we only use paper plate during picnic at parks: We were doing a bbq in the middle of the woods and my mom insisted we use our actual plates as we were inviting guests 🤣. Her reasoning: we would go there by car anyway and have enough space in the trunk. So there we were, in the middle of the woods, dining with porcelain on old wooden benches and tables. And yes, we brought our stainless steel cutlery as well.
Omg Hayley!! How come I haven't discovered your channel earlier?? I really love YT channels focussing on the cultural differences between Europe and the US, because as a European, it helps me to think outside of the box and understand how (and why) things work in the United States. Instant subscription earned for such a well put together video, I love your attitude and you seem to be a really nice person to be around! 🤗
Love your observations, I was an exchange student in the US in 1989 - I missed real bread so much. I tried to bake a German cake - never tasted the same either. Her are two bread recipes: Einfaches helles Brot (geht ganz schnell): 500g Weizenmehl Typ 405 oder Dinkelmehl 2-3 g Trockenhefe oder 5-10 g frische Hefe 10g Salz 400 ml Wasser Verrühren, mindestens eine Stunde, besser länger gehen lassen, bei 250 Grad C mit Deckel backen - fertig. Körnerbrot in Kastenform: Je 250g Weizenmehl 250g Roggenmehl 1 Päckchen Trockenhefe oder 20g Frischhefe 500ml Wasser 1 EL Honig 2 EL Kerne (z.B. Kümmel und Koriander) 10 g Salz Verrühren und gehen lassen Bei 180 Grad C 60-70 min backen
Loved this video so much! I am German and have lived here in the states for many years but do go back regularly. When I try to explain these differences people either don’t believe it or want to move to Germany 🇩🇪!
Re bread, depends on where you live in the states I’m from NYC and we’ve always had fresh baked Italian, German, French breads. I live in Rome now and the bread in NY is just as good because of the quality of the water.
I completely concur with your opinion regarding bread in the USA. When we arrive 3 times a year at our flat in FL, I always have flour and yeast there to first bake some European bread with a crunchy crust!🙂
I have lived in four different countries & each country has its magic & negative & positives. Comparing sometimes can be distressing. Living in Greece I was baffled that I couldn't get stuff in the supermarket that I could in the UK or buy Indian spices. But I accepted it & learned to cook Greek food.
There are also no paper plates in my home. The farmers markets in my area have locally grown produce for reasonable prices. I don’t know why it would be otherwise, unless the farmers are re-selling produce they bought wholesale, are traveling far to get to the market or are paying a high price for their table at the market. Talk to the vendor and the manager. Maybe try a different market. If you have snap, check to see if there is a matching program in your area for farmers markets.
I totally agree with the statement about self-love, life and work balance. The laws are there to be respected and followed up. People is entitled to have life-time and work-life balance.
I was once accused of "showing off by serving guests from fancy plates". In the culture and background I come from, you serve your guests with the best your household can provide. I've only used novelty paper plates at children's parties.
excellent insight. Another luxury is public schools that at their worst provide the literacy and numeracy only available in private schools in the US, with very few exceptions.
I agree with you on each of your points. I have also experienced that in Germany and other parts of Europe, and miss it while I am now back living in the US.
The German houses are very different too. We have less issues with noises, because our houses are solid: Brick, Concrete, clay... But not the hollow fragile frames of the US American dream.
There a lots of Fertighäuser build in similar wood frame style just like in the US. But the houses in Germany are far better insulated and have triple-glazed windows. Mainly because to save heating costs in winter. The sound-insulation is a nice side-effect. Houses in the US are also not that fragile. We just don't have hurricanes or tornados here in Germany.
@@slb0464 recently, heat has become a problem as well. Air conditioning has become frequently more popular, for both efficient heating and cooling. And we have interesting modern insulation materials, such as wood and hemp fiber or even straw, which help better against heat than EPS or XPS (and the cost for PS waste makes it expensive. Rock wool and glass wool are mostly outdated.
But never a built in closet, the kitchen cabinets are also movable and there is no way to change a floor plan because even the inner the walls are of stone. You have to invest in weird cabinets, called Schranks, with clapping doors and very little space, and then they have to fit is given space. Just No Built Ins ever, the rooms are quadratisch praktisch gut
American houses have fewer problems with noisy neighbors because they're built much farther apart. And brick and concrete are less environmentally friendly (they require a lot of energy to produce). This is why even skyscrapers are starting to use engineered wood beams in place of steel.
If I were ever a very right woman, owned my own business, and had people working underneath me ...I would make sure they have very similar benefits that Germans have :(
@@HayleyAlexis I hope you didn't get me wrong. I think that your sincere conviction that the situation of workers/employees needs to be improved is the same conviction that led to the foundation of trade unions.
Your Bavarian accent when speaking German is cute ☺. I'm a Brit living in Saxony, Germany, where they describe Bavarian German as being "chaotic". I'm pretty sure Bavarians say the same thing about "sächsisch" (the dialect spoken in Saxony) German 😂. Just came across your channel and have been binge watching your videos. Yep, you can't beat wholesome and healthy German bread! We also have farmers markets here in Leipzig, which is a very cool city and far more affordable than Munich. Do visit! As for the wasteful uses of paper plates in the U.S., I've never understood why they do that and still don't 🤔
Would you do a Germany/USA video on hair dressers, cosmetic products, female hygiene products and maybe add Mike's opinion about shaving creme and male deodorant??
Americans come to accept that their job is crap because all other jobs are crap too. Here in Germany, most people have no illusions either what they can expect from their employment, but there is still more a sense that you have certain rights an employer can't take away from you, and that there is a line in the sand.
This is so interesting about paperplates! Usually people in Germany get their own set of China once they move out from their parents, or get married. Students might start with very low priced sets, or even fleamarket items, which can be very charming, and a set of porcellaine is usually a part of the "wedding table", where wedding guests can select the cutlery, crockery, glasses etc that the couple selected. And sometimes it's meant to be heirloom, because it comes from famous brands who create table art. I've never seen paper plates at home. We had 2 or 3 sets, one for weekdays, one for Sundays and guests, combined with fine wine glasses.. We also had meals together. To have fine tableware is the pride of many a household.
We had them in the states late summer and autumn in central Ohio. Now living in Greece you see farmers markets in many cities however one must take care as from who you buy from. Some are crooked since they use insecticides up to the last minute before harvest. Most require a 15-20 day waiting period before harvest. Many farmers utilize powerful fertilizers that get produce to grow fast and ripen quickly. This leads to gastric distress in many people. There are even organic markets where produce is raised with natural fertilizers and organic insecticides however the cost of these items can run up to twice the cost of regular produce.
Good Farmers markets in Germany really depends where you live. Just like good bread. Generally, in the South of Germany the basic stapeles like bread, meat at the butchers, or vegetables at the markets are a lot better. I am happy to live in a rural area, so I buy Asparagus, Strawberries etc directly from the people growing them. Going to do my Weekend shopping again tomorrow, will try to get as much quality stuff as I need.
In Czechia i am living just with my wife in tiny apartment, but we have more than fifty glasses and fifty cups and plates, twenty forks and spoons etc. I bought twice in my life paper plates - when we got outside fire to grill sausages. We got one of the smallest dishwashers and there is place for fifty forks and spoons and for twenty plates and fifteen cups, do not need any paper things
