AMERICAN COUPLE React To "What Is Something Europe Has Changed In Your Mind As An American? Part 1 

My friend's American husband was surprised by the lack of hurry to eat up and move on in restaurants in Europe (I'm in the UK). Food is cooked to order so instead of arriving instantly it can take time to come out of the kitchen and people are expected to linger over their meals. If you book a table for 7pm, it's booked for the whole evening. It's also unusual to be bothered by waiting staff wanting to know if the food is good, can they get you anything else, would you like the bill. You're expected to call someone if you want something, even the bill.

As long as America has people like you there is hope .

fun fact: the last domino's pizza has closed in Italy, because people prefer to take away the pizzas in normal pizzerias 😁

I'm Croatian. Us looking in, we see 2 types of Americans. One doesn't see that the world exists outside US, and type like you guys. You guys are actually living on the same planet as the rest of us 😂 And you are curious about it ♥️ It's great exploring different cultures, countries, learning from them, growing. I love US, you give us great pop culture, NBA, and even thou you get a bad rep, I know majority of people are wonderful. And your politics? Omg! Veep and Scandal on steroids! I know it's not fun for you guys, but it's highly entertaining for us outsiders looking in. Lot's of European countries have f uped politics, but yours is just... it's like the most unbelievable political thriller, drama and comedy.

Thank you for your honest and funny reactions. I’m a Brit and it’s lovely to see you listen to everything with an open mind which lets other people do the same.

I don't know if you've watched it, but the video on why US chocolate isn't very good compared to other countries is interesting.

I swear the most satisfying moments in this video are when you look at each other with pure love and it’s a great reminder that it doesn’t matter where you live as long as you with those you love

As for the eggs : US eggs per FDA have to be pre-washed before they hit the shelves which strips them of a protective layer which is why they have to be refrigerated. In Germany for example eggs are kept out on the counter. They aren’d washed, it’s not uncommon to have some feathers or other dirt particles on them when you buy them.

We actually have jam AND jelly. Some fruits can be turned into both, some others in one or the other. So if you ask for jelly, you'll get jelly. The difference is jelly is like a fruit juice with sugar and gelatin and jam is made with fresh fruits so it's more like a gelled compote.

We actually have sugar tax in the UK now so junk food is actually more expensive. I'm not sure how much of a difference it makes but I think a lot of brands have changed their recipes. Whole foods for the win!!! 💯

I live in Helsinki, Finland and we do really have fresh food here. Most of our meat and chicken packages say what farm that meat is coming. You americans need to move to europe for at least for a year, just to see how different our food and culrure is. Our food is not processed,

You two have great love showing through. Beautiful. And thanks for the reaction by the way. 🤗

I enjoyed that, its nice to see a family looking outside and taking things on to make life better for themselves. I think the messed up work/life balance means that not many people travel from the US, which is a real shame. I hope you get a chance to come over to Europe and the UK, I'm sure you'll love the food!

I love you guys love and care for your children! No matter what you watch, your comment regarding children and your children are always so caring.

LUVED both of your eye reactions on this video funny as lol...Aussie who lived in the USA (illinois) but travelled. I kept commenting about the awful chemical taste in all the fruit and vegetables, and was told over and over it's in my imagination. A year later 2 friends returned to Western Australia with me, and stayed with me on a 3 month holiday. Took 3 meals in Aus to say "yeah ok, our fruit and vege do taste different, but it's not chemicals". They returned home to Illinois and Georgia, within a week, both of them made comment about how upset they were that now their fruit and vege tastes like chemical and apples, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers (capsicum) and squash (butternut pumpkin here) DO taste like cardboard🤣🤣🤣

What you guys call dry wall in the U.S. is what we call stud walling here in the U.K. NO way would i have a house without internal brick walling as the house is much MORE solid because of it.

Loved it, for some insight, As a Head Chef, in Australia and New Zealand chefs are trained to avoid American fresh produce like vegetables and meat due to banned chemicals and insufficient nutrients. Lately, that stereotype has been changing however, America is now producing some good quality wines and American BBQ and Hot-Sauce have always been popular here as well as dry goods. The one thing though, American (Texas) BBQ techniques are top tier and Creole/Soul Food is next level. You don't really see that sort of Soul Food anywhere else in the world and that's something to be proud of because even top-level fine dining chefs have a soft spot for that soul food.

I agree with most people. The food difference between the US and the EU is huge. However, if you haven't been to the EU you just have to believe what everyone says. But take it from me (I've been to the US 4 times): The food in the US doesn't taste as good. It is often tasteless. You get way too much (including the free sugar) and it still tastes like nothing. But, as I say, you have to experience it for yourself. So.......... come to the EU. Start in the Netherlands, for example, where there is a little less cultural difference and most people speak excellent English. But the food is much better with a lot of international food.

You watch a lot of videos about experiences in Europe. It’s hard to full understand it until you’re there. I highly recommend Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It’s absolutely beautiful and the people are so friendly.

😂 America is Like Disneyland but without the Fun 😂😂😂😂

I do agree with the police thing, im from Sweden and i used to get into ALOT of fights in my younger days and i dont know how many times the police drove me home instead of a jail cell (mostly before any fights had broken out).. They dont just protect the ppl around you, they also protect you from yourself by understanding that "This guys is to drunk, lets drive him home to sleep it off).. Now that im older im super grateful for that

I love your reactions. Greetings from Greece!

America gets a bad rap but there is many great things about it too. I was once there on holiday and the cab/taxi I was in crashed, I was stuck on the highway walking. We came across some cops and they couldnt have been more helpful. They ordered us a new taxi, talked to us for an hour, when the taxi didn't arrive they threw us in the back of their squad car, turned on the sirens, blasted the radio and sped us to the club before we were late. Legends.

The jams in America doesn't look or taste like jam. Jam should have real fruits in it, not the consistency of jelly.

It's true about clothes for me anyway, I wear track pants and plain t shirts at home, but if I go out I have to change to smart casual! Also true about food, less additives and preservatives, and we keep the eggs out of the fridge because they are not washed, the USA does this and it removes the natural safety coating eggs have, so then they are more vulnerable and last less longer.

Finnish food quality is really high, that's true. We have very strict hygiene regulations that are enforced, which need to be followed from the butchers to the markets cold shelves. Finland and Sweden are the only countries without salmonella in their poultry (what I last heard) and the reason eggs are not washed is that doing that destroys the natural protective layer on them that keeps them from spoiling in warm temperatures. we don't pre-nedicate animals, we isolate them and treat them untill they are healthy. Dairy farms take tests very day on the produce and so does the dairy. I tfeels like when compared to some countries anything we have here could be called organic, there's so little chemicals involved. And if you lose your reputation, you are pretty much finished. And lets not get started on Finnish chocolate. Since I never have had a chance to try authentic Belgian chocolate, I can't say for sure ours is better, but they have to try hard to beat it.

Peanut butter and jelly don’t go together here in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, jelly is a desert here you can buy it in a pack to make which is nice or buy it in a pot ready made which isn’t nice both can be found together in the desert aisle in a supermarket.

Your hair looks really nice tonight. Also, my husband has a beard and I sometimes pull stuff out of it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

You are so cute. Greetings from Czech Republic - Central Europe. I am your subscriber. Greeting from Prague

I've been to Rome, Italy... And the food is tooo Goooood, simple fresh and so darn finger licking GOOOOOD...

a good lesson.from Ethiopia

I eat clean here. It’s about what is good for your body. I can have greens, garlic and berries plus I’m eating carnivore most days. Tip for finding fresh garlic go to the farmers market to see what kinds they have. I’ve found upto 18 different heirlooms from mild to hot. The garlic you find in grocery stores are 2 varieties with elephant isn’t even a garlic it’s a leek.

I cant believe that girl said hitchhikr. I have lived all over the world NEVER NEVER EVER hitchhike. Crazy

Every now and again I get this major craving for a PB&J, and I'm a Dane. Another combo I like that might sound weird, is PB&Honey.

When it comes to the healthy food vs unhealthy food, there's also the question of cost. It's so expensive to eat healthy, but food that isn't as healthy or is straight up bad for you is /cheaper/. Which in itself is baffling and really detrimental; everyone deserves healthy food, but not everyone can afford to buy it. It's sad is what it is.

When I was fourteen I went to the States with my hockey team. After landing in the States we hopped on a bus and after a while we stopped at a store so the boys on our team could go buy candy. When on the bus again and I kid you not... each boy on the team tried to trade his candy for someone else's. I'm not saying the candy was bad but it was so different from what we were used to that we couldn't eat it. To us it just tasted weird and it wasn't good at all. So the garbage bin on the bus ended up full of candy.

When visiting the states I’ve come to find that what is done the best, what (to me) has tasted the best, is Cajun cuisine and other food “invented” in the U.S. But you have to get it in the right place, you gotta go to Nola to get the good gumbo and so on. About jam…first time I went to the U.S. I made the people we were staying with take us to IHOP. They had Swedish pancakes, so of course I tried those. They had lingonberry jam, so of course I tried that. It tasted horrible. The pancakes tasted like mushy cardboard and they he jam was like a syrup. Swedish jam has the berries still in it, so there’s like more…meaty..? And it’s cooked with sugar and not like corn syrup.

I've already commented about how high quality our Aussie food is. I remember something Caitlyn from Kinda Australian made as a recommendation for Tourists visiting Australia. She immigrated from Philly to Sydney to be with Her Aussie Boyfriend. She recommended trying the local Cafes and Restaurants, basically don't just stick to places with familiar names. Except for Our Macca's (McDonald's) according to RU-vid videos our menus and food quality are mind blowing. Not to mention our beloved Aussie Takeaway, every town over here has at least one. You can buy Hamburgers, Fish And Chips, various Hot Foods, packets of Chips (we simply call them all Chips including Fries 🍟), Choccies (Chocolate 🍫), Lollies (Candy or Sweets), Icecreams as well as Hot or Cold Drinks. If you're ever visiting somewhere over here just ask some of our friendly locals for directions to a good one. When you buy eggs over here they're definitely washed and reasonably priced.

Garlic is really easy to grow yourself. Buy a garlic in the organic store. It must come from there because garlic in the normal supermarket is usually treated with stuff that makes it impossible for the garlic to grow roots. If you put each garlic clove in the ground with the thin side up less than 1 or 2 cm's deep, and you water it regularly than it can't go wrong. You only have to look on a seedingcalender when you can do this in your region. Garlic is also quite expensive, so you can save money with this, which is nice in the times we live in...

In Europe, eggs aren't washed and thus don't need to be refrigerated. You'll find eggs on the shelf, usually in the baking isle of the supermarket, and most people keep their eggs out of the fridge at home. They're completely fine to eat however you like to eat them.

Hi you're a gorgeous couple we don't hate the people I hope you know that. It's just your food health care and gun violence is just too much. Best regards

In Portugal, drug addicts are treated as sick people and not as criminals. Of course, a dealer is a criminal, but if you have a drug problem, you are encouraged to get treatment. We have what we call "kick rooms" where people can use drugs with high hygiene and medical advice. Different than America, right?

I really enjoyed the video and comments

I love peanut butter but only brands which are free of hydrogenated fats or palm oil. For breakfast on wholewheat toast, topped with either fresh nectarine slices or ginger preserve (jelly). I have never seen grape jelly, which seems to be popular in the U.S. I live in Luxembourg, we have vineyards, but the grapes are made into wine not jam! Enjoy yourselves. Thanks for your video reactions.

Peanutbutter aint as big here as in the States but it is not my cup of tea I have to say...my sister loves it though. Idk if she ever tried PB&J , I prefer the jelly or the jam alone on bread ;) PB&J is really a pure american thing.

Happy to hear that you cook healthy food at home and try to use organic ingredients!

That story about Chinese food is a very specific experience. I doubt it can be replicated in most European countries. Only in recent years will you find very authentic Chinese food... but TBH I don't really need fish heads and pig trotters (feet).

ya i can relate to the police 1 i was pissed up walking down a road cop pulls up next to me asked were i lived put me in car dropped me home right at the door

All these stories they better awaken the US citizens so that they start demanding the same regulation of food stuffs.?and all industries basically, the "free markets " have proven how murderous they can be for profit. But start with the basics. Quality food and water. These are human rights issues.

We can fly from a local airport to poland £17,Romania £17 germany £31 italy £26 etc Ps from london🇬🇧

Yea, most eggs in Sweden are sold unwashed. That way they keep a month or two in room temperature because the natural coating is still there. So you can wash the eggs right before cooking. 👌

There is video on they change the making of Chocolate bars and what they use as a substitute

*The Demouchets REACT* Hello from South France, For the past two or three years, I've been watching fairly regularly vlogs of Americans who have settled in my country or who are coming on vacation for the first time to Europe and especially to France. When I first watched one of these videos, I actually expected a lot of criticism from the blogger; The streets are too narrow, the fact of using the metro in Paris (I also thought that the metropolitan network in New York, for example, was much denser than that of Paris and perhaps even cheaper than in Paris, but this isn't the case at all) rather than the car (here, we all know that Americans are practically born with a steering wheel in their hands, lol), food, for example, McDonald's here, which no doubt were not as good as in the USA (since that's where the hamburger adventure began), etc. But even for that, most Americans who go to McDonald's here find the food to be better! So, I was very surprised at her reaction to everything she discovered here. For example, she claimed that our fruits and vegetables at the supermarket tasted much better than in the USA (What?!! At the supermarket! Wtf??!!, lol). I seldom buy fruit and vegetables from the supermarket. Either, like many French people, I buy on the street markets of my city (1 to 2 times a week, they're present in almost all the cities of France) or then at the "primeur" (greengrocer - specialized fruit and vegetable shop) because I find in the supermarket, they're often not very tasty (Supermarkets buy in huge quantities, and since many fruits and vegetables are fragile, they often buy them when they aren't yet very ripe to avoid they get damaged and look good on the shelves). To the salesman, you tell him when you will eat your fruit (today, in three days, or more, even), and the seller will select for you the fruit that corresponds to your request. I said to myself, if she likes our supermarket fruits and vegetables so much, but what do fruits and vegetables taste like in the USA?!!! 😅 The same goes for some Parisian restaurants, on vlogs, we often see that Americans are enjoying themselves. Whereas I know immediately (practically in any case, because sometimes it's a little more difficult to detect, even for me, who is French) when these are already prepared products (industrial products; canned, frozen, under -empty, etc.). Indeed, you should know that today in Paris (and not only in Paris), one restaurant out of three offers dishes or products that aren't concocted on site (even for steak tartare or soup the onion!!!), but simply reheated in the kitchen. It's therefore necessary to be vigilant and to observe the menu displayed at the entrance of the restaurant (I could give some tips to those who are interested in being less trapped). However, when we see that, we imagine that indeed, the food must not be very tasty in the USA. 😊 I was also very surprised by the astonishment that American tourists felt about our café terraces. I had never considered it to be something typical of our country. I thought it was the same in the USA or other Anglo-Saxon countries. Ditto for our health system, our paid vacations, our 1:30 to 2-hour lunch break to eat (I had no idea how very French it was, lol), our more nonchalant way of living, more serenely, taking our time (on the terraces, for example, or at the table in the restaurant or at home, precisely) or even, our means of transport in Europe. Of course, that's something I know now. But, if it hadn't been for YT, surely I'd still ignore it. 😊 Have a pleasant day, my American friends. And, welcome to France if you ever come to visit us, or even have a desire to settle here.

Im starting to wonder, what actually IS good in america these days?

Who doesn’t like peanut butter You can get jelly preserves too but you’ll definitely be able to make PB&J over here no problem, it’s just not common to have as a combo like our beans on toast isn’t common in the US (nor is soft boiled eggs in egg cups which is fire)

Take a look at Toptenz Foods that are banned in Europe but allowed in the US It will open your eyes wide.

I fucking love peanut butter and jam 😍

Back in 1996 I hitch hiked from the hospital in Culver city to Brooks Avenue , then walked to Venice Beach from there at night . I kept wondering about the shoes hanging over the power lines ?? I found out why later , and was told by some locals in L.A. never to do that again !! Dumb Australian I was 😝

Around christmas i was "thrown" in jail in FInland because i was so drunk and for some reason i refused to tell the cops where i lived, and they just wanted to drive me home so they had to put me to jail instead so i wouldnt freeze outside xd

If you cook fresh food at home, you should eat just as healthy as any European citizen. You should be moderate with processed food in Europe as well. But from what I learned for youtube is that in the US the grocery stores are pretty far form the actual living areas, so people tend to shop for two weeks in stead of two days, for what at least I'm used to. That might be an extra challenge to cook fresh, I guess.

You get the Best Cheese cake in Italy

I live in the middle east but I only buy U.S made peanut butter. I use it everyday to eat bread.

You should try out Africa foods. Especially Nigerian foods. They are healthy foods. You should check out Nigerian Restaurant in your area.

You are the perfect couple - a cute Mrs and a handsome husband 🥰

Hahaha! That was so sweet "are you gonna kiss me again?"

Only one what I like on food USA is American Buffalo BBQ what is maked low temperature ca 160 F and 8-10 hours in oven with pepper and salt ,onion .

I have never understood thebhouses made out of dry wall like a posh shanty house. It just seems so unsafe it can burn down, be destroyed, billets go through the walls., tornado total destruction.etc etc its so crazy to me.

Mama the hair looking slick 👍

Try peanut butter and cheese

Curerntely in Germany there is this experiment going on that we can travel with Regional trains (who need longer than fast trains becaues they hold on more stations) and busses through the whole of Germany for 9€ when like it could have been up to 100Euroe plus minus depending where your starting point would have been and where you would wanted to go and how many people 2nd class. Now, granted our tiny City Central Stations aren't necessarily made for that amount of people and you certainly shouldn't suffer under claustrophobia now if you haven't the opporutintiy to avoid it with traveling around 6am ish or midnight ish... The trains can be overfilled and soemtimes you have to wait for the next one...as of the start in June it was said it should go till September and some say they think of making it longer but many also already complaine dthat the whole shedule and technology should be updated before making it a THING for longer-ever.

Peanut butter 🤢🤢🤮 it's like eating glue laced with cat litter 😂

You are such a wonderful couple :) I wish you would visit my home of Denmark. You would love it here :)

American peanutbutter is good yeah, but nothing beats the dutch Calve pindakaas. Best peanutbutter i've ever tasted....

I've heard stories from Italian friends that got instant food sickness when landed in the US so there most be some truth in it

hahaha i love your fightings of human be......

Muitos chocolates não são vendidos no verão para não afetar a qualidade

I love peanut butter but here in Australia and NZ- it’s all peanuts mostly. The more expensive ones only have 3 ingredients max- peanuts, salt and one more thing I forget what. But yes. American brands tend to have HIGH FRUCTOSE corn syrup- why? Except for the expensive brands but seriously. I love peanut butter- NZ brand Pic’s is so good

Guys i would love you to taste the chocolate from Ireland 😍😍 so creamy.

About the food, you might think you eat healthy (vegetables...) but even those are unhealthy in the US. (pesticides and other added chemicals) So it's almost IMPOSSIBLE to eat healthy in the US. Scratch that, I wrote the comment before the end of the video. ;)

Come visit Finland 😊

We use fresh garlic fresh ginger fresh everything in Africa

Peanut butter the best in America, No way Try Calve from the Netherlands.

Try some Marmite Peanut Butter if you can get it. Bliss.

Come to Australia your more than welcome ☺️

I am heading to New York in a few months and now I’m concerned about eating food full of chemicals, sugar and fat. I never eat McDonald’s KFC, junk.I’ve never even been through a drive through for food. Never needed fast food. Preferring real restaurant meals or cooked fresh at home. So can I get real food in the US?

I lived in Germany for 10 years and I was much healthier while I was there.

I worked in the usa army in europe and could go to the kanteen and I got a cholot cake it has so much candy sgure on top it stucj to my upper jaw like glue at mannhaim was a german kantine where you got awsome good wienerschnitzel it was full with ammericans and germans they could hardly cook fast anough.I asked a american friend for a original american hotdog and wow was I disapointed I make mine with fresh not soft bun withs a german wiener or other you would never eat them tastelss sausages again.But straingly I do make once a year a amercian style hotdog with anough ketschup

I have to say I really appreciate the US for being the guard of our safety as „western world” and thank you for that. But I must to say I am really surprised seeing how this one of the richest countries in the world treats it’s citizens… No social security, social stratification, bloodthirsty capitalism…

nice

I want to see you but I have to go and sleep 😴 .Have a beautiful day. Kisses 💋 from Greece 🇬🇷.

I Invite you to come visiting Switzerland. You pay the flights and you stay with us. Its nothing fancy here at our house.. but we show you arround - maybe you wont even see the comment- but if you do, get back to me! 😊

I tried peanut butter for the first time when I was 51 it’s ok

20€ to take train across border?

Where is the Aussie slang vid

The thing about Japanese eggs I quite recently got the answer for from a Japanese: Let's Ask Shogo. The reason is hygiene and longevity of the product. They can eat and have dishes for raw eggs, which is only possible because of the high level of standard and hygiene.

Hitchhiking is illegally in Spain

Great reaction... I'm Dutch and its not all good in the Netherlands... If your healthcare and payed vacation days are getting better, the USA will be the greatest country in the world.. Much Love from the Netherlands ❤️

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Everything country have dows and ups. I bin 3 time to the USA for hollyday after the Philippines. And be honest the food i don't eat there because is really bad. But I have some fun to there and some good burger's. But the fries you can not to better then my country Belgium

red velvet cake is not american.